Money, Power & Women Lyrics - Ice T

[Chorus 2x] 

"You gotta make the money first" 

"Then when you get the money, you get the power" 

"Then when you get the power, Then you get the woman" 

[Ice-T] 

The problem is you broke, You ain't got no car or job 

You slow with youer hustle, You dress like a slob 

Ladies ain't looking for no brothers like this 

They want the dub-twisting ballers with the ice on their wrist 

You gotta get your cash right to get in the game 

Might have to pull a pistol, Flip some caine 

Get out in them streets and hustle hard in the rain 

Take your come up and reinvest to the game 

"You gotta make the money first" 

You need a lot to go far 

What you think is rich, I just spent on a car 

What you think is paid, I just blew on a watch 

What you think is wealthy, I just dropped on a yacht 

Flip the street cash and try to pick some stocks 

Kick back in your pad and watch it roll like crops 

But it really ain't that easy, Or we all would be rich 

One mistake, You're broke, The come up's a bitch 

Make the right moves and forget about sleep 

concentrate on the paper chase, Join the elite 

Few dun got mad cash and money to spend 

Money to straight blow and money to lend 

And only then, You made it past stage one, My friend 

[Chorus 2x] 

[Ice-T] 

Now you got the money and the cash flow thick 

But you really ain't nothing but a richer trick 

Just because you're paid, you can still get thick 

By your low life homies or skanless bitch 

You gotta move it around, put it in the right hands 

Maybe a judge, Make a PA your friend 

Understand what really moves the world 

Recognize what really moves these girls 

Juice is more important than cash for real 

Money you spend, But true power you feel 

It ain't that easy to reach 

Respect is about the hardest damn thing in the streets to get 

Make your moves correct, Watch your crew 

Watch your back, They watching you 

Anybody round you has gotta be true 

Or you never make it past stage two 

Listen, when you get the real true power, You know 

People will feel you, Wherever you go 

And when you really max this game 

You'll never have to say your name 

[Chorus] 

[Ice-T] 

Now you got the power, It's on, My friend 

'cause the one thing women love is powerful men 

The one thing women hate are brothers that bend 

They act like they like 'em, But they only pretend 

They wanna be with that man in the V.I. 

They don't wanna stand in line 

You outta your mind? 

That other player's got cash, But no juice 

'cause the powerful men get to choose 

From a multitude of women that be steppin in crews 

Willing to do much more than before 

Give you quick brains, It's insane 

Just what the woman'll do just for you 

'cause if you got the power, Then they gets it too 

If you rollin benz, Then they rollin too 

If you livin phat, Then they ballin too 

That sounds stupid to you, Not to me 

They winning one move when it takes us three 

Cars, Big houses, And shopping sprees 

While most of us see the penitentiary 

[Chorus 2x]