Greens

(A nigga always been about the money) While you fluke and fake it, I bake the realest shit You won't catch a flake Claiming my stake in the game Federal notes reserved for chasing I don't pursue the Hennessey Penning drunken deliveries Going 85, praying I stay safe I just tryna make it Flip a Mercedes outta Franklins Even if the passenger is vacant That's confirmation I refuse to be complacent with waiting Waste of my time That's why I stay in one lane on the highway HOV, that's my lane I'm not the patient type While you sleep on a gurney I'm burning rubber to catch a flight to get there a quarter to nine You wanna get it? Get it early 'fore they get in line They won't hesitate to get it first Fuck yo state of mind They know, we know, you know, I know "I gotta take care of mine" Peace is at the finish line and we race through a field of mines Unless you got wings, you gotta risk it all Be ready to lose a leg in order to stand tall Might die tomorrow, you on speed dial when Earth calls It's dark walls but bright at the end of the hall So why you stressing? Instead, you better tally up them blessings I was supposed to die when I was born, that's a test You gotta fight against the odds to survive, that's the message People will watch you burn alive Gotta keep discretion Discredit what's mine if I ever discuss my methods (A nigga always been about the money) Therefore before I speak, I make sure what I preach is compelling Yeah, I'm out for (A nigga always been about the money) Now on this surface, I switched up my thinking cuz I had to I'm switching up my diet, I'm supposed to Before we die, don't act like I ain't told you All I aim to achieve is growth In different ways than what these folks boast For different reasons than them making toasts I know I need the dough just to make it expand Therefore I knead the dough, form the bread in my hand The game that you see is chess, I see we all gotta eat, understand? It just became a simpler plan I could just spice up a beat Cooking out similar pans Cooking up different flows Better train for all currents See you kayaking up my stream to see my point, I know it In every line, I'm going Up to the sky, I'm blowing Hope every line bestow it I've chosen my destiny Step in the mind of a poet I wear my pride and I show it That's the skin color, the gold and all the ma'fucking cream (Gold and all the cash rules everything around) So what the fuck do you mean? I'll educate myself and my seed Show love to my queen and pursue the green Let me roll in dough how y'all roll off beans These federal notes are more than a need So on the blue Benjis, the reddest of beams All for the money hunting Money hungry niggas, coming for hundreds Gunning for the lumpiest sums The one in a million wanting a million and one I told Aaliyah I'll see her when I'm done, nigga (A nigga always been about the money) Cash rules everything around (A nigga) So how could you not be (Bout the money)