[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 honey, ain't it funny? Money, people wanna It without money, people cry, people will lie cannot deny, without money you can't apply For anything that your eye, I wonder why The root of all evil, let me teach you, now who I? The MC, teachin' people "Don't live that lie" You got to get but don't let money get you, guy can break it down like whatever you want Whatever you spend your money on strong, yo that's what you Spend your money these honeys, yo if that's what you want Spend your money attorneys if you're goin' to court 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 money, of course, you need it to (Yo, what put your money on, Kris?) Yo, right on my kids [MC Lyte:] M-o-n-e-y, don't ask why. It the root of all evil very necessary to your livelihood It's all when you got enough Til ain't enough and you hit upon rough times make your money and I'll make mine (Yo, we need the...) [KRS-One:] Don't get me wrong, this song Like money is not important - yes, it is, just strong It's the for the thievin' and that war goin'on It's reason that you seein' all these girls in their thong It's the reason the radio's on It's the reason that you believe if you gotta from sun-up 'til dawn It's the cravings that connect you 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 money in credit (*) Ok, I'm a get this really, all day But to the point where I'm goin' the wrong way I'm a put money down on rides and all that up the house so me and my spouse can fall back my knowledge way beyond college books and fly hooks in my cottage Cheese - Kris bling-blingin'? Yo, Money is an energy that what I need I can understand them cats that rap and frontin' It's all good, from the hood, never had nothin' They just got money and everything's sunny Hear what I'm saying, they preyin', boy, and for bunnies [MC Lyte:] we floss what we bought Forgetting that sharing is what we've been 'Cause this here gettin' money an individual sport Money can get me in the same place where years ago bros and sisters with black skin Were to the back door and the kitchen [KRS-One:] Last verse, where your purse Reach into your wallet, nothin' alloted, that Breath stinkin' you're but can't afford Certs Need the dollar and baby hollerin' - work I don't how you gonna get the dough You could become educated, you become a ho You could do both, like puttin' butter on toast The bread the knowledge, butter is what gets you that close [MC Lyte:] Money is funny - how a piece of can make or break your very existence Quick as it come, quick as it go - you better know about the and the flow You get money in droves, trick it cars and blow Throw dollars black queens 'cause, for the dough they'll strip their clothes And for the right amount money A will pimp his queen into being a ho on a stroll will always be hard when you choose to make money your god