{G Clinton, E Hazel, R Davis} Funky dollar bill U.S. dollar bill (x2)
You go to school To learn the rules On how to love and life your life But think about it twice
The pusher push, the fixer fix The judge acquits The junkie leads his life For the dollar bill Funky dollar bill
Funky dollar bill U.S. dollar bill (x2)
You don't buy a life, you live a life A father learns much too late He was a-never home He worked two jobs, never stayed at home He had to, 'cause His love life was gone
For the dollar bill (x3) U.S. dollar bill
It'll buy a war It will save a land It pollutes this air In the name of wealth It'll buy you life But not true life The kind of life Where the soul is hard My name is dollar bill