Common - Chapter 13 (Rich Man vs. Poor Man) Lyrics

Intro whispering:Let's talk about moneyGet moneyCommon Sense want the moneyLet's talk about money.Common Sense:I... be... the one they call PeaveyI'm Poe as Edgar AllenBut I'm a poet when I'm freestylinYnot:You got a design masterwind Not Never The LessFresh like L addresss yes the LS's hereI appear on piers with my peersThe Imperial like margerin, I'm butterYes like Bel-AirCommon Sense:Lookin' at my fake Gucci, it's about that timeIt's time for some perculatorI circulate around the blockBlack to get me a six pack a half of Harrow's chickenA good combination, when I get bubbly I do it in moderation1 brew, 1 brew, I said 1 brew at a timeYnot:Well I'm a two timer of women that'll 3 times a ladyMs. Haiti say Sade and my Ms.Golper say"Yo whoop there it is" call me E cause I equal MC's squaredIn the bed marks know I got the key to get the girlsNoses open like the vapors, more pub than the papersMore papers than the press, oh yes I gets paidCommon Sense:Yo, I didn't grow grow up po po but once you get grown and out on yourownBills upon bills upon bills is what you haveBefore you get your check then you already spend halfSee I make money, money doesn't make meI'm a reflection of my section and section 8Ynot:Enough, I own 8 sections of the world, where I'm sexin' 8 girlsWhere I have 'em comin' in (ugh) 8 secondsI told Victoria her Secret you suck life SeacrestI Ultrawhite my secretery, I went to TibetTo bet on a horse you bet your lifeMine was better and now you're deader, than a (door knob) eeea wrongHook:Ynot:So what's your name?Common Sense:I'm the Com that wrote Com Sense, and when I don't got scratchI do feel tense, and if you give your papers to a broad youse a dummyYnot:Cause without the money"Ain't a damn thing funny" (X3)Ynot:These rhymes I exchange like stock, I'm live like stockI rock like Prudential, making ha ha from ZeroThat's mucho denero, like Robert Denero, I rob Berts deneroA hero like the sandwich, a man which has mills like Stephanie MillsDills like pickels, I'm fancy man like tickles LIKE (the french)Not Johnny but like a Bench I press on like glueI stand like Lee while you stagger like Lee (Ha!)Most likely I'll gagger that bullish I pull ish like a magnetA dragnet, I don't drag I gets net income, yo bums I rush likeadrenalineI'm royal when I flush, your highest hush will get mushed like asleigh dogI slay dogs who are under me, I over man, call me DovermanCause I'm a Pincher of pennies that's pretty, then you see green fromall moneyI spend (what you do?) I stay fresh like mint from mintI meant my mint, know what I mean? I'm niceReal friendly like an officer, friendly and a gentlemanFriendly like neighbors, not Jim but like Homer I got high salute, attention saluteI kill loot but won't dilute, even if I threw garbage on the groundI couldn't pollute, man, I'm too rich for that, BiiitchHook:Common Sense:So what's your name?Ynot:I'm Ynot I own a mansion and a yacht (uh ha)I got essentials and credentials and honeys at my feet (come on)And when I walk the street I'm never looking bummyCommon Sense:Cause without the money"Ain't a damn thing funny"Common Sense:Ok there was a black man a white man and a chinese manThe black man of course he was po (yeah)The white man. He was rich (uh ha)And the chinese man, he owned a store (alright c'mon)Ok the black man lived on Beech StreetThe white man lived on Wall StreetAnd at the chinese man's store is where they all meetNot really on the good footBecause the white man kept steppin' on the black man's toesAnd in his shoes there were holesBut the white man didn't care, shit, he didn't have to wear it (uh ha)He scratched that pad he got from his parents, with his tight assHe would have been poor white trash, but anywayEveryday the blackman would ask for some spare changeBut Adam, the white man would stare strangeSo the black man got fed upcause wasn't nobody feedin' him and feedin' himAnd took red by his neck and started beatin' him and beatin' himThe chinese man got noyd and broke out like a peonAnd now the black man own the store and the name of it is Leons(what's that?)Barbeque that is. Rib tips hotsuace, mild sauce, friesHook:Common Sense:So what's your name?Ynot:I'm Ynot I own a mansion and a yacht (uh ha)I got essentials and credentials and honeys at my feet (come on)And when I walk the street I'm never looking bummyCommon Sense:Cause without the money"Ain't a damn thing funny"