I love money and I'm openly vain
There are many things I like about fame
And it's a bummer you don't agree
But it don't mean a thing to me

There are things, they say, that money can't buy
And I don't know if love is a lie
But I don't want to beg all my life
And I don't even wanna bring you down

Just yesterday I was living on dog-ends
And today, not there yet but I'm on the mend
My daddy's dead but mom's proud of me
And I can tell you she was never pleased to pay my bills when I was busted…

There are things, they say…