The Peanuts (ザ・ピーナッツ, Za Pīnattsu) was a Japanese vocal group consisting of twin sisters Emi Itō (伊藤エミ, Itō Emi) and Yumi Itō (伊藤ユミ, Itō Yumi). They were born in Tokoname, Aichi, (Japan) on April 1, 1941. Soon after the twins' birth, the family moved to Nagoya.
In their early years they sang Japanese covers of standards, foreign hits, and Japanese folk songs; then they began singing originals, written by their producer, Hiroshi Miyagawa, and such songwriters as Koichi Sugiyama and Rei Nakanishi. Later they embarked on a brief acting career, notably in the 1961 film Mothra and Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. They are first performers of "Koi no Vacance". The pair retired from performance in 1975.. The duo is remembered most for its versions of European songs and for a handful of Japanese pop songs, such as "Furimukanaide" ("Don't Turn Around"). Its performing style played heavily on their being monozygotic twins with voices only slightly apart in timbre (making a duet sound like a solo artist using reverb).
-Layzie Bone-
Puttin yo' shit to the pave Hittin' dem mean witta guage Me
Lil' Lay wit' Rip, Kray, Str8 Gotta blaze dem a's And neva to
taste Bone Me deadly thugstaz, thuggish ruggish Neva to take
no losses Put 'em all in a coffin Get dearly departed Betta
off there
-Wish Bone-
Relivin' the psychopath And down with tha buckin' blast, and
takin' my chance Cause when you get near my Sawed Off Who gon'
be rest, to pass the blast 'Cause if ya thinkin' of kickin'
these Ya best be packin' yo' sit to b's That it makes a
difference I'm movin' yo' ass with tha quickness
-Krayzie Bone-
Now Krayzie Bone is rip (buck, buck, buck) fuckin' once It
ain't a nigga to pick up a pen to be rippin' tha skin to send
it down to the Mac 10 There's neva anotha to cova tha brotha I
smotha tha sucka and move undercover Be leavin dem niggaz as
they go and take cova, but threwin, and doin a second murda.
-Bizzy Bone-
Tha street sweepa Would it make or break 'cause me pullin'
outta yo pot, which shot Puttin' tha bullets just where ya
touch and ummm Whippedy tet, tet, tet, tet, tet with tha bo,
bo, bo deppedy dup Betta be yo set up, wet up, get 'um on the