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 L

Money money moneyA
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Give me money money moneyA
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Money money moneyA
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Give me money money moneyA
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I would die for my green paperB
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But they better pay me right with my green paperB
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Mama needs to buy food with that green paperB
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Daddy needs to get his kicks with that green paperB
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The trick on the corner needs green paperB
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That gambling man needs his green paperB
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The dope man needs that green paperB
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What about the preacher manC
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He needs that green paperB
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And the baby mama needs that green paperB
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But the baby daddy won't give up the green paperB
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The rich man lives off the green paperB
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The poor needs that green paperB
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Everybody's going to need that green paperB
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You know you need that green paperB
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Rev Ike preached about the green paperB
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To buy more stuff with the green paperB
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But when he died he couldn't take it with himD
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And so the green paper stays hereE
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Can you spear one or two of that green paperB
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I need to eatF
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I need it to liveG
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That green green paperB
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There's some who will steal itH
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Rob somebody for itH
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That green green paperB
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The Good Book says the love itH
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Yes the love it is evilI
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But there's so many out thereJ
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Who will die for that green paperB
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Money money moneyA
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Give me money money moneyA
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Money money moneyA
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Money money moneyA
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Too late it's over for youK
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Click click boomL

Kenneth R. Jenkins
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 12/18/2022

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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