Money, Power & Women

[Chorus 2x]<br>"You gotta make the money first"<br>"Then when you get the money, you get the power"<br>"Then when you get the power, Then you get the woman"<br><br>[Ice-T]<br>The problem is you broke, You ain`t got no car or job<br>You slow with youer hustle, You dress like a slob<br>Ladies ain`t looking for no brothers like this<br>They want the dub-twisting ballers with the ice on their wrist<br>You gotta get your cash right to get in the game<br>Might have to pull a pistol, Flip some caine<br>Get out in them streets and hustle hard in the rain<br>Take your come up and reinvest to the game<br>"You gotta make the money first"<br>You need a lot to go far<br>What you think is rich, I just spent on a car<br>What you think is paid, I just blew on a watch<br>What you think is wealthy, I just dropped on a yacht<br>Flip the street cash and try to pick some stocks<br>Kick back in your pad and watch it roll like crops<br>But it really ain`t that easy, Or we all would be rich<br>One mistake, You`re broke, The come up`s a bitch<br>Make the right moves and forget about sleep<br>concentrate on the paper chase, Join the elite<br>Few dun got mad cash and money to spend<br>Money to straight blow and money to lend<br>And only then, You made it past stage one, My friend<br><br>[Chorus 2x]<br><br>[Ice-T]<br>Now you got the money and the cash flow thick<br>But you really ain`t nothing but a richer trick<br>Just because you`re paid, you can still get thick<br>By your low life homies or skanless bitch<br>You gotta move it around, put it in the right hands<br>Maybe a judge, Make a PA your friend<br>Understand what really moves the world<br>Recognize what really moves these girls<br>Juice is more important than cash for real<br>Money you spend, But true power you feel<br>It ain`t that easy to reach<br>Respect is about the hardest damn thing in the streets to get<br>Make your moves correct, Watch your crew<br>Watch your back, They watching you<br>Anybody round you has gotta be true<br>Or you never make it past stage two<br>Listen, when you get the real true power, You know<br>People will feel you, Wherever you go<br>And when you really max this game<br>You`ll never have to say your name<br><br>[Chorus]<br><br>[Ice-T]<br>Now you got the power, It`s on, My friend<br>Cuz the one thing women love is powerful men<br>The one thing women hate are brothers that bend<br>They act like they like `em, But they only pretend<br>They wanna be with that man in the V.I.<br>They don`t wanna stand in line<br>You outta your mind?<br>That other player`s got cash, But no juice<br>Cuz the powerful men get to choose<br>From a multitude of women that be steppin in crews<br>Willing to do much more than before<br>Give you quick brains, It`s insane<br>Just what the woman`ll do just for you<br>Cuz if you got the power, Then they gets it too<br>If you rollin benz, Then they rollin too<br>If you livin phat, Then they ballin too<br>That sounds stupid to you, Not to me<br>They winning one move when it takes us three<br>Cars, Big houses, And shopping sprees<br>While most of us see the penitentiary<br><br>[Chorus 2x]