Audible Mainframe - Money & Flash lyrics

[Hook] Those were the reasons That was LA We were running for the Money and the Flash! That was called love for workers in song Still is if you're living in the money making past [Verse 1] The Mainframe ain't a band it's a gang And the robot flag is the rag that I hang Wrapped around the grip of the mic when I bang Blast off at the crowd—son I'm doing my thang In this house there's no cigarette smokers Boys drink whiskey Girls drink mimosas Half man half machine, but all planner Living in a commune Welcome to the Manor I was thinking twice about the jump to LA Then I bumped in to the comrade from Haite Who told me “Expo sac vit pas campe” (an empty bag cannot stand) I said you're right next week I was on my way That's why you find me troubadouring through Texas Where they won't let you move without identity papers We hit the road play a show for the Magi Pack up our sh** SAY GOODNIGHT TO THE BAD GUYS!! [Hook] Those were the reasons That was LA We were running for the Money and the Flash! That was called love for workers in song DJ Special Blend get busy on that a** [Verse 2] I remember you well in Monarch Hotel Like a Leonard Cohen song Penny Lane just fell Into the Fillmore District You feel more wicked Residing in the revelry reveals more sick sh** End scene I'm on Sunset Blvd Los Angeles California Hollywood and all… Running for the Money and The Flash You get a bit of cash And put it in your pocket pretty fast I felt a chill when I came in the place Of an ugly atmosphere covered with a pretty face And white powder caked On the bridge of her nose I'm at the bar sipping Patron And scripting some poems The pretty face come to ask me for my name I said “I'm Exposition and I don't do c**aine.” She rolled her eyes turned her head the other way I guess “Welcome to Hollywood” is what she was saying [Hook] Those were the reasons That was LA We were running for the Money and the Flash! That was called love for workers in song Still is if you're living in the money making past Those were the reasons That was LA Now we're running FROM the Money and the Flash! That was called love for workers in song Still is if you're living in the money making past I need you I don't need you I said I need you Naw I don't need you And all of that jiving around