[Hook: R. Kelly and Ashanti] If it wasn't for the money Cars and movies stars and j**els And all these things I got I wonder, hey Would you still want me (Want you) Would you still be calling me (Still calling you) You be loving me? (I'll be loving you) [Ja Rule] Wanna keep you flawed with no dough Pimpin ain't easy Trust me I know When gangstas and hoes Go go go go go go together Like chinchilla and bad weather I'm good but been better All my bros, chedda and glamorous things Copped a few cars A crib with a east and west wing Cuz this is how I'm livin and yall women know the secrets Of how to get it and keep it How to prey on my weakness Cuz the power of p-u-s-s-y Got a lotta n***as wonderin it ain't just I Gotta keep ya cash comin And that's on my life If it wasn't for the money and the things I got sh**, she probably wouldn't like me But I keep her and Irv and Jeffrey quite icy Sip seraphim, who doesn't like me And the murderous I-N-C [Hook: R.Kelly and Ashanti] If it wasn't for the money Cars and movies stars and j**els And all these things I got I wonder, hey Would you still want me (Want you) Would you still be calling me (Still calling you) You be loving me? (I'll be loving you) Oh, oh, oh [R. Kelly] How many girls does it take to get to Mack status Player status Pimps that get Ya boy half rich fore we hit show biz But show biz brought next level chicks Pull them in them hot cars go and buy the whole bar n***a I came from the dirt what you want me to say I'm at the top of the world and life's a p**y buffet And that's why I get m-i-a Shut the game down so the bustas can't play Hell yeah I splurge money Hell yeah I act funny Look at you like f** you All the sh** I been thru It's a wonder why I'm still here Said I was gone but I'm still here And all you b**hes that left me here Its mighty strange how you right back here [Hook: R.Kelly and Ashanti] If it wasn't for the money Cars and movies stars and j**els And all these things I got I wonder, hey Would you still want me (Want you) Would you still be calling me (Still calling you) You be loving me? (I'll be loving you) Oh, oh, oh [Ja Rule and R.Kelly] I wonder why love is about money And why you wanna take it all from me Honey My life is dark but its lovely Crimes cars cribs ain't that right Kelly? (Oh oh oh oh oh oh) Yall b**hes don't know Money ain't a thang Mami need a lil change Girl I'm pitchin quarters Closest to the arches but live in a fortress New benzes new porsches New cases new lawyers I'm becoming the infamous notorious rule n***as couldn't walk a mile in my shoes n***as don't possess the heart that I do And it's a wonder that I'm still here Thought I was gone but I'm still here And all you b**hes that left me here Its kinda funny how you right back there [Hook: R.Kelly and Ashanti] If it wasn't for the money Cars and movies stars and j**els And all these things I got I wonder, hey Would you still want me (Want you) Would you still be calling me (Still calling you) You be loving me? (I'll be loving you) Oh, oh, oh [R. Kelly] Oh oh oh oh ohhhhh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh