Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Why so sad?
Walking around with them blue faces (Ooh)
She said I'm down on my luck
And it's something I gotta have (Ooh)
"Blue faces"
I hit the bank today, and told them "Color me bad" (Ooh)
Blue faces (Ooh)
Get that new money, and it's breaking me down, honey
Two tears in the bucket, I cry with you, uh
But I could never lie with you (Ooh)
I could never afford not to afford (Ah)
I could never put my plans to the side with you (Ooh)
I could never see a red light
Like a deer with a headlight (Ah, Ooh)
I freeze up when I re-up (Ah, Ooh)
See, I barely have patience (Ooh, ah, ah)
And you're relating (Ah, ah, Ooh)
Only the moment to complete us
Why you hate to work for it? (Ah)
The reason I never went to work for it (Ooh)
See a 9-to-5 was so jive turkey (Ha, ooh, ah)
But when Thanksgiving came, that check didn't hurt me (Ah, Ooh)
You plead the fifth, I read the Fifth Amendment (Ooh)
We both criminals with bad intentions (Ooh)
They say time heals all (Ah)
But if I can shortcut
My success, Corvettes by tomorrow (Ah, Ooh)
Wait a minute!
Now, why you so sad? (Ah, ah, ooh, ah, ah, ah, ooh)
Walking around with them blue faces (Ooh)
She said I'm down on my luck
And it's something I gotta have (Ooh)
"Blue faces" (Ooh)
I hit the bank today, (ah, hah) and told them "Color me bad" (Ooh)
Blue faces (Ooh)
Get that new money, (ooh, ah, ah) and it's breaking me down, honey
Ooh!
My home girl got a credit card scam (Ah, ah)
She got a scholarship to college, but she don't give a damn
Intuition got a broke bitch wishin' (Ah, Ooh)
She tell me this on the phone with the noodles in the pan (Ooh)
I know you, woman, I console you, woman (Ooh)
You feel like the universe owes you, woman (Ah, Ooh)
Oh, the anticipation, of hoping you could make it
Bitches don't prosper chasing education (Ooh)
But you're talented, and can't handle it
And your homegirls can't be your manager (Ah, ah, Ooh)
365 times four, plus more
If you can't get it right, tell me, do you got the stamina? (Ah, ah, Ooh)
But shit, ain't no money like fast money (Ah, ooh, Ooh)
Even today I'm considered a crash dummy (Ah, ah, Ooh)
A rapper chasing stardom, how can I fast forward? (Ha, Ooh)
My accolades better than all them (Ah, Ooh)
Why you so sad? (Ah, ah, ooh, ah, ah, ah, ooh)
Walking around with them blue faces (Ooh)
She said I'm down on my luck
And it's something I gotta have (Ooh)
"Blue faces"
I hit the bank today, and told them "Color me bad" (Ooh)
Blue faces (Ooh! Ooh)
Get that new money, and it's breaking me down, honey
Ooh, ah, ah!
I wrote this song looking at a broke home baby (Ah, ah, broke home baby, ooh)
You know the poverty stricken, the little broke-born babies (Broke-born babies, ah, ooh)
Somebody yell "Kendrick American, they sho' is crazy" (Ah, ah) (Ooh)
And I said “why?" (Ooh, mm, mm)
Then he looked me in the eye
And said "Nigga, you fucked up (Mm, ah)
You're banking on good luck, you wishing for miracles
You never been through shit, you're crying hysterical" (Ooh)
"You settle for everything, complain about everything
You say you sold crack, my world amphetamine" (Ooh)
Your projects ain't shit, I live in a hut, bitch (Ah, mm)
"I'm living to keep warm, you living to pay rent" (Ooh)
"I prayed my way through by waiting on Allah (Ah)
You played your way through, by living in sci-fi" (Ooh)
"Bullshitting yourself, you talking to strangers" (Ah, ah)
"Same thing goes for the ones you came with" (Ah, ah)
"When y'all came on the boat, looking for hope
And all you can say is that you're looking for dope
These days ain't no compromise
And your pain ain't mines half the time
A brand new excuse ain't shit to me" (Ah, ah)
"Bitch, I made my moves, with shackled feet"
Cape Town! (Ah, ah, ooh)
In today's day and age, we practice the self-pity of taking the easy way out (Ah, ah, ooh, ah, ah, ah, mm, ooh)
You wait on them, him, and her (Ooh)
But when a blessing takes too long, that's when you go wrong (Ooh)
You selfish motherfucker (Ah, ah, ooh, ah, ah, ah, ooh)
Why so sad? (Ah, ah, ooh, ah, ah, uh, ooh)
Walking around with them blue faces (Ooh)
She said I'm down on my luck
And it's something I gotta have (Ooh)
"Blue faces"
I hit the bank today, and told them "Color me bad" (Ooh)
Blue faces (Ooh)
Get that new money (Ah, ah), and it's breaking me down, honey (Mm, ah)
Ah, ah (Ooh), ah, ah
Uh, ah, ah (Ooh), ah, ah
Uh, ah, ooh, ooh ah, ah
Mm, ah, ooh, ah
Pimp-pimp (Hooray!)