Money & Flash Lyrics

(Hook)
Those were the reasons
That was LA
We were running for the Money and the Flash!
That was called love for workers in song
Still is if you're living in the money making past

(Verse 1)
The Mainframe aint a band it's a gang
And the robot flag is the rag that I hang
Wrapped around the grip of the mic when I bang
Blast off at the crowd?Son I'm doing my thang
In this house there's no cigarette smokers
Boys drink whiskey
Girls drink mimosas
Half man half machine, but all planner
Living in a commune
Welcome to the Manor
I was thinking twice about the jump to LA
Then I bumped in to the comrade from Haite
Who told me ?Expo sac vit pas campe? (an empty bag cannot stand)
I said you're right next week I was on my way
That's why you find me troubadouring through Texas
Where they wont let you move without identity papers
We hit the road play a show for the Magi
Pack up our shit
SAY GOODNIGHT TO THE BAD GUYS!!

(Hook)
Those were the reasons
That was LA
We were running for the Money and the Flash!
That was called love for workers in song
DJ Special Blend get busy on that ass
(Scratch Break)

(Verse 2)

I remember you well in Monarch Hotel
Like a Leonard Cohen song Penny Lane just fell
Into the Fillmore District
You feel more wicked
Residing in the revelry reveals more sick shit
End scene I'm on Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles California Hollywood and all...
Running for the Money and The Flash
You get a bit of cash
And put it in your pocket pretty fast
I felt a chill when I came in the place
Of an ugly atmosphere covered with a pretty face
And white powder caked
On the bridge of her nose
I'm at the bar sipping Patron
And scripting some poems
The pretty face come to ask me for my name
I said ?I'm Exposition and I don't do cocaine.?
She rolled her eyes turned her head the other way
I guess ?Welcome to Hollywood? is what she was saying.

(Hook)
Those were the reasons
That was LA
We were running for the Money and the Flash!
That was called love for workers in song
Still is if you're living in the money making past

Those were the reasons
That was LA
Now we're running FROM the Money and the Flash!
That was called love for workers in song
Still is if you're living in the money making past

I need you
I don't need you
I said I need you
Naw I don't need you
And all of that jiving around

(Thanks to Victor for these lyrics)