People ask me how do you maintain   You got to keep your mind on money   (T H U G)   Don't let the snakes ever short you for ya change   Nigga, let 'em know how much you want it      People ask me how do you maintain   You got to keep your mind on money   (T H U G)   Don't let the snakes ever short you for ya change   Nigga, let 'em know how much you want it      Nigga 1993, hooked up with Eazy E   1994, rushin' through the door with the bone flow   Nigga was creepin' on a come up, doin' it for the love of money   1995 we really let 'em know, Cleveland is the city where we come from      Brought styles muthafuckas never heard before   But we never got our props   Till we dropped that said song, see you at the crossroad   But the man know, Eazy runnin' with the lost souls, rest in peace      That was 1996, we back in the mix   I guess they thought that we'd gon' quit but we got love for this shit   But everything started changin', business rearrangin'   Then the time when bone and ruthless wasn't vibin'      Tried to keep my mind together through that industry shit   Somehow I'm feelin' like what I deserve I didn't get   But I'ma stick it out, believe I'ma keep my head up   And show my loyalty for Eazy E, even though I'm fed up      1997 hey, everybody grab ya weapon, it's the art of war   It don't stop, it won't stop until we drop, body rott   Not to mention when we venture through the family scriptures   1999 nigga, still strugglin'      Tryna get some money with this mastermind I'm jugglin'   Sharpen up ya thug mentality   And by the year 2000 I'll be thuggin' but so I'm [unverified]   I gotta get some money, blast if I get hungry   So if you read that i done flipped, then you know the story, about me      People ask me how do you maintain   You got to keep your mind on money   (T H U G)   Don't let the snakes ever short you for ya change   Nigga, let 'em know how much you want it      Take a good look into my eyes and all over my face your bloody death   With a bloody bloody, mess, I'm servin' you none the less   [Unverified] that crazy muthafucka   From the world's most dangerous group      Mo thugs nation, [unverified] on your life   That's absolutely what I'm gon' do   Blast at them niggas who thought they knew me   Now I'm that muthafucka that be [unverified], the nigga that bust all y'all      My mission in life to be the coldest nigga that ever spit shit on the mic   I'm comin' in smooth, rockin' this Hip-Hop music just the way you like   Tellin' all biters to please stop tryin'   Let it go fry fool, when I make my move, all y'all gonna die      Split up and fry, open his eyes [unverified] pop   Shot one through his head   Oh my, oh my, now look what you made me do, this nigga dead   It ain't my fault, you niggas too soft, ain't got no skill      Now look through the [unverified] stop steel   Y'all some fake-thug livin' tryna get notice by hangin' with stars   No need to say no names, niggas know who the fuck you are   We all true sound, nigga united gatherin' souls, how we roll      And that's love for the paper, foldin', I saw these hoes   But I had my [unverified] nah, nigga that's my nuts [unverified]   Don't touch that   And then he won't hesitate to buck for the love      You can't dust on these bustas, so they die   They only got love for those who love me   In the meanwhile I main to keepin' my mind on my money   And no, this shit that we spit ain't funny   Especially when you hungry, nigga   With no hustle, nigga, to get them funds      People ask me how do you maintain   You got to keep your mind on money   (T H U G)   Don't let the snakes ever short you for ya change   Nigga, let 'em know how much you want it      In '91 I'm runnin' from the fuckin' cops, don't ya know it   That bitch was tryna' find a hidin' spot, he show it   Know niggas that'd had no pussy   Said that would never read or get to L.A.      And niggas went cannibal on 'em, either   Smokin' that reefer, niggas know how I'm livin'   'Cause I was havin' children when y'all was lookin' for women   But mine aside, so why you tellin' your same [unverified]      When niggas ain't have shit, tell me who's the one that ride   We gon' ride ride though, you can call me Mr. Murda-Mo   Get [unverified], burn the whole store down all by myself   [unverified] for fuckin' with the bone flow      Heaven and Earth, God and my loved one and ya gotta roll   And what you want my people to hear, that I'm a fuckin' sell-out?   But who's the one on solo shit and who want me the hell out?   I'll bail out with a [unverified], that pussy makes me change      Or expansion on the mansion or acres in the shooting range   Shootin' thangs, it don't make you a villain   (Shootin' thangs)   The villain is chillin' with his children   Bitch, I keeps it real      People ask me how do you maintain   You got to keep your mind on money   (T H U G)   Don't let the snakes ever short you for ya change   Nigga, let 'em know how much you want it      I keep my mind on my money, my money on my mind   A straight up soldier in the field out here pushin' my line   Nigga designed a gold crime as I'm racin' through this obstacle   007, Layzie Bone, knew it was possible      Got shot, got out the hospital, started on my mission   Listen, nigga pay attention   Oh, and did I mention, had a tape before I crept on a come up,   Faces of death      Blessin' 40 O-Z's, lay and leatherface and double Z's [unverified]   Niggas often wonder why my mind on my money   Nigga these bitches all up on me and half the industry phony   It's like this nigga, i don't even fuck around      If a nigga ain't got no money for lay, I'll come around   Ain't it funny how niggas turn funny-style   When they think they fall in trinkets, ain't even ran a mile   See my niggas doin' a damn thing, flesh      Trues humbly united gatherin' souls, just to let you know   Heaven's movie, yours truly, Mr. Gambini   it's the mentality and next to the baddest, Little Stevie   And when you ask me how i maintain      I watch my niggas rule, act a fool and ace the game   Mo thug one, witness the family scriptures   Mo thug two, family reunion comin' to get ya   Mo thug three, presentation of the mothership   Niggas on some other shit, by smoke and maintain      People ask me how do you maintain   You got to keep your mind on money   (T H U G)   Don't let the snakes ever short you for ya change   Nigga, let 'em know how much you want it