[Intro: Willie Hutch]
Yeah-yeah
I've got a story I want to tell everybody right now, ha-ha
Yeah-yeah
Oh yeah, yeah-yeah
Ha-ha
This here's a story about a little old man
Now listen to me, yeah
To everybody else he was fool, oh he made alot of sense to me, yeah yeah
[Verse 1: Willie Hutch]
Oh little old man sitting on the side of a river bank, yeah
Telling me a story about life that blew my mind
He said, "[?] let me tell you something", oh
He said, "life is a game of give and take, you gotta work hard and make all your breaks", yeah-yeah
He said, "if you ain't got no money, you can't get no honey"
"If you ain't got no cash, ain't no telling how long you're gon' last"
[Break]
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah-yeah
[Verse 2: Willie Hutch]
Oh, old man sitting on the side of the river
Yeah I'll tell you a story about life that will blow your mind
He said, "what goes up must come down, you start from the top you're gonna hit the ground" yeah-yeah
He said, "what goes up must come down, you better [?]
You ain't got no money, you can't get no honey
You ain't got no cash, ain't no telling how long you're gon' last