The 80's Song (formerly known as "The More You Give Us Money" or "80s Song") is a formerly unidentified pop rap song by Vietnamese musician Antoneus Maximus and California-based group The Nuthouze, released in 2005 on the album The Passport. It was originally misattributed to The Black Eyed Peas as "80's Song".
Search History[]
2010s: Online Origins[]
The song was first posted to YouTube on September 8th, 2010, by user Candicerolling1, who misattributed it as Black Eyed Peas - 80s Song. As of 2025, this upload of the song has over 1 million views.
People quickly realized the song wasn't by the Black Eyed Peas and started asking for the title in the comments, to no avail.
The song was highly popularized in Georgia, presumably through P2P-networks, and would go on to be reuploaded various times on different platforms.
In 2010, Reddit user ThisIsHeisenberg reposted the song to the subreddit r/Music, linking the original upload, asking for the artist.
In 2013, user George Mjavanadze reposted the song to SoundCloud, also misattributing it to Black Eyed Peas, giving it the title “Come On And Give Us Money”.
On September 12th, 2013, user Dachi Lomidze reposted the song to YouTube, not providing any information other than titling the video after the song’s lyrics. This is the only upload not misattributing it to Black Eyed Peas.
On August 23rd, 2015, user Magda Danelia reposted the song to YouTube, also labeling it as “Black Eyed Peas - 80’s Song”.
2020s: Leads and Identification[]
In the lyrics, there were two lines in the second and third verses that mentioned someone called “Nut House”. People started theorizing that the artist was called Nut House, but nothing could be found.
On May 12th, 2025, a separate channel for the song would be created on the FMM discord server, being named "#the-more-you-give-us-money". The song was placed into the "Other Unknown Songs (2)" category.
On May 25th, 2025, the song was identified by Discord user Techno161 as The 80’s Song by Antoneus Maximus and The Nuthouze after finding mention of the band having a song titled The 80’s Song on Antoneus’ MySpace page. Eventually, audio of the song was discovered in an interview posted by The Nuthouze.
On May 31st, 2025, a higher quality rip of 2007 version of the song featured on the album ”The Passport” was made available by Discord user "Basketry", along with the full album itself.
Lyrics[]
[Chorus]
Get your
The more you give us money
The more we funk it up
This jam is like the eighties,
Let loose and have some fun
The more you give us money
The more we funk it up
This jam is like the eighties,
Fun, get your fun, get your,
[Verse 1]
Ever since I was a young man
Always wanted to play in a band
But people doubted and said you can't
Mama told me be best I can
Said "son, don't let them hate,
Let the world's all yours, get your, get yours
Don't hesitate, go knock on destiny's door"
Yeah
Had no knowledge of what was in store
I did nails and slept on cold floors
[Oxycotin], you don't come back no more
So I looks em up and [took a metal] to the floor
Surrounded myself with players and pimps
Hustler on the street just to make ends meet
Move to the Nut House I was freaking beat
And now I'm here, ya
And I ain't going away,
Now sing it,
[Chorus]
The more you give us money
The more we funk it up
This jam is like the eighties,
Let loose and have some fun
The more you give us money
The more we funk it up
This jam is like the eighties,
Fun, get your fun, get your,
[Verse 2]
This ain't a remake or a fake
It's all original material to date now
[Leave though/Before] put your guns away
There's no need for no drama, celebrate
Watch me rock you,
Take you to a place
Everybody's [jammin' and/coming in] to shake them things
Let go the ego and the hate
Finally [attract you] to relate to everybody
Throw your hands from side to side
Let's jam, let's jam
The radioactive
Don't come kill the vibe
Yo nut house
What?
Time for some action
Make me feel a real and intense
It can get more live and direct
Soul in the air, make the people go flex
So, [my control] before we blow the set,
Now sing it,
[Chorus]
The more you give us money
The more we funk it up
This jam is like the eighties,
Let loose and have some fun
The more you give us money
The more we funk it up
This jam is like the eighties,
Fun, get your fun, get your,
[Verse 3]
Puerto Rican Angel
Never shoulda happened
My mama said I'm different
A ninja with soul
What's going on, universal
Rockin' show with no rehearsal
On the rise like a missile to the sky and I'm high
Check me live from the center stage hot at the lava
Or kickin' it with the homie Frank baggin' on his mama
Pop a cherry pop a drop and give me 20
Take it to your pockets take you pot and all your money and your honey
[Jacking] my style, wanna kick it for a while
Givin' me the smile and baby girl was down to your funky ties
Realize who's the dopest rockin' neighborhood
Nut House is the name with the feel good music
And yes you best believe it, no matter what the season
Giving y'all one good reason to go, [vibrant] color
(???) the brand new, y'all know what we came to do
Now sing it
[Chorus]
The more you give us money
The more we funk it up
This jam is like the eighties,
Let loose and have some fun
The more you give us money
The more we funk it up
This jam is like the eighties,
Fun, get your fun, get your
[Instrumental Solo]
Antoneus Maximus & The Nuthouze[]
Antoneus Maximus & The Nuthouze was a California-based rap group, active between years 2004 and 2010. The Nuthouze had originally started off as a production team lead by Antoneus Maximus and rapper Mark D. The band mostly played gigs at local Los Angeles venues.
While the band's core members were vocalists Antoneus Maximus (real name Long Mộng Gà) and EIGHTY Bug, beatboxer Spencer Nezey and guitarist James Duval, the identities of their other members are unknown.
The group worked with a variety of artists, including KID of Kid 'n Play, Mark D, and apl.de.ap & Dante Santiago of The Black Eyed Peas. The group's collaborations with the latter was likely the primary reason behind the song's misattribution.
In 2005, the group released their debut single, "The 80's Song" (stylized as "THE 80'S SONG").
They continued to release various singles before putting out their debut album, "The Passport". The album notably featured only one song, "Blood, Sweat & Tears (ft. apl.de.ap)".
The group ultimately disbanded in 2010.
