Green’s Dictionary of Slang

fews and twos n.

(US black) a very small amount of money.

[US]Cab Calloway New Hepsters Dict. in Calloway (1976) 255: fews and two (n.): money or cash in small quantity.
[US]D. Burley Orig. Hbk of Harlem Jive 105: I’m suffering with the fews.