Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Look at that boy he got everything
And when I get through he's gonna have me too
Oh mom I found a lover for me yeah
Oh mother, sister, brother found a lover for me yeah
And then I come to find out he got no romance (ooooo)
When it comes to love, he's boo boo
He only gets excited when he hears bling bling yeah
Treat me like your money
Love me, need me, want me
Take me wherever you go
Worship me your whole life
Pray for me at night
Treat me better than anyone you know
(better than anyone you know)
(Come here baby)
Look at me now I got everything
Been with that boy for awhile now
He gives me Bentleys, gives me wedding rings
He gives me inspiration for the song I'm singing
And I have tried to teach him
How to make romance
But you can't buy love so he don't understand it
And every time he comes, he screams: finances!
Treat me like your money
Love me, need me, want me
Take me wherever you go
Worship me your whole life
Pray for me at night
Treat me better than anyone you know
(better than anyone you know)
You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round
(how you do me)
You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round
(spin round around)
You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round
(ladies and gentlemen, introducing will.i.am.)
Spinning turning like a record that's hot
Girl I love you like money 'cuz I love you a lot
Now baby don't ask me because I don't know why
Cuz it's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
I keep your picture right next to my Benjamin Franklin
And if you take my money girl I'll give you a spankin
And you gizzle all my money baby that's no lie
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
Treat me like your money
Love me, need me, want me
Take me wherever you go
(take me wherever you go!)
Worship me your whole life
Pray for me at night (your whole life)
Treat me better than anyone you know
Treat me like your money
Love me, need me, want me
Take me wherever you go (wow!)
Worship me your whole life (wow!)
Pray for me at night (wow!)
Treat me better than anyone you know
(love me, need me, want me baby!)
Treat me like your money
Love me, need me, want me (worship me your whole life!)
Take me wherever you go (pray for me at night baby!)
Worship me your whole life
Pray for me at night
Treat me better than anyone you know
(treat me like your money baby!)
And when I get through he's gonna have me too
Oh mom I found a lover for me yeah
Oh mother, sister, brother found a lover for me yeah
And then I come to find out he got no romance (ooooo)
When it comes to love, he's boo boo
He only gets excited when he hears bling bling yeah
Treat me like your money
Love me, need me, want me
Take me wherever you go
Worship me your whole life
Pray for me at night
Treat me better than anyone you know
(better than anyone you know)
(Come here baby)
Look at me now I got everything
Been with that boy for awhile now
He gives me Bentleys, gives me wedding rings
He gives me inspiration for the song I'm singing
And I have tried to teach him
How to make romance
But you can't buy love so he don't understand it
And every time he comes, he screams: finances!
Treat me like your money
Love me, need me, want me
Take me wherever you go
Worship me your whole life
Pray for me at night
Treat me better than anyone you know
(better than anyone you know)
You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round
(how you do me)
You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round
(spin round around)
You spin me right round baby right round like a record baby right round round round
(ladies and gentlemen, introducing will.i.am.)
Spinning turning like a record that's hot
Girl I love you like money 'cuz I love you a lot
Now baby don't ask me because I don't know why
Cuz it's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
I keep your picture right next to my Benjamin Franklin
And if you take my money girl I'll give you a spankin
And you gizzle all my money baby that's no lie
It's like that (what?) and that's the way it is
Treat me like your money
Love me, need me, want me
Take me wherever you go
(take me wherever you go!)
Worship me your whole life
Pray for me at night (your whole life)
Treat me better than anyone you know
Treat me like your money
Love me, need me, want me
Take me wherever you go (wow!)
Worship me your whole life (wow!)
Pray for me at night (wow!)
Treat me better than anyone you know
(love me, need me, want me baby!)
Treat me like your money
Love me, need me, want me (worship me your whole life!)
Take me wherever you go (pray for me at night baby!)
Worship me your whole life
Pray for me at night
Treat me better than anyone you know
(treat me like your money baby!)
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Treat Me Like Your Money Lyrics as written by Stephen Coy Peter Jozzepi Burns
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Royalty Network, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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