Money, Power & Respect - The Lox ft DMX and Lil\u0027 Kim (lyrics) See, I believe in money, power and respect First, you get the money, then you get the motherfuckin\u0027 power After you get the fuckin\u0027 power, motherfuckers will respect you (what\u0027s the key to life?) Money, power and respect what you need in life Money, power and respect, you\u0027ll be eatin\u0027 right Money, power and respect, you can sleep at night You\u0027ll see the light, what\u0027s the key to life? Money, power and respect what you need in life Money, power and respect, you\u0027ll be eatin\u0027 right Money, power and respect, money, power and respect Money, power and respect Ayo, my whole clique \u0027bout it, \u0027bout it We take yours while you pout about it Truck, step out, the whores wanna crowd around it You could see me on Optimum TV Go in your bathroom, turn the light out Scream, \u0022Bloody Mary, 1, 2, 3\u0022 Sheek ain\u0027t your usual friend But I could set you up like Keyser and walk straight at the end I\u0027m done with ice and charms I\u0027m tryna ice my whole casket when I\u0027m gone Pull up with class on the don, once I meet \u0027em I greet \u0027em Kiss his feet for freedom, tell em\u0027 thank you Lord \u0027Cause on Earth, I was gettin\u0027 bored Now resurrect me back to this cat called Sheek So I can make this album and get back the cats that\u0027s weak Two-thirty, six-two Me budge for you? That\u0027s like a cat vers\u0027 a pitbull Gun, know clip full, keep hunger And plan for the future, \u0027cause you figure you gon\u0027 be older Way longer than you gon\u0027 be younger (what\u0027s the key to life?) Money, power and respect what you need in life Money, power and respect, you\u0027ll be eatin\u0027 right Money, power and respect, you can sleep at night You\u0027ll see the light, what\u0027s the key to life? Money, power and respect what you need in life Money, power and respect, you\u0027ll be eatin\u0027 right Money, power and respect, money, power and respect Money, power and respect, it\u0027s the key to life Only time could tell how the clock tick I\u0027m really loved here, but I\u0027m still a hostage Two personalities, check the posture Smoke out the mouth, flare out the nostrils Think of death, then life seem scary I\u0027m passin\u0027 graveyards seein\u0027 people Hail Mary I ain\u0027t chillin\u0027 \u0027til I\u0027m out parachutin\u0027 Race my man in mountain climbin\u0027 for about ten diamonds 25 thousand a piece, fuck streets Tryin\u0027 to own the island, forget about wildin\u0027 Try ridin\u0027 in the car that be glidin\u0027 If I showed you where I lived, you would think I was hidin\u0027 Sling dick to chicks that don\u0027t speak English Wake up in Trinidad like, \u0022Fuck it, I\u0027m rich\u0022 Come back, private jet, live on set If you can shit gold, then I can spit baguettes (what\u0027s the key to life?) Money, power and respect what you need in life Money, power and respect, you\u0027ll be eatin\u0027 right Money, power and respect, you can sleep at night You\u0027ll see the light, what\u0027s the key to life? Money, power and respect what you need in life Money, power and respect, you\u0027ll be eatin\u0027 right Money, power and respect, money, power and respect Money, power and respect Nothin\u0027 but the hotness whenever we drop this Monotonous for y\u0027all to keep hatin\u0027 \u0027cause y\u0027all never gon\u0027 stop us I keep my rocks spotless and my hos topless Take time, try to figure out who The Lox is Fear no one, kick rhymes like shoguns You scared to blow one, get robbed with your own gun If I don\u0027t respect you, I\u0027ma check you And if I don\u0027t kiss you, I\u0027ma peck you Right before I wet you, I sneeze on tracks and bless you I\u0027m special and if you like workin\u0027 out, then I\u0027m gon\u0027 stretch you Hustlin\u0027 is dead, but we still get red Turn the spots into bakeries to get back bread And y\u0027all said my money\u0027s spent, but it\u0027s in the Bent\u0027 So when the Feds come, the dogs can\u0027t get a scent And my story, self-explanatory That I\u0027m the hottest thing on the street And y\u0027all ain\u0027t got nothin\u0027 for me (what\u0027s the key to life?), yeah Money, power and respect what you need in life Money, power and respect, you\u0027ll be eatin\u0027 right Money, power and respect, you can sleep at night You\u0027ll see the light, what\u0027s the key to life? Money, power and respect what you need in life Money, power and respect, you\u0027ll be eatin\u0027 right Money, power and respect, money, power and respect Money, power and respect This is a beat that I can freak to, just drop the reels Bless a nigga with the ill, y\u0027all niggas know my skills X in their grills, hit \u0027em up, split \u0027em up Wet \u0027em up and watch \u0027em come get \u0027em up Set \u0027em up, when you do dirt, you get dirt Bitch, I\u0027ll make your shit hurt, step back like, \u0022I did work\u0022 This ain\u0027t no fuckin\u0027 game, what, you think I\u0027m playin\u0027? \u0027Til you layin\u0027 somewhere in the junkyard decayin\u0027 Moms at home prayin\u0027 that you comin\u0027 home, but you not \u0027Cause you sittin\u0027 up in the trunk, startin\u0027 to rot And hell is hot, I know because I\u0027m here now, baby It\u0027s goin\u0027 down, baby, get the four pound, baby And let off up in a nigga Especially if he think he bigger than my motherfuckin\u0027 trigger Dead eye, can I get mine? Is he gone? DMX representin\u0027 one time, put us on (what\u0027s the key to life?) Money, power and respect what you need in life Money, power and respect, you\u0027ll be eatin\u0027 right Money, power and respect, you can sleep at night You\u0027ll see the light, what\u0027s the key to life? Money, power and respect what you need in life Money, power and respect, you\u0027ll be eatin\u0027 right Money, power and respect, money, power and respect Money, power and respect