Green Paper Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A A A B B B B B B B C B B B B B B B B B D E B F G B H H B H I J B A A A A K LMoney money money | A |
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Give me money money money | A |
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Money money money | A |
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Give me money money money | A |
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I would die for my green paper | B |
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But they better pay me right with my green paper | B |
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Mama needs to buy food with that green paper | B |
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Daddy needs to get his kicks with that green paper | B |
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The trick on the corner needs green paper | B |
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That gambling man needs his green paper | B |
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The dope man needs that green paper | B |
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What about the preacher man | C |
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He needs that green paper | B |
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And the baby mama needs that green paper | B |
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But the baby daddy won't give up the green paper | B |
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The rich man lives off the green paper | B |
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The poor needs that green paper | B |
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Everybody's going to need that green paper | B |
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You know you need that green paper | B |
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Rev Ike preached about the green paper | B |
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To buy more stuff with the green paper | B |
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But when he died he couldn't take it with him | D |
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And so the green paper stays here | E |
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Can you spear one or two of that green paper | B |
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I need to eat | F |
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I need it to live | G |
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That green green paper | B |
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There's some who will steal it | H |
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Rob somebody for it | H |
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That green green paper | B |
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The Good Book says the love it | H |
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Yes the love it is evil | I |
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But there's so many out there | J |
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Who will die for that green paper | B |
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Money money money | A |
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Give me money money money | A |
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Money money money | A |
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Money money money | A |
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Too late it's over for you | K |
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Click click boom | L |
Kenneth R. Jenkins
Poet's note: 27 May 2021. The subject came after hearing the O'Jays "For the Love of Money" when I wrote it and that is partly the inspiration of the poem.
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