What People Do for Money

What people do for money.
What people do for money.
You're with it.
See that lady there (Oh man.) selling her body, man.
Yeah?
Shouldn't have even done that. (I know.)
It's crazy, crazy.
Word.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
A man came around in the neighborhood
And he promised to take you to Hollywood.
That's what he said, he played with your head
And then he skipped town with all your bread.
Got hit by a car, fell to the ground
And people all over start to gather around.
And he was hurt so bad it seemed to be,
But he only down for the currency.
Huh!
Ladies at the corner looked so fine
And man, oh man, I wish she was mine.
I mean, she looked so cute with the skin tight suit,
But she was selling that body as a prostitute.
Well, it might sound sad
Or it might sound funny,
But that's what people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
My man doing bad, commit a crime.
But they caught him in the act, now he's doing time.
And I asked him why with tears in his eyes.
He said, "I did it for the M-O-N-E-Y."
Huh!
"I got no money and times getting rough.
I'm on public assistance, but that ain't enough.
I got to get a gun and stick up someone
And later be sorry for what I've done."
Huh!
A girl got married against the law.
She married a man she's never seen before.
Huh!
And then she split, ain't that a myth,
'Cause it was all done for citizenship.
Well, it might sound sad
Or it might sound funny,
But that's what people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
(What people do for money.)
Sometimes it make me cry,
(What people do) Children growing up to see this. (for money.)
Teenage girls dating senior citizens.
I said, "Tell me, girl, what's happening."
She says, " I'm down on my luck, but what the fuck?
I'll see if I can lay him for a couple of bucks."
Three cards in my hands, one red, two black.
You know red is making money,
Black, you get nothing back.
Huh!
You took a try and now I'm sorry.
You lost all your money in three-card molly.
One dollar in your pocket and now you're broke.
But you're dying from hunger and you need a smoke.
Huh!
You play a three to win, 8 to 1.
You lost your only dollar, now you have none.
Huh!
It might sound sad
Or it might sound funny,
But that's what people do for money.
Put 40 hours in a minimum wage.
Friday here and you get paid.
Huh!
You played some dice and now you're paying the price.
Huh!
You got to tell the story to your wife.
Huh!
50-dollar sneakers and you got no job.
Tell me how you do it when times are hard.
Huh!
You rob the bank and make big cash,
But tell me how long does that life last.
Huh!
It might sound sad
Or it might sound funny,
But that's what people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.
What people do for money.