Money Gets

By Mac

On Shell Shocked

Released on July 21, 1998

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[Intro: Master P]

Yo Mac, nigga

The only reason I'm tellin' you this nigga

Cause I care 'bout you nigga

I wanna see you ball till you fall nigga, but you know what

You know what come with muthafuckin' money and fame?

Muthafuckin' enemies and niggas hatin'

You see, you rich now nigga, but uhh

Dead men can't spend no muthafuckin' money


[Hook: Master P]

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money get you power, but it also get you dead and

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money get you sex, but it also get you dead and

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money get you respect, but it also get you dead and

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money brang power, but that's why it gets you dead


[Verse 1: Master P]

You see a wise man told me to keep your eyes on a sparrow

And don't get caught up like my lil homies Harrold and Darryl

You see, this shit ain't the same nigga times done changed

How many homies out there chasin' fortune and fame

You see, a righteous man, he learns to preach and uhh

Intelligent man, he love to teach

But these ghetto wars got us trapped in

Crack sales, 1-8-7, 2-1-1's, even the state pen

The penitentiary ain't no place for me

God, won't ya hear me, make a way for me

And to my homies that are gone, I hope they rest in peace

And we gon' ball till we fall why we roll the streets


[Hook: Master P]

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money get you power, but it also get you dead and

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money get you sex, but it also get you dead and

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money get you respect, but it also get you dead and

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money brang power, but that's why it gets you dead


[Verse 2: Mac]

Somebody ask me how it feel to have change

How I feel to be a major muthafucka in this game

I'll told them, let the sunshine turn to rain

In other words, that's cool but a lot of shit I can't explain

Like bitches say they love me, but I can't really believe 'em

Who wouldn't wanna love me, I got money and I'm succeeding

Them bitches got niggas, niggas got bitches, they be plottin'

You show 'em your crib next week they kickin' in yo' spot

And it's a shame when niggas bust your brains with the stripes

It seems like I'm the only nigga trippin' on my life

At night I say my prayers with my vest on

My triggers under my pillows

I'm even scared to get my rest on

Runnin' with them killas that'll ride for me, die for me

Open fire for me, wouldn't lie to me

I watch my back, I watch my front

I watch them niggas, I watch them bitches

In fact I think they all tryna kill Mac

Woah!


[Hook: Master P]

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money get you power, but it also get you dead and

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money get you sex, but it also get you dead and

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money get you respect, but it also get you dead and

Keep yo' eyes on yo' enemies, and watch your friends

See money brang power, but that's why it gets you dead


[Outro: Master P]

Uhhh!