When you ain't got none money's not evil And I'm tired, tired of the trouble. And I once had a friend that told me that we live, that we live In the age of bread And even though he moved a thousand miles away, I still believe in what he said That a wise man might try to tell you what is zen But he doesn't have to pay the rent Don't empathize with the landlord's pain, Just flushing your money down the drain. When you ain't got none money's not evil And I'm tired, tired of the struggle Moms and dads are saving their scratch To send their kids to a higher plane But what they don't know is just enough To keep the joke So forward in their brains And on the day that you say that you're gonna start your life Move your a**, and part the seas A pat on the back and a bill Yeah, growing up Ain't exactly what you dreamed. Oh, oh oh oh oh! When you ain't got none money's not evil And I'm tired, tired of the struggle And months go buy with unpaid notes And credit cards got me by the throat And God please don't go and raise my rent 'Cause gettin' paid don't make a dent, a dent, a dent When you ain't got none money's not evil And I'm tired, tired of the struggle