Track byThe Lox
See I believe in money, power, and respect First You get the money Then you get the muthafuckin, power After you get the fuckin' power muthafuckas will respect you It's the key to life Money, power, and respect Whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect When you eatin' right Money, power, and respect Help you sleep at night You'll see the light It's the key to life Money, power, and respect Whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect When you 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 whore's 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 About to setchu' up like Kaiser and walk straight at the end I'm done wit' ice and charms I'm tryin' my whole casket when I'm gone Pull up wit' 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 bust for you that's like a cat vs. 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 It's the key to life Money, power, and respect Whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect When you eatin' right Money, power, and respect Help you sleep at night You'll see the light It's the key to life Money, power, and respect Whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect When you 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 ticks I'm really loved here but I'm still a hostage Two personalities check the posture Smoke out the mouth clear out the nostrils You think of death but the life seem scary I'm past the graveyard 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 wilin' 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 fuckin' em rich Come back. Private jet Live on set If you could shit gold like you split the decks It's the key to life Money, power, and respect Whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect When you eatin' right Money, power, and respect Help you sleep at night You'll see the light It's the key to life Money, power, and respect Whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect When you eatin' right Money, power, and respect Money, power, and respect Money, power, and respect Yo nutin' but the hotness Whenever we drop this Monotonous for ya'll to keep hatin' Cause ya'll never gon' stop us I keep my rocks spotless And my hoes topless Take time try to figure out who da Lox is Fear no one Kick rhymes like Shoguns You scared to blow one Get robbed wit' your own gun If I don't respect you I'm ah check you And if I don't kiss you I'm a peck you Right before I wet' chu I sneeze on tracks an' bless you I'm special And if you like workin' out Then I'm gon' stretch you Husslin' is dead but we still get red Turn the spots in the bakeries to get back bread And ya'll said my monies spent But it's in the Bent' So when the feds come the dogs can't get a scent For my story, self-explanatory That I'm the hottest thing on the street An' yall ain't got nutin' for me It's the key to life Money, power, and respect Whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect When you eatin' right Money, power, and respect Help you sleep at night You'll see the light It's the key to life Money, power, and respect Whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect When you eatin' right Money, power, and respect Money, power, and respect Money, power, and respect Arf, arf This is a beat that I can freak to Just drop the reals Plus a nigga wit' the ill Ya'll niggas know my skills Ass from the grills get 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 worse This ain't no fucking game You think I'm playin, till you layin To where? The junkyard decayin' Mom's at home prayin' That comin' home But chu not, 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 Git the full pound baby And let off up in a nigga Especially if he think he bigga' Than my muthafuckin' trigga' Did I? Can I get my? Is it gone? DMX represent for one time It's on It's the key to life Money, power, and respect Whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect When you eatin' right Money, power, and respect Help you sleep at night You'll see the light It's the key to life Money, power, and respect Whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect When you eatin' right Money, power, and respect Money, power, and respect Money, power, and respect