The LOX, DMX, Lil’ Kim - Money, Power & Respect lyrics

See, I believe in money, power and respect
First you get the money
Then you get the motherfuckin' power
After you get the fuckin' power
Motherfuckers will respect you
(What's the key to life?)

Money, power and respect what
You need in life money, power and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power and respect
You can sleep at night
You'll see the light, what's the key to life?
Money, power and respect what
You need in life money, power and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power and respect, money
Power and respect money, power and respect

Ayo, my whole clique 'bout it, 'bout it
We take yours while you pout about it
Truck, step out
The whores wanna crowd around it
You could see me on Optimum TV
Go in your bathroom turn the light out
Scream, "Bloody Mary, 1, 2, 3"
Sheek ain't your usual friend
But, I could set you up like Keyser
And walk straight at the end
I'm done with ice and charms
I'm tryna ice my whole casket when I'm gone
Pull up with class on the don
Once I meet 'em I greet 'em
Kiss his feet for freedom
Tell em' thank you Lord
'Cause on Earth I was gettin' bored
Now resurrect me back to
This cat called Sheek
So I can make this album and
Get back the cats that's weak
Two-thirty, six two
Me budge for you? That's like
A cat vers' a pitbull
Gun, know clip full, keep hunger
And plan for the future
'cause you figure you gon' be older
Way longer than you gon' be younger
(What's the key to life?)

Money, power and respect what
You need in life money, power and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power and respect
You can sleep at night
You'll see the light, what's the key to life?
Money, power and respect what
You need in life money, power and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power and respect, money
Power and respect money, power and respect
It's the key to life

Only time could tell how the clock tick
I'm really loved here
But I'm still a hostage
Two personalities, check the posture
Smoke out the mouth clear out the nostrils
Think of death, then life seem scary
I'm passin' graveyards seein'
People Hail Mary
I ain't chillin' 'til I'm out parachutin'
Race my man in mountain climbin'
For about ten diamonds
Twenty five thousand a piece, fuck streets
Tryin' to own the island
Forget about wildin'
Try ridin' in the car that be glidin'
If I showed you where I lived
You would think I was hidin'
Sling dick to chicks that don't speak English
Wake up in Trinidad like, "Fuck it, I'm rich"
Come back, private jet, live on set
If you can shit gold
Then I can spit baguettes
(What's the key to life?)

Money, power and respect what
You need in life money, power and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power and respect
You can sleep at night
You'll see the light, what's the key to life?
Money, power and respect what
You need in life money, power and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power and respect, money
Power and respect money, power and respect

Nothin' but the hotness whenever we drop this
Monotonous for y'all to keep hatin' 'cause
Y'all never gon' stop us
I keep my rocks spotless and my hoes topless
Take time, try to figure out who The Lox is
Fear no one, kick rhymes like shoguns
You scared to blow one
Get robbed with your own gun
If I don't respect you I'ma check you
And if I don't kiss you I'ma peck you
Right before I wet you I sneeze
On tracks and bless you
I'm special and if you like workin'
Out then I'm gon' stretch you
Hustlin' is dead, but we still get red
Turn the spots into bakeries
To get back bread
And y'all said my money's spent
But it's in the Bent' so when the Feds come
The dogs can't get a scent
And my story, self-explanatory
That I'm the hottest thing on the street
And y'all ain't got nothin' for me
(What's the key to life?) , yeah

Money, power and respect what
You need in life money, power and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power and respect
You can sleep at night
You'll see the light, what's the key to life?
Money, power and respect what
You need in life money, power and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power and respect, money
Power and respect money, power and respect

This is a beat that I can freak to
Just drop the reels
Bless a nigga with the ill
Y'all niggas know my skills
X in their grills, hit 'em up, split 'em up
Wet 'em up and watch 'em come get 'em up
Set em' up, when you do dirt, you get dirt
Bitch, I'll make your shit
Hurt, step back like, "I did work"
This ain't no fuckin' game, what
You think I'm playin'?
'Til you layin' somewhere in
The junkyard decayin'
Moms at home prayin' that you comin' home
But you not
'Cause you sittin' up in the trunk
Startin' to rot
And hell is hot, I know because I'm here now
Baby
It's goin' down, baby, get the four pound
Baby and let off up in a nigga
Especially if he think he bigger
Than my motherfuckin' trigger
Dead eye, can I get mine? Is he gone?
DMX representin' one time, put us on
(What's the key to life?)

Money, power and respect what
You need in life money, power and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power and respect
You can sleep at night
You'll see the light, what's the key to life?
Money, power and respect what
You need in life money, power and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power and respect, money
Power and respect money, power and respect