[MM Lyte:] Money - M-o-n-e-y (Money!) Money - M-o-n-e-y (Money!) [KRS-One:] M-o-n-e-y, what need to just get by Money, honey, ain't it Money, people wanna It seems without money, cry, people will lie cannot deny, without money you can't apply For anything that catches your I wonder why The root of all evil, let me teach you, now am I? MC, teachin' my people "Don't live that lie" You got to get money, but don't money get you, guy I can break it down like you want Whatever you spend your money on strong, yo that's you flaunt Spend your money on these honeys, yo if what you want Spend your money on attorneys if you're goin' to If I look around your I can see what you bought What, you think you get No, you takin' a short Yo, you need the of course, you need it to live (Yo, what you put your money Kris?) Yo, right on my kids [MC Lyte:] M-o-n-e-y, don't ask why. It IS the root all evil Though very necessary to your It's all good when got enough Til enough ain't enough and you hit upon rough You make your and I'll make mine (Yo, we the...) (Money!) [KRS-One:] Don't get me wrong, mistakin' this money is not important - yes, it is, just be strong It's the reason for thievin' and that war goin'on It's the reason that you all these girls in their thong It's reason that the radio's on It's the reason that you believe if you gotta work from sun-up 'til the cravings that connect you to that money you makin' Your desire is the got you feelin' you slavin' yourself!) Money doesn't make you the man (Be yourself!) A man gets his money in (*) Ok, a get this money, really, all day But not to the point where goin' the wrong way I'm put my money down on rides and all that Hook up the house me and my spouse can fall back my knowledge way beyond college Write books and fly in my cottage - Kris bling-blingin'? Yo, please! Money is an energy gets what I need I understand them cats that rap flossin' and frontin' It's all good, they from the hood, never nothin' They got they money and everything's sunny Hear what I'm saying, they preyin', boy, and lookin for [MC Lyte:] Did we floss what bought Forgetting that sharing is what we've taught? 'Cause this gettin' money is an individual sport Money can me in to the same place where years ago bros and sisters with black skin Were confined to the back and the kitchen [KRS-One:] Last verse, where cash purse Reach into your wallet, nothin' that hurts Breath stinkin' thinkin', but can't afford Certs Need the and baby hollerin' - no work I don't know how you gonna the dough You could become you could become a ho You could do both, that's like butter on toast The bread is the knowledge, butter is gets you that close [MC Lyte:] Money is funny - how a piece of paper can make or break 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 blow Throw dollars at black 'cause, for the dough they'll strip their clothes for the right amount of money A king pimp his queen into being a ho on a stroll Life will always be hard you choose to make money your god