Money, Power & Respect (Album Version)-The Lox

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[00:00.25]See I believe in money power and respect
[00:03.75]First You get the money
[00:04.89]Then you get the muthaf**kin power
[00:07.04]After you get the f**kin' power muthaf**kas will respect you
[00:10.26]It's the key to life
[00:11.44]Money power and respect
[00:12.45]Whatchu' need in life
[00:13.59]Money power and respect
[00:14.81]When you eatin' right
[00:16.04]Money power and respect
[00:17.13]Help you sleep at night
[00:18.45]You'll see the light
[00:19.49]It's the key to life
[00:20.88]Money power and respect
[00:22.13]Whatchu' need in life
[00:23.22]Money power and respect
[00:24.87]When you eatin' right
[00:26.02]Money power and respect
[00:26.96]Money power and respect
[00:28.37]Money power and respect
[00:29.38]Ayo my whole clique bout it bout it
[00:30.80]We take yours while you pout about it
[00:32.42]Truck step out the whore's wanna' crowd around it
[00:34.90]You could see me on optimum TV
[00:36.81]Go in your bathroom turn the light out Scream
[00:39.09]Bloody Mary 1 2 3
[00:40.28]Sheek ain't your usual friend
[00:41.81]About to setchu' up like Kaiser and walk straight at the end
[00:44.71]I'm done wit' ice and charms
[00:45.87]I'm tryin' my whole casket when I'm gone
[00:48.02]Pull up wit' class on the don'
[00:49.70]Once I meet em' I greet em'
[00:51.13]Kiss his feet for freedom
[00:52.26]Tell em' thank you lord
[00:53.31]Cuz on Earth I was gettin' bored
[00:54.87]Now resurrect me back to this cat called Sheek
[00:57.00]So I can make this album
[00:58.32]And get back the cats that's weak
[00:59.76]Two thirty six two
[01:01.15]Me bust for you that's like a cat vs a pitbull
[01:03.65]Gun know clip full keep hunger
[01:05.74]And plan for the future cuz you figure
[01:07.77]You gon' be older
[01:08.66]Way longer than you gon' be younger
[01:10.16]It's the key to life
[01:11.11]Money power and respect
[01:12.28]Whatchu' need in life
[01:13.32]Money power and respect
[01:14.69]When you eatin' right
[01:15.77]Money power and respect
[01:17.17]Help you sleep at night
[01:18.39]You'll see the light
[01:19.41]It's the key to life
[01:20.84]Money power and respect
[01:22.22]Whatchu' need in life
[01:23.43]Money power and respect
[01:24.53]When you eatin' right
[01:25.88]Money power and respect
[01:27.21]Money power and respect
[01:28.39]Money power and respect
[01:29.92]It's the key to life
[01:31.01]Only time could tell how the clock ticks
[01:33.79]I'm really loved here but I'm still a hostage
[01:36.22]Two personalities check the posture
[01:38.68]Smoke out the mouth clear out the nostrils
[01:40.99]You think of death but the life seem scary
[01:43.56]I'm past the graveyard seein' people Hail Mary
[01:46.20]I ain't chillin til' I'm out parachutin'
[01:48.48]Race my man in mountain climbin' for about ten diamonds
[01:50.92]Twenty five thousand a piece
[01:52.91]F**k streets
[01:53.54]Tryin' to own the island
[01:55.15]Forget about wilin'
[01:56.17]Try ridin' in the car that be glidin'
[01:58.78]If I showed you where I lived you would think I was hidin'
[02:01.16]Sling dick to chicks that don't speak English
[02:03.59]Wake up in Trinidad like f**kin' em rich
[02:05.88]Come back Private jet
[02:07.81]Live on set
[02:08.80]If you could sh*t gold like you split the decks
[02:10.08]It's the key to life
[02:11.16]Money power and respect
[02:12.47]Whatchu' need in life
[02:13.64]Money power and respect
[02:14.92]When you eatin' right
[02:16.16]Money power and respect
[02:17.29]Help you sleep at night
[02:18.65]You'll see the light
[02:19.56]It's the key to life
[02:20.88]Money power and respect
[02:22.40]Whatchu' need in life
[02:23.58]Money power and respect
[02:24.84]When you eatin' right
[02:26.21]Money power and respect
[02:27.52]Money power and respect
[02:28.46]Money power and respect
[02:30.00]Yo nutin' but the hotness
[02:30.96]Whenever we drop this
[02:31.83]Monotonous for ya'll to keep hatin'
[02:33.53]Cuz ya'll never gon' stop us
[02:34.99]I keep my rocks spotless
[02:36.29]And my hoes topless
[02:37.57]Take time try to figure out who da Lox is
[02:40.15]Fear no one
[02:41.00]Kick rhymes like Shoguns
[02:42.22]You scared to blow one
[02:43.63]Get robbed wit' your own gun
[02:45.01]If I don't respect you I'm ah check you
[02:46.93]And if I don't kiss you I'm a peck you
[02:49.01]Right before I wet' chu
[02:49.98]I sneeze on tracks an' bless you
[02:51.90]I'm special
[02:52.57]And if you like workin' out
[02:53.86]Then I'm gon' stretch you
[02:55.14]Husslin' is dead but we still get red
[02:57.28]Turn the spots in the bakeries to get back bread
[02:59.36]And ya'll said my monies spent
[03:01.58]But it's in the Bent'
[03:02.76]So when the feds come the dogs can't get a scent
[03:04.98]For my story self-explanatory
[03:06.78]That I'm the hottest thing on the street
[03:08.66]An' yall ain't got nutin' for me
[03:10.14]It's the key to life
[03:11.32]Money power and respect
[03:12.50]Whatchu' need in life
[03:13.72]Money power and respect
[03:14.87]When you eatin' right
[03:16.15]Money power and respect
[03:17.46]Help you sleep at night
[03:18.75]You'll see the light
[03:19.65]It's the key to life
[03:21.02]Money power and respect
[03:22.50]Whatchu' need in life
[03:23.59]Money power and respect
[03:24.66]When you eatin' right
[03:26.09]Money power and respect
[03:27.46]Money power and respect
[03:28.58]Money power and respect
[03:30.31]Arf arf
[03:31.26]This is a beat that I can freak to
[03:32.92]Just drop the reals
[03:33.82]Plus a ni**a wit' the ill
[03:35.02]Ya'll niggas know my skills
[03:36.30]A** from the grills get em' up
[03:38.08]Split em' up wet em' up
[03:40.11]And watch em' come get em' up
[03:41.81]Set em' up
[03:42.75]When you do dirt you get dirt
[03:44.07]B**ch I'll make your sh*t hurt
[03:45.23]Step back like I did worse
[03:46.34]This ain't no f**king game
[03:47.67]You think I'm playin till you layin
[03:49.40]To where The junkyard decayin'
[03:51.38]Mom's at home prayin'
[03:52.47]That chu comin' home
[03:53.52]But chu not cuz you sittin up in the trunk
[03:55.77]Startin to rot
[03:56.53]And hell is hot I know because I'm here now Baby
[03:59.10]It's goin' down baby
[04:00.34]Git the full pound baby
[04:01.61]And let off up in a ni**a
[04:02.95]Especially if he think he bigga'
[04:04.80]Than my muthaf**kin' trigga'
[04:06.29]Did I
[04:07.00]Can I get my
[04:08.02]Is it gone
[04:08.87]DMX represent for one time
[04:10.13]It's on
[04:10.48]It's the key to life
[04:11.39]Money power and respect
[04:12.43]Whatchu' need in life
[04:13.69]Money power and respect
[04:15.03]When you eatin' right
[04:16.33]Money power and respect
[04:17.61]Help you sleep at night
[04:18.75]You'll see the light
[04:19.78]It's the key to life
[04:21.25]Money power and respect
[04:22.49]Whatchu' need in life
[04:23.67]Money power and respect
[04:24.84]When you eatin' right
[04:26.00]Money power and respect
[04:27.38]Money power and respect
[04:28.75]Money power and respect