| You know me from spendin the loot | 
| Also put rims on the coupe | 
| Remember Duke I spin to shoot | 
| I ain’t here to kid the yout | 
| Skip a loose, get an ounce, flip a deuce, hit the stoop | 
| Remember stupid I’m here to tell you that I’m living proof | 
| CRIME PAYS! | 
| I’m glad you hate, nigga go masturbate | 
| Took my cap and gown pictures but I ain’t graduate | 
| CRIME PAYS! | 
| What a vision to see | 
| O.G. | 
| glisten and glee, sit in the V | 
| Did it in three, homeboy listen to me | 
| (hook) | 
| Crime pays | 
| 99 ways, 9 gauge, AK-47 homey hit the highway | 
| Crime pays | 
| I got a record company, liquor and clothing line | 
| Cause my weed was fresh, coke was white, dope was nine | 
| BIRD CAGE! | 
| That’s what it’s gonna be | 
| 3rd grade Mr. Massey asked us what we wanna be | 
| Jeff said a lifeguard, Bobby said a firefighter | 
| Jeff gonna have a Porsche and Bobby said he’ll have a Spyder | 
| David said police, Wanda said she wished to dance | 
| They gonna get married, have a big crib in France | 
| I started actin up, wait a minute back it up | 
| This ain’t math class but this shit ain’t adding up | 
| Then Mr. Massey looked and that’s when the teacher asked | 
| «You got a problem Cam» Yeah, I should teach this class | 
| Maybe I’ll reach they ass | 
| Tell em they don’t need to have degrees in math | 
| Know your credit, debit, plus receipts for cash | 
| A few geeks had laughed, I told the dude stop your wishin | 
| You won’t have a pot to piss in with that damn job you gettin | 
| Call Cam a gift, they wasn’t understanding this | 
| Damn I’m rich, a drug dealer turned out philanthropist | 
| (hook x2) | 
| Crime pays | 
| 99 ways, 9 gauge, AK-47 homey hit the highway | 
| Crime pays | 
| I got a record company, liquor and clothing line | 
| Cause my weed was fresh, coke was white, dope was nine |