Gotta do what I gotta do   Do what I gotta do   Cause cash rules everything around me      If you take a look around   Take a look at was goin' down   If you can see what I see, baby   And why act the way I do   Cause you can't understand   And you don't really know a man   Until you've been where I've been   Loose the things I've lost   But can you change the way that you look at me      All that you can say to me   the things I just can say no more   I'm not the same guy that I used to be   We don't even talk no more      Don't I get up everyday   Don't I bring home all my pay   Don't I do whatever it takes   If I could just get my baby out tha ghetto      Gotta do what I gotta do   Move when it's time to move   See who I gotta see   Cause cash rules everything around me   Do what I gotta do   Be who I gotta be   But it's not enough for you   Cause we can live without enough money      She is afraid to get involved   She ain't willin to fall in love   It's such a risk to take and a big mistake   By the way I make my livin'   But I let you know from the go   That's the way it is   And that's the way it goes   It's the only life I know   But you can't do nuthing to change that baby      All that you can say to me   the things I just can say no more   I'm not the same guy that I used to be   We don't even talk no more      Don't I get up everyday   Don't I bring home all my pay   Don't I do whatever it takes   If I could just get my baby out tha ghetto      Gotta do what I gotta do   Move when it's time to move   See who I gotta see   Cause cash rules everything around me   Do what I gotta do   Be who I gotta be   But it's not enough for you   Cause we can live without enough money      Gotta do what I gotta do   Move when it's time to move   See who I gotta see   Cause cash rules everything around me   Do what I gotta do   Be who I gotta be   But it's not enough for you   Cause we can live without enough money      Just try and understand me   Look at it from my point of view   Nuthin in this world is free   So I do what I gotta do   Didn't I give you, the big cars n tha big rimes   I kept you, less then   The finer things, baby what you think   It was coming from stop actin dumb   I knew you knew, but you played it off   I play it too, like I had it all   I was your man gave you everything   So don't act like you don't understand      Gotta do what I gotta do   Move when it's time to move   See who I gotta see   Cause cash rules everything around me   Do what I gotta do   Be who I gotta be   But it's not enough for you   Cause we can live without enough money