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