The $

[Intro: J Dilla, Whodini, Frank Nitt & Common]

"Yo!"

"I need the money" (McNasty presents)

"For awesome amounts of dope" (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

"I need the money" (J Dilla)

"Awesome amounts of dope"

"I need the money" (Turn it up, oh)

"I need— I need the money"

"What money do to a n—"

Where you at?

Ruff Draft, motherfucker

"I need the money"

"What money do— what money do to a n—"

"I need— the money"

[Verse 1]

Yo, I'm thinkin' of a master plan

I'm blingin' with the cash in hand

I got a motherfuckin' right to shine, nigga

I paid my dues, I earned this cake I abuse

I burn the paper the way I choose

I gotta, handle my B.I., and I do

And hold the T-I-N-Y tool

With a mind of its own, no tellin' what it might do

Mess with my loot and it might pop

It might lock, it might not, it might shoot

And it's not the chance to take, just like it's not the answer

Who out for the paper? Hands up! (Oh-oh)

Lay back and pay that dancer

Holla if you ever been placed in handcuffs

Survival the name of the game, you wanna play?

You wanna race, don't wait for the bang

Let's go

[Chorus]

Gotta go and get the money

(Worldwide, let's get it)

Gotta go and get the money

(Can't stop hustlin', baby)

Gotta go and get the money

("Better bring me my money", It's for you)

Gotta go and get the dough

(Okay! "Money")

[Verse 2]

(Gotta go and) Get these nuts

Yes, it reads cheese or bust

Dilla with the gangsta shit

Now let me say it again, and say it with feeling

Dilla with the gangsta shit! Here to spit the flame

Here to get the bank and split

Here to twist the dank and hit it

Here to twist the game, here to flip this change and spend it

Down here in the valley of death, we walk that

Talk crap and wind up wet in the alley

Survival, the name of the game

And everywhere I go they play it the same

So stay mindin' your own and grind and roll

Keep shinin', keep headlinin' shows

And get that dough let's eat, my nigga

Let's not be broke next week, my nigga

[Chorus]

('Cause you know how we do)

When we get the money

(So keep stackin' your chips)

Gotta go and get the money

(Dill' keep mackin' your bitch)

Gotta go and get the money

(Don't stop, just do it)

Gotta go and get the dough

(We gon' rock on and, yeah)

[Outro]

Gotta go and.. on and, on, yeah

Rock on and, we don't quit

Rock on and on and on and

Rock on and, yeah!

Rock on and... on, on and.. on... rock on