[Verse One] [Reef The Lost Cauze]: I gotta eat homie, I gotta make bread This is America, shit look at K-Fed Anyone with a dollar and dream can pocket cream Sit and think of possible schemes When I was young I had a paper route I was a paper boy 20 years later haters, still countin' paper boy Money talks so trust me, I'm makin' noise People turn to slaves like Rich Pryor when he played The Toy For that fast dollar, it take a lot of work I'm on an island, water bluer than Papa Smurf Bein' broke and bummy man, it's gotta hurt I'm tryin' to cop a Benz before I cop a hearse You can die for it You will lie for it Money make a bitch get on her knees and cry for it We don't have the same vice as the rich Cause without money homeboy your life is just shit And that's real
[Scratch Hook]: "Money make the world go round" "Money on my mind" "Nowadays" - Mr. Lif "All 4 The Cash" - Gang Starr "The money, money" "Money make the world go round" "Money on my mind" "Nowadays" "All 4 The Cash" "The money, money"
[Verse Two] [El Da Sensei]: Loot the root of all evil Seen it dissolve people And curse the feeble and the needy and the non equal They ever paper chase green backs for luxury Lavish lifestyle on a low budget fee Some cats grind illegally and some straight Most scrape to fill ends across lines, interstate Unemployment leads to no enjoyment Constant suffering from hard times spent On the scramble, stick ups become casual Unnatural thoughts for cream to make gradual Tools bang steady for the come up and the cash out Dice game, leave the dealer, Posse wanna Mash Out Legal tender costs friends to enemies Lady friends whisper "please", strictly on bent knees Family never blends when they ask him for cheese ATM receipts steady fallin' out my sleeves It's like
[Scratch Hook]: "Money make the world go round" "Money on my mind" "Nowadays" - Mr. Lif "All 4 The Cash" - Gang Starr "The money, money" "Money make the world go round" "Money on my mind" "Nowadays" "All 4 The Cash" "The money, money"
[Verse Three] [Roc Marciano]: I buy a pound or a brink on counterfeit Keep powder to flip, push weight like a power lift House shit Two chains in the outfit Outwit Plug you with a gun like an outlet Turn your town to the wild west And count bread ? flow out the shower head I'm just a con man nigga Dollar flipper White collar, killer Common script I'll starve and pimp her Put her out there and tell them tricks to park they Sentras And our agenda is the larger tender You're not hard to injure I'll part and bend ya Gosh loves and the target interpardon the clip Look like a cigar dispenser Chandon pour it all on the whiskers Come whisper when you see the larger picture Nigga
[Scratch Hook]: "Money make the world go round" "Money on my mind" "Nowadays" - Mr. Lif "All 4 The Cash" - Gang Starr "The money, money" "Money make the world go round" "Money on my mind" "Nowadays" "All 4 The Cash" "The money, money"