Big Money

This is the title track of Batiste's 7th studio album, released in August 2025. He says the song is not really about money but about not selling yourself out to the forces of big money in our society and world.

Lyrics for song:

Yeah, you got money, I don't care
You got money, I got money too

You can buy a house, but you can't buy a home
You can be surrounded and still be alone
Oh, Lord
You can be living the life but not living the dream — It seems
Mama said, "Boy, don't you be no dummy
Everybody chasin' that big, big money" (big money)

You might have got a horse, don't mean you can ride (put down the horse)
You might have got a plane, but that don't make you fly
Oh, Lord
You can be living the life but not living the dream — It seems
And Mama said, "Boy, don't be a dummy
Everybody chasin' that big, big money" (big money)

(chorus) Nah, might as well live for something you can feel
Might as well live for something real (repeat)

(bridge)You can't take it with you 'cause there wasn't nothing with you before
(Woo, you don't know)
Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, same old, same old, same old thing
Big money

You can buy a song, don't mean you can sing
And you can win it all & still lose everything, ha (oh!)
Mama said, "Boy, don't you be no dummy
Everybody chasin' that big, big money" (big money)
Don't be a knucklehead or bobble head dummy
Everybody chasin' that big, big money, ow!