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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
The LOX
The LOX
Leadgesang
Lil' Kim
Lil' Kim
Stimme und Gesang
DMX
DMX
Stimme und Gesang
Jadakiss
Jadakiss
Stimme und Gesang
Sheek Louch
Sheek Louch
Stimme und Gesang
Styles P
Styles P
Stimme und Gesang
KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Earl Simmons
Earl Simmons
Songwriter:in
Deric Angelettie
Deric Angelettie
Songwriter:in
David Styles
David Styles
Songwriter:in
Jason Phillips
Jason Phillips
Songwriter:in
Sean Jacobs
Sean Jacobs
Songwriter:in
James Smith
James Smith
Songwriter:in
Ron Lawrence
Ron Lawrence
Songwriter:in
Sean "Puffy" Combs
Sean "Puffy" Combs
Songwriter:in
Sean Combs
Sean Combs
Songwriter:in
PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Amen-Ra
Amen-Ra
Produzent:in
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie
Produzent:in
Herb Powers
Herb Powers
Mastering-Ingenieur:in
Jay Waxx Garfield
Jay Waxx Garfield
Produzent:in
Michael Patterson
Michael Patterson
Aufnahmeingenieur:in
Tony Maserati
Tony Maserati
Mischtechniker:in

Songteksten

[Verse 1]
See, I believe in money, power, and respect
First, you get the money
Then you get the motherfuckin' power
After you get the fuckin' power, motherfuckers will respect you!
[Chorus]
What's the key to life?
Money, power, and respect
What you need in life?
Money, power, and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power, and respect
Help you sleep at night
You'll see the light
[Chorus]
What's the key to life?
Money, power, and respect
What you need in life?
Money, power, and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power, and respect
Money, power, and respect
Money, power, and respect
[Verse 2]
Ayo my whole clique 'bout it, 'bout 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
Bloody Mary, 1, 2, 3
Sheek ain't your usual friend
But I could set you up like Keyser and walk straight at the end
I'm done with ice and charms
I'm tryna ice my whole casket when I'm gone
Pull up with class on the don
Once I meet 'em, I greet 'em
Kiss His feet for freedom
Tell Him, "Thank you Lord"
'Cause on Earth I was gettin' bored
Now resurrect me back to this cat called Sheek
So I can make this album and get back to cats that's weak
Two thirty, six two
Me budge for you, that's like a cat vers' a pitbull
Gun, know clip full, keep hunger
And plan for the future, 'cause you figure
You gon' be older way longer than you gon' be younger
[Chorus]
What's the key to life?
Money, power, and respect
What you need in life?
Money, power, and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power, and respect
Help you sleep at night
You'll see the light
[Chorus]
What's the key to life?
Money, power, and respect
What you need in life?
Money, power, and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power, and respect
Money, power, and respect
Money, power, and respect
What's the key to life?
[Verse 3]
Only time could tell how the clock tick
I'm really loved here, but I'm still a hostage
Two personalities, check the posture
Smoke out the mouth, clear out the nostrils
Think of death, then life seems scary
I'm past the graveyard seein' people Hail Mary
I ain't chillin' until I'm out parachutin'
Race my man in mountain climbin' for about ten diamonds
Twenty five thousand a piece, fuck streets
Tryna own an island, forget about wilin'
Try ridin' in the car that be glidin'
If I showed you where I lived, you would think I was hidin'
Sling dick to chicks that don't speak English
Wake up in Trinidad, like fuck it, I'm rich
Come back, private jet, live on set
If you could shit gold, I could spit baguettes
[Chorus]
What's the key to life?
Money, power, and respect
What you need in life?
Money, power, and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power, and respect
Help you sleep at night
You'll see the light
[Chorus]
What's the key to life?
Money, power, and respect
What you need in life?
Money, power, and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power, and respect
Money, power, and respect
Money, power, and respect
[Verse 4]
Yo, yo, nothin' but the hotness whenever we drop this
Monotonous for y'all to keep hatin' 'cause y'all never gon' stop us
I keep my rocks spotless and my hoes topless
Take time, try to figure out who The Lox is
Fear no one, kick rhymes like Shogun
You scared to blow one, get robbed with your own gun
If I don't respect you, I'ma check you
And if I don't kiss you, I'ma peck you
Right before I wet you, I sneeze on tracks and bless you, I'm special
And if you like workin' out then I'm gon' stretch you
Hustlin' is dead, but we still get red
Turn the spots in the bakeries to get back bread
And y'all said my money's spent but it's in the Bent'
So when the feds come, the dogs can't get a scent
And my story, self-explanatory
That I'm the hottest thing on the street
And y'all ain't got nothin' for me
[Chorus]
What's the key to life?
Money, power, and respect
What you need in life?
Money, power, and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power, and respect
Help you sleep at night
You'll see the light
[Chorus]
What's the key to life?
Money, power, and respect
What you need in life?
Money, power, and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power, and respect
Money, power, and respect
Money, power, and respect
[Verse 5]
This is a beat that I can freak to, just drop the reels
Bless a **** with the ill, y'all **** know my skills
X in their grills, hit 'em up
Split 'em up, wet 'em up
And watch 'em come, get 'em up, set 'em up
When you do dirt, you get dirt
Bitch, I'll make your shit hurt
Step back like, "I did work"
This ain't no fucking game, what you think I'm playin'?
Till you layin' somewhere in the junkyard decayin'
Mom's at home prayin' that you comin' home
But you not, 'cause you sittin' up in the trunk, startin' to rot
And hell is hot, I know because I'm here now, baby
It's goin' down, baby, get the four pound, baby
And let off up in a ****
Especially if he think he bigger
Than my motherfuckin' trigger
Did I, can I get mine? Is it gone?
DMX represent for one time, for the song
[Chorus]
What's the key to life?
Money, power, and respect
What you need in life?
Money, power, and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power, and respect
Help you sleep at night
You'll see the light
[Chorus]
What's the key to life?
Money, power, and respect
What you need in life?
Money, power, and respect
You'll be eatin' right
Money, power, and respect
Money, power, and respect
Money, power, and respect
Written by: David Styles, Deric Angelettie, Earl Simmons, Jason Phillips, Sean Jacobs
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