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Thug Luv

Thug Luv is a diss track by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony targeting Rival MCs. The recording also credits 2Pac. The recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies.

Released1997
Annotated3
ExplicitYes
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Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Intro: 2Pac & Bizzy Bone]

    02

    Nigga, we doin' this shit from Cleveland to L.A., nigga

    03

    Whatever you niggas want, we bring it!

    04

    Thug Luv, (biatch!) nigga what time is it?

    05

    Yo, I don't give a fuck where you lay at, nigga

  2. 06

    It's time to slay these bitch-made niggas!

    07

    'Pac, 'Pac run with us, run with us, run with us!

    08

    'Pac, 'Pac run with us, 'Pac and Rip, with thug love

    09

    They ain't even knowing what type of niggas we is

  3. 10

    Where my thugs at? Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

    11

    I know you niggas been waitin' for this for a long time

    12

    Well, here it is, nigga, here it is!

    13

    What you gonna do with it?

  4. 14

    [Verse 1: Bizzy Bone]

    15

    Well, it must be close to the Armageddon, Lord

    16

    You know, that I won't fly by that lesson

    17

    You taught me, to pull out my Wesson you brought me

    18

    And I'm not stressin' it softly

  5. 19

    Get 'em up off me, 'cause all we

    20

    Wanted was harmony, been bombing 'em

    21

    Yell up out of my ghetto, I won't settle, get on my level

    22

    They can't, stop me and pop me

  6. 23

    Nigga, they got me? Fuck no

    24

    Little Pac gets schizophrenic, let's manage, to damage, all y'all

    25

    I'll, talk about 'em, and you don't really want it

    26

    'Cause they're cornered, and I'm want 'em, to not jump

  7. 27

    I'd rather say that we came to shut 'em all down

    28

    So quick to test, bullet, yes, declare war

    29

    Roll, I'll flow when I get the gun for the murder

    30

    Mo' horror! Why? They did it all, pause for the cause

  8. 31

    And I, finna to pull a 9 or pistol, and lit a nigga with mine

    32

    Fuck them niggas, it's on

    33

    All y'all fall! Bizzy getting bitches to test me

    34

    Bless the floor, and any attempt to arrest me, stress me

  9. 35

    Lord, looking at death with the last of my breath

    36

    Follow, follow, my kids!

    37

    But don't sin, in my steps!

    38

    Yet the weapon is kept, with the best of my secrets

  10. 39

    Heaving the leaves in my lungs, nigga, believe

    40

    That I can see it, if needed, and if you really with me

    41

    And well then let it be, get the greens and we running up over Cleveland

  11. 42

    [Interlude: 2Pac]

    43

    Ha, ha! What's poppin', nigga? (yeah!)

    44

    Put your muthafuckin' hands on your strap, nigga

    45

    Thug Luv, nigga. Yeah, we can do this like gangstas and slug it out (Thug luv)

    46

    Or do this like punks, and punk it out

  12. 47

    Pull your strap on me (Thug luv), nigga, you better kill me!

    48

    Thug Life, baby. Thug Luv

  13. 49

    [Verse 2: 2Pac]

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    I'll probably be punished for hard livin', blind to the facts:

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    Thugs is convicts, in God's prison, hands on the strap

    52

    Prayin' so Father please forgive me!

    53

    Police be rushin' when they see me

  14. 54

    I flaunt it: America's Most Wanted, live on TV

    55

    Life: pleasure and pain, stuck in this game, holler my name!

    56

    We all gon' die, we bleed through similar veins

    57

    Please explain to me, now. Don't panic, when my guns burst

  15. 58

    Heard the last jam, nigga? This one's worse!

    59

    My nigga Bone held the chrome 'til I came home

    60

    Thug Luv players tell these, bitch niggas "Bring it on"

    61

    I caught a plane out to Cleveland late last evening

  16. 62

    To help my niggas clean up some niggas no longer breathin'

    Multi-line diss block
    63

    Now, who do you believe in? Hit the weed and breathe

    64

    It's a, cold-ass world; niggas, kill you in your sleep

    65

    Watch me, until they stop me, bury, murder me or drop me

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “It's a, cold-ass world; niggas, kill you in your sleep,” Bone Thugs-N-Harmony converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Rival MCs. Why it was said: The recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Rival MCs as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies.

  17. 66

    I got, Thug Luv for my nationwide posse, feel me!

  18. 67

    [Verse 3: Layzie Bone]

    68

    Little thug from the Land, nigga, never ran

    69

    Muthafuckas out to get me. They don't understand

    70

    It's the #1 nigga out with a nation of niggas

    71

    Down to put in some work and do some dirt

  19. 72

    Fuckin' around with the band Bone, Thugs-N-Harmony

    73

    Follow down the road, we stroll to meet karma

    74

    Everything I do, it seem to cause drama

    75

    Ready for the war like a knight in my armor, bomb ya!

  20. 76

    So quick to test us, nigga wanna press me, eat dust

    77

    For the love of the lust, niggas bustin' on us

    78

    Hit 'em up with the buck, 12-gauge erupt!

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    It's my Art of War, puttin' niggas on the floor

  21. 80

    When I'm comin' through the door, bringin' nuthin' but terror

    81

    Causing much pain to the nigga that dared us

    82

    Tried to put a twist in this thugsta era

    83

    Paired up, with a nigga like Pac

  22. 84

    And a nigga like me gotta stay high

    85

    Thug luv 'til I die, keep my prayer to the sky

    86

    But I'm still in the hood, smoke and fry

    87

    So I beg, the Lord to save us all: escapers of misery

  23. 88

    Bless my niggas in penitentiaries, soldiers of the century, yeah

  24. 89

    [Verse 4: Krayzie Bone]

    90

    Here to get it, told my niggas they need get, Down

    91

    With the dirt, and we don't fuck around

    92

    Buck a couple of rounds, and if you're passin' through

    93

    Then hit the ground, and don't get caught up in the crossfire, nigga

  25. 94

    Artillery thick, and you don't wanna get to fuckin' with this

    95

    I'm straight devil, not a punk and pretend

    96

    I reload, and buck a little mo'

    97

    Flee the scene 'fore the po-po even know

  26. 98

    "So, who ya looking for?" They don't know!

    99

    A mothafucka with a leatherface

    100

    Hey, man, she said I ran this way, said I ran that a way

    101

    Ya hoes'll never know because I got away (yeah)

  27. 102

    A criminal mind, to keep a nigga on the level

    103

    Sometimes, so get high, and analyze your crime

    104

    Correctly organized and with results, you'll be surprised

  28. 105

    [Verse 5: Wish Bone]

    Multi-line diss block
    106

    Oh, nigga, can you feel the vibe? We can ride

    107

    Playa hating niggas, you gots to die, it's only right

    108

    Fucking with Bone, better leave it alone

    109

    Mo Thugs come crack their fuckin' domes

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Playa hating niggas, you gots to die, it's only right,” Bone Thugs-N-Harmony converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Rival MCs. Why it was said: The recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Rival MCs as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies.

  29. 110

    Still in the hood, where the thugs play

    111

    Fuckin' with nuthin' but thugs, mane

    112

    Ain't takin' no shorts or no losses

    113

    We crackin' them domes around my way

  30. 114

    Give it to 'em on another level, nigga, get a shovel

    Multi-line diss block
    115

    You can dig a hole; bitches is dead!

    116

    Infrared, to your head. You can beg, you can fled

    117

    But still gonna bleed bloody red

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You can dig a hole; bitches is dead!,” Bone Thugs-N-Harmony converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Rival MCs. Why it was said: The recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Rival MCs as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe recording addresses 2Pac and the Outlawz' rivals through direct names, crew references, and broader threats toward their enemies.

  31. 118

    Fuck with mine, we'll be seen in the moonlight

    119

    'Cause we out ridin', lookin' for you (For you)

    120

    Better run for cover, nigga, duck!

    121

    We about to bust, Straight got the infrared, put it on his forehead

  32. 122

    Make some moves, send flowers straight to his home

    123

    Put a card in the muthafucka, send it to his mama

    124

    Tell her he was dead wrong, dead wrong

    125

    Now he long gone, long gone

  33. 126

    [Outro: Bizzy Bone]

    127

    'Pac, 'Pac run with us, run with us, run with us!

    128

    'Pac, 'Pac run with us, 'Pac and Rip, with thug love

    129

    'Pac, 'Pac run with us, run with us, run with us!

    130

    'Pac, 'Pac run with us, 'Pac and Rip, with thug love

  34. 131

    'Pac, 'Pac run with us, run with us, run with us!

    132

    'Pac, 'Pac run with us, 'Pac and Rip, with thug love

    133

    'Pac, 'Pac run with us, run with us, run with us!

    134

    'Pac, 'Pac run with us, 'Pac and Rip, with thug love