East 1999
Intro: Layzie Bone
East 1999 my niggasVerse 1: Layzie Bone
Thinkin' 'bout back in the days when the year was '89Little nigga on the grind, gotta get mine, doing my crimeWith Toot and Hen, steady stacking my endsPutting my serve down on the Clair 9-9Hitting up the Graveyard Shift with RenLittle Will, Big Wally and Wish BoneLittle Wally High Rollerz and they wonder why niggas so strongKrayzie Bone, Stack, Rod Jay, much loveKept a nigga on his toes in the gameIt's an everyday thang when you let ya nuts hangGotta make a grand at least daily, manThem Cleveland hustlers never no busters, thug to the heartWe niggas from the land fool, and the old schoolJust serve out ya sentence and be coolFucking with Trues, Rest in PeaceLittle nigga RIPsta stress that Bone loveSmoking on bud, 'cause a nigga Mo ThugCalling up my niggas when it's time to nut upIn the 9-9, niggas gonna drop to the number one with a gun so run, runCleveland is the city where a nigga come fromSlanging them dum-dums, come, comeVerse 2: Krayzie Bone
Niggas it's going down up in the C-TownGet 'em up with a thug and the nigga with the budGot the fifth of Rose'Fore the liquor store close, hit 'em up with the forty reasonsNigga, roll up the BuddhaSmoke it all up, nigga, don't stiff on the reeferMo running up outta the club with thisPlus I got hydro and this shit is creeper, peep theStrip as you hear the double Glock-GlockWidda me rocks cocked, sweating me badCoppers betta drop when the gunshots popGlock top hit the body and the bullshit stopWhenever them troubling usWhere the po-po niggas roll solo, split up and swerveKrayzie take caution, take out my yayo and tossed itSend 'em in the road to the curbRunning, duckingJumping up in the land, my niggas is crazyWe slang and we buck and we bang on the GlockAnd my nigga, that's dailyWho the nigga with the twelve-gauge pump?Mr. Sawed-Off Leatherface so you better prayEternally thugsta, East 1999, we rep to the death, what!Verse 3: Bizzy Bone
Gotta give peace to the SCTsAnd the one big thug on the GlockPump blast to the cashThen I mash the gas gotta dash away from the copsNow Li'l Mo Heart steadily sippin' on RoseRipping up flesh with six foursThat's that thugsta, yes I pump slugsAnd I be dropping 'em off in dumpstersFuck them po-po, all a dem bodies we burn, burnAnd I guess that hood'll never learnGotta dip mo' thin ones in shermWhen I'm on a mission for my cityPick the niggas be peeling out with meMe roll up the window, the wind blowFuck up my indo high that’s hitting meEven if the barrels of me twelve-gauge are empty, me scandalousNiggas up outta the woods bucking, no fucking with the familyNow feel it nigga, understand meMuch love, much bud for them St. Clair ThugsEast 99 is where you'll find me slanging me motherfucking drugsVerse 4: Flesh-N-Bone
Dun dun, leaving the niggas to cock it, pop widda me gunThey know that me nodding they head off and I gots to have me funLeaving 'em hung, breaking, faking, you studio gangsta bitch, trickNiggas'll get beat, I'm handling the shit and I split in the midst of the darknessConsider me heartless, oh yes, Flesh be running a ho checkBetta check your Rolex, ya timed now for giving up respectTo them SCTs from C-L-E plus scandalous niggas that dwellHell off of the forscythe and bail, leaving a trail ofThe bloody victims, the Fifth Dog mauling 'em allAnd never them catch me slippingAnd sipping the fifth of divineThey may give me time instead a me trippingWe flipping the scripts on over, see the Bone a-be never soberNiggas told you, triggers showed you, East 9-9, five soldiersVerse 5: Wish Bone
Wanna run, red rum, try to run and get away but it's just too lateWatch out, buckshots when I come, buck buckBetter guard that fucking faceDumping them slugs on you foolsRolling with me Trues, drinking brewsDon't start no shit, we come equipped so niggas stay cool187, you think that you going to HeavenPut slugs all up in that chest andNow Hell is where you be dwellingPopping a clip in them bodies me dumpingWatching you fall to the paveWith me nine milli pumpingPutting them bodies all off in them gravesOutro: Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
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"East 1999" is a nostalgic and boastful look back at the group's early years on Cleveland's East Side, around 1989, when the members were young and hustling on their own streets. The song celebrates loyalty to the crew and the neighborhood, and it presents the East Side as a place where you had to be tough to survive.
The song moves through a series of verses, each delivered by a different member who boasts about their own role. The mood is proud at first, then grows more threatening and violent as the verses describe confrontations with police and rivals. The outro shifts the focus to a repeated chant of the city's name and the East 99 location, so the song ends by turning the place itself into a badge of identity and defiance.
Several images stand out. "Red rum" is a reversed "murder" and a nod to the horror film *The Shining*, while the "Mr. Sawed-Off Leatherface" line borrows from *The Texas Chain Saw Massacre* to make the speaker sound menacing. The repeated "run, run, run" refrain works as both a warning and a chant, suggesting people fleeing danger and a city that the members feel they must escape or fight through. Taken together, these lines mix pride in home with a glamorized picture of violence.
Key phrases explained
- po-po
- police (slang) — Used as a slang term for the cops the speaker is trying to evade.
- slanging
- selling drugs illegally — Here it describes the speaker's street-level drug dealing.
- dum-dums
- hollow-point bullets — Slang for bullets that expand on impact, emphasizing the violence described.
- Trues
- close friends, a loyal crew — Refers to the speaker's trusted friends and crew members.
- red rum
- murder (reversed word) — A reference to the horror film *The Shining*, used here as a dark, menacing image.
Song info
- Release date
- 1995-11-21
- Album
- E. 1999 Eternal
- Written by
- DJ U-Neek, Wish Bone, Flesh-N-Bone, Bizzy Bone, Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone
- Produced by
- Tony C, DJ U-Neek
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