[Intro]When I watch TVThen I see all them people and all them fine homes they live inAnd all them nice cars, they driveThen I get all full of ambitionYou tell me what I'm supposed to do with all this ambition that I got[Hook: AZ]My mentality is money-orientatedI'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it[Verse 1]Yo, paper chase the moneyBut never pray for money, only pray for wisdom'Cause nobody can take that from youYou can always tell them niggas who ain't used to making money'Cause them niggas annoying when they finally start making moneyY'all taking pictures of stacks, is that what y'all want me to see?Y'all can count them stacks to this peak, that ain't no money to meTo make a hundred legally, that was my first big planI quit my job, then next week I made my first ten bandsGrew with niggas who use triggers just to stop the bullshitYou gon' need God to safe your life, 'cause the doctors couldn'tThat tough shit don't mean nothing when they cock and pull itToughest nigga in the world still couldn't box a bulletYo, I got family that's behind walls and they caved downWent in a Christian, now it's Allah when he praying nowThat's when I realized that jail and death is where this money don't matterCan't buy my way into heaven when he judging me after[Hook: AZ]My mentality is money-orientatedMy mentality is money-orientatedMy mentality is money-orientatedMy mentality is money-orientatedI'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it[Verse 2]Look, you say in God we trustBut I've seen God's people sell their souls for youGood girls turned into strippers on poles for youYou're a poor man's dream but they tire you to evilThat's what Christ told disciples in the bible, they teach youHe tried to give advice to his peopleCompared a rich man to a camel through a eye of a needleYou only live ones but if you live it right, it's a sequelI felt trapped but this money make my life feel like freedomYou put the clothes on my back with designer labelsFirst star meals, sitting at my plate you held me by the tableYou felt like heaven on earthIt's hard to leave you but I got to 'Cause my father gon' expect me in churchGranny said: "you can't grow money on trees from the earth"But if you could then that explains why Eve bit it firstThat's when I realized that jail and death is where this money don't matterCan't buy my way into heaven when he come for the rapture[Hook: AZ]My mentality is money-orientatedMy mentality is money-orientatedMy mentality is money-orientatedMy mentality is money-orientatedI'm destined to live the dream for all my peeps who never made it
