I Got 5 on It

"I Got 5 on It"
"I Got 5 on It"
Single by Luniz featuring Michael Marshall
from the album Operation Stackola
B-side	"So Much Drama"
Released	May 23, 1995
Recorded	1994
Genre	Hip hop; West Coast hip hop;
Length	4:13
Label	C-Note; Noo Trybe; Virgin;
Songwriter(s)	Garrick Husbands; Jerold Ellis; Anthony Gilmour; Robert Bell; Ronald Bell; Claydes Charles Smith; Dennis Thomas; Rick Westfield; Robert Mickens; Donald Boyce; George Brown; Denzil Foster; Thomas McElroy; Jay King; Kirk Robinson; Nathan Bell; Clifford Adams;
Producer(s)	Tone Capone
Luniz featuring Michael Marshall singles chronology
Music video
	"I Got 5 On It" on YouTube

"I Got 5 on It" is a mobb music song by American rap duo Luniz featuring R&B singer Michael Marshall, released in May 1995 by C-Note, Noo Trybe and Virgin as the lead single from the duo's debut album, Operation Stackola (1995). The song reached number two in Germany, number three in the United Kingdom and number eight in the United States. It is a drug anthem about the consumption of marijuana.^[1]

Its title and chorus refer to the practice of splitting the cost of a marijuana purchase and claiming five dollars' worth of it. The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA on October 31, 1995, and sold one million copies domestically.^[2]^[3]^[4]

In 2022, Pitchfork ranked "I Got 5 on It" one of "The 250 Best Songs of the 1990s".

^ Caples, Garrett (March 25, 2019). "How 'Us' Turned the Weed Anthem 'I Got 5 on It' Into a Creepy Horror Theme (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
^ Cite error: The named reference riaa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Best-Selling Records of 1995". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 3. BPI Communications. January 20, 1996. p. 56. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 333. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

[:0-1] Caples, Garrett (March 25, 2019). "How 'Us' Turned the Weed Anthem 'I Got 5 on It' Into a Creepy Horror Theme (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 23, 2021.

[riaa-2] Cite error: The named reference riaa was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[us_sales-3] "Best-Selling Records of 1995". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 3. BPI Communications. January 20, 1996. p. 56. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved May 5, 2015.

[British_Hit_Singles_&_Albums-4] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 333. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.

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