Money

Money, M-O-N-E-Y

(Money)

Money, M-O-N-E-Y

(Money)

M-O-N-E-Y, what you need to just get by

Money honey, ain't it funny, money people wanna die

It seems without money people cry, people will lie

You cannot deny, without money you can't apply

For anything that captures your eye, I wonder why

The root of all evil, let me teach you, now who am I?

The MC, teachin' my people, don't live that lie

You got to get money but don't let money get you, guy

I can break it down like whatever you want

Whatever you spend your money on strong, yo that's what you flaunt

Spend your money on these honeys yo if that's what you want

Spend your money on attorneys if you're goin' to court

If I look around your neck, I can see what you bought

What you think you get respect? No you takin' a short

Yo you need the money of course, you need it to live

(Yo what you put your money on Kris?) Yo, right on my kids

M-O-N-E-Y, don't ask why

It is the root of all evil though

Very necessary to your livelihood

It's all good when you've got enough

'Til enough ain't enough

And you hit upon rough times

You make your money and I'll make mine

Yo we need the (Money)

(M-O-N-E-Y)

Don't get me wrong, mistakin' this song

Like money is not important, yes it is, just be strong

It's the reason for the thievin' and that war goin' on

It's the reason that you seein' all these girls in a thong

It's the reason that the radio's on

It's the reason that you believin'

You gotta work from sun up 'til dawn

It's the cravings that connect you to that money you makin'

Your desire is the fire, got you feelin' you slavin'

Free yourself, money doesn't make you the man

Be yourself, a man gets his money in grants

Okay, I'ma get this money really all day

But not to the point where I'm goin' the wrong way

I'ma put my money down on rides and all that

Hook up the house so me and my spouse can fall back

Invest in my knowledge way beyond college

Write books and fly hooks in my cottage

Cheese, Kris bling-blingin'? Yo please

Money is a energy that gets what I need

I can understand them cats that rap flossin' and frontin'

It's all good, they from the hood, never had nothin'

Uh, they just got they money and everything sunny

Hear what I'm sayin', they playin' boy and lookin' for bunnies

Then we floss what we bought

Forgetting that sharing is what we've been taught

'Cause this here gettin' money is an individual sport

Money can get me in

To the same places where years ago my bros and sisters with black skin

Were confined to the back door and the kitchen

Last verse, where your cash purse?

Reach into your wallet, nothin' a lot of that hurts

Breath stinkin', you're thinkin' but can't afford search

Need a dollar and baby hollerin' "I'll work"

I don't know how you gonna get the dough

You could become educated, you could become a ho

You could do both, that's like puttin' butter on toast

The bread is the knowledge, butter is what gets you that coast

Money is funny, how a piece of paper

Can make or break your very existence

Quick as it come, quick as it go

You better know about the ebb and the flow

You get money in droves, trick it on cars and blow

Throw dollars at black queens 'cause

For the dough they'll strip they clothes

And for the right amount of money

A king will pimp his queen into being a ho on a stroll

Life will always be hard

When you choose to make money your God