The People Lyrics - Pursuit Of Nappyness - Nappy Roots

Money means nothing 

My people mean everything 

Promise when I got little more money that I will never change 

Plus still the same 

I kept my feet on earth 

And I kept my promise 

I kept my people first 

My friends and my family help make a man of me 

When i was down at 

Ya'll lent a helping hand to me 

So I return in the favour 

I passing forward 

Adversity dont run away from it run towards it 

Face it and brace it 

I promise that you could make it 

Time spent with your family you should keep that secret 

Is more worth then any amount of money? 

So i never let the money snatch that from me 

People get money and they start actin funny 

Its the money that making they world you see 

but see if i get some then we all gettin somthin 

Cuz money aint the world to me 

I do it for the people the people the people 

Cuz money aint the world to me 

The people the people the people 

Cuz money aint the world to me 

Daddy was a garbage man 

Momma worked real hard 

Me im a common man 

And the pi on the lord 

Smart smith admit it 

You didnt have a million dollars 

Only thing you said to me was dont kill you makes you stronger 

humble beginning 

makes a sweeter endin 

Look at Oprah Winfrey, Tupac, and John Lennon 

In rolls sit goes 

What your next move 

Now you have a good president what you gone do 

Be a better man 

Let a freiend a hand 

Grow spiritedly 

Help out your community 

Is the love that mama was cooking 

That making taste good 

Is the people not the money 

That makes the neighbourhood 

People get money and they start actin funny 

Its the money that making they world you see 

but see if i get some then we all gettin somthin 

Cuz money aint the world to me 

I do it for the people the people the people 

Cuz money aint the world to me 

The people the people the people 

Cuz money aint the world to me 

You see I do it for the love 

Sometimes i do it just because 

But for some reason i cant explain 

I didnt do for the bucks 

See Nappy Roots is a movement 

That hovers a class above 

the average and the obvious 

Sell the conscious like a lot of this 

We struggle from time to time 

Did the opposite of a lot of us 

But a hard word pays off 

Im leaving proof and promise in this 

Educate yourself so when you finally see some dollars and cents 

You say you want but proof that soon you gonna make it 

But make it to your grandchildren's kids 

because they are the future 

We are the one that are damaging it 

Abuse is an opportunity with revolution, and contaminates 

Dont make any damn sense 

His movie doesnt have a sequel 

If you dont do for you and your kids 

then do it for the rest of the people 

People get money and they start actin funny 

Its the money that making they world you see 

but see if i get some then we all gettn somthin 

Cuz money aint the world to me 

I do it for the people the people the people 

Cuz money aint the world to me 

The people the people the people 

Cuz money aint the world to me 

Lyrics Corrections by Aric Golgart