[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