he come to me with money in his hand, he offered me, i didn't ask him.
i wasn't knockin someone's door down, i was runnin from that. when i got out i was in that, i was already through that, i had that. i had the studio. i went to the studio, i went to vox studios, i had it all and i looked at it and i said this is a bigger jail than i just got out of.
i don't wanna take my time going to work, i got a motorcycle and a sleeping bag, and ten or fifteen girls, what the hell i wanna go off and go to work for? work for what? money? i got all the money in the world! i'm the king, man. i run the underworld, guy. i decide who's does what and where they do it at. what am i gonna run around and act like i'm some teenybopper somewhere for somebody else's money?
i make the money man. i roll the nickels. the game is mine. i deal the cards.