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"You gotta make the money first"
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"Then when you get the money, you get the power"
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"Then when you get the power, Then you get the woman"
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[Ice-T]
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The problem is you broke, You ain't got no car or job
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You slow with youer hustle, You dress like a slob
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Ladies ain't looking for no brothers like this
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They want the dub-twisting ballers with the ice on their wrist
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You gotta get your cash right to get in the game
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Might have to pull a pistol, Flip some caine
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Get out in them streets and hustle hard in the rain
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Take your come up and reinvest to the game
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"You gotta make the money first"
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You need a lot to go far
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What you think is rich, I just spent on a car
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What you think is paid, I just blew on a watch
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What you think is wealthy, I just dropped on a yacht
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Flip the street cash and try to pick some stocks
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Kick back in your pad and watch it roll like crops
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But it really ain't that easy, Or we all would be rich
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One mistake, You're broke, The come up's a bitch
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Make the right moves and forget about sleep
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concentrate on the paper chase, Join the elite
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Few dun got mad cash and money to spend
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Money to straight blow and money to lend
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And only then, You made it past stage one, My friend
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[Chorus 2x]
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[Ice-T]
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Now you got the money and the cash flow thick
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But you really ain't nothing but a richer trick
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Just because you're paid, you can still get thick
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By your low life homies or skanless bitch
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You gotta move it around, put it in the right hands
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Maybe a judge, Make a PA your friend
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Understand what really moves the world
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Recognize what really moves these girls
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Juice is more important than cash for real
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Money you spend, But true power you feel
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It ain't that easy to reach
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Respect is about the hardest damn thing in the streets to get
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Make your moves correct, Watch your crew
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Watch your back, They watching you
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Anybody round you has gotta be true
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Or you never make it past stage two
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Listen, when you get the real true power, You know
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People will feel you, Wherever you go
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And when you really max this game
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You'll never have to say your name
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[Chorus]
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[Ice-T]
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Now you got the power, It's on, My friend
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Cuz the one thing women love is powerful men
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The one thing women hate are brothers that bend
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They act like they like 'em, But they only pretend
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They wanna be with that man in the V.I.
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They don't wanna stand in line
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You outta your mind?
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That other player's got cash, But no juice
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Cuz the powerful men get to choose
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From a multitude of women that be steppin in crews
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Willing to do much more than before
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Give you quick brains, It's insane
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Just what the woman'll do just for you
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Cuz if you got the power, Then they gets it too
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If you rollin benz, Then they rollin too
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If you livin phat, Then they ballin too
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That sounds stupid to you, Not to me
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They winning one move when it takes us three
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Cars, Big houses, And shopping sprees
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While most of us see the penitentiary
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[Chorus 2x]
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Money, Power & Women
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Ice-T |