
Date of issue: 17.05.2010
Song language: English
Ends |
Ayo, you gon' put in on this one? |
Why am I the only one purchasing shit man |
Ay, go ahead and kick it on in |
Kick it in! |
Kick it In! |
Everything, is gonna be alright… oh yeah |
Strong arm robbery |
Ponzi scheme, our foreign policy |
War in the name of democracy |
A lottery, a plot to run up in your private property |
Cop a key, break it down, and call it the ricotta |
Or the fetti — that’s a lotta cheese |
Enough to make the innocent cop a plea |
And stabilize economies, shopping spree |
Copped a V, we stay driven by a lotta greed |
The saddest sight is when the parasites bottom feed |
The game of Monopoly, a terrorist bombing spree |
Planes falling out the sky, like we was a Lockerbie |
Look into the heart of a thief |
You might go on vacation, become a patient |
Somebody taking your artery |
My lyrics merely taking a picture, this is photography |
Obviously for some the poverty really hard to see |
Honestly, I’ve come to the stage rock properly |
I like my pockets fat, not flat |
Word |
Spending up all my time making ends |
For all the money |
It’s the only thing on my mind, right now |
That matters |
Tried to change my mind |
Gotta check? |
Let me underwrite it |
Spendin' money on the flesh, attention undivided |
The promise of funds got ‘em strip to their undergarments |
For the skrilla, they willin' to diss your mama |
Like the show with Wilmer Valderamma |
I grind harder cause I gotta live |
My ancestors swung from the ropes |
Now my knot is thick |
This is Apocalypse Now, rising to prominence |
Never go against the family, it’s Godfather shit |
My hypothesis, stop your breath like an octopus |
Gettin' hold of your esophagus |
Try to rob, I’ll pop you quick |
Promise you will not evict |
On a reconnaissance mission for where the profit is |
No I’m not the office type, quite the opposite |
Despite accomplishments, I’m hungry as a starving artist is |
The knowledge from this metropolitan perspective |
More effective than scholarships to the best colleges |
Spending up all my time making ends |
(Kick it In! Kick it In!) |
For all the money |
It’s the only thing on my mind, right now |
(Ay man, gimme my money!) |
That matters |
Tried to change my mind |
So basically, the moral of the story is: |
Go get it, man |
It’s the only thing right now that matters |
I heard somebody say: «Money is the root of all evil» |
Don’t believe that man |
It’s the love of money, the pursuit of money |
That’s the root of all kinds of evil, man. |
So, Yo — somebody owe you money and they ain’t pay up |
Tell ‘em you got five seconds… |
You got five seconds — gimme my shit! |
(Laughs) |
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Artist lyrics: Talib Kweli
Artist lyrics: Hi-Tek
Artist lyrics: Bilal