Doin' Good For Yourself Lyrics - The Jungle Brothers

[ Baby Bam ] 

Souped up, gased up, got the fresh gear on 

Seen you with the Beamer and the new Liz Claybourne 

How you're doin, baby? Oh, you're doin good now? 

Go to slap you five and you raise an eyebrow 

See the brother changed cause he's full of ambition 

Seen the brother change cause he was on a mission 

Corn on the cob just to keep her job 

Treat the next kid like he's nothin but a slob 

Cause all you ever do is think about your wealth 

And makin sure you're always doin good for yourself 

You keep doin it 

That's all you ever do 

To think of only you 

Just doin good for yourself 

Just doin good for yourself 

[ Mike G ] 

Workin very hard, you work up, pray to God 

Hopin on TV will be your next job 

You go to work, you press some shirts 

Watch the blue tube and do your homework 

Slap your man five talkin like you're live 

In this time of life you still fight to survive 

You spot a break and break it some more 

Now there's two pieces layin on the floor 

Very much the same but different than the other 

This is what you call a faded out brother 

You say you got soul although you act cold 

State of mind changed along with your bankroll 

[ Baby Bam ] 

But check him out, huh, he's workin out, huh 

I guess that's what a hard-workin man is about 

You run around and run around until you get dizzy 

Changed up your look so I asked who was he 

Now that's nothin like Dexter my man 

I guess you got caught up in the wrong hands 

Word em up, word em up, huh, word em up, hops 

Cold set my brother up and called the cops 

Flipped on everybody, turned neighborhood squealer 

No different, just as bad as a drug dealer 

[ Mike G ] 

Girlfriend said that he was just a sweetie 

But caught by a biz that was a bit more meaty 

Ratted on your man's man, thinkin that you can-can 

Your man got slammed and now you're thinkin, "Goddamn 

Three strikes I'm out," now you done blew it 

You didn't think you was but very much so, you was 

That's all you ever do 

To think of only you 

Just doin good for yourself 

Just doin good for yourself 

That's all you ever do 

To think of only you 

Just doin good for yourself 

Just doin good for yourself 

You done dit it 

You done did it now 

[ Baby Bam ] 

So there he goes again, back bendin for the other 

I know you're doin business but we used to be good friends 

Kool & the Gang, hangin the hang and all that 

[ Mike G ] 

And all of a sudden, the push of a button, a new route 

[ Baby Bam ] 

Oh, sure I'm happy for you but you're always on your own 

Cause the lyrics you be kickin don't be workin in my zone 

And I gotta include, don't mean to be rude 

But you gotta change up your little funky attitude 

Cause it's lonely at the top especially when you go pop 

You flip-flap-flip and then you finally get dropped 

Got it locked doin for yourself, take it from me 

You're better off bein how you used to be 

It's like that 

I said you're better off bein how you used to be 

It's like that 

(Paid in full) --> Rakim 

That's all you ever do 

You think of only you 

Just doin good for yourself 

Just doin good for yourself 

That's all you ever do 

To think of only you 

Just doin good for yourself 

Just doin good for yourself 

[ repeated until fade ]