Talib Kweli - f** The Money lyrics

Ca**per Nyovest] Nyovest (the best) Talib, abashwe! Yeah [Verse 1: Ca**per Nyovest] I used to put the money first Yeah, I still do but that hardly works Cause y'all still ask for prices from the waiters and y'all hardly serve You pay once, you pay forever That you can't reverse That's why I ain't paid Talib for no f**ing verse Mutual respect over below payments Your mind accepted marriage when money proposed slavery I've been listening and four quarters of y'all won't make it I'm Africa's number 1, that's a f**ing bold statement And I'm the most relevant You failing to admit that is your biggest impediment We're not on the same level man Your dream girl sent me nudes and I'm checking them underneath the table as I'm having dinner with the president Man, f** the money! O tsenya tlhogo then otla ka plane Eh sane, being broke's for makgokgorane They love me cause they know I'm being real to my peeps There's n***as richer than me who still wish they were me, wa**up? [Sample] f** the money [x26] [Verse 2: Talib Kweli] (What the people say?) [x6] (Aye, aye, aye) Money make n***as break promises Money turned n***as into pharmacists Money make us drop out of colleges But the bars that I spit prove God exists Who we be, that's who we are Versace, Gucci, Louis Vuitton My taste expensive as a superstar So I take what I want like a coup d'etat From profit-sharing to profiteering Now they stop and stare 'cause we cop McLarens Were we not preparing for God's appearance? Too busy dominating and domineering Our competition securing our position Now our greed dangerous as a heart condition Rap n***as lie like politicians So I gotta tell the truth, that's a smart decision Capitalism is a cataclysm The white collar crime is a bad decision And the bankers who routinely crash the system Will quickly get their a** dragged to prison Need money to eat, need money to live Need money to keep, need money to give "I'm on the pursuit of the money" is your only goal Then you lose control, then you lose your soul Dollars and cents, they rob our children of their innocence So when it's sent, we come to our nation's capital to cash a check According to Dr. King when he saw it clear in his dream We built the pyramids, they built the pyramid scheme