When I was a boy   I never played with toys   Never had a friend   Never laughed or cried much   And when I was a boy   My father was a man   With a strict and sturdy hand   No soft touch      Make that money, make that money   Make that money run like honey   On your tongue   Gotta make that money   Make that money, listen sonny   Learn to sting before your stung      Now that I'm a man   Every penny has been planned   I'm financially grand   And perfectly greedy   Sentimental fools   I make all your rules   I've got your cash, got your jewels   They're all mortgaged to me      Make that money, make that money   Make that money run like honey   On your tongue   Gotta make that money   Make that money, listen sonny   Learn to sting before your stung      And I know   'Cause he told me so   Told me so   I believe him   I still believe...   Give me that money      Controlling all your cash   I could make you live in trash   I eat pheasant, you eat hash   No philanthropy   But when it's time for me to croak   Bury me with all my dough   And where there should've been an oak   My private money tree will grow      Make that money   Said make that money   Make that money run like honey   On your tongue      Told me so   Told me so   He told me so