1 - money and the powder, money and the powder (misses gangsta boo got the) money and the powder (yup) Money and the powder, money and the powder (n***as pagin' me for my) money and the powder Money and the powder, money and the powder (I got all you b**hes jade, 'cause of) money and the powder Money and the powder, money and the powder (up 24/7, 'cause my) money and the powder [gangsta boo] I got the money and the powder Yeah, got the f**in' dollas, 40 Increasin' hours Trade your whole damn life for it Only tryin' to be the richest b**h That roam the city streets Keep a bird flyin' to the south For a winter's peak South folk put me up on game 'cause the game ain't changed Still the same way Likin' me and your momma gaze Rappin' get ya paid That's cool, I'm havin' fun, see Live on stage, gangsta boo is what they call me Good sense of humor Kinda funny once you get to know Money over b**hes, once on top You don't hear me though Stay smokin' green 'cause I got it like that I stay up on some pure sh** On and poppin' like that So if you try to break me Never will you succeed 'cause a b**h like me, always got a plan b With hypnotize minds Blindin' b**hes when we come through To all enquiring minds Yours truly, gangsta boo Repeat 1 [gangsta boo] It's kinda hard bein' the lady that I am, you see Without a shiesty a** n***a tryin' to get with me But we gon' ride and get high Glidin' deep in the night In your pearl mercedes fixed with the blue headlights Okay, it's on, pop the dom What about the 100, percent pure that you promised me Before you go under Call me lady, me, no I'm takin' over your hood Because it's on, good Yellin' that I'm wishin' you would Try to gank me for my sh** Never buyin' ya baby I be the one that rock your cradle Come and play with me baby Yee know, it's 'bout the money It ain't 'bout nothin' else Don't try to play me b**h Be f**in' tryin' to play with yourself If it's cool, then it's cool If it's not, then it's not If ya a** actin' shady, if it's bricked or rocked Don't be crossin' like a God when you're dealin' with me It's not so easy bein' hard What'cha tryin' to be? Repeat 1 [gangsta boo] What a trip, I got you b**hes wantin' to roll with me But back in 1993, you wouldn't f** with me But now I got an album out Look at tv, I'm on it Now you're lookin' for some fame Plus all my n***as, you want 'em Never that, I can't be usin' groupies To call 'em friends Because my money and my powder would be gone in the end I can't depend on you b**hes when I'm in some trouble Blow your bump and f** me up Once i'mma f** you up ? Get your squad, what they gon' do? (not sh**) I thought you knew With my black hooded crew We gon' come and get you 'cause we got money to make Whatever n***a it take We got some ki's in this sh** We gotta bring home some play It ain't no limit in this because we real to the fact If your a** black, you know you gotta hustle for scraps So i'mma holla Thanks for listenin' all my ghetto girls and boys First comes money, then the powder Then relax, and you'll enjoy Repeat 1