KRS-One, MC Lyte - Money lyrics

Money - M-o-n-e-y (Money)
Money - M-o-n-e-y (Money)

M-o-n-e-y, what you need to just get by
Money, honey, ain't it funny?
Money, people wanna die
It seems without money, people cry
People will lie you cannot deny
Without money you can't apply
For anything that catches your eye
I wonder why
The root of all evil, let me teach you
Now who am I? The Emcee
Teachin' my people "Don't live that lie"
You got to get money, but
Don't let money get you, guy
I can break it down like whatever you want
Whatever you spend your money on strong
Yo that's what you flaunt
Spend your money on these honeys
Yo if that's what you want
Spend your money on attorneys if
You're goin' to court
If I look around your neck I
Can see what you bought
What, you think you get respect? No
You takin' a short
Yo, you need the money, of course
You need it to live
(Yo, what you put your money on, Kris?) Yo
Right on my kids

M-o-n-e-y, don't ask why it IS
The root of all evil
Though very necessary to your livelihood
It's all good when you got enough
Til enough ain't enough and you
Hit upon rough times
You make your money and I'll make mine
(Yo, we need the, Money)

Don't get me wrong, mistakin' this song
Like money is not important - yes, it is
Just be strong
It's the reason for the thievin'
And that war goin'on
It's the reason that you seein' all
These girls in their thong
It's the reason that the radio's on
It's the reason that you believe if you
Gotta work from sun-up 'til dawn
It's the cravings that connect you
To that money you makin'
Your desire is the fire got
You feelin' you slavin'
(Free yourself) Money doesn't make
You the man
(Be yourself) A man gets his money in credit

Ok, I'ma get this money, really, all day
But not to the point where
Im goin' the wrong way
I'ma put my money down on rides and all that
Hook up the house so me and
My spouse can fall back
Investing my knowledge way beyond college
Write books and fly hooks in my cottage

Cheese - Kris bling-blingin'? Yo, please!
Money is an energy that gets what I need
I can understand them cats that
Rap flossin' and frontin'
It's all good, they from the hood
Never had nothin' they just got they money
And everything's sunny
Hear what I'm saying, they preyin', boy
And lookin for bunnies

Did we floss what we bought
Forgetting that sharing is what
We've been taught?
Cause this here gettin' money
Is an individual sport
Money can get me in to the
Same place where years ago
My bros and sisters with black skin
Were confined to the back
Door and the kitchen

Last verse, where your cash purse
Reach into your wallet, nothin' alloted
That hurts breath stinkin' you're thinkin'
But can't afford Certs
Need the dollar and baby hollerin' - no work
I don't know how you gonna get the dough
You could become educated
You could become a ho you could do both
That's like puttin' butter on toast
The bread is the knowledge
Butter is what gets you that close

Money is funny - how a piece of paper
Can make or break your very existence
Quick as it come
Quick as it go - you better know
About the ebb and the flow
You get money in droves
Trick it on cars and blow
Throw dollars at black queens cause
For the dough they'll strip their clothes
And for the right amount of money
A king will pimp his queen into
Being a ho on a stroll
Life will always be hard when you
Choose to make money your god