Monkey Riches Lyrics

[Chorus]
I make a monkey wrench
I make a monkey rich
I make a monkey wrench
I make a monkey rich
I make a monkey wrench
I make a monkey rich
I make a monkey wrench
I make a monkey rich

[Verse 3]
And lately I want to be in my heart
But where exactly is my heart and where does it start?
(I don't want that Tylenol)
Can I sing and make waves without crushing clams?
I can help the little things but I have big plans
(I don't want that Tylenol)

[Refrain]
So I want to look out, I don't want to bail out
And I want to help out, I don't want to nod out
And I want to look out, I don't want to bail out
And I want to help out, I don't want to nod out
I don't want to knock you down, I don't wanna knock you down
I don't want to knock you down, I don't wanna knock you down
I don't want to knock you down, I don't wanna knock you down
I don't want to knock you down, I don't wanna knock you down

[Chorus]
I make a monkey wrench
I make a monkey rich
I make a monkey wrench
I make a monkey rich
I make a monkey wrench
I make a monkey rich
I make a monkey wrench
I make a monkey rich

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Genius Annotation

This song is about the struggle of duality, living half between your head and “reality”. and how this physical world is crippling, its lustful greedy and revolves around money.
“I’m like a monkey wrench / I make a monkey rich”
suggests that he feels more like a tool in the industry of life for making revenue, rather than a artist/human being/soul. It’s apparent when he says “makes me wonder how I even wrote this song…”
he’s a tool, or an instrument for ideas (lightning) to come and the only way he can get his message out is for someone else to profit from it? It disgusts him. You have to go within yourselves to understand the balance of spirit especially this album. It’s so heavily drenched in references to soul connection: not just rants and love songs.

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