Caught Up movie - Made Man lyrics
rate me<br>
Yo<br>
I gotta story, about money, women, and power<br>
and who truly has it<br>
<br>
Her name, seems to slip my mind<br>
but her face is stuck in my brain<br>
Can vaguely remember the day we met, see it had rained<br>
the road over, on Soppovada was wet<br>
And my car wasn't, huggin the terrain<br>
So there I came into her lane<br>
I was to blame but stopped my headlight in the front<br>
cos I ran into her back<br>
But she didn't, over-react, cos her cruiser wasn't even scratched<br>
In fact, now that I think, back, I was gettin macked<br>
by a tender, oh yeah now I remember<br>
Vanessa from Maryland, aggressive and tanned<br>
It was December, of '94 and she was finding O attractive<br>
Lookin like an actress, skilled in the art of macktress<br>
She asked if I was cool, I said "Sure<br>
but damn I fell like manure because baby I ain't insured"<br>
Her reply - "Poor baby, don't worry, I understand<br>
but man makes the money, money never makes the man<br>
She said<br>
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[Hook x2]<br>
Man makes the money, money never makes the man<br>
Man makes the money, money never makes the man<br>
Man makes the money, money never makes the man<br>
And that's real, and that's real<br>
<br>
We started chillin, it was all the way live<br>
She flipped me a downtown highrise in 1995<br>
8-50i, no more sess highs, strictly chronic and thai<br>
Rolled in place in a gold cigarette case<br>
Liquorice papers for sweeter taste, my pockets was laced<br>
with big head Benjamins, crushed in cinnamon, linen and black Gators<br>
Platinum, chains, rings and bracelets<br>
Found out she was a mule for the Mob<br>
Had plans to rob, and wanted me in on the job<br>
Bust this, disgusted, one night in the middle of sex<br>
She asked O-Press - "Are you down for this?"<br>
And I said "YES! Baby yes!", ugh<br>
I must confess it was a bit risky this way<br>
But when she hugged and kissed me, uhh, I didn't care<br>
Got to the point I didn't even wear underwear<br>
cos she would want it everywhere and anywhere<br>
(Man makes the money, money never makes the money)<br>
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[Hook w/ variations x2]<br>
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The matriarch was established, we was after the cabbage<br>
To continue livin lavish she had a plan - hit her ex-man<br>
for three hundred grand, I just put him to sleep<br>
and keep it movin to a spot where, we used to creep<br>
Agreed, greed, bubbled up inside me indeed<br>
So on Friday when he received loot, I walked in and proceeded to shoot<br>
nigga's in they knees, fuck 'freeze', yeah yeah<br>
there's the money, oh shit and seventeen keys<br>
Stashed up and shit, shot to the designated spot<br>
at the designated time, she was late I had to wait<br>
Escalated my mind to stop the shakes<br>
I had just shot niggas up, like a scene out of Carlito's Way<br>
She walked in around ten<br>
I was in the corner with my 9 sayin "I thought eight was the time<br>
we had agreed upon" but I noticed she was nervous<br>
I said "What's goin on?", that's when she blurted<br>
"?? heard about the Mob, how we did it, the money - give it<br>
Trust me baby, I'll be back in a minute"<br>
Then she kissed me on my face, grabbed me up under my waist<br>
and left, I sat for three hours and still not a trace<br>
Soft nigga, I got the seventeen, I'ma just dip<br>
That's when the cops showed up, talkin bout an anonymous tip<br>
They got the dirty cookers and the pure uncooked<br>
Took me and my attorneys hell just to get me one L<br>
With no possibilities of parole I was lost<br>
Vanessa made me made loot and made off<br>
Uh, what?<br>
I said Vanessa made me, made loot and made off<br>
<br>
[Hook to fade]<br>
Man makes the money, money never makes the man<br>
Man makes the money, money never makes the man<br>
She said she said<br>
Man makes the money, money never makes the man<br>
Man makes the money, money never makes the man<br>
What what, what what<br>
<br>
[Outro - over top of hook]<br>
That's what she told me<br>
But remember, the lips of strange women, soft like honeycomb<br>
Her mouth drippin in poison oil<br>
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