Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Released: November 24, 1998

Featuring: Flea Tom Morello Henry Rollins

Songwriter: Wish Bone Flesh-N-Bone Layzie Bone

Producer: Damon Elliott

Absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely nothin', nothin', nothin'...

War, war, war, war, war...
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothin, nothin', nothin', nothin...

[Layzie]
We be the mighty mighty warriors [warriors]
On the rise [on the rise]
Thug (censored) to my battle cries
Warriors [warriors] on the rise [on the rise]
[Time to die.] Thug (censored) [Time to die.]
You better be ready for war. It's almost here--nineteen ninety-nine
Could it be the endin', new millenium?
Sendin' them soldiers out to die, then they ride for the cause
Screamin' (censored) we muggin', givin' no lovin' to these fake-ass laws
Mo Thuggin'. If you need to be prepared
Pump your strap up in the air
Let em' all loose if you ain't scared
Shoot 'em up, if ya don't care. Yeah!
And I go to war for two thangs: challenge me
I want my (censored) cheese, my (censored) family
Understand me: I ain't tryin' to tell you war ain't the lick
But in the streets, you need your heat
Or get your wig split
Strategize, mental mind, and timin' it perfect on the attack
Throw distraction in the front
Come with the dumpin' from the back. Yeah!

War, war, war, war, war...
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothin, nothin', nothin', nothin...

One, two, three, four...
Ride, ride, ride, ride
We're ready to pull out and ride, ride, ride, ride...
Ready . . . You're dead

[Flesh]
I'm comin' to test you (censored) fate
See how many of y'all are prepared for Armageddon
Should it be Judgement Day, still it's a big mistake
How many have been face to face with death before?
Tell me, how does it feel? Real nervous?
'Cause everybody's ready to kill if it's my will
Safe outta my battle
Quit lookin' or I might have to smoke you
When I roast you with this beam
Focus you through my scope, mo murdered
Mighty, mighty warriors
Some of the mighty, mighty trues still on the rise
If you wanna test, you die
Then, I might make the news
We stompin' in steel-toed boots and suited up in fatigues
Killin' a few (censored), army throw up the white flag and retreat
So many soldiers, so many stories of war
But what is it good for?
Nobody knows, and what if the world is over in two triple zero?

War, war, war, war, war...
What is it good for? Absolutely nothin, nothin', nothin', nothin...

[Wish]
If thangs don't change, I think we all gon' die
Who's to say they wrong or right?
You pushin' the button, not I, but we die
That's why I'm gatherin' up my soldiers [soldiers]
Mo Thug, mine are prepared for war
Because it's over [over]
Red light, red light, red light, ride or die
It's gon' be casualties. So be ready to ride
And say it again: there's gon' be casualties
So be ready to ride. And I got your back [back, back, back]
If it goes like that [that, that, that]
Mo Thug ready to ride, if it goes like that
And we all get papped, papped, papped. Yeah, yeah

War, war, war, war, war...
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothin, nothin', nothin', nothin...

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

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