What People Do For Money (Extended Version)

What people do for money

What people do for money

You're with it

See that lady there (oh, men)

Selling their body, man

Shouldn't have even done that (I know)

It's crazy, crazy

Word

What people do for money

What people do for money

A man came around in the neighborhood

And he promised to take you to Hollywood

That's what he said, he played with your head

And then he skipped town with all your bread

Got hit by a car, fell to the ground

And people all over start to gather around

And he was hurt so bad it seemed to be

But he was only down for the currency, huh

Ladies at the corner looked so fine

And man, oh, man, I wish she was mine

I mean she looked so cute with the skin tight suit

But she was selling that body as a prostitute

Well, it might sound sad

Or it might sound funny

But that's what people do for money

What people do for money

What people do for money

What people do for money

What people do for money

My man doing bad, commit a crime

But they caught him in the act, now he's doing time

And I asked him why, with tears in his eyes

He said I did it for the M-O-N-E-Y

Huh, I got no money and times getting rough

I'm on public assistance, but that ain't enough

I got to get a gun and stick up someone

And later be sorry for what I've done, huh

A girl got married against the law

She married a man she never seen before, huh

And then she split, ain't that a myth

'Cause it was all done for citizenship

Well, it might sound sad

Or it might sound funny

But that what people do for money

What people do for money

What people do for money

What people do for money

What people do for money

What people do for money

What people do for money

(What people do for money)

Sometimes, it makes me cry

(What people do for money)

Children growing up to see this

Teenage girls dating senior citizens

I said, tell me girl, what's happening

She says I'm down on my luck, so what the f-, huh

I'll see if I can lay him for a couple of bucks

Three cards in my hand, one red, two black

You know red is making money, black, you make nothing back, huh

You took a try and now I'm sorry

You lost all your money in three card molly

One dollar in your pocket, and now you're broke

But you're dying from hunger, and you need a smoke, huh

You play a three to win eight to one

You lost your only dollar, now you have none

Huh, it might sound sad

Or it might sound funny

But that's what people do for money

Put 40 hours in at a minimum wage

Friday here, and you get paid, huh

You played some dice, and now you're paying the price, huh

You got to tell the story to your wife, huh

50 dollar sneakers and you got no job

Tell me how you do it when times are hard, huh

You rob the bank and make big cash

But tell me, how long does that life last?

Huh, it might sound sad

Or it might sound funny

But that what people do for money

What people do for money

What people do for money

What people do for money

What people do for money