[ Baby Bam ]

Souped up, gased up, got the fresh gear on

Seen you with the Beamer and the new Liz Claybourne

How you're doin, baby? Oh, you're doin good now?

Go to slap you five and you raise an eyebrow

See the brother changed cause he's full of ambition

Seen the brother change cause he was on a mission

Corn on the cob just to keep her job

Treat the next kid like he's nothin but a slob

Cause all you ever do is think about your wealth

And makin sure you're always doin good for yourself

You keep doin it



That's all you ever do

To think of only you

Just doin good for yourself

Just doin good for yourself



[ Mike G ]

Workin very hard, you work up, pray to God

Hopin on TV will be your next job

You go to work, you press some shirts

Watch the blue tube and do your homework

Slap your man five talkin like you're live

In this time of life you still fight to survive

You spot a break and break it some more

Now there's two pieces layin on the floor

Very much the same but different than the other

This is what you call a faded out brother

You say you got soul although you act cold

State of mind changed along with your bankroll



[ Baby Bam ]

But check him out, huh, he's workin out, huh

I guess that's what a hard-workin man is about

You run around and run around until you get dizzy

Changed up your look so I asked who was he

Now that's nothin like Dexter my man

I guess you got caught up in the wrong hands

Word em up, word em up, huh, word em up, hops

Cold set my brother up and called the cops

Flipped on everybody, turned neighborhood squealer

No different, just as bad as a drug dealer



[ Mike G ]

Girlfriend said that he was just a sweetie

But caught by a biz that was a bit more meaty

Ratted on your man's man, thinkin that you can-can

Your man got slammed and now you're thinkin, "Goddamn

Three strikes I'm out," now you done blew it

You didn't think you was but very much so, you was



That's all you ever do

To think of only you

Just doin good for yourself

Just doin good for yourself

That's all you ever do

To think of only you

Just doin good for yourself

Just doin good for yourself



You done dit it

You done did it now



[ Baby Bam ] 

So there he goes again, back bendin for the other

I know you're doin business but we used to be good friends

Kool & the Gang, hangin the hang and all that

[ Mike G ]

And all of a sudden, the push of a button, a new route

[ Baby Bam ]

Oh, sure I'm happy for you but you're always on your own

Cause the lyrics you be kickin don't be workin in my zone

And I gotta include, don't mean to be rude

But you gotta change up your little funky attitude

Cause it's lonely at the top especially when you go pop

You flip-flap-flip and then you finally get dropped

Got it locked doin for yourself, take it from me

You're better off bein how you used to be

It's like that



I said you're better off bein how you used to be

It's like that



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That's all you ever do

You think of only you

Just doin good for yourself

Just doin good for yourself



That's all you ever do

To think of only you

Just doin good for yourself

Just doin good for yourself

[ repeated until fade ]