WYCLEF JEAN - Low Income lyrics

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Intro:<br>Let um feel the beat first<br>I'm bout to come through your stereo<br>Should my rhyme start with the hook<br>Start with the hook<br><br>To my people who don't wanna go to work<br>Thank God it's friday<br>Cover me she bout to put up her skirt<br>Thank God it's friday<br>Do your mom now you act so berserk<br>Thank God it's friday<br>What's the track, what's the track girl? <br>She don't wanna, she don't wanna work on monday<br>(I wanna thank my hood)<br><br>Verse 1:<br>For makin me a star before I had fast cars<br>And couldn't tell the difference between whoppers and caviar<br>Before the fame<br>Way before things changed<br>All I wanted to do was freestyle and get a name<br>I used to work at the fast food restaurant<br>For minimum wage<br>Dreamin I'm on stage<br>At 17 I left the house<br>Cause my father was a minister<br>And I didn't want the marvin route<br>What's goin on? <br>Today to sell a song you need a video with soft porn<br>Mc's in the industry<br>You wanna tip? <br>Don't let them pimp you like goldy<br>And tell sony they better have my money<br>Cause I play wit the comodores and be like lionel richie<br>Low income, I stay so hungry that if 50 cent came to rob me<br>He'd be part of my charity<br>(I wanna thank my hood)<br><br>To my people cuttin here in the shops<br>Thank God it's friday<br>To the thugs sweatin up in the chop shops<br>Yo, it's friday<br>To my people that don't got no job<br>Everyday it's friday<br>What's the track, what's the track yo? <br>She don't wanna, she don't wanna work on monday<br>All the ladies sing<br><br>Ladies:<br>I don't feel<br>Like cookin you no breakfast<br>This mornin<br>(wyclef: all my hoodlums say)<br><br>Guys:<br>You don't have<br>To cook me breakfast<br>Cause your girlfriend will<br>After you leave<br>(I wanna thank my hood)<br><br>Verse 2:<br><br>For the love of money<br>I know kids who'll slit your throat<br>Friday the 13th<br>Jason wit a trench coat<br>But you can't scare suzie<br>Cause her man got so many uzi's you'd think he was cadivi<br>Meanwhile, she's getting her nails done<br>Crystal clear so they could shine like wit diamonds<br>It's such a shame what happened last week<br>Man they found her under the sheets with a letter from the son of sam<br>It said to tell new york I ain't sleepin<br>You want to be clubbin then you better pack your heat in<br>And to my man g swar rest in piece<br>I still poor liquor<br>1 draw on the cocoa leaf<br>Inhale, exhale smoke grasses<br>Polices in the area, but ain't no need to panic<br>You wit wyclef you getting in<br>If not, then we gonna make cnn<br>(I wanna thank my hood)<br><br>To my people who don't wanna go to work<br>Thank God it's friday<br>Cover me she bout to put up her skirt<br>Thank God it's friday<br>Do your mom know you act so berserk? <br>Thank God it's friday<br>What's the track, what's the track girl? <br>She don't wanna she don't wanna work on monday<br>Yo, to my people cuttin here in the shops<br>Thank God it's friday<br>To the thugs sweatin up in the chop shops<br>Yo, it's friday<br>To my people who don't got no job<br>Everyday it's firday<br>What's the track, what's the track yo? <br>She don't wanna she don't wanna work on monday<br>All the ladies sing<br><br>Ladies:<br>I don't feel<br>Like cookin you no breakfast<br>This mornin<br>(wyclef: all my hoodlums say)<br><br>Guys:<br>You don't have<br>To cook me breakfast<br>Cause your girlfriend will<br>After you leave<br><br>Guitar solo<br><br>(daddy, play that guitar)