Dirty Money Don’t Sleep (Remix)
From the album ·Bible Stories Vol 11 — The Remixes
📖 Exodus 20:15; Leviticus 19:13
Lyrics
[Title Announcement] [cash-counting machine clicks, corner-store bell, distant subway rumble, vinyl crackle, chopped soul moan over a dark piano loop] [Street Announcer — Deep Male Voice] Ten Commandments: Brooklyn Boom-Bap Trap Edition. Commandment number eight: “Thou shalt not steal.” Track eight— “Dirty Money Don’t Sleep.” [DJ Scratch] Dirty—dirty—dirty money don’t sleep! [Beat Drop] [grimy Brooklyn boom-bap drums, hard snare cracks, dusty piano sample, deep upright bass layered with restrained 808, chopped soul choir, cash-register percussion, sharp turntable cuts] [Intro — Crew Chant] [Announcer] Stolen card? [Crew] That ain’t yours! [Announcer] Fake claim? [Crew] That ain’t yours! [Announcer] Unpaid wages? [Crew] Pay that worker! [Verse 1 — Male Rap] He called it a hustle, said the bank got plenty, Swiped somebody’s card for a coat and some Fendi. Posted every purchase like the money came clean, While the victim hit the phone trying to freeze everything. New shoes on his feet, but he checking every car, Thinking every knock might be police at the door. Dirty money move fast, but the peace move slow, Every stolen dollar got a shadow where it goes. You can change the language, call the fraud a play, But taking what ain’t yours is still theft today. A scam with a laptop, a mask, or a pen— The method might change, but the commandment still stands. [Hook — Crew and Chopped Choir] Dirty money don’t sleep! Every night it keeps watching the street! Dirty money don’t sleep! Stolen profit never brings peace! Dirty money don’t sleep! What you took comes back with a fee! “Thou shalt not steal”— Keep your hands clean! [DJ Scratch] That ain’t—that ain’t—that ain’t yours! [Verse 2 — Female Rap] Boss changed the hours on the payroll sheet, Cut two whole shifts from the workers that week. Pulled up in a new car, said the business doing well, While the staff stretched groceries and the rent almost fell. Stealing is not only grabbing bags from a store, It is keeping back wages when the labor did more. It is taking their idea, then erasing their name, Standing on their work while you collect all the fame. It is borrowing money then avoiding every call, Keeping what you found like nobody lost it at all. You cannot pray over theft and make the outcome clean— The blessing does not live inside a dishonest scheme. [Hook — Crew and Choir] Dirty money don’t sleep! Every night it keeps watching the street! Dirty money don’t sleep! Stolen profit never brings peace! Dirty money don’t sleep! What you took comes back with a fee! “Thou shalt not steal”— Keep your hands clean! [Breakdown — Street Sermon] [drums cut, cash machine stops, subway brakes hiss, low organ chord sustains beneath vinyl crackle] [Announcer] Exodus chapter twenty, verse fifteen: [Spoken Choir] “Thou shalt not steal.” [Announcer] Leviticus chapter nineteen, verse thirteen: [Spoken Voice] “Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.” [Announcer] Do not steal property. Do not steal wages. Do not steal credit. Do not steal time. Do not steal somebody’s identity and call it a hustle. Give it back. Pay what you owe. [Verse 3 — Male and Female Trade-Off] [Male] He stole from the store— [Female] She stole from the job. [Male] He copied the whole song— [Female] Then claimed it was his art. [Male] She found the wallet— [Female] Then emptied every card. [Male] He held back the paycheck— [Female] While the workers struggled hard. [Male] Clean money rests. [Female] Dirty money runs. [Male] Clean hands build slowly. [Female] Theft destroys what it becomes. [Both] Work for what you carry. Do not celebrate deceit. Dirty money stays awake While honest labor sleeps in peace. [Final Hook — Full Crew] Dirty money don’t sleep! Every siren sounds close in the street! Dirty money don’t sleep! Every lie makes the burden more deep! Dirty money don’t sleep! Give it back and make restitution complete! “Thou shalt not steal”— Keep your hands clean! [Commandment Chant] [Announcer] Stolen property? [Crew] Give it back! [Announcer] Unpaid wages? [Crew] Pay it back! [Announcer] Borrowed money? [Crew] Pay it back! [All] Clean hands! Clean money! No theft in the camp! [Outro — DJ Transition] [boom-bap drums filter down, cash-register clicks slow, piano sample stretches, subway rumble rises beneath chopped choir vocals] [DJ Scratch] Dirty—dirty—dirty money don’t sleep! [Announcer] Commandment number eight: Thou shalt not steal. Track eight complete. Coming next— Commandment number nine: “The Lie Hit the Group Chat.”
Label: Stoney Rock Music Media
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