''Movin' On'' is the second
album
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by
Playa Fly
Playa Fly (born Ibn Young on September 2, 1977) is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee. Fly was a member of the Three 6 Mafia (then known as Lil' Fly), but he stopped collaborating in 1995 due to monetary disputes and philosophical differe ...
released in 1998 on Super Sigg Records. This album made Fly a common name in Southern rap with his hit single, "Nobody Needs Nobody", which still gets radio play today. Bill Chill died shortly before the album's completion. ''Movin' On'' sold over 80,000 units.
Singles
"Funk-N-Buck", made originally in 1997, was included in this album. In the
chorus
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Music
* Chorus (song) or refrain, line or lines that are repeated in music or in verse
* Chorus effect, the perception of similar sounds from multiple sources as a single, richer sound
* Chorus form, song in which all verse ...
after the second verse, they says,
:"I live for the funk and I love the funk, I need the funk, so pass me the funk."
The word "funk" is commonly used in the city of Memphis in reference to
cocaine
Cocaine (from , from , ultimately from Quechuan languages, Quechua: ''kúka'') is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant mainly recreational drug use, used recreationally for its euphoria, euphoric effects. It is primarily obtained from t ...
and "buck" signifies the intoxicating feeling after using cocaine, the song is basically about drugs abuse. As Fly states in the beginning of the third verse,
:"I'm on it night after night, I'm catchin' flight after flight
:And Flizy (Fly) landin' ain't happy unless my candy is white
:They call it
yayo up North and yay for short in the South
:I got my peers on that pure, I put the funk in the house."
"Funk-N-Buck" is a favorite of most Playa Fly fans due mainly to the usage of
bass in the song, which is not common on most of Fly tracks on his early CDs. It comes only second after "Nobody Needs Nobody".
Track listing
Playa Fly albums
1998 albums
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