Lyrics Money Tree - Smar-T Jones

All the things that we used to say
All the things that we used to know
Don't mean a whole lot right here right now
Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Pow
Things that we used to say
All the things that we used to know
Don't mean a whole lot right here right now
Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Pow

I told you all the things that I wanted to be when I grew up
Now I'm telling you exactly how I had to make a buck
They said with any luck you'll have a bright future
But my last grade completed was the ninth and I was a user
Self-educated loser
Would've learned sooner
But most of my field trips were in a white cruiser
Hoover Crips were my first roommates
I was called a Satanist and told I needed saved
I may believe in fate but I don't believe in luck
Luck is for suckers so keep the pity fucks
I am preserved like Smuckers
I'll see the shitty schmucks
On the other side of this crux
Won't be hard to find me in a tux
This blow sucks then I thought of who blew clucks
Then I blew the whole pile of snow into a cloud of dust
I see these sitting ducks pucker up till their lips are loose
Then they run amok singing duck duck goose

All the things that we used to say
All the things that we used to know
Don't mean a whole lot right here right now
Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Pow
Things that we used to say
All the things that we used to know
Don't mean a whole lot right here right now
Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Pow

I grew up poor with limited finances
And at a young age I knew it'd limit my chances
At having fun at the high school dances
Brand new car picking up romances
The kids in the movies always lived in mansions
Not houses like mine in the middle of Arkansas
Jealous of the Church and Boy Scouts so I kicked it by myself
Figurin' my world out
I stole about five times my allowance in school each day
Until the announcements
I felt bad on Halloween
When I saw the kids I was stealing from had less than me
The teacher asked the class about the money and the checks
"If you know the kid who did it there's no reason to protect"
I raised my hand I had to interject
Said "it's probably the one that you least expect"

All the things that we used to say
All the things that we used to know
Don't mean a whole lot right here right now
Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Pow
Things that we used to say
All the things that we used to know
Don't mean a whole lot right here right now
Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Pow

I didn't steal much after that it felt wrong
Instead I sold golf balls and mowed lawns
Door to door
Till I got out of school
Then I worked with my Dad laying floors
And I sold a few bags on the side
Of whatever, whatever, whatever I could find
I really didn't mind as long as it was payin'
And from what I was taught it really wasn't strayin
Worked fifty hour weeks laminating countertops and
Walked out of my fair share of restaurants
What haunts me the most is the one that I can boast about
Entitled by my title and position I was missing out
Cheating on my best friend
Since you left I've been filled with regret
I got away with it but not from myself yet
My first vacation in Cancun
Felt lonely as fuck without you

All the things that we used to say
All the things that we used to know
Don't mean a whole lot right here right now
Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Pow
Things that we used to say
All the things that we used to know
Don't mean a whole lot right here right now
Bang Bang, Bang Bang, Pow