Foe tha Love of $

Eazy-E, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

About Foe tha Love of $

"Foe tha Love of $" is the second single by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, featuring Eazy-E, from their debut album, Creepin on ah Come Up. The song was produced by DJ Yella and executive produced by Eazy-E. "Foe tha Love of $" was a huge success for the group, making it to #41 on the Billboard Hot 100, #37 on the Rhythmic Top 40 and #4 on the Hot Rap Singles. The music video is notable for being Eazy-E's last appearance in a music video before his death. The song was included in the soundtrack of the video game True Crime: Streets of LA, along with "Thuggish Ruggish Bone". DJ Screw has also remixed it on the 1996 mix "Chapter 24 - 9 Months Later". Parts of this song (including Jewell's backing vocals) are recycled from the Yomo & Maulkie track "For the Love of Money", from their 1991 album Are U Xperienced?. 


Year:
1994
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For the love of money. 
Gotta make that money, man. 
That money, man. 
It's still the same, now. 

[Flesh]
Gotta get on the grind, pop in the clip of my nine, and bitch if you slip, 
You hit the chalk and fall in the nighttime. 
Gotta get mine, 
Ain't takin' no shorts or no losses. 
Hop on the phone, callin' my nigga, Sin, at home, 
Polishin' the MAC-1O chrome.
Gotta lick we can hit, so bring your shit, 'cause once again, it's on. 
To the dome with a fifth of (burb), my wig to the curb, so we swerve 
And rolled out to pick up the triple-six thug and follow the murder for robbin' the dopehouse. 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 kabloom, 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 nigga, don't think it's funny. 
I'm comin' up quick in the nine-quat, 'cause Flesh be lovin' this money, this money. 

[Layzie] 
I'm givin' up 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 my crime, 
And I hit up the nine nine, givin' up that 1lello, makin' me sale--twenties, 
Nickels 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 'til 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 the love of the money. 

For the love of money. 
Gotta make that money, man. 
That money, man. 
It's still the same, now. 

[Eazy-E] 
Standin' on the corner, straight slangin' rocks. 
Aw, shit! Here comes the muthafuckin' cops, so I dash, I duck, 
And I hides behind a tree, makin' sure the muthafuckas 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 muthafuck 'em. 
Now my game is tight. Tight as f*ck is my game. 
Eazy-muthafuckin'-E or Eric Wright it's all the same. 
Now, niggas might trip on how I stacks my grip. 
I gotta have it, bitch. 
For the love of this shit. motherfucker! 

Gotta make that money, man. 
That money, man. 
It's still the same, now. 

[Bizzy] 
When dough got me thugsta, thuggish ways, down for my crime everytime. 
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 I'm makin' me grip with a 
Me click, rollin' with Ruthless, the thug I be. 
Me put 'em in mud, buck 'em, and pump blood. 
Got nothin' to lose, bitch. Ya 
Better respect Rip, or ya best just 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' thangs wild. 
And follow me now, while I take ya 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. 

[Krayzie] 
Nigga down for my thang off in this thug game. 
So peep as me creep and me crawlin' off on the mission to back in the days 
When niggas was bailin' with sawed-offs and wanted to get paid. 
Runnin' to my side, lil' nigga, Ripsta, both on the mission for 
Money. You give up the cash, oh, that was your ass, 
Cause me and my nigga was hungry. And, bitch, if you're stallin', 
You might just catch one to the temple, and um, Bone raw doggin', 
So nigga just make this shit simple and run. To catch one nigga, 
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, bitch, you were slippin'. 
I'll cut ya, then rip ya, then buck ya down. 
Steady robbin' and stealin', makin' a killin'. 
Nigga drugdealin', needin' a million. Hustlin' drugs when the thugs be chillin'. 
For the money, these niggas be sellin' off in the cut, 
Where you find a nigga thuggin' off in braids and skullies, 
And when I stick ya and lick ya, remember
I get 'em up for the love of money. 
For the love of money. 

[Krayzie] 
Yeah, Bone in the muthafuckin' house for the nine-quats, nigga, 
Yeah, rollin' with Ruthless Records in this bitch. 
My niggas, Layzie Bone, Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone. 
And I'm that nigga, Krayzie Bone, in the muthafuckin' house.

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Eazy-E

Eric Lynn Wright (September 7, 1963 – March 26, 1995), better known by his stage name Eazy-E who is affectionately called "The Godfather Of Gangsta Rap" , was an American rapper who performed solo and in the hip hop group N.W.A. Wright was born to Richard and Kathie Wright in Compton, California. After dropping out of high school in the tenth grade, he supported himself primarily by selling drugs before investing in Ruthless Records and becoming a rapper. When Ruthless artists Dr. Dre and Ice Cube wrote "Boyz-n-the-Hood", Dre, Cube, and Eazy formed N.W.A. After DJ Yella, MC Ren, and Arabian Prince joined the group, N.W.A released N.W.A. and the Posse. In 1988, they released their most controversial album, Straight Outta Compton. The group released two more al… more »

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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.
Song Title
The title of the song, "Foe tha Love of $", uses a colloquial spelling possibly signifying street slang.
Featured Artist
The song features rapper Eazy-E, a renowned rapper who was is credited with propelling them into mainstream success.
Chart Performance
The song reached #41 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #4 on Hot Rap Singles.
Music Video
The music video for this song was directed by Steve Carr and was partially filmed on 132nd Street (Eazy's Block) in Compton, California.
Eazy-E’s Legacy
This song is one of Eazy-E's last performances before he died from AIDS in March 1995.
Impact on Band Reputation
It was one of the songs that helped Bone Thugs-N-Harmony gain fame and reputation.
Cultural Impact
The song's lyrics discuss crime, poverty, and the drive for wealth - making it a representative image of Cleveland's street life.
Album Success
The 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.
Recognition
The song was listed as one of the "Tracks of the Year" for 1994 by NME.
Recognition Update
Later in 2017, Rolling Stone placed it at number 77 on their updated list of 'The 100 Greatest Hip Hop Songs of All Time'.
Posthumous Release
Although 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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