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