(Cause it`s better to have money and not to need it
than to need it and not to have it
and there`s a good place in this world for money, yes sirie
and I know where it is, it`s right here in my pocket
- Hey, gimme some
- You`re talkin` just like a pimp
...
- Answer him, answer him
- I don`t get mad at people like that
You know why? Cause he`s a revolutionary)
[ VERSE 1: Key-Kool (patterned after Ice Cube`s Gangsta Gangsta verse) ]
Here`s a little somethin` `bout a MC like me
Dropped Kosmonauts and Galleries independently
Key-Kool, I likes to say
That I`m a fresh lyricist from around the way
Since I was a youth, a straight b-boy
Now I`m takin` out all the sucker decoys
Flippin` a rhyme or two, that`s what the hell I do
You don`t like how I`m livin`, well ( *scratch* ) you
This is hip-hop and I`m in it
My man Rhett will cut you up in a minute
With a cut, stab ( ? ) so (funky)
And then he blames his crew the Beat Junkies
Everywhere we go they say (damn)
Visionaries is ( *scratch* ) up the program
And then you realize that we all care
For those who just don`t know we`re throwin` V`s in the air
And keep makin` straight up (sh...)
Does it look like I have to make a hit?
To a major label that wanna sign me
Rap ain`t nothin` but a way to make money
But I`m the type of MC that`s built to last
If you wanna pimp me I put my foot in your ass
See, I don`t give a ( *scratch* ) how many records you`re sellin`
Yo, what the ( *scratch* ) are they yellin?
Make money money, make money money money
Make money money, make money money money
( *Rhettmatic cuts up* )
(Self sufficient, independent) --> D-Nice
(It`s not about) (reality) --> KRS-One
(It`s all about) (a salary)
(Self sufficient, independent)
(I just get down and I go for mine) --> Erick Sermon
(Self sufficient, independent)
(But now I learn to earn cause I`m righteous) -->Rakim
(Self sufficient, independent)
[ VERSE 2: Key-Kool ]
Just like King Midas, as I was told
In this rappin` Olympics fools are rushin` for gold
With or without cold, better change your mold
Tryin` to be down with dough on the yellow brick road
Wizard of Oz complex is goin` for the riches
No heart, no brain, cowardly loss to the bitches
Too weak to lead, so they`re followin`
Week-kneed MC`s now only suck to swallowin`
Fallin` in the trap of big money crap
The only real big baller who started rappin` is Shaq
They act large but it`s evident
You only make minimum percent unless you`re the president
I`m on self-empowerment, so others`ll pay me rent
And I can control my artistic intentions
Make investments, count all my blessings
See the Age of Aquarius, a fifth dimension
Comprehension like Babu
Dynamic like the Duo, it`s the two you know
Key-Kool and Rhettmatic always come well equipped
And like a club in Manila we`ll make your whole party flip
( *Rhettmatic cuts up* )
(Self sufficient, independent) --> D-Nice
(It`s not about) (reality) --> KRS-One
(It`s all about) (a salary)
(Self sufficient, independent)
(I just get down and I go for mine) --> Erick Sermon
(Self sufficient, independent)
(But now I learn to earn cause I`m righteous) -->Rakim
(Self sufficient, independent)
(The rap race will be lost without a trace) --> D-Nice
(Self sufficient, independent)
