http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/how-billy-gibbons-got-his-groove-back
It’s a great story behind this song, which ties back to the classic DJ DMD record “25 Lighters,” and by extension, Kendrick Lamar’s “Backseat Freestyle,” Big K.R.I.T.’S “Money on the Floor,” as well as any other hip hop records...
[Chorus 1]
25 lighters on my dresser, yessir
You know I gotta get paid
25 lighters on my dresser, yessir
You know I gotsta get paid
[Verse 1]
I got 25 lighters for my 25 folks
Gonna break the bank, run 25 more
Bout to reap the suits with 25 flows
I got 25 lighters well don't ya know
25 fly diamonds in my ring
25 12s in the trunks to bang, oh lord
Make it move, making 25 mill'
Got enough for a big damn 99 Seville, c'mon
[Chorus]
25 lighters on my dresser, yessir
I gotsta get paid
I got 25 lighters on my dresser, dresser
You know I gotta get paid
[Verse 2]
Zig and me is climbing out 25 doors
Representing for the doors that holding 25 more
ZZ nothing but 25 out the door
Hittin' the highway, gonna doing it to 25 shows
[Chorus]
25 lighters on my dresser, dresser
You know I gotta get paid
25 lighters on my dresser, dresser, yessir
I gotsta get paid
25 lighters on my dresser, yessir
I gotta, gotta get paid, I
25 lighters on my dresser, yessir
You know I gotta get paid
[Outro]
Uh, c'mon
Just check me out
All I got is a 25 ahaha
I Gotsta Get Paid was written by Al B. Sure! & Billy F. Gibbons & Gary Moon & Joe Hardy & Kyle West.
I Gotsta Get Paid was produced by Joe Hardy & Billy F. Gibbons & Rick Rubin.
ZZ Top released I Gotsta Get Paid on Mon Sep 10 2012.