The Lox - Money, Power, Respect lyrics

[Intro: Lil' Kim] See I believe in money, power and respect First you get the money Then you get the muthaf**in' power After you get the f**in' power, muthaf**as will respect you [Hook: Lil Kim] It's the key to life Money, power, and respect, whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect, you'll be eatin' right Money, power, and respect, help you sleep at night You'll see the light, it's the key to life Money, power, and respect, whatchu' need in life Money, power, and respect, you'll be eatin' right Money, power, and respect, money, power, and respect Money, power, and respect [Verse 1: Sheek Louch] Ayo, my whole clique bout it, bout it We take yours while you pout about it Truck, step out, the who*es wanna crowd around it You could see me on optimum TV Go in your bathroom turn the light out, scream Bloody Mary, 1, 2, 3 Sheek ain't your usual friend About to set you up like Keyser and walk straight at the end I'm done wit' ice and charms I'm tryin' to ice my whole castle 'fore I'm gone Pull up wit' gla** on the don' Once I meet em' I greet em' Kiss his feet for freedom Tell em' thank you lord Cuz on Earth I was gettin' bored Now resurrect me back to this cat called Sheek So I can make this album And get back the cats that's weak Two-thirty, six two Me versus you that's like a cat versus a pitbull Gun, know clip full, keep hunger And plan for the future, cause you figure You gon' be older Way longer than you gon' be younger [Hook] [Verse 2: Styles P] Only time could tell how the clock ticks I'm really loved here but I'm still a hostage Two personalities check the posture Smoke out the mouth clear out the nostrils Think of d**h The life seem scary I'm pa**in' graveyards seein' people Hail Mary I ain't chillin til' I'm out parachutin' Race my man in mountain climbin' for about ten diamonds Twenty five thousand a piece f** streets Tryin' to own the island, forget about wylin' Try ridin' in the car that be glidin' If I showed you where I lived you would think I was hidin' Sling dick to chicks that don't speak English Wake up in Trinidad, like f** it I'm rich Come back, private jet Live on set, if you can sh** gold, I can spit baguettes [Hook] [Verse 3: Jadakiss] Yo nothin' but the hotness Whenever we drop this Monotonous for ya'll to keep hatin' Cause ya'll never gon' stop us I keep my rocks spotless And my hoes topless Take time try to figure out who da Lox is Fear no one Kick rhymes like Shoguns You scared to blow one Get robbed wit' your own gun If I don't respect you I'mma check you And if I don't kiss you I'mma peck you Right before I wet you I sneeze on tracks an' bless you I'm special And if you like workin' out Then I'm gon' stretch you Husslin' is dead but we still get red Turn the spots into bakeries to get back bread And ya'll said my money's spent But it's in the Bent' So when the Feds come, the dogs can't get a scent For my story, self-explanatory That I'm the hottest thing on the street And yall ain't got nothin' for me [Hook] [Verse 4: DMX] This is a beat that I can freak to Just drop the reals Plus a n***a wit' the ill Ya'll n***as know my sk**s X 'em on the grill get em' up Split em' up, wet em' up And watch em' come get em' up Set em' up When you do dirt, you get dirt b**h, I'll make your sh** hurt Step back like 'I did work' This ain't no f**in' game What'chu think I'm playin', till you layin' In the car in the junkyard decayin' Mom's at home prayin' that you comin' home But you not, cause you sittin' up in the trunk Startin' to rot And hell is hot, I know because I'm here now Baby It's goin' down baby Get the four pound baby And let off up in a n***a Especially if he think he bigger Than my muthaf**in' trigger Did I, can I get my Is it on, DMX representin for one time For the song [Hook]