[Intro: Puff Daddy]
Sometimes I don't think you motherfuckers
Understand where I'm coming from
Where I'm tryin' to get to
Sometimes I hear voices
I can't see it, can you see it?
Turn the lights on
Check this out

[Verse 1: Puff Daddy]
Make money's the motto, staying desperados
New chance of hitting the lotto
Let's take it to the neck wit this bottle
Get in the El Dorado
And break from this bitch at full throttle
You like fuckin' fashion models?
That only waddle with cats that flash stacks
Or squabble with n***as that flash gats
Then squirt hot pellets out their nozzles
And leave a n***a hurting on the block
Sounding like when you gargle
Them hero n***as that plot
Them zero n***as get got
And never get a chance to bust a shot
Curled up in a knot then forgot on the spot
Then I'm on the run wit a gun smoking hot
All around the world's where I go
Places that only I know
Goodfella not gunshotto
And I'm tellin' n***as, make money's the motto
Fuck the n***as that squable
And I hit them back and fourteen hollow, take that
[Chorus: Carl Thomas, (Puff Daddy)]
I hear voices inside (Just trying to get my money right)
And I see crime, don't die (Don't fuck wit my money)
And I need changes (I won't fuck wit your money)
Oh, please, please, please (If you fuck with my money, I make you like one of them presidents)
Don't go, don't go (Feel me?)

[Verse 2: Puff Daddy]
Representing my money, for the love of my money
I leave a man stiffer than the mummy
Now don't miss it, if I catch them coming for me
When I try to tell a dummy
You took it like I was saying something funny
Took it like my word wasn't shit, like I wasn't legit'
What occurs is gonna be hard to forget
That's something I'll never permit
When I feel my eye twitch, things happen
And my voice start speaking a diffrent pitch
Trying to keep things low-low
They don't really know, though
Bad Boy the motherfuckin' logo
Stay on your toes
They shouldn't get it mistaken
Hope they don't think I'm faking
Mess around and get thier life taken and shaken
You know the rule of thumb be
Don't try to take nothing from me
I'm routed where the streets stay slummy
Make money's the motto, fuck the n***as that squabble
I know I might be hard for you to swallow
Ya feel me?
[Chorus: Carl Thomas, (Puff Daddy)]
I hear voices inside
And I see crime, don't die (Sometimes I just feel like y'all don't understand)
And I need changes (Where I'm coming from, where I'm trying to get to)
Oh, please, please, please (Shit is really deep, this shit is deep)
Don't go, don't go

[Verse 3: Puff Daddy]
They don't have a direct understanding of me
Fuck what they planning for me
I just won't accept the bullshit that they handing to me
Still standing after the trouble remains, it's deep
If you trying to make it clear and explain it to me
And all that negative shit pertaining to me
What you think I'm claiming to be
A straight heart staying with me
I can tell it's about to go down
I told them, slow down before I send the low down
And skip up out of town
And I don't wanna but I'll do it if I gotta
The situation is serious and getting hotter
You know what they say about those that slow on the trigger
Less then a second too late and you one dead n***a
So I take aim and I squeeze and deliver
Like I told them, just to let him know 'til he figures out
It's make money's the motto
Something ya'll should follow
And I don't got no time for the squabble
Ya feel me?
[Chorus: Carl Thomas, (Puff Daddy)]
I hear voices inside (Sometimes you just get tired of shit)
And I see crime, don't die (Sometimes you just get fed up)
And I need changes (Don't hate me, hate yourself, motherfuckers)
Oh, please, please, please (Don't hate me, hate yourself)
Don't go, don't go

[Outro: Puff Daddy]
Cause I ain't never gonna stop
I ain't never gonna stop
I'll make you feel me forever
And ever and ever and ever
That's just the way it is
That's just the way it's gonna be