Money Right
Until I get my money right
Then you can't tell me nothing, right?
'Cause I just wanna live my life
She was a small town girl living in the city lights
Working in the streets all night
Waiting on the next nice car to roll by
So she could jump side
She ain't even scared, she's just tryina get her money right
Get her money right
She's got a brother in jail working on a steady pill
Get a letter in the mail saying they just overturned the sentence
Now he's headed home
It read p.s. I don't know what you did,
But I'll pay you back for everything
When I'll make it though, all they could think about is
Wait till I get my money right
Then you can't tell me nothing, right?
'Cause I just wanna live my life
He was an uptown boy with a new jack swing
Who walked all chains and talked to those things
Let his fans show he had swag
Type of dude you never thought will show up in class
But every day he was in the front row
With his pen down, always jutting down notes
You'd be surprised what he wanted to be
Not a b-boy star, a platinum MC
See, he was working on his third degree
Six more weeks from his PHD
Then he was up out of here to take a job as an engineer
And trade the hood stripes for the pen stripes
He was halfway to a new life
And all his dreams were inside 'cause he was about to get his money right
Wait till I get my money right
Then you can't tell me nothing, right?
'Cause I just wanna live my life