Money Is (feat. Little Richard)

A-Side from the soundtrack to the 1971 Richard Brooks movie called $ or Dollar$ (also known as The Heist). Vocals sung by Little Richard. Various parts of the lyrics were also used later in Jones' song The Dude

I got a Ph.D. in how to make ends meet

I graduated from the college in the street

Inflation in the nation don't bother me

'Cause I'm a scholar when it comes to the almighty dollar

Money, money, money, money is

Money's on my mind

Money, money, money moves me

I even like the

money sign

I'm so mean with the green

I make a dollar want to holler

Make a

mark

want to bark

Make a

pound

want to frown

Money, money, money, money is

Money's on my mind

Ain't no such thing as dirty money

The rich folks know what I mean

And

money ain't got no smell

, let me tell you

How some green can keep you clean

Money, money, money, money is

Money's on my mind

Money, money, money moves me

Even like the

money signSo mean with the green

I make a

yen

want to grin

Make a

franc

want to clank

Make a twenty look plenty

Money, money, money, money is

The only thing that's on my mind

I'd rather be well-to-do

Then have to

I-O-U

I think my friend, brother

Getty

would agree

There's only one thing that money can't buy

And that is poverty

Money, money, money, money is

Money's on my mind

Money, money, money moves me

I even like the

money sign

Money, money, money, money is

Money's on my mind

I'm a stone-cold taker

I'm a piggy-bank shaker

I use every ruse, talking trash

So if you go to my school

You got to learn to this rule:

Don't let your mouth write a check

That your body can't cash[Chorus]

Money, money, money, money is

Money's on my mind

Money, money, money moves me

I even like the

money sign

I'm so mean with the green

I make a dollar want to holler

Make a mark want to bark

Make a pound want to frown

Money, money, money, money is

The only thing that's on my mind

My eyes start to blinkin' when I flash on some

Lincolns

!

My mind start relaxin' when my pocket is full of

Jacksons

!