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  • i don't feel like she's being a gold digger (in ref to description) she just wants someone that can meet her at the level she's at or above so she wont have to take care of a grown man that has no ambition

  • this one goes out to the lazy house nigger hoes. who date whitemen

  • kim kardashian

  • NO FREE LUNCH ANYWHERE ON PLANET EARTH.

  • Very cool song, great beat!

  • "Controversial" then, but it's a must, now.

  • damn right ...who wants a dead beat for a partner

  • Hey Baby whats going on?

    The Rent Motherfucker!

  • @dmizzle79 LOL! In his prime, Eddie Murphy was a comedic genuis!

  • Who cares about the lyrics, the music itself its like the greatest gift a talent artist can left behind. R.I.P Gwen

    sorry for my bad english !!!

  • cool shoes at the beginning

  • i love this tune pure 80s gold.lighten up people its jus

    t a song

  • I'm here because i like awesome songs !

  • who the hell would wanna have romance wit dis ugly ass woman i rather b broke and on welfare than b rich stuck wit her ass

  • @chynagurl88 You're an ass.

  • @ljinbs You're a bitch

  • Thanks to Eddie Murphy, anytime i here this song i smile!

  • @barrymoped1 Why?

  • Yo is that Terry Crews dancing in those overalls? haha!

  • What is empowering about....

    "Boy, nothin’ in life is free

    That’s why I’m askin’ you what can you do for me

    I’ve got responsibilities

    So I’m lookin’ for a man whose got money in his hands"

    yes, she's a gold digger, she doesn't say,

    "I have a job and won't pay for you.."

  • this song used to play all the time at my old job i had to find it its my shit!

  • Those guys look gay...

  • In this time any woman is gold digger who is honest about money. Men in these days and times want to shack up. Have you cook, clean, and service them but feel like you are suppose to split everything, to hell with that you are not splitting the vagina. If a woman wants to split the bills she can do that with her girlfriend, a man is suppose to pay the rent, a woman can pay the utilities- becuz "men are suppose to be head of the house, according to the Lord." Ladies dont take advantage help out!!

  • Pay your own rent, you fat, lazy heffalump.

  • @guv859 Well, she is with the Lord, but this is not to offend anyone but lazy men who use women, and never contribute to the household, and sorry to say there are a lot of men in this generation who are like that, they dont want to do anything but sit on their butts;play games and smoke bud all day.While the woman goes too work. But some of it is women's fault for being desperate and getting with losers, because they have to have a man and hate being alone. It is sad, but is meant to offend.

  • @blaquegirl77 Yes, this is still an offensive song, as it was then. By the 1980s women had already spent over a century struggling for equality, standing side by side with men who wanted to see them reap the same rewards as they for their hard work. I could go on and discuss the struggles of the working class for a decent wage and conditions, but there is limited space. This glib, mindless drivel has done nothing for equality.

  • Sooooo dumb!! People please. More men live off of women than the other way around and that's the TRUTH RUTH! In my personal experience, the only people offended by this song were either a) Moochers in their own right, or b) stingy people who always feel someone is trying to take them regardless. Maybe I'll play this song on the next date...see how he responds...lol

  • @michelesbiz I have to agree with you. As a GAY MAN... My mother had a man and all he do was sit on his ass. I make my own money, then frankly I had a man but I helped the hell out him. A month after my birthday we broke up because all he do was spend my money on beer and drugs. He wouldn't help himself. I believe a relationship suppose to be 50/50 not who get the money.

  • Amen Sista!

  • 7 dislike dont have a job.

  • Bill collectors at my door.....jump out tha open window round tha back!.....

  • I will have to avoid...if you're unemployed. Classic!!!

  • i meant around

  • lol i always liked how she straight forward in this song! no beating aroung the bush lol

  • thanks for uploading this!

  • lol Omg i remember this from waaay back n the day! i still luv it! .....You got to have a j-o-b if you wanna be with meeeee ♪♫♪♫

  • IF YOU'RE OFFENDED BY THIS SONG, YOU'RE PROBABLY A TRIFLIN ASS B!+(# (MALE/FEMALE) WHO WANTS SOMETHING FOR NOTHING. GO LOOK UP BILLIE PRESTON'S SONG "NOTHING FROM NOTHING" (LEAVES NOTHING, U GOTTA HAVE SOMETHIN IF U WANNA BE WITH ME). AND THAT'S COMING FROM A MAN. GET IT!!!

  • pay my bills and eat the cat right, darling

  • @Benji370 rent Eddie Murphy's stand up DVD Raw, he talks about this song in his routine, hilariously funny! :-)

  • I didn't know she died!

  • straight up hoochie anthem

  • @icypolarbear No she is being an adult, and honest. Have you seen these men who are living with women, and dont have jobs. It is very ridiculous how many men are living on women black and white. It is so sad, because men dont want to be men, but the same goes for women.

  • love this song! =)

  • 6 people dont have a j.o.b lol

  • This is for Gazillionaire Steve J-O-B-S, who just passed away. Remember, gazillionaires who are all men except for Oprah Winfrey and Martha Stewart, you can't take it with you, so pay your female employees MORE than men. Girl Brains get smarter with computers when the old fashioned carrot-and-stick approach is used. Otherwise, stick it up your greedy asses. Like the black dude ends every sentence on the TV show Office, Shove it up your butt. The senoritos don't care-o when there's no denaro.

  • @thekevinmillion Yes, Eddie Murphy is a freakin genius! lol :-)

  • @katch320 What did Murphy do with this?

  • R.I.P Gwen Guthrie 2/3/99

  • I agree with what this sista is saying!! I've dated one too many broke asses...

  • i find it funny (and quite sad, honestly) that some people interpret the woman in the song to be a gold digger. to me, the lyrics say: if we are going to be together, you need to have a job and earn your own money, cause you sure as hell aren't going to live off of me. :p

  • @jewelz86 but at the same time, she's saying what can you do for me

  • @jewelz86 My thoughts exactly! 

  • @jewelz86

    Watch the vid again. The mercedes, the jewelry ..she specifically asks "what can you do for me?" It's a song about golddiggers. 'nothin from nothin' implies she has nothing.

  • @Andybaby I disagree she means You got nothin so I AM GIVING NOTHING!....NO LOVING WITHOUT A JOB DEAD BEAT

  • @jewelz86 you're right that's what the song is about,it's just a play on words,I got what the song was about with the men i would meet,didn't have a job, didn't have a car,didn't have any money, live at home with his Mama! and i would anyways think of this song.

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  • @jewelz86 thank you. no one wants a grown child

  • This is a classic song. I think people think too deep into a song, instead of enjoying it for it is, which is entertainment. In essence, we men should be working, instead of trying to be fake wanna be hustlers and what have you. A man who works is the first step to being a responsible human being.

  • @ShawnDthePoet Thank U for the correction. I knew it was one of those all female groups. I often get the 2 mixed up.

  • While I'm looking for some more Female Soul groups, I HAVE to SPIN one of my all-time JAMZ from the late Gwen Guthrie.

    This song came out in the mid-80s long B4 "Scrubs" by SWV came out much later.

  • @Erionnacirema You Mean TLC

  • r.i.p gwen!!

  • No romance without finance.........my mom and her sisters said this in the 1950's...this is not a new concept.......

  • THIS IS MY SH*T STILL! THIS STILL MY ANTHEM! A JAM!!

  • If you are in Maryland and workout at either Ballys in Catonsville or Top Shape Fitness in Columbia beware of Andye Kitt. She's a gold digger big time.

  • I'm talkin' bout the rent motherfucker

  • Get your broke lame ass out here! Lmao love this song!

  • The best song ever get your broke ass out of here!

  • Who is here because of Eddie Murphy lol

  • @jfgirard14.... me lol

  • @jfgirard14 ME

  • @jfgirard14 not me, tensnake.

  • I only have this to say about this bullshit song and anybody who likes/believes it..."Like Too $hort said

    Bitches aint shit

    I tried to told ya

    Dat most girls/women really freaks

    And dis is how they gotta

    make they money every week!"

    That's some honesty for yo ASS! Deal/Live wit it...

  • No romance without finance. Isn't that called PROSTITUTION. I'm just sayin.

  • Gwen was better known as a songwriter, having written Ben E. King's stanky "Supernatural Thing" and also for Roberta Flack.

  • LMAFO U GO GIRL KICK THAT BROKE FOOL OUWWTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!! NO RAMNCE WITHOUT FINANCE LOL

  • I love this song back in the day..."I will have to avoid if you're unemployed!!!!"

  • Yep We Brits LOVE this hit JAM!!

  • TELL IT SISTA,EVEN THE BIBLE SAYS THAT.NO FREE BOOTY

  • 80's post-modern feminism. Nice.

  • this is the most obvious subliminal mind control programming i have seen yet SPEND BUY SPEND BUY are you serious?

  • @fmth1311 a la John Carpenter's "They Live"?? ;)

  • @thedriftmc your damn right... i think... what does that film have to do with my comment?

    unless you and i both are aware of the secret societies that run the world and the secret benefactors that run the people who run the world

  • @fmth1311 Something like that.. yeah, the subliminal messages he can only see with the sunglasses on?? hahaha.. LOVE IT!!

  • @thedriftmc YOU DO REALIZE IT'S MORE THAN JUST FICTION?? :D

  • "ur pockets sure look empty".

     lol-- this is funny...

  • bitch get you own job

  • WRONG!!! Theres NOTHING in this song that even implies that the guy has to be rich. WHat he HAS to be is EMPLOYED and self-sufficient. Im a man, and Ive never been offended by this song, because Ive NEVER even contemplated the thought of being taken care of, by ANYBODY.

  • @FriedSpamable

    Gwen herself said it was about working together. Both should have jobs and work together. In the song she never claims she wants a man just for his money. RIP GG.

  • @FriedSpamable Why would any self respecting man want to be with someone as vacuous as her, anyway?

  • ya gotta have a J O B if ya wanna be with me

  • shes's quite pretentious for a fat chick

  • @preput She isn't pretentious , she was sucessful,what have you done lately besides promote hate towards people of size and tormented cats!!!!

  • This must be the best dance track of the 80'.

    Can hear it all day, all month & all year...............love it!

  • Gwen Changed the game with this song!! A dude hadda be concerned about his pockets afta dis!!

  • This song is not about gold diggin. She said

    you got to have a j-o-b" . She never said you have to make six figures! Damn! It's about being a man and knowing how to treat a women. Part of being a man is being a provider. If you look at the words in the video, one of the words is "FAMILY". Take care of your family. If you can avoid wearing a condom, you must care about that woman enough to plant your seed in her and marry her so man up.

  • @buttahpecan wow could u be any more old-fashioned?

  • @buttahpecan: Amen!!!!

  • And for the record, I'm a MARRIED black women. There are a lot of black women who are not married because they choose not to date outside our race and they CHOOSE to be single instead of settling for bs from men who are on the dl, gay, incarcerated, convicts, have responsibility/commitment issues or are shallow. Not because they are gold diggers. Most black women are hard-working women and refuse to settle for a man who is not. That's why other ethnicities are checking for black women nowadays.

  • Ppl especially men take this the wrong way. Basically a woman gets feds up with a man who's not trying to do anything for her but screw her and not commit. You need to have more to offer than some dick and a disease. This song is not for the men who want a family and takes care of business. Its for the nothin ass men who want something for nothing. Get it?

  • @buttahpecan Dang, How you get so smart!!! I agree 100%age pts.... :-)

  • Gold Digger! hahah

  • I used to combine this with WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR ME by Utah Saints and RING MY BELL by Anita Ward when I dj'd in Paris. Yours in Europe via NYC and Ohio! cutecatfaith d com and thanks for posting!

  • Man : Hey baby whats going on?

    Woman : The rent mother f*cker! You have a job??

    Man : Well, Im-m-m-m-a

    Woman : Then get the f*ck out of my face!

  • @TheKevinMillion Hilarious!!!

  • @TheKevinMillion HAHAHAHA. RAW!

  • @TheKevinMillion LMAO! I love your comment!

  • @TheKevinMillion Eddie LoL

  • Hell No this is true let them know baby all these men try to do is prey on weak women and take advantage of yes be strong let him know to be a bread winner. Set the record straight. A men knows what kind of women he wants to be involve with and she requires support and financial help. Excuse u to the comment men below. There are a number amount of African American women that web u need to reevaluate your sources because your information is incorrect

  • Hell No this is true let them know baby all these men try to do is prey on weak women and take advantage of yes be strong let him know to be a bread winner. Set the record straight. A men knows what kind of women he wants to be involve with and she requires support and financial help.

  • this is the JAM!

  • I disliked it, because I don't have a J-O-B!

  • gold digging ass!

  • @SSlimTim LOL!

  • she s not that fly but love the song its makes me laugh :) America crazy country!!!

  • People ... she never said anything about shopping sprees and what not ... there's way more bills than the rent ... All she's saying is that if she has a man he has to be able to stand on his own. Get a freaking job so you can handle some damn bills ... is that too much to ask ??

  • @ZionG4eva Nope!

  • i always think of eddie murphy when i hear this

  • #SINGLELADIESCANURELATE???

  • This is a jam no matter what year it came out in! Gwen did her thang with this song much respect and love to her. R.I.P Mommie

  • in case anyone misunderstood my point, no i dont expect a man to pay all my bills and rent. and pay for dinner. but i DO expect him to help me out. its called 50/50. and yes we should want a man to treat us like the queens we are. they'll just go to next woman and treat them way better.

  • LOVE IT!... And Im only 24! This is my jam!

  • this song tells it all god blesses all her loved ones!!!!!!

  • Yes, this was the jam!!! 1983-4!!!

  • this gives me chills wen i hear it ......she will b missed dis is real music

  • I didnt know she had passed.

  • love this song . thank you gwen for the song. r.i.p.

  • "but Im willing to avoid.....if u.......ARE UNEMPLOYED!

  • WOW! Didn't know she passed away.... What a Great Singer!

  • Great song and certainly applies to today's women out there, for sure !

  • Aint nothing goin' on but the rent M*ther F*cker! - Eddie Murphy. Brilliance XD

  • I swear, the dude with the overalls on looks like Terry Crews.

  • R.I.P. gwen Guthrie- love this JAM!

  • Timless tune!

  • This was a popular phrase back in the day because of this song.

  • @ar4216 true

  • HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH.....You go to have a J.O.B to be with me...HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAH...tha­nks Eddie Murphy.

  • R.I.P Gwen..and thank you ....

  • good song lol

  • Apart from the non PC theme ..... this tune was pretty goood

  • Tell it sista!

  • @tmonster75 i love this song. this needs to be the womens' national anthem. LOL

  • @kmcarte10

    this song was and still is a disgrace to our community. and OF COURSE BLACK PEOPLE ARE TOO DUMB TO REALIZE IT. This song influenced black women to look at men as meal tickets and not partners who they can work with to achieve something. This is why 70% of black women are single today. black women always have their eyes on WHAT SOMEBODY CAN DO FOR THEM EXCEPT. but they should have their eyes on how can TWO PEOPLE WORK TOGETHER AND ACHIEVE WHAT THEY BOTH NEED AND WANT. WE ARE SO DUMB

  • @ImalHasan if a song told you to jump off a bridge or shoot dope would you do it? We have brains for a reason, booboo.

  • @ImalHasan , If that is all you got out of this song and you truly feel that way about black women, then I have a bridge I want to sell you! And you can do whatever you want with it, maybe even jump off it into a cup of water!!!!!

  • @chevygurl2007

    talking about working together through partnerships would have been a better message for our people. Like I said before, this song has influence black women to think of men only as objects of money earners. other women in America do not think like this nor do they have songs like this. THIS IS WHY OTHER WOMEN EXCEPT FOR BLACK WOMEN ARE MARRIED.

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  • This song hit #1 in the R&B charts and is an unforgettable classic.

  • @jravage77 A CLASSIC AND AN UNFORGETTABLE SONG!

  • She died in '99 and she was only 48 when she passed.

  • wow, imagine being invited to a dinner party with MarcusHardy and FinalJustice..

  • This song is a classic!

  • WRONG, Lamar.

    A man has to know whether a woman uses protection or not, and if she doesn't, HE should go. Don't even THINK of having sex with her.

    --The Final Justice

  • rest in peace gwen ur still missed even after 10 yrs

  • MAN: "hey, baby, whats goin on?" WOMAN: "THE RENT, MUDDAFUCKA! u got a job?" MAN: "well....i...i..well...i...i" WOMAN: "well, get the fuck out my face!"

  • @creeball Eddie Murphy "Raw" freakin' hilarious.

  • I see the Harry Hippie's are in full force.

  • Most of the feminist standards, sing by women while trooping their colours; written by men.

  • I used to enjoy this song as a kid. The song was controversial and insightful. However, the women I knew or know now who think this way suffer from a backlash. Which is.... not having their own shit together to make such demands. Plus, these same women get caught up in the "Shackin' Up Matrix". You know, gettin' involved with a man with "temporary money", and also wind up with a damn fool behind closed doors. LOL! Still in the end, there's no romance without finance.

    REAL TALK!!

  • I don't even know WHY this song was so controversial in the first place. I mean look at songs that talk about birthday sex, that have porno-looking videos, and all the unclassy B-ing & the H-ing goin on.

    And why would you have a man in your life who you have to pay for with everything? How can you have a future with that guy? I don't go Dutch: I ain't in Amsterdam! Gwen Guthrie just paved the way for 'Call Tyrone', 'No Scrubs', and 'Bills, Bills, Bills' in the 90s.

  • Lol. As far as Amsterdam goes, the weed is great and the Red Light District is a sight to see! Lol....just kidding. Gwen Guthrie did pave the way for those other songs you mentioned. However, the subject matter in these songs will always lead to SOCIAL WARFARE between both genders. Especially between the BLACK WOMAN and BLACK MAN. Sometimes, such attitudes we have don't get us far in life. All the females I knew who was on such vibes live a life of mediocrity.

    Real Talk

  • It won't be that way once a woman gets married to a man with the PERMANENT and if she never steps foot in the 'Shackin Up Matrix'.

  • True....but only to a certain extent. With today's economy PERMANENT IS NOT SO PREVALENT these days. Might I add that when most people get married, they tend to mingle moneys and assets and don't have a backup plan. And if things fall apart, neither party has anything to show for their "marriage or struggle of marriage". I think they call that mess "community property"? Lol....then both parties have a problem with each other. Still, just have a backup plan even when you do the PERMANENT.

  • So, I can imagine that you tell women to fork up the cash also when payment is due, right, Marcus? Or do you just buy women all the time like prostitutes?

    DO you prostitute yourself?

    That's basically what this song advocates -- Prostitution!

    --The Final Justice

  • Lol. To answer your question....the answer is no, I don't prostitute myself. Nor do I have the time to "trick off" with a chic....it's a recession out here! Lol....c'mon! I don't have time for that. I have powermoves to make, and I'm quite close to making them for that matter. And when I get to where I want to be in this precious life, my attitude still stay the same.

    Real Talk....which is My Final Justice

  • Recession or not, Marcus, the BEST power move ANY man can make is to recognize he is just as important as any woman and, more importantly, to STAND BY such a conviction.

    Before you get to where you want to be in life, you must first recognize where you NEED to be -- loving enough of yourself as a man to not tolerate ANY KIND of female privilege over men.

    And when you do get to where you WANT to be, you must CONTINUE to hold yourself in the highest of regard so you don't suffer later.

    --FJ