Money Is - Quincy Jones, Little Richard

I got a Ph.D.

in how to make ends meet

I graduated from the college in the street

Inflation in the nation don’t bother me

Cause I’m a scholar when it comes to the almighty dollar

Money, money, money, money is…

Money’s on my mind

Money, money, money moves me

I even like the money sign

I’m so mean with the green

I make a dollar want to holler

Make a mark want to bark

Make a pound want to frown

Money, money, money, money is…

Money’s on my mind

Ain’t no such thing as dirty money

The rich folks know what I mean

And money ain’t got no smell, let me tell you

How some green can keep you clean

Money, money, money, money is…

Money’s on my mind

Money, money, money moves me

I even like the money sign

So mean with the green

I make a yen want to grin

Make a franc want to clank

Make a twenty look plenty

Money, money, money, money is…

The only thing that’s on my mind

I’d rather be well-to-do

Than have to I-O-U

I think my friend, brother Getty would agree

There’s only one thing that money can’t buy

And that is poverty

Money, money, money, money is…

Money’s on my mind

Money, money, money moves me

I even like the money sign

I’m a stone-cold taker

I’m a piggy-bank shaker

I use every ruse, talking trash

So if you go to my school

You got to learn to this rule:

Don’t let your mouth write a check

That your body can’t cash

Money, money, money, money is…

Money’s on my mind

Money, money, money moves me

I even like the money sign

I’m so mean with the green

I make a dollar want to holler

Make a mark want to bark

Make a pound want to frown

Money, money, money, money is…

The only thing that’s on my mind

My eyes start to blinkin' when I flash on some Lincolns!

My mind start relaxin' when my pocket is full of Jacksons!