VON POE VII - Filthy Money Wishes lyrics

Introduction: "The man I worked for, he had one of the biggest companies in New York City. He ran it for more than fifty years. Fifteen years, eight months, nine days, I was with him every day. I looked after him, took care of him, protected him. I learned from him. Bumpy was rich, but he wasn't white man rich. You see he wasn't wealthy. He didn't own his own company. He thought he did, but he didn't. He just managed it. White man owned it so they owned him. Nobody owns me, though." - Denzel Washington (American Gangster 2007) [Verse One} Filthy money wishes We lottery scheming That mission impossible We plottin spots to rock When the block gets hot I want the mansion and the yacht Just to say that we did it See the criminal system Is something that my team is never mission Minorities listen when we're poverty stricken Them words will save you We only representing twelve percent Of the continent that we living in So as a Black man in America Never in God have I trusted in That's common sense Egyptian pyramids on Christian dollars, kid I want the cream I'm trying to live it up like I'm Ray Liota With a couple females Bullet holes and some sea shells The good life I'll cop a couple thou' And get my mouth fixed Or thug it out for my people With a chipped tooth and a white chick That's how I'm living I'll speak it simple So you can paint the picture From rags to riches The baddest b**hes Ain't the Queens my n***a I'm in the Lincoln Trying to ride it out like Cadillac My Grandpa had the Eighty-Nine And when he died, he gave me that My n***a where's your heart at? Ayo I tucked it by my nut sack So if a n***a try to test me Best believe he getting all that Before I fall back And lay with the earth My mom's retirement Is something Ima provide Even if I gotta ride for it [Chorus] Filthy money wishes We went from rags to riches I'm just trying to live it up For homies serving time in prison We'll be living large until the lights go out We'll be living large until the lights go out (2x) [Verse Two] And what about that See reality living ain't what I'm dreaming We manifesting the future It's coming so just get used to it The rebirth of the African on American soil That's revenge of the slave Or the resurrection of higher elevation I got the .45 and the shotty But we tired of all that gun talk Cause the cops is still corrupted Meaning most of yall ain't bustin So f** it I'd rather live it up and hit the town tonight And spark the revolution With a Molotov and candle light We thuggin To the villainous Good Fellas, Untouchables We sparking up the Cuban And word to Formula we cruising To the good life I'll cop a couple mil' And get my city fixed Free meals for the children A better house to live with cheap expenses Cause word is bond My n***as are out here trying to get it I'm trying to make it out Without becoming another statistic So stick to the mission We about the rock the nation Like the Reagan Era And Black Panther Party Genocide In all it's terror [Chorus] Filthy money wishes We went from rags to riches I'm just trying to live it up For homies serving time in prison We'll be living large until the lights go out We'll be living large until the lights go out (2x) "The most important thing in business is honesty, integrity, hardwork. Family, never forgetting where we came from. See you are what you are in this world, and that's either one of two things. Either you're somebody, or you're nobody. I'll be right back." - Denzel Washington (American Gangster 2007)