Released: April 6, 1999

Featuring: Snoop Dogg Layzie Bone Kurupt

Songwriter: Krayzie Bone Layzie Bone Snoop Dogg Kurupt

Producer: Dewey “Duke” Sanders Steve Pageot

[Intro: Krayzie Bone]
We so thuggish ruggish (the motherfucking war is on)
You better suit up and do like Krayzie Bone
Cause the motherfucking war is on
What you gon' do what you gon' do do

[Verse 1: Krayzie Bone]
Say nigga we marching stompin in the big black boots
With my niggas in the fatigue suits ready to shoot
Running with the AK-47
Niggas trying to survive they ain't trying to go to heaven
Motherfuckers shooting they ain't even asking questions it's these
Young ass niggas they straight up thugged out
They killas like that little soldier boy cause we livin in the killin field
Tombstone soldier rest in peace a real warrior
Nigga been ready for war we are
The motherfuckers on the street with the heat
Knockin them hoes off they feet
Say boy it's a jungle out there
Get a couple casualties every year
The goal is to stay alive
The mission is to make money
The enemy the police
We gotta bust back at 'em make some motherfucking examples out them assholes
We're not even concerned strike a match drop it on the gas
And let the motherfucker burn burn burn baby burn
Army strategic and I pledge allegiance to the 12 gauge mossberg
I'm that nigga Mr. Sawed-off Leatherface got a big gun in your face
Behind that bush and when they roll by we jump out the bush make a push
Bustin why they runnin buckin everything comin murda y'all ain't said nothin
Got a couple of niggas for that
Stay strapped from the front to the back and the extra clip off in my jacket
So when I run out I restack it and pap it some more
We ready for war

[Hook]
So what nigga pull your gun
That's exactly how we play
Screaming bloody murda mo all day
The buckshots spray daily all day

[Verse 2: Snoop Dogg]
Money makes murders, sex, lies, crimes fo-fives
Nines heaters, jackers, killas
Cap pealers and drug dealers
Snitches, snakes, bitches, fakes
Bad breaks and heartaches
Give and take, shake and bake
Boy, I gots to stack my plate
Bad news travels fast
Real mashers always mask
Give a dog a bone send him on he bound to come home with some cash
Get you shit, stack your chips
Tuck your heat, watch that bitch
She might be cute but listen here my nigga that don't mean shit
Duck and dodge, camouflage
My entourage is way in charge
Krayzie Bone and Dog Capone
Yeah you know the war is on
Break a bitch, shoot a snitch
Fuck a trick, get your grip
Smoke some dank, pass some drank
And get off into this gangsta shit
We having bread, breaking bread
Nigga, listen to what I said
Tuck my heat, keep it close
Just in case you think I'm playing
Laying fools down, Dog Pound, Bone Thugs, 1 luv
And we banging from the streets to the club

[Hook]

[Verse 3: Kurupt]
Check it out
Gangstas hoes I suppose
Dip and dash, cock and blast
Kurupt and Snoop, Krayzie, Daz
Layzie blazing up the hash
G'd as fuck gangstafied
High as the sky, gangsta for life
Fuck a bitch, hit a switch
Gangstas drop that gangsta shit
I'm a G DPG DPGC OGDP
Ride on niggas, blast on niggas
Dip and put the smash in niggas

[Verse 4: Layzie]
It's a war It's a war (there's a war going on)
When the was pop off where the fuck you gon be
In the front or the back, city under attack
Every nigga from the nine nine front line marchin with a tech nine nigga
Where my thugz at
If you scared go to church motherfucker
Matter fact while you at it say a prayer for me
I'm prepared to heat
Heat a nigga in the streets with a gotdamn beat my heat lose to me
Khakis suits and fatigues
Nigga, dressed to kill
Nigga, yes, I will put a slug in you
Nigga what you wanna do
Cause I'm ready to shoot
And my high tech boots got me feeling bulletproof
I'm a superman, nigga, GI Joe like the wind blowing through a niggas area
More dead enemies I count up the merrier
And you ain't heard no collaboration scarier
I'm a walkin nightmare and I'm born to die
It's a war goin on what's happening
If you disrespecting my family it'll be hell to tell the captain
Fuck all you playa haters and you po-pos
Fuck all you politicians, this war
Dedication to the criminal nation
Let the real thugs even the score

[Hook]

Krayzie Bone

Anthony Henderson, better known as Krayzie Bone, is a Grammy winning artist and member of the rap/hip-hop group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony.

After finding success with Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Krayzie Bone recorded his long awaited solo debut, Thug Mentality 1999, in 1999. The album was released as a double disc set, featuring a large selection of guest appearances, including Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Mariah Carey, The Marley Brothers, Big Pun, Fat Joe, Cuban Link, Gangsta Boo, E-40, 8 Ball & MJG, Kurupt, Treach and Snoop Dogg. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA, the same year it got released.

In 2001, Krayzie released Thug On Da Line, which received generally positive reviews from music critics and went gold. The album solely featured Thugline rap artists, instead working with well known producers like The Neptunes, Lofey, Irv Gotti, LT Hutton, Def Jef, Damizza, Tim Feehan and The Co-Stars among others.