[MM Lyte:] Money - (Money!) Money - (Money!) [KRS-One:] M-o-n-e-y, you need to just get by Money, honey, ain't funny? Money, people wanna It without money, people cry, people will lie cannot deny, without money you 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, teachin' my "Don't live that lie" You got get money, but don't let money get you, guy I can break it like whatever you want Whatever spend your money on strong, yo that's what you flaunt Spend your on these honeys, yo if that's what you want your money on attorneys if you're goin' to court If I look around your neck I can see you bought What, you you get respect? No, you takin' a short Yo, you need the money, of course, you need it to (Yo, what you put your money on, Kris?) Yo, right my kids [MC Lyte:] M-o-n-e-y, don't why. It IS the root of all evil very necessary to your livelihood It's good when you got enough Til enough ain't enough you hit upon rough times You your money and I'll make mine (Yo, we need the...) [KRS-One:] Don't get me wrong, mistakin' song Like money is not important - yes, it is, just strong It's reason for the thievin' and that war goin'on It's the that you seein' all these girls in their thong It's the reason the radio's on It's the reason that you if you gotta work from sun-up 'til dawn It's the cravings that connect you to that money makin' Your desire is the fire got you you slavin' (Free yourself!) Money doesn't make you man (Be yourself!) A gets his money in credit (*) Ok, I'm a get this really, all day not to the point where I'm goin' the wrong way I'm a put my down on rides and all that Hook up house so me and my spouse can fall back Investing my knowledge beyond college Write books and fly hooks in cottage Cheese - Kris Yo, please! Money is an that gets what I need I can understand cats that rap flossin' and frontin' It's all good, they from the 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 Forgetting sharing is what we've been taught? 'Cause here gettin' money is an individual sport Money can get me in to the place where years ago My bros and sisters with skin Were confined to the door and the kitchen [KRS-One:] Last verse, your cash purse Reach into your nothin' alloted, that hurts Breath stinkin' you're thinkin', but can't Certs Need the dollar and hollerin' - no work don't know how you gonna get the dough You could educated, you could become a ho You could do both, that's like puttin' butter toast bread is the knowledge, butter is what gets you that close [MC Lyte:] Money is funny - how a piece of paper can make or break your very Quick as it come, as it go - you better know about the ebb and the flow You get money in droves, trick it on cars and Throw dollars at black queens 'cause, for the dough they'll strip their And for the right amount money A king will pimp queen into being a ho on a stroll Life will always be hard when you choose to make your god