Gotta Have Money (If You Ain't Got Money, You Ain't Got Jack)

Ah Very mellow, right fellas? Yeah You know if you ain't got no money, then you ain't got jack Check it out, right? [Verse 1: Ed O.G.] Now righteous is the way I live, that's how I gotta live A girl don't seem to want you unless you got somethin to give But that's not positive, and it's a trip The younger girls are sweatin a gangster, older girls are on the dealer's dick When I was livin foul, hey yo, I was knocked plenty, troops But since I changed my lifestyle I can't get any boots Dealin and gangbangin, it might be negative But I can't knock it, cause we all gotta live It's the girls, the way they act, that really gets to me Because I said "Excuse me" from the front seat of a hooptie? Nobody gased me, nobody souped me Yeah, I'm a dog, girl, but I ain't Snoopy I know why you play me, cause the car wasn't hooked I know I look good, so it couldn't be my looks But that's more foul than a third-string center Givin me the cold shoulder, and it ain't winter? But that's how the '90s is, it is wack If you ain't got no money, then you ain't got jack [Hook] Gotta have money to make it with the ladies in the nineties (Since he wasn't no type of big drug dealer) --] Biz Markie [Verse 2: Ed O.G.] I'm tired of a girl playin innocent When she know damn well she's a freak Yeah, she can't accept I'm livin righteous So she wants to fight this And kicks it to a sucker in a jeep - why? Because he got a car and I ride the bus Hey yo, but I won't get locked up when five-o makes the bust But it seems girls' dreams is the money and the jeeps And all the foul fellas get the flyest of the freaks They like the guys with the gold that's mackin right in check And they love it when they're locked up callin 'em collect And when a righteous brother like me takes a step and walks up It's like "Do you have a boyfriend?" "Yeah, but he's locked up" I say, "How can you have a boyfriend if he's locked up? He's probably somebody's girlfriend and he's gettin knocked up" But that's how the '90s is, it is wack If you ain't got no money, then you ain't got jack [Hook] [Verse 3: Ed O.G.] If you're involved with a fine girl, your bank in a knot You think that she loves you, but she loves what you got You can't get without givin, without givin you can't get A sucker thinks she's sweatin but she's sweatin your pocket To get a little you gots to give a lot It don't matter how you look, it matters what you got And if you ain't got a car, link or bank Don't think you gonna get some cause boy, you ain't If you're a f-l-y g-u-y type of guy Steppin to a girl without no m-o-n-e-y You must be crazy cause she ain't givin The first thing that she asks you is, "What you do for a livin?" If you're livin foul or if you're livin right As long as you got money, she's yours for the night But that's how the '90s is, it is wack If you ain't got no money, then you ain't got jack [Hook]