Songs About Money:

Song Meaning Activity

Artist: Abba
Song: Money, Money, Money
Release Date: November 1, 1976
(Insire! by t"e #lm $abaret in t"e 19%&s'
I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain't it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
That's too bad
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work at all, I'd fool around and have a ball...
Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man's world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man's world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It's a rich man's world
A man like that is hard to nd but I can't get him o! my mind
Ain't it sad
And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn't fancy me
That's too bad
"o I must leave, I'll have to go
To #as $egas or Monaco
And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same...
[Chorus:]
It's a rich man's world
Artist: Ma!onna
Song: Material (irl
Release Date: November )&, 19*+
"ome boys kiss me, some boys hug me
I think they're %.&.
If they don't give me proper credit
I 'ust walk away
They can beg and they can plead
(ut they can't see the light, that's right
')ause the boy with the cold hard cash
Is always Mister *ight, 'cause we are
#iving in a material world
And I am a material girl
+ou know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl
"ome boys romance, some boys slow dance
That's all right with me
If they can't raise my interest then I
,ave to let them be
"ome boys try and some boys lie but
I don't let them play
%nly boys who save their pennies
Make my rainy day, 'cause they are
[chorus]
#iving in a material world -material.
#iving in a material world
[repeat]
(oys may come and boys may go
And that's all right you see
/0perience has made me rich
And now they're after me, 'cause everybody's
[chorus]
A material, a material, a material, a material world
#iving in a material world -material.
#iving in a material world
Artist: Destiny,s $"il!
Song: In!een!ent -oman
Release Date: Setember 1+, %&&&
1uestion2 Tell me what you think about me
I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings
%nly ring your cell-y when I'm feelin' lonely
3hen it's all over please get up and leave
1uestion2 Tell me how you feel about this
Try to control me boy you get dismissed
4ay my own fun, oh and I pay my own bills
Always 56756 in relationships
The shoes on my feet
I've bought it
The clothes I'm wearing
I've bought it
The rock I'm rockin'
')ause I depend on me
If I wanted the watch you're wearin'
I'll buy it
The house I live in
I've bought it
The car I'm driving
I've bought it
I depend on me
-I depend on me.
All the women who are independent
Throw your hands up at me
All the honeys who makin' money
Throw your hands up at me
All the mommas who prot dollas
Throw your hands up at me
All the ladies who truly feel me
Throw your hands up at me
8irl I didn't know you could get down like that
)harlie, how your Angels get down like that
8irl I didn't know you could get down like that
)harlie, how your Angels get down like that
Tell me how you feel about this
3ho would I want if I would wanna live
I worked hard and sacriced to get what I get
#adies, it ain't easy bein' independent
1uestion2 ,ow'd you like this knowledge that I brought
(raggin' on that cash that he gave you is to front
If you're gonna brag make sure it's your money you 9aunt
:epend on noone else to give you what you want
[chorus]
:estiny's )hild
3assup;
+ou in the house;
"ure 'nu!
3e'll break these people o! Angel style
)hild of :estiny
Independent beauty
<o one else can scare me
)harlie's Angels
.uestions
=. 3hat do these songs have in common; <ame at least two things.
>. ,ow are these songs di!erent; <ame at least two things.
?. ,ow have views about money changed from the =@A6s to the year >666 -as portrayed in
these songs.;
?. 3hich artist has a di!erent theme7message than the rest; /0plain.
B. 3hich song is your favourite; 3hy;
5. 3hich song is your least favourite; 3hy;
C. )an you think about another song about money;