Make Money Money

(Make money money make money money)

(Save money money save money money)

Left high school at sixteen

Pick an identity

Entrepreneurial dreams

Find yourself a strategy

Next saturday the class of 97' is graduating

In a couple of years I'll grab a G.E.D.

As for now we'll just make ends meet

Put our art in the place

Where it's forced to succeed

The place where your hobbies and the real world meet

Forty minute walks to work to bus tables full time

With a pair of headphones on to block out traffic going by

Forty back to make music all night

With a pair of headphones on to block out my life

Open mic nights

Let the spit fly

A hundred hands reaching for the chance to try

And maybe I grew up a bit too quick

It can't be all about the music admit it

So if you make money money make money money money

(Make money money make money money money)

You better save money money save money money money

(Save money money save money money money)

It goes fast (goes fast)

No cash (no cash)

We used to shop discount racks for brand name specials

Mix and match designer scraps to look presentable

Hated on those who appeared more successful

Sloppy and broke became the look because it was affordable

Before it was fashionable

Now kids pay good money to look poor

And get charged for the extra work

Of perfectly placed character

Isn't that some irony

Expensively indie

Make money money make money money money

(Make money money make money money money)

You better save money money save money money money

(Save money money save money money money)

It goes fast (goes fast)

No cash

I was told security with a cushion just in case

How can I plan for the future if I can't afford today

Rap's a game that mostly amateurs play

And there are very few professionals that are getting paid

Go on there, indie rappers and find your shtick

Throw it up against the wall and pray that it sticks

We used to say no gimmicks but everybody's got one

No gimmicks? Mine is that I've got none

Lost the truth, marketing honesty

The rap game is a sport of psychology

Underdogs go where they find opportunity

While spoiled children romanticize poverty

So if you make money money make money money money

(Make money money make money money money)

You better save money money save money money money

(Save money money save money money money)

It goes fast (goes fast)

No cash (no cash)

Better make it last (better make it last)

Better make it last (better make it last)