[Intro] Cha-chao, cha-ching Chatter, choo-choo, ching Do ya hear that money ring? Cha-chao, cha-ching As it runs on me, it sings [Verse 1] What’s the move? Whatcha mean? You ain’t tryna turn something Into something it could never be Me, I like what Benjamin brings 103, 102, 101— No, I’m not done I’m countin’ like gangstas do Backwards, and the countin’ Never do none ’Cause when you came up from nothin’ To have a little bit of somethin’ It’s better than where you Had first begun Complaints shoot less freely ’Cause you know a life that’s not so easy Yeah, you’ve counted backwards to none But like the movie told me When the dad sat down with his son— [Chorus] Sometimes you’re flush Sometimes you’re bust It’s not money that says If you won But I’ll tell ya—it comes When you ditch all the sums It comes when you are Finally done With countin’ backwards Countin’ what you lost Countin’ every dollar Countin’ every cost Sometimes you’re flush Sometimes you’re bust But money never tells you Who you’ve become [Verse 2] A-choo, a-ching Bling, bling, bling On all twenty of my rings And things—and things Sure, if I get a mockingbird That bitch actually sings I don’t know what Or why or when I’ve become Who I’ve become I just know at some point My account became a sum I mean, I would clap hard But she’s too busy Getting scared and droolin’ like a tard No—but even if that ain’t PC Friendly, ask about the part Where they sent the short bus to scoop me [Bridge] When alternative school Did start That wasn’t even The best part Got straight A’s And a scholarship I mean— I went Hard You can count me out You can count me wrong You can count every dollar I’ve had all along But if you’re keeping score Better know what you count I came up from nothing And made nothing amount [Final Chorus] Sometimes you’re flush Sometimes you’re bust It’s not money that says If you won And I’ll tell ya—it comes When you ditch all the sums It comes when you are Finally done Countin’ backwards To prove where you’ve been Countin’ every loss Like it tells you if you win [Outro] Cha-chao, cha-ching Let the damn thing ring I came up from nothing— That’s worth something.
