Ever since I was a young boy I wondered what to be Watching all the grownups shaking on the money tree You know that everybody's got their places Everyone fits just fine: all except me, Lord Now when You gonna gimme mine? All across the nation (everywhere) people do their things (pulling their hair) Pushing on bu*tons and pulling on different strings You know that everybody's got their places Everyone fits just fine: all except me, Lord Now when You gonna gimme mine? Now when You gonna gimme importance When You gonna gimme wealth When You gonna make me like everybody else? I got to get me a high position, got to get me a Cadillac Got to get me a raise, I got to get me a heart attack You know that everybody's got their places Everyone fits just fine all except me, Lord Now when You gonna gimme mine? Oooh working at the Neiman Marcus, working at the five and dime Got to have the money gonna make it in the nick of time You know that everybody's got their places Everyone fits just fine all except me, Lord Now when You gonna gimme mine?