No Respect - Kool Moe Dee

What you want  you ain't gon' get it 
What you need  you won't admit it 
It really don't matter how hard you try 
Cause money can't buy respect 

The material mind is enticed by the dollar bill 
It makes some brothers fight  and some would even kill 
Some will do anything for a bill 
Cause they think they'll get respect 

Bought a big Mercedes  and you got about ten more cars 
Now you impress the ladies  and you're a neighborhood star 
Gold on your fingers and your neck 
But you still get no respect 

Your mind is weak, so when you speak 
You're obsolete, your mental peak 
Is in the street, your mouth's a beak 
Big like a bird, and your future's bleak 
Now you should seek some help decree 
You're sellin crack and livin cheap 
Bought a brand-new ride to go beep-beep 
Playin music outside loud in your jeep 
But you should know, unless you're slow 
There comes an end to the sidewalk show 
And up the river's where you'll go 
Wearin stripes from head to toe 
No fancy gold, no fancy car 
And the brothers inside don't care who you are 
A 7-foot brother doin life 
300 pounds, says you're his wife 
Walks in your cell and says: "Fix it up" 
Then you look up and say: "Not the butt" 
He says: "Shut up" "But... but" No 'but' 
Now what you gonna do, freaky-deaky or what? 

The money was good, the money was fast 
No business mind and the money won't last 
In the money rate you fell first to last 
Now every night you fight for your ass 
They say what goes up must come down 
All hustlers know that sound 
Cause you're here today, gone the next