["To rock on and on and on and on","Big plans that'll make us the best","Sitting at my desk, 'cause I manifest to my team","","","That I would be a king, you know, genuine","Strictly business, ain't no time to get more","Destined to rise, in front of your eyes","If you wanna rule, you gotta be in there","Look at my eyes, it's hypnotizing","","Pop champagne and make everyday a holiday","Our master plan is the best","Conquering the world and I'ma rise like cream","So we surmise, it's time for the prize","Strictly business, ain't no time to get more","Back in the days I made up my mind","The time has come, we gotta be number one","Smooth as a rose but hard like steel","","'Cause we can rule this game we all play","Reign supreme at the top of the heap","'Cause I'm a grown man and I hate to get spoon-fed","The moves we make, gotta make the earth shake","No more beggin' and useless teardrops","","","Till we reach the top, won't be no peace, 'cause it's","And ain't a man alive that'll beat us to a conquest","Strictly business, life is hard to handle","Gotta make it to the top","And like working all day, no time to sleep","","All out, putting heads to bed","On a mission, gotta get there","The world is full of power and we got to get some","From now on I'ma make my dreams real","Strictly business, strictly business","Wisdom, son, I rose in the east","'Cause this is the reason we was born","Word is bond, we gotta keep on rising","Goin' all the way and with my powerful team","Everything we do, gotta be brand new","","Ain't no way I'm gonna stop","Ain't no way I'm gonna stop","So I'm trading these teardrops for props","","Gotta make it to the top"]
Performed by: LL Cool J Written by: James Todd Smith; Marlon Williams
Credits: Smith, James Todd (Songwriter); Williams, Marlon (Songwriter); LL COOL J MUSIC (Publisher); SONY/ATV TUNES LLC (Publisher)
Strictly Business is a single by LL Cool J from the soundtrack of the movie Strictly Business. It was released on November 12, 1991 for MCA Records and Uptown Records and was produced and written by Marley Marl and LL Cool J. The song did not make it to any Billboard charts.