Make the Money

[Verse 1]

Now, this is my job, I will not quit it

Pulled me out the depths when I thought that I was finished

Yeah, I questioned if I could go the distance

That's just the work, regardless of who's listening, listening

Listen, see, I was meant to be a warrior

Fight something amongst me, leave here victorious

Classroom of kids or a venue performing

If I'd done it for the money, I'd have been a fucking lawyer

Concrete, vagabond, van telling stories

Humbled by the road, I'm realizing I'm not important

See, life's a beautiful struggle, I record it

Hope it helps you maneuvering through yours and

That's why we stay in the lab at night

I've been staring into this pad for over half my life

A true artist won't be satisfied

So I guess that's the sacrifice

And I say

[Chorus]

Make the money, don't let the money make you

Change the game, don't let the game change you

Uh, I'll forever remain faithful

All my people stay true

I said, make the money, don't let the money make you

Change the game, don't let the game change you

Uh, I'll forever remain faithful

All my people stay true

[Verse 2]

Forget about the fame, fortune, and the mansion

Sitting and trippin' watching myself on a plasma

Yeah, I start slippin' when I'm thinkin' about that stuff

Ego once swollen 'til karma catches that up, that up

I'm my grandma's number one grandson

I lost myself to remember who that was

We start thinkin' about some kicks, necklace

What I really need is a job off Craigslist

Take away the dot com, name, love

Fans, Twitter followers, and the buzz

See, you keep the issues but you take away the drugs

And I had to find out who I really was

Uh, who I really wasn't

So sick of who I was becoming

Yeah, tired of running

Time to look at the man in the mirror until I can learn to love him

[Chorus]

Make the money, don't let the money make you

Change the game, don't let the game change you

Uh, I'll forever remain faithful

All my people stay true

I said, make the money, don't let the money make you

Change the game, don't let the game change you

Uh, I'll forever remain faithful

All my people stay true

[Bridge]

Of course I want dubs and a candy-painted 'Lac

Watch the videos and get the girls in the back

But if that's what I believe in and the reason that I rap

Uncle Sam is my pimp when he puts me on the track

Of course I want dubs and a candy-painted 'Lac

Watch the videos and get the girls in the back

But if that's what I believe in and the reason that I rap

Uncle Sam is my pimp when he puts me on the track

[Chorus]

Make the money, don't let the money make you

Change the game, don't let the game change you

I'll forever remain faithful

Stay true, stay true

And I said, make the money, don't let the money make you

Change the game, don't let the game change you

I'll forever remain faithful

Stay true, stay true, stay true

[Outro]

Forget about the fame

I said, forget about the fame

I'll forever remain faithful

Stay true, stay true, stay true