Cover art for Money Maker by A Tribe Called Quest

Money Maker

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Sep. 29, 19981 viewer

Money Maker Lyrics

[Intro]
This is the Lone Ranger
If you're one of the fortunate to purchase this
A Tribe Called Quest, The Love Movement album
You are privileged to witness the first in a series of attempts
To rectify music from its rectalness
Again, this is the Lone Ranger with his first installment
Money Maker
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[Q-Tip]
Colder in the winter
And hotter in the summer
Get on up
Get on up
Live your life right when you be corrupt
Volcano about to erupt
Get it up, Get it up, Get it up

[Verse: Q-Tip]
Got the motivating joints that keep your ass jumping
Why when a nigga get on, you want something
Yo I got the poisonous traps for little rats that fiend
In come the bedroom, Dream
Kick it at a slow or at a quick tempo
A ladies' disposition won't fuck with the mental
I'm built for conflicts with chicks with issues
I can lick the wounds, bring ease when misused
Bringin' all the pain and makin' things shiver
The beat make you bite your nails and shit your liver
And we gonna give a encore performance
Haters seem dormant while my presence is enormous
Tarnations, I went Gold
Stressed Out with Faith but told cats to Get a Hold
Who is the nigga who's mic is stronger
Rock for an hour and he might rock longer
Kid you're perplexed, seems I better get to gongin'
The clean up man, hang you up like awning
Don't step in the arena, that's a stern warning
I'm the pops, I raise the sun like morning
Seems you're still sleeping, hey, stop the yawning
Open up the blinds and witness the dawning
The new application and I'm the applier
And I'm a set it off like fire
Yeah yeah, that's where it's at
Make it hot and phat and like Puff (I like that)
Now I got to urge you on to move ahead
Don't dread, 'cause I keep the stock in the shed
And if you need a boost, then I got the jump
Because we prone to make the party go bump bump bump bump bump bump bump where you is
If you the baby daddy then uplift the kids
Get back and plan, don't be on front flossin'
Incognito, you heard the name quite often
You dressed in black and been issued a coffin
I thrive on this plane, you off to the lost one
Like cayenne pepper, it gets hot, nothin' better
From each little dash it get the whole smash
It's tasty too, so satisfy your whole palate
Fake ID's are revoked and invalid
Infractin' bodies out on the dance floor
Is what I wanna see, not less but much more
The lyrics just spewed, he got good reviews
The kid made the news, how he left no clues
On how he just murdalized the whole damn jam
He just got results that's smiles and waved hands
The mission could never be accomplished, however
Until we bounce to an island with hot weather
And still we'll be able to rock and rip crowds
While other emcees say nuthin' and talk loud
While other emcees say nuthin' and talk loud
If you with the Tribe, chest out and be proud
[Hook: Q-Tip]
Shake your money maker
Shake your money maker
Shake your money maker

Shake it, shake it
(Repeated 5X with variations)

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Standing as track 17 on The Love Movement, Money Maker is a social commentary from the Tribe on the music industry and to what degree money affects an artist’s creativity.

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What did A Tribe Called Quest say about "Money Maker"?
Genius Answer

I thought the beat was hot, the bounce was dope, and I thought those were some of Q-Tip’s most poignant rhymes. I mean, he’s had a lot of dope songs, lines and things of that nature, but this song for me—even his off-key singing at the beginning—it was just dope, really really dope to me. That’s definitely one of my favorites, and it was one of the most slept-on that came from the Tribe. It was only on the limited edition of The Love Movement. I like that song a lot.

— Phife Dawg, XXL, 2013

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Recorded At
The Hit Factory (New York City)
Release Date
September 29, 1998
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