"Not Just Money" adalah sebuah lagu yang dibawakan oleh Frank Ocean. Liriknya mengeksplorasi hubungan rumit antara uang dan kebahagiaan, mempertanyakan definisi tradisional tentang kekayaan. Ocean berargumentasi bahwa uang hanyalah alat, bukan tujuan akhir, dan nilai sebenarnya terletak pada kegembiraan, keamanan, dan hubungan yang dibawanya. Melalui penggunaan bahasa yang gamblang dan perbandingan yang kuat, lagu ini menantang pandangan masyarakat tentang kesuksesan finansial dan menguraikan alternatif yang lebih bermakna untuk definisi kekayaan yang dangkal.
Not Just Money Lyrics
Frank Ocean
Stop thinking of this as being money
It's just money, I'ma make more
No, no no no no no
Please decondition yourself
It's not just money
It's happiness
It's the difference between happy, being happy and sad
It's the difference between having a home and living on the streets
That's what it is, it's not just money
It's so much more than that
Right now it's the difference between you being able to go to a prom
And disappointing a girl
As I told you from the beginning, I don't have money
I have bills to pay, but that meant nothing to you
Absolutely nothing
Let's see, I have
Ooh yeah, I'ma make myself a hot link when I get home
It meant nothing to you
Savin' my seven dollars
It's just money, I'ma make more
No, no no no no no
Please decondition yourself
It's not just money
It's happiness
It's the difference between happy, being happy and sad
It's the difference between having a home and living on the streets
That's what it is, it's not just money
It's so much more than that
Right now it's the difference between you being able to go to a prom
And disappointing a girl
As I told you from the beginning, I don't have money
I have bills to pay, but that meant nothing to you
Absolutely nothing
Let's see, I have
Ooh yeah, I'ma make myself a hot link when I get home
It meant nothing to you
Savin' my seven dollars