Chorus: I makes money, money don't make me, that's the way I am and it's plain to see Get right for yourself, they can't put you on a shelf Live and let live, you know its plain enough There ain't a dollar in the world can make me change my stuff
I met lots of men who told me when they finally make their first million They're gonna live like kings, gonna try everything They're gonna flatter pretty women If they know how to do it, why not get to it, instead of waiting all your life 'Cause life is only doing, what you think is worth pursuing Instead of waiting all the time
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If you find yourself waiting and you know you're hesitating Get your butt off the ground It ain't your money or your honey, and you know it's kind of funny When its all boiled down If you want to be the man, and you know you certainly can Then do it, do it, do it, do it, do it Clothes don't make the man, money won't help you stand Any truer than you're doin'
So you'll never find the endin' of sittin' and pretending You're gonna do it sometime You keep knocking on wood, doing exactly what you should Trying to save enough dimes
Build 'em up higher, so you can retire, to your castle in the blue But you find it's all behind and it's probably slipped your mind And you're too pooped to toot