Power - Meek Mill

First you get the respect and then you get the money

After you get the money, that’s when the power come

You dig?

I’m only 23, living like I’m 32

I just made a 100K and spent it all out with my crew

I be blowing money fast, what the fuck I’m supposed to do?

All this paper I done made, I can’t take it to the grave

In a R8 Audi with the motor in the rear

I was nominated youngest baller of the year

Just think a couple months ago, I was locked up on the tier

In a cell but now I’m dropping on these niggas like a tear

For the way I got that Lambo in the back of me

Phantom in the front of me

Stunting on my old hoes, look what this money done to me

Shout out all them niggas in my hood that ever fronted me

Cause I’m a put them all on and better they run to me

Cause real niggas do real things

If you was real you would’ve went and bought a real chain (Fraud)

Fake ass niggas playing in the real game

Frontin' on they old block, saying that the deal came

They asking how I get all this power

Cause I be on the grind like 24 hours (Yes sir)

365 dream chasing for a dollar, I been here since yesterday, I ain’t even take

a shower

More money more power, more power, more business, more bitches

Tryna holla when they see you by the dollar

And the problem when you on that cake

And when you shine, a lot of niggas they be on that hate

If I don’t grind then who the fuck gon' put it on my plate?

She say I’m Hollywood, well shit I must be on my way

With my Louis luggage straight to Californ-ia

I hit my nigga K, like meet me by the port by eight

Uh, I had a dream like Mr. King

That I was in a phantom, color Listerine (Ew)

No top, bald headed like Mr. Clean

Shit I ain’t claiming these bitches like Billie Jean

I’m just doing something to these niggas really mean

He got the money without the power, what do he mean?

He like the nigga that ride the bench that’s playing for a team

That win the champ ain’t get no ticks but he still get the rings

You dig me?

You like a nigga

Ya’ll niggas got five rings

But you been riding the bench for five years

So that don’t make you a nigga with power

You know what I mean?

That don’t make you a Kobe nigga

Cause you was riding the bench while niggas was putting in the work

But you was just there and got the rings

You dig me?

That’s like a nigga with no power, I’m gone