Released: February 27, 2009

Songwriter: Flesh-N-Bone Layzie Bone Krayzie Bone Bizzy Bone Wish Bone

[Intro: Bizzy Bone]
(I'm just tryin' to survive)
Yeah, uh, yeah
Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Wish N Bone, Flesh N Bone
Tha lil' muthafuckin' nigga you know it's Bizzy Bone

[Verse 1: Flesh-N-Bone]
We've been doin' this time
On the grind, they down up north
Pull up yo' britches
You bitches been caught
Said they got something, some shit
You fucked up when you thought about it
You dealin' with niggas that's built to last
We fully equipped like trucks
You can't afford, this shits when they land
Brought tha whole clan
With a gift they can't undastand, catch it
Cause you came in second
Sure you niggas been feelin' it all day
Cause you niggas been stealin' the whole time
You sippin' on it like the finest wine
I said, I'm just tryin' to survive
Damn, that's my motto until I wake up again
On tha real, fool, mark my eyes, God
Who the most high, shakin' 'em up again

[Verse 2: Layzie Bone]
So fly, when I lean to the side
Hit 'em with the rhythm
Make 'em go bye, bye
Cadillac, warn your envy eyes
Never seen nothin' like the Uni5
Climb high strive ride
Remember that enterprise
Nigga, these niggas right here get live
Surprise, surprise
Been there, done done that
Been through the best and I've been through the worse
Made my money on tha first of tha month
Slang and I bang and I pop the trunk
I go up against all the powers that be
Original Thugs that done mastered the streets
Ain't no competition
Who faster than these G's
Now that the 5th dog is free

[Chorus]
The world ain't ready (I'm just trying to survive)
The game ain't ready
These niggas ain't ready
The world ain't ready (I'm just trying to survive)
The game ain't ready (Watch me if I'm lyin')
These niggas ain't ready

[Verse 3: Krayzie Bone]
Yall niggas better get up off of my nuts
We coming with the rhythm, the flow they can't touch
Whenever you're ready to go they get cut
Rappin' at the same time, slang our stuff
Krayzie, Layzie, Bizzy, Wish, Flesh. Perfection connection
One mo time resurrection
Finna hit 'em so real that it ain't no half steppin'

[Verse 4: Wish Bone]
Walk a little, get 'em
When I hit 'em I get rid of them
Watch your tone and keep your volume to a mininum
Boy watch your self
Grown man don't fool yourself
Good hands, think fast
They done let the 5th loose
What u wanna do?
Militant streets
Drop 'em your boots Ooo
Put it up and lose
This is what we do
And I can feel the rain comin'
All in the streets
Washin' all the stains from me
So, so bloody

[Chorus]
The world ain't ready (I'm just trying to survive)
The game ain't ready
These niggas ain't ready
The world ain't ready (I'm just trying to survive)
The game ain't ready (Watch me if I'm lyin')
These niggas ain't ready

[Verse 5: Bizzy Bone]
I'm Just tryin' to survive
Put 'em up, I'ma get my 9
Fly to the mainframe
Same thang, Chain Gang
Wanna bang, bang
Get down for my thang
Then change it back to size
Higher when I realize
Tired of all the lies, surprise
Traveled down the sides
Word to the wise
Take a dip into pie
Flip it with the pie
Welcome to the eye
Kick it with the mind
Back to the ride, to the sky
Akon, I'm trying
Remember that die, die, die
Little fly by night
Out of my mind and out of yo sights
Survivor, now who's the rider

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is a hip-hop group from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 1991 under the brief name, “Band Aid Boys.” Then they were B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e, consisting of Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, and Wish Bone. Under this name, they released the 1993 album, Faces of Death. Then Flesh-N-Bone, Layzie’s brother, joined the group, and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony was solidified.

Rapper Eazy-E of the group N.W.A signed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to Ruthless Records in 1994. The group’s debut EP Creepin On Ah Come Up included two hits, “Thuggish Ruggish Bone” (#22) and “Foe Tha Love of $” (#41). In 1995, their full-length album E. 1999 Eternal followed featuring another top 40 hit “1st of Tha Month”. An updated version of “Crossroad” from the album, renamed as “Tha Crossroads”, became a Grammy-winning international smash hit, holding the #1 spot in the US for eight weeks and reaching the top 20 in eight countries overseas including the UK.

Over the next fifteen years, the group scored six more top 40 hits including the platinum-selling “I Tried” (featuring Akon), but it was a tumultuous time. Flesh-N-Bone served eight years in prison for assault. The group kicked Bizzy Bone out after a couple of years of issues, but took him back five years later. Krayzie Bone also quit for a few months. In 2010, Wish Bone told