Michael Jackson: Money Meaning

Money Lyrics

Money.
Money...
Lie for it
Spy for it
Kill for it
Die for it
So you call it trust
But I say it's just
In the devil's game
Of greed and lust
They don't care
They'd do me for the money
They don't care
They use me for the money
So you...

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   Jun 8th 2011 !⃝

   The seventh track on HIStory, Money was written and produced entirely by Jackson. In "Money," he whispers, "You'll do anything for money," apparently directed at the father of the boy who made the 1993 molestation charges, and to whom Jackson paid a multi-million dollar settlement.The boy later admitted to lying for money.

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   holly.keefer

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   May 18th 2014 !⃝

   I really wanted to know who or why he wrote it so I started to really dissect it.
   Lie for it
   Spy for it
   Kill for it
   Die for it
   In the devil's game
   Of greed and lust
   They don't care
   They use me for the money
   So you go to church
   Read the Holy word
   In the scheme of life
   It's all absurd
   They don't care
   They'd kill for the money
   You sue her for the money
   I think that that line right there says most of what it's about "You sue her for the money" The boy sued him for the money. He lied to get what he wanted.
   Also, it's no secret that Michael was a Jehovah Witness. He was taught a lot of good values in that. One of the things taught is that money is the "root of all evil" and that is so true. I believe that he truly believed that in his heart.
   He was also talking about the evil tabloid.
   Also he wasn't just speaking about himself in the song but that boy who sued him & the evil tabloids but just everyone in general. We all do evil things concerning money and I believe that that is what he was talking about too along with these other things.
   The song speaks to every man, women and child. It is for everyone.

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   anonymous

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   Jun 4th 2012 !⃝

   He is actually warning people about the illuminati
4. anonymous

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   Dec 21st 2022 !⃝

   Its not a song that is well known,I just heard it hence I researched about it coz I was confused about the lyrics when he mentioned "sacrificing his soul to the illuminati for money"
   
   Let's be honest guys ... MJ wasn't a saint,obviously he had some evil secrets and I don't think all of those molested charges were false... There must be some truth in one of those cases.
   
   So... Maybe he was tyrna send a message and maybe officially let us know that he sacrificed himself
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   Jan 17th 2018 !⃝

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   12* You have be able to make a Sacrifice.
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   May 15th 2017 !⃝

   The song is saying that he will lie and die to do it just for money. He just saying he going to sacrifice his life for money.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
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   Oct 8th 2014 !⃝

   He say some words/names in the background 3.20-3.40 in the video. Its not in the written lyrics.
8. anonymous

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   Jul 18th 2014 !⃝

   He's talking about the Illuminati
   They use me for the money
   Kill for it
   Die for it
9. anonymous

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   Jan 14th 2013 !⃝

   Or, it could be about women securing their investments with progeny.
   
   Kill the female pintales first and secure the evolutionary investment into humanity.
   
   Barffff...
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    Jan 13th 2013 !⃝

    It's about how people will do as he said in the song "anything for money." He doesn't say it in the song but he's trying to express life isn't about money, but people think it is.
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    Sep 20th 2012 !⃝

    The love of money is the root of all evil and it has been the ruination of so many. Some will do anything for money...never content, always wanting something more,something bigger, something better...even to the point of selling their own soul...only to find they are trapped in the lie and can't get out.
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    Jun 9th 2011 !⃝

    The song tells how people would do any thing for money even "sell their soul to the devil" and people have used him just for his money,such as when the boy who accused him of molesting him, he lied just to get michael's money.
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    Jun 8th 2011 !⃝

    The seventh track on HIStory, Money was written and produced entirely by Jackson. In "Money," he whispers, "You'll do anything for money," apparently directed at the father of the boy who made the 1993 molestation charges, and to whom Jackson paid a multi-million dollar settlement.The boy later admitted to lying for money.

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