The Message Lyrics

I got enough money

And I gotta a big house

Got a hot little honey, oh yeah

So, what's it all about

Why jump into rockin

Instead of just fade away

With the grim reaper stalkin

Why step up to the plate,

It'll tell you why,

I do it for my grandkids

I do it for the masses

I do it for the blinded

I do it for the message

I do it for the message

I don't need to be a star

Don't need a no low-slung guitar

I don't need no fast car

Don't need no smack in my arm

And I don't need you

Puttin cash in my hand

I don't need no who's who

Forget my name if you can

If you can,

I remember when I was only a kid

All for show in the front row I had to sit

Took up preachin' just for the hell of it

Learned the hard way that I was so full of shit

Livin' and dyin' for the cause of a name

But after all of this time not a goddamn change

The shadow's getting long, nearly time for me to go

So I laid down a song, cause I want you to know

You need to know

I did it for my grandkids

I did it for the masses

I did it for the blinded

I did it for the helpless

I did it for indifference

I did it for the races

I did it for the classes

I did it for the message

I did it for the message