Stunt N Dozier - Money, Power, Respect lyrics

[Hook] Money, power, and respect From the perspective of a n***a that ain't had it yet Never let them see you sweat and always do your best Everything you do, make sure they never seen it yet Zavey [Verse 1] Money the root of evil so people be k**ing people The prisons are overcrowded and college ain't getting cheaper So many rappers and models, no doctors and ain't no teachers Everybody stressed so we spend all our money on reefer But wait, it gets deeper than the ba** in the speakers You try to find God but only meet greedy preachers And we pledge our allegiance to a country that don't need us Some rich, some poor, but they claiming that we equal Am I my brother's keeper cause I'm a free thinker Can't let my thoughts linger, they might put me in the sleeper I'm running from the reaper cause I'm a overachiever Tryna turn them doubters into believers with masterpieces They eyes on the dollar so I know they all see us All around us steady screaming, I know cause I hear them demons I'm still daydreaming trying to comprehend the meaning Of things I done seen but I wish I never seen it Zavey [Verse 2] Power make them treat you like the man of the hour Especially if you got a gift like a baby shower Milk the game for what it's worth 'til it turn sour Why do they wait until you die to hand you them flowers I can't live like no coward, I just keep moving forward And keep my morals, I don't listen to they foolish stories CNN reporting some sh** that just ain't important Meanwhile, you unemployed and you can't pay your mortgage Your sh** together only when you're stopping up the toilet Police brutality is something they always ignoring Til it's another murder, a devastated mother A lost brother of somebody that you never heard of Gas prices sky high so you barely be driving Now you wishing you ain't vote for Obama and Biden They worried about what Charlie Sheen do as a hobby But posting fake pictures of Osama Bin Laden [Hook] Zavey [Verse 3] Pay respect where respect due If you ain't got money or power then I bet they neglect you Treat you like sh**, even thrown sh** at you If you ain't on the scene then I bet they forget you Try to make you believe that you ain't nothing special But you just do your thing and never stall like a restroom Count your blessings cause life lessons can test you Do what you gotta do and f** what the rest do Follow that rule and them haters won't affect you Never let a n***a disrespect you or check you We in a food chain that's survival of the fittest It's eat or get ate so which side are you picking It's slim pickings, the fast life is addicting They love you up close but hate you from a distance That's why I hope you count your blessings through it all You can gain a lot of power but still lose it all