Money Power & Respect

In this country you gotta make the money And when you get the money, you get the power And when you get the power then you get the respect Ha Money Power and Respect Got me thinkin' bout the days I was broke and depressed Ian gone lie my life was a mess (Mess) Till I thought about it life's like chess Gotta get me a cheque Big homie did a 8 in the states, he ain't break a sweat He said go through that motion nigga and take your steps I said say less and took 40k to invest You're no trapper you're a worker, Y'all niggas in debt Niggas wanna take me out cause they think I'm a threat It's a dirty game play it right or you get left I'm deep in that water, that shit got my mama stressed Refugee baby What's a nigga from the jets? The street raised me never had a dad to play catch I'm twenty one, Self made I'm proud to say that Was this shit easy? I wouldn't say that Blood, Sweat, and Tears come with this Believe that Believe that He a flashy nigga when his work is all black I'm quick to cut a bitch off she thinks she's all that Keep a distance from these niggas cause they all wack I'd still be a rich nigga if it's f*ck rap Nigga it's f*ck rap I'm signed to the streets sum like a contract I taught myself how to hustle nobody taught me that Play hide n seek with the feds, doesn't get funner than that (When you got racks) Money Power and Respect Got me thinkin' bout the days I was broke and depressed Ian gone lie my life was a mess (Mess) Till I thought about it, life's like chess Gotta get me a cheque Big homie did a 8 in the states, he ain't break a sweat He said go through that motion nigga and take your steps I said say less and took 40k to invest You're no trapper you're a worker, Y'all niggas in debt Niggas want to take me out cause' they think I'm a threat It's a dirty game play it right or you get left I'm deep in that water, that shit got my mama stressed Refugee baby Whats a nigga from the jets?