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”
So you want to be a superstar here's a big big kiss
You want a mess like this 'cause it's the real deal bliss
You got a face like this boy now you just can't miss
You're smoking cheap cigars and drinking beer like piss well
I'm not me I'm not free
You're not mee you're not free
James Brown don't move like that you got to step and twist
I got a six pack and an 80 proof fist
I get it, it's funny, you know I'm making money
Not summer, but sunny. Cool like the Easter bunny
You get it, I'm on it, I got the milk and honey
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
I hear you want to be an icon like Madonna (like a virgin)
You ask yourself now do I? do I?
Do I got to be a sucker slaving 9 to 5, and in the 5 to 9
You're fucking busy working overtime
I'm not me I'm not free
You're not me you're not free
You don't got moves like this
You don't got style like this
I'm not faking it, baby I'm making it
I get it, it's funny, you know I'm making money
Not summer, but sunny, cool like the Easter bunny
You get it, I'm on it, I got the milk and honey
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
You want a mess like this 'cause it's the real deal bliss
You got a face like this boy now you just can't miss
You're smoking cheap cigars and drinking beer like piss well
I'm not me I'm not free
You're not mee you're not free
James Brown don't move like that you got to step and twist
I got a six pack and an 80 proof fist
I get it, it's funny, you know I'm making money
Not summer, but sunny. Cool like the Easter bunny
You get it, I'm on it, I got the milk and honey
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
I hear you want to be an icon like Madonna (like a virgin)
You ask yourself now do I? do I?
Do I got to be a sucker slaving 9 to 5, and in the 5 to 9
You're fucking busy working overtime
I'm not me I'm not free
You're not me you're not free
You don't got moves like this
You don't got style like this
I'm not faking it, baby I'm making it
I get it, it's funny, you know I'm making money
Not summer, but sunny, cool like the Easter bunny
You get it, I'm on it, I got the milk and honey
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
You make me laugh - Ha ha ha
Lyrics submitted by miso-happy
Makin' Money Lyrics as written by Danny Walker
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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yay i love this song! i saw the video on mtv2 like a year ago and it was AWESOME and then i heard it on that gay snowboarding movie out cold and i love it!