Released: October 29, 2002

Producer: DJ U-Neek S. Robinson BKeyes Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

[Shouting in backround]
Wit more black men in the world, we ain't neva gunna die
We multiply, straight up straight up (cheers)

[Announcer]
What you are about to witness
Is tha rising of a thug nation
And a beginning of a thug world order

[Dark voice]
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Whats up punk bitches
Bone thugs n harmony deck up in dat ass wit shot gun blasts
Ha ha ha ha ha ha and y'all motherfuckas thought it was ova...bitch

[Bone thugs-n-harmony]
See now
Come see the bone bone x41
Bone bone bone x 8

[lead into the next song]
Who be the niggas thats keepin the thuggish
Ruggish from the public and if you dont like it then
We tell 'em fuck it nigga suck a dick so nigga whaaat..

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