I Need A New Money Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]I am not merely an economic unit,
I am human
How far off are we that,
[Am]that can sound confusing?
I wanna strive [C]for more,
but often[G]times, I don't know how to
I need a new money that measures
[D]my inherent [Am]value
[F]What's your salary? [G]What's your rate? What's

[Verse 2]
your hourly wage?
What's your position? Your commission? How
[Am]much are you for the day?
When we meet somebody new,
what is the first thing that we say?
[D]"What do you do?" AKA[C],
"How much money do you make?"
And then we take that information
and we [G]sort it in our brains
Assess the value,
calculate where to put them on [Am]the page
The hierarchy of importance,
I mean, this is just insane
[D]You're tellin' me that we've agreed to tie[C]
self- worth to what we're paid?
You're tellin' me that we've agreed to tie
self- worth to what we're paid?
Well, what a grave mistake to make,
what terrible advice to take
If the scoreboard counts in dollars,
what kinda game you think we'll play?

[Verse 3]
Yo, I am not [C]merely an economic unit,
I am [F]human
[C]How far [G]off are we that,
that can sound confusing?
I wanna strive [Am]for more,
but oftentimes, I don't know how to
I need [G]a new [D]money that measures
my inherent [F]value
But like [C]my four-

[Verse 4]
year- old askin'
"Why?" until she's [F]blue in [C]the face
My inner child inquires about this money that we [Am]make,
[C]why[Am]?
[C]I make money 'cause I need it,[F] why?
So [C]I can have financial freedom, why?
So I can keep up with the Jones', why?
So someday I can own a home and, why?
So I [F]can climb the social ladder[C], why?
[G]So I feel like I even matter, why?
'Cause I'm constantly worried that I [Am]won't be enough,
why?
'Cause I'm worried, without money,
[F]I'm not worthy [D]of love

[Verse 5]
Yo, [F]I am not merely a[C]n economic unit,
I am human
[F]How far off are we [G]that, that
can sound confusing?
I wanna strive for more,
but oftentimes, I don't [Am]know how to
I need a new money that measures
[G]my inher[D]ent [F]value
[C]But

[Verse 6]
what if the scoreboard tallied love?
[F]What if the stock mar[C]ket val[G]ued love?
What if the 401k was judged [Am]by how
much you lifted others up?
What if the best we could get was love?
[G]Wha[D]t if we were impressed with love?
What if the status [F]and class was love?
[C]What if it mattered how much you love?
[F]What if the money was not [G]enough?
What if we worked nine to five for love?
What if the point of [Am]this life was love?
What if the point of this life was love?

[Verse 7]
Yo, [Am]I am not merely an eco[Am]nomic [F]unit,
I am human