Money (Part 1)

CHORUS X2 [Jelleestone] Money can't buy me happiness But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want Get high when I want [Verse 1] Wake up in the morning Try to make a move, every day gotta work Blue collar on the bus, just to punch a card Said, you want to battle poverty nigga get a job Working 9 to 5, the job is hard Life is hard, right and left of Rexdale Boulevard It's just factory jobs, that got most my people sweating everyday Wipe the sweat from your brow what you gonna do now Gotta pay your tax gotta pay your rent Making sure you keeping track of every cent I always keeps a little for entertainment, cause... CHORUS [Verse 2] Stone Poet, know it, better than Bo know it When my flow hit, it's gonna motivate the whole shit Keep your head up, smells like a setup Too many trying to get down while we trying to get up So defend yours, I'm a defend mine Look how this money go my peoples locked doing pen time I'll see y'all when you get home For all my nigga's dead and gone, rest in peace I'll see y'all before too long 'Til then, I'm a keep building I'm trying to grow old with enough money to feed my great-grandchildren Cause I'm still true, and still ain't nothing move but the money Nigga's will still kill ya in the streets for a fin dummy Money hafi mek, money hafi spend From the Guilder to the Yen to the Benjamin I lived the hood life, I want to live the good life With a good wife, to kiss good night like... *kiss* Money can't buy me happiness But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want Get high when I want 1.5 mil, I ain't gots to front Money can't buy me happiness But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want Get high when I want Japan to Amsterdam, mic in my hand [Verse 3] Can't buy you happiness, noooo I came up a poor nigga, raw nigga Hungry like you ain't never saw a nigga Trust me, I wish I stayed in school Instead I played the fool Standin' on the corner choppin' rustys custys Poliggy want to bust me, cuff me Kids cross town want to rush me Cuz they bitches want to fuck me Make me want to holla! Another day another dolla y'all Check the ring around the collar Fuck the ray ray and the lay lay Mek yuh know bluntly seh we'll den When I work I must get pay Like everyday, broke niggas get no say In the streets with no loot, might as well be mute And dollars make cents so let's talk about this Money hand over fist the root of all evil It's diluted all people Inside your hollow but your pockets is fat You need to fix that, take control! What's being wealthy if you ain't healthy What be it a man to gain the world and lose his soul I said the world's so cold, it's inter-outer international Anyway it come it gotta go Anyway it go it's gotta come, bring mine in lump sums I'm talking 'bout the dough Money can't buy me happiness But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want Get high when I want Money can't buy me happiness But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want Get high when I want 1.5 mil I ain't gots to front Money can't buy me happiness But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want Get high when I want Japan to Amsterdam, mic in my hand Money can't buy me happiness But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want Get high when I want I'm trying to buy my Moms a house, I ain't gotta front Money can't buy me happiness But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want Get high when I want Get high when I want, ha ha, ha ha Money can't buy me happiness But I'm happiest when I can buy what I want, anytime that I want Get high when I want