When I Spot The Loot - Young MC

Dollar dollar bill, y’all

Money, paper

Cheese, cheddar

Scrilla, spot the loot

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

And any other alternative does not compute

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

And any other alternative does not compute

Paper chase, it’s a paper chase

And if you don’t think so, let me make the case

On your mark, get set, gotta make the race

And if you come into my lane, you better make some space

Cause folks’ll do anything to get that note

Like politicians out tryna get that vote

Or the media following to get that quote

And if you fall short, baby, that’s all she wrote

Whether rich or poor, people want some more

Wanna do a little better than they did before

They can hate their job, but they know the score

That the paycheck’s simply what they working for

Wanna buy anything from a fancy store

Or get the nice out by the shore

Ladies to adore, lookin' hot and cute

That’s what I think about when I spot the loot

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

And any other alternative does not compute

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

And any other alternative does not compute

I first grabbed the mic when I heard the beat

And then laid the hot joint to alert the street

But I had to do more than just serve the heat

Had to raise the bottom line on my balance sheet

Had to make my mission statement clear

Just to put hot songs into your ear

To erase my doubts, overcome my fear

And transform my hobby into a career

If you understand that, you can understand this

I put every bit of effort into how I planned this

On tour to ensure the fans that man this

With my eyes on the prize so I’ll expand this

I worked hard to get it, you can take it from me

But you better get your own, you can’t take it from me

Cause I’m breaking in, see, like a top recruit

And that’s how I go about it when I spot the loot

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

And any other alternative does not compute

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

And any other alternative does not compute

Light bill, phone bill, cable bill, damn

Gas bill, water bill, got me in a jam

Internet, Blackberry, they know who I am

And that’s on top of breaking off Uncle Sam

And I ain’t even mention either mortgage or rent

Or the car, no payment for the money they lent

And the credit card charge, man, its hard to prevent

No matter how much you make, its like its already spent

Now there ain’t no doubt that it’s hard to cope

But that ain’t no reason to give up hope

You can see yourself sliding the slope

But if you reach out ya hand, you might find a rope

Now here’s my point, and there’s no dispute

Yo, for hard work, there’s no substitute

If you plant a seed, then you’ll bed a fruit

And that’s the way I feel about it when I spot the loot

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

And any other alternative does not compute

(Hey!)

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

And any other alternative does not compute

(One more!)

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

And any other alternative does not compute

(Hey!)

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

When I spot the loot, I’m in hot pursuit

And any other alternative does not compute