When I was a boy	
I never played with toys	
Never had a friend
Never laughed or cried much	
And when I was a boy	
My father was a man
With a strict and sturdy hand	
No soft touch

Make that money, make that money	
Make that money run like honey	
On your tongue
Gotta make that money	
Make that money, listen sonny
Learn to sting before your stung

Now that I'm a man
Every penny has been planned	
I'm financially grand
And perfectly greedy	
Sentimental fools	
I make all your rules
I've got your cash, got your jewels	
They're all mortgaged to me

Make that money, make that money	
Make that money run like honey	
On your tongue
Gotta make that money	
Make that money, listen sonny
Learn to sting before your stung

And I know	
'Cause he told me so	
Told me so	I believe him	
I still believe...
Give me that money

Controlling all your cash	
I could make you live in trash
I eat pheasant, you eat hash	
No philanthropy	
But when it's time for me to croak
Bury me with all my dough	
And where there should've been an oak
My private money tree will grow

Make that money	
Said make that money	
Make that money run like honey
On your tongue

Told me so	
Told me so	
He told me so