Vocabulary:
compensate / courteous / dedicate / kin / luxurious / major / minor / obsolete / pardon / seldom
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Song Lyrics
Breathe in, breathe out, let your body move,
Money isn’t everything; know that it’s true.
These people want “ka-ching”; they want cash,
But they don’t really know what they already have.
Listen when I’m spitting, man, it’s not funny,
Some people, they only care about money.
This one dude Jim only cares about gems,
Hardly cares about his kin, the people he’s related to.
He’s a big lawyer, I mean he’s major, dude,
More important than the others; yeah, he paid his dues.
He’s trying to run things like Suge Knight,
He’s got three kids who barely know what he looks like.
He’s seldom home, barely ever
Is he with his family? No, almost never.
He’s like, “Kids, I’ll make it up to you and compensate
For the fact that you haven’t seen me in eight days.
I’ll take you to Disneyland this spring,
Just as soon as I finish up a few big things.”
Then spring comes, and now Jim is so rich,
But he still has no time to take a trip with his kids.
“Kids, won’t you pardon me, forgive me, please,
Let me off the hook, I’ll buy you DVDs.
I’ll buy you new iPods; just don’t feel bad,”
But the kids just want to spend time with their dad.
Hook
I know this lady named Bree, and she doesn’t have much,
Just a few minor things, pretty small, not much.
She cleans houses for a living, mopping the floors,
Her own home is probably smaller than yours.
But she has dedicated, promised and given
Her whole life to chilling with friends and children.
She’s more than courteous, more than polite,
She shows people love; yeah, she’s just that nice.
She’s not just chasing paper with presidents’ faces,
She’s taking time to chill in the quietest places.
She’s not bothered
By the fact that she can’t wear Gucci and Prada;
She doesn’t even want to.
She’s like: Why chase fashion on the streets,
When it just gets dropped in a couple weeks?
Then it’s obsolete, doesn’t work anymore,
Then you have to take your money, head back to the store.
She doesn’t get angry and furious
At people who are making their lives luxurious,
You know, rich foods, fancy cars,
But money won’t make you a star.
So go ahead and chase money, but know this fact:
Money’s not your friend; it doesn’t have your back.
Money’s not your friend; it doesn’t have your back.
Money’s not your friend; it doesn’t have your back.
Hook