[Intro]
(Lee Global, baby)
Oh yeah, oh, yeah-yeah-yeah
Mhm
Oh yeah, oh, yeah-yeah-yeah
Oh yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
Oh, oh
[Verse 1]
I look around me and everything I got
I thank the Lord for the blessings and the rack, but
Money can't save me from womanhood
I wait upon the reckonin'
I pray Jah come and get me
Money won't save me from womanhood
[Pre-Chorus]
It's never enough (Never)
It's never enough (Never)
And nowadays the money buy love (Buy love)
Nowadays the money is love (Buy love)
[Chorus]
So tell me what the cost
What the cost is for
For a love so pure?
As the love Jah gives me
The love I envy, yeah
Tell me what the cost
What the cost is for
For a love so sure?
One, I won't fight for
Like the love Jah gives me
[Verse 2]
So many times, I just wanted to give it up
So many days it was hard for me to get up
And deliver my message for the record
I couldn't create too busy stressin'
And mi wan enjoy mi youth mi want to live mi life
But I'm still tryna cross the poverty Line
I'm still tryna turn a rand into dimes
But everything I do is
[Pre-Chorus]
It's never enough (Never, it's never enough yeah yeah)
It's never enough (Oh, never)
And nowadays the money buy love (Buy love)
And nowadays the money is love, yeah (Buy love)
[Chorus]
(Tell me yeah)
So tell me what the cost
What the cost is for
For a love so pure?
As the love Jah gives me (Yeah)
The love I envy, yeah
Tell me what the cost
What the cost is for
For a love so sure?
One, I won't fight for
Like the love Jah gives me (He gives me)
[Bridge]
When will I feel (Feel like)
Like life is going right? Oh
I want to spend a night
With no tears in me eyes
When will the grief die down?
When will we be alright? Oh
Me want a pretty life
Me want a pretty life
[Pre-Chorus]
But It's never enough (Never, it's never enough yeah yeah)
It's never enough (Oh, never)
And nowadays the money buy love (Buy love)
And nowadays the money is love, yeah (Buy love)
[Chorus]
So tell me what the cost
What the cost is for
For a love so pure?
As the love Jah gives me (Gives me)
The love I envy, yeah (Envy)
Tell me what the cost
What the cost is for
For a love so sure?
One, I won't fight for
Like the love Jah gives me (Me)
Money Can’t Save Me was written by Nanette & Lee Global.
Money Can’t Save Me was produced by Lee Global.
Nanette released Money Can’t Save Me on Fri Feb 21 2025.
This was my first time trying reggae. I wanted to address how hard it is to live life from the perspective of being a Black woman who is striving to make it every day in South Africa. Money can’t really save you from some things. The song also speaks to how—from a general perspective—money can’t sav...