Sweetest Girl (Dollar Bill)

Album: Carnival Vol. II: Memoirs of an Immigrant (2007)
Charted: 66 12
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Songfacts®:

  • Featuring vocals by Akon, Lil Wayne, and Niia, this was Wyclef's biggest hit since "Gone Till November," which was released on his original Carnival album in 1997. The song is a look at money and what it can do to people. >>>
    Suggestion credit:
    Bertrand - Paris, France
  • Akon's lyrics in the chorus, "Like Wu told me, Cash rules everything, around me" are a reference to the Wu-Tang Clan and their 1994 song "C.R.E.A.M." (Cash Rules Everything Around Me).

Comments: 2

  • Jenny from GermanyI don't think this song is to tell how money makes people do anything for it but how people can end up in poverty so they have to do anything for a little money to survive.
    Very sad
  • Priya from Mumbai, Indiathe song is really great...as it tells about how money makes people to do anything for it.one line which tells everything is "closed leg dont get fed"..i really love dis song
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