I’m tryin’ to make a dollar outta my two cents
But it’s tough when I gotta pay utilities and rent
I’m looking at a paycheck, all of it is spent
Got me with an empty wallet and a pocket full of lent
Cause shorty can’t eat no bootleg CD’s
And i-tunes downloads aint gon’ feed me
But really
It’s not about me and my hustle
Worldwide everybody locked in the struggle
Even though I might be nice with this jive talk
I’m still broker than a bottle on the sidewalk
Broker than a thespians leg at the performance
Broker than a levy shooting water in New Orleans
I’m too broke to be writing cute rhymes
So if you can relate clap your hands two times
And if you cant relate DO NOT MOVE A MUSCLE
Cuz everyone who clapped is gonna stick you for the bundle
(Hook)
Cause it’s a cold cold world
Run by Drug Dealers and Go-Go Girls
It’s a cold cold planet
If you see what I see I know you understand it
We’re living in a cold cold time
And we’re robbing from each other like it’s oh so fine
This is a cold cold world
So we run to Drug Dealers and Go-Go Girls
The only medicine I have when my mind’s twisted
Is grab the microphone, plug it in, and start to rip it
So how you know I didn’t
Stretch it out like a magician
With my head at the Atlantic
And my feet at the Pacific
I break it down Dewy and his decimal system
Still I bet you don’t listen
To Ex-the-position
That you’re better off digging in a library book
Than going into business with a binary crook
And hi here he looks
With his suit and tie plastic
A confidence man who’s disguised as a Catholic
His arms stretched out—his palms to the sky
Begging for a piece of the American Pie
The same man who nearly bled America dry
Expects me to give some sort of fuck if he dies
I
Smell the scent of a rat with it’s tail outrunning for the hill and the capital Bailout
(Hook)
Cause it’s a cold cold world
Run by Drug Dealers and Go-Go Girls
It’s a cold cold planet
If you see what I see I know you understand it
We’re living in a cold cold time
And we’re robbing from each other like it’s oh so fine
This is a cold cold world
So we run to Drug Dealers and Go-Go Girls