"Money, Penny"
Written by Burnell Washburn // Gratitude LP 2014VERSE 1
I'm dead famous, but i'm no martar
I got plugs like an iPhone charger
your crew goes hard? mine goes harder
you spend a lot of money but mine goes further
i'm smart with my shit i put heart in my shit
I deserve what I get, I work hard for my shit
I keep grindin - it's no krooked grind
I just look for the light, I never look behind
I'm focused, zonin
didn't answer your call cause my phone was roamin'
too busy to notice omens
now i'm sittin' on a lotus "ohhmmin"
yoga posin' - mix it up we like to smoke the potion
coast to coastin' - o to ocean
tryin' to deal with all of those emotions
you know those days when you feel like shit?
and you don't know why you just feel like shit?
like why? do I feel like this?
cause lately i've been dealing with some real life shit
just lost two friends in the past two weeks
just got paid gotta make it last two weeks
but ...I got bills to pay
so it's safe to say I won't eat a meal today
while Lil' Wayne makes another mil today
I will fill a page with something real to say
Lil' Wayne couldn't stomach my hunger pains
it's a battle to the death like the Hunger Games
but it's real - it's no fiction novel
select your grade and lift the nozzle
even if you've got drive - still need gasoline
ain't nothing gonna thrive without magic beans
sayCHORUS
Money, Penny, Dollar Money
make that, take that money, penny
Money, Penny, Dollar, Money
1 for the show and 2 for the ....
Money, Penny, Dollar, Money
more for the rich and less for the hungry
Money, Penny, Dollar, Money,
Make that, take that, moneyVERSE 2
I'm a rapper, not a politician
all I ever wanted was for you all to listen
never thought it was a game or a competition
just thoughts in my brain on a composition
notebook, look, i've got a lot of shows booked
been through enough I could write my own book
"how to get fucked over every other day and still
have a big smile on my pretty little face"
i'm crazy, just like you
if they don't let me in i'm gonna bust right through
only takes a little bit to disrupt my mood
probably cause I never knew a love like you
been raining for a month and it sucks my dude
but I feel it in the air there will be sunlight soon
and no matter what I always love my crew
but even they can really get to me sometimes too
they hate Burnell but they love Stu
like there's some kind of difference between us two
the talk that I hear has got me coming unlglued
didn't change for the worse man I just grew
grew up, then I grew two nuts
grew apart from a few who didn't give two fucks
started chasing a dream, didn't wait for a thing
stayed awake every night in my basement to sing
now i'm gettin' it, I don't work for the man
I work for myself and I work for my fans
work hard for you, starved for you
maxed out all my credit cards for you
now i'm gettin' it, I don't work for the man
I work for myself and I work for my fans
work hard for you, starve for you
30 hour drive in the car for you
I did it all for you, I broke my heart for you
I needCHORUS
Money, Penny, Dollar Money
make that, take that money, penny
Money, Penny, Dollar, Money
1 for the show and 2 for the ....
Money, Penny, Dollar, Money
more for the rich and less for the hungry
Money, Penny, Dollar, Money,
Make that, take that, moneyBRIDGE
Money talks, doesn't mean you have to listen
cause you could have it all and still have something missin'
money talks, doesn't mean you have to listen
just give it to your heart when you're making your decisions
sayCHORUS