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Doing It for the Money

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Foster the People

Foster the People

Performer

Mark Foster

Vocals

Isom Innis

Synthesizer

Ryan Tedder

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Isom Innis

Songwriter

Adam Schmalholz

Adam Schmalholz

Songwriter

Mark Foster

Composer

Ryan Telder

Composer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Mark Foster

Producer

Isom Innis

Producer

Josh Abraham

Producer

Oligee

Producer

Lars Stalfors

Producer

Dave Cerminara

Engineer

Cameron Graham

Engineer

Manny Marroquin

Manny Marroquin

Mixing Engineer

Chris Galland

Mixing Engineer

Jeff Jackson

Assistant Engineer

Robin Florent

Assistant Engineer

Greg Calbi

Mastering Engineer

Steve Fallone

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Just close your eyes

We're gonna run this light

We live our lives

Yeah, we're not wasting time

Baby, we lost our minds

We're gonna get, gonna get

Get what we can

We're not doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

[Verse 2]

Is it wrong to rock the booze?

We gotta strike a match and light the fuse

Now I'm never looking back

It's time to leave the future with the past

[Verse 3]

I said it doesn't matter where I go

I am calling all the poets in the battle

I am shouting to the world

Let them know that we won't

Be afraid to step into the fight

When you can't see the light

[Verse 4]

So close your eyes

We're gonna run this light

We live our lives

Yeah, we're not wasting time

Baby, we lost our minds

We're gonna get, gonna get

Get what we can

We're not doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

[Verse 5]

But if you die I'm a soldier up

You better learn to shoot or learn to duck

There's no retreat and no escape

If we can dream then why are we wide awake?

[Verse 6]

I said it doesn't matter where I go

I am calling all the prophets into the battle

I am never going to change who I am

I won't bend under the pressure when on my back's on the ropes

I said it doesn't matter where I go

I am staring down the barrel of a gun

We are shouting to the world

Let them know that we are

Not afraid to step into the fight

When we can't see the light

[Verse 7]

So close your eyes

We're gonna run this light

We live our lives

Yeah, we're not wasting time

Baby, we lost our minds

We're gonna get, gonna get

Get what we can

We're not doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

[Verse 8]

Well it's a silicone rush

And I'm addicted

I don't understand it

The winner starts kill switch

Saying what I want to

The pleasure comes with pain too

Mostly it's another fight

When it's slowly coming after you

[Verse 9]

So close your eyes

We're gonna run this light

We live our lives

Yeah, we're not wasting time

Baby, we lost our minds

We're gonna get, gonna get

Get what we can

We're not doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

Doing it for the money

Written by: Adam Schmalholz, Isom Innis, Mark Foster, Ryan Tedder

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