Cash rules everything around me
C.R.E.A.M., get the money
Dollar, dollar bill, y'all
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Rap quotes about money
Cash is a test. Of 123 lines, 105 are lyrics and 18 are interviews, from 68 artists. Nipsey Hussle and Vince Staples have 6 each; Kanye West has 4. Dead Prez's "Hip-Hop" has four lines and Kanye's "All Falls Down" has three. "Hip-Hop" sets a luxury car against justice. "All Falls Down" shows money as status. "Two Words" names the rate: "Fuck you, pay me." Nipsey's lines include the point that money, power and fame can't bring someone back. Vince Staples's "DJBooth (2017)" treats dislike, and not being paid, as a win. Of 105 dated lines, 48 are in the 2010s. Childish Gambino's "Sweatpants" (2013) and YG's "Big Bank" (2018) have two each.
Huh, cop pulled me over in my imported Porsche
He said, "This car must be a hundred K", I said, "You forty short" (I said you short)
Drug dealer buy Jordan, crackhead buy crack
And the white man get paid off of all of that
I don't dance now, I make money moves (Ayy, ayy)
Couldn't afford a car, so she named her daughter Alexis
All this money, power, fame and I can't make you reappear
It's funny how money change a situation
Miscommunication lead to complication
My emancipation don't fit your equation
the chains and pajamas and champagne can’t be the endgame — not for us. Reckless capitalism kills black people.
Would you feed a grown man or expect him to hunt?
They take the money out the hood, but never invested in us
God on my line after all, but I ain't pick up when he called
Matter of fact, I ain't pick up at all, cause my bills paid now
Said my grace now, my lights is still on, so why would I pray now?
With my mind on my money and my money on my mind
It cost to be the boss, and it ain't get no cheaper
If I had a dime for every rhymer's that bust guns
I'd have a cool mil' for my sons in trust funds
Even if you in a Benz, you still a nigga in a coupe
You can be next in line and signed and still be writing rhymes and broke
Being broke is against my religion
A man that don't take care his family can't be rich
A rich man is one with knowledge, happiness, and his health
So I live by two words: "Fuck you, pay me"
I know that money come and go so money not my motive no mo’
I made enough to know I'll never make enough for my soul
Uh, people love to talk about the money that they make
Nobody wanna talk about the money that they save
Forget about the risk we took, I never can
Rebel in this white-man-world until they bury him (Bury him)
Being broke is so un-American
That's why I'm screaming All Money In, 'til the end, nigga
You would rather have a Lexus or justice?
A dream or some substance?
A Bimmer, a necklace or freedom?
Money talks, if you speak Guap-anese
A language better known if you gettin cheddar homes
Like I got 16 to 32 bars to rock it
But only 15% of profits ever see my pockets
She say love is for free, just expensive to shop
I blow my nose with your lil' check
Couple problems my cash can't help
Human issues, too strong for tissues
False bravado all masked by wealth
I got a way with words, like I'm running with a phonics book
In school I didn't do the homework but I still got the subjects
Money ain't the object, money is the objective, gotta admit that
Go 'head, switch the style up
If niggas hate, then let 'em hate, and watch the money pile up"
I’m not in it for the fame. Everybody wanna be seen and held at the highest regard obviously but, you know, you can’t cash that out, you can’t take that to the bank.
I been gettin' at these coins as I'm breakin' down a brick
Made the jump to each level, Super Mario exists
I don’t chase money—I try to make the money chase me
Cartier glasses, I won't even peek at you
Yellow Ferrari like Pikachu
Critics: "He's out of his mind"; haters: "He's out of his prime" (I began to lose control)
Yet, always where the money's at like lottery signs
Rappers aren’t the really rich ones. We all have nice houses with studios and cars, but you need a piece of someone’s business to be super wealthy
Watch out for the medallion, my diamonds are reckless
Feels like a midget is hangin' from my necklace
Being dead broke is the root of all evil
Take me away from the hood, in a casket or a Bentley
And if I'm fake, I ain't notice 'cause my money ain't
Jail is big business, believe me.
They never say gettin money slows your prayers up
Eve want her own cash, fuck what you bought her
He spend, you owe, that's what mommy taught her
You've got to be more into money than chicks. Your brain has to operate differently.
I got white-folks money that I won't blow
And if you ask why, 'cause the white folks don't
Material things ain’t nothing. You feel me? At the end of the day, it’s who you is. You wasn’t born with it, you gon’ die without it.
R-EVs and i7s turn my garage electric (Yeah)
Too cheap to cop a Bugatti, too gangster for a Tesla (Yeah)
We survivalists turned to consumers
You can get the money, you can get the power
But keep your eyes on the Final Hour
Money not everything, but I kinda need it though
If it don't make dollars, then it don't make any sense
These record labels slang our tapes like dope
A penny saved is a penny earned
So I'll be stacking up this copper as the city burn
I'm out for dead presidents to represent me
Tit-for-tat, goin' back and forth is not my passion
Took a trip to Paris to post another caption
A hundred grand on my wrist, yeah, life sucks (Haha)
Fuck the club, dawg, I rather count a million bucks (Ay)
I like Nike, but wait a minute
The neighborhood supports, so put some money in it
All corporations owe, they gotta give up the dough
To my town or else we gotta shut 'em down
I got 99 problems, getting rich ain't one
There's too much money floating around; nobody has to be worried about that shit. Everybody can rule their own slot.
Well off, wealthy, LV logo (Uh-huh)
Middle of July, but the wrist on snow-flow (Swish!)
Only do the Aspens, y'all can have the Poconos (Y'all can have that)