Foe tha Love of $
Eazy-E, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
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Foe tha' love of money Gotta make that money man It's still the same now Gotta get on the grind Pop in the clip of my nine And b**** if you slip You hit the chalk and fall in the night time Gotta get mine Ain't takin no shorts or no losses Hop on the phone Callin' my n**** sin at home Polishin' that mac-10 crome Gotta a lick so bring yo s*** Cause once again it's on To the dome with a fifth of burb We wig to the curb so we swerve And rolled out to pick up the triple six thug And follow the murder for robbin the dooehouse Smoke jump outta me bong So high, now comin' to slay with four grenades and a gauge I'm a play, watch all 'em fall in the grave and lay Pullin' in the driveway, wish spotted the place and quickly rolled up Bulldozed through the living room Hopped out of the car and started to blow up Buck, buck, and a kaboom Me blew all them bodies all over the room Them doomed And gotta move fast, why? The po-po's comin' Snatch up me yummy So n**** don't think it's funny I'm comin' up quick in the niine-quat Cause flesh be lovin' this money I'm given uo love to the hustlas All them st.clair thugstas makin' that money stayin' on your feet And you better believe gotta have that cheese For the green leaves, never catch me sleep Stay on the grind, get mine Stayin' down for mine crime, and I hit up the nine-nine Givin' up that llelo, makin' me sale, twenties nickles and dimes Beat up and stick up a lick up, that two-eleven Gotta get what's mine, then bailin' Me kickin' up dust, I'm trailin Feelin one-eight-seven That's how it is, and I gotsta have it in the nine-quat Mission to check a mill and still be real Thuggin' on the glock-glock,creepin on a come up Won't sleep till I'm done up Gotta blaze me blunt up, hunt up another plot and scheme Gotta make some green, cause soldiers nut up, what up? Gotta get that business on, even though the buddah run me, stun me Feelin' lovely, but I'm just in it for he love of the money [Chorus] Standin' on the corner straight slangin' rocks Aw ahit! here comes the muthaf***in' cops! So I dash, I ducks, and I hides behind a tree Makin' sure the muthaf***as don't see me Now my fat sack of rocks hell yeah I stuffed 'em Police on my draws, I had to pause And yeah, it's still muthaf*** 'em Now my game is tight, tight as f*** is my game Easy muthaf***in e or eric wright it's all the same Now n****s might trip on how I stash my grip I gotta have it b**** For the love of this s*** Muthaf***a! [Chorus] When dough got me thugsta, thuggish ways, down for my crime every time Follow me down the nine-nine, and you will find all of me kind Check out the ripsta, now, drop down Run 'em up outta me hood Rip's straight when makin' me grip with me click Rollin' with ruthless, the thug I be Me put 'em in mud, buck 'em, and pump blood Got nothing to lose, b**** Ya better respect rip, or ya best check this slug It's goin' down steady pump and peel rounds, gunnin' with a me gang Bang, gotta make that money man It's still the same Steady runnin' thing wild, and follow me now While I take you up into a barrel of a gun, see For the dub you're done For the bud, I run, for the love of my money N**** down for my thug off in this game So peep as me creep and me crawlin' off on the mission to back in the Days When n****s was bailin' with sawed-offs and wanted to get paid Runnin' to my side, lil' n****, ripsta, both on the mission for money You give you the cash, oh, that was your a** Cause me and me n**** was hungry And b****, if you're stallin' you might just catch one to the temple And um, bone raw doggin', so n**** just make tha s*** simple and run To catch one n**** me fill 'em with bullets and dump 'em in rivers Remember, me killa now For money, me dig ya six feet in a ditch and get richer Cause b**** you were slippin' I'll cut ya, then rip ya, then buck ya down Stayed rollin' and stealin' makin' a killin' N**** drug-dealin', needing a million Hustlin' drugs when the thugs be chillin' For the money, these n****s be sellin' off in the cut Where you find a n**** thuggin' off in braids and skullies And when I stick ya and lick ya, remember I get 'em up for the love of the money For the love of money Yeah, bone in the muthaf***in' house for the nine-quats n**** Yeah, rollin' with ruthless records in this b**** My n****s, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, wish bone, and flesh-n-bone And I'm that n****, Krayzie Bone, in the muthaf***in' house
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Written by: BRYON MC CANE, CHRISTOPHER JASPER, CHRISTOPHER H JASPER, ERNIE ISLEY, MARVIN ISLEY, O'KELLY ISLEY, RONALD ISLEY, RUDOLPH ISLEY
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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12 facts about this song
Release Information"Foe tha Love of $" is a single by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony from their EP album named "Creepin on ah Come Up". The song was released in February 1995.
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Song TitleThe title of the song, "Foe tha Love of $", uses a colloquial spelling possibly signifying street slang.
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Featured ArtistThe song features rapper Eazy-E, a renowned rapper who was is credited with propelling them into mainstream success.
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Chart PerformanceThe song reached #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on Hot Rap Singles.
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Music VideoThe music video for this song was directed by Steve Carr and was partially filmed on 132nd Street (Eazy's Block) in Compton, California.
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Eazy-E’s LegacyThis song is one of Eazy-E's last performances before he died from AIDS in March 1995.
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Impact on Band ReputationIt was one of the songs that helped Bone Thugs-N-Harmony gain fame and reputation.
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Cultural ImpactThe song's lyrics discuss crime, poverty, and the drive for wealth - making it a representative image of Cleveland's street life.
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Album SuccessThe EP album that houses this hit single is considered an influential contribution to the emergence of the Midwest rap scene and is accredited as quadruple platinum by RIAA.
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RecognitionThe song was listed as one of the "Tracks of the Year" for 1994 by NME.
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Recognition UpdateLater in 2017, Rolling Stone placed it at number 77 on their updated list of 'The 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of All Time'.
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Posthumous ReleaseAlthough Eazy-E passed away the same year, a remixed version of this song was included on the soundtrack to the movie "Set It Off".
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