TENI’s Money: Wealth, Loss, and the Unfinished Chase

TENI’s Money doesn’t celebrate wealth—it wrestles with it. Written in the stillness of the COVID-19 lockdown, the song isn’t about excess for the sake of it.

It’s about ambition, survival, and the sharp realisation that success doesn’t erase emptiness.

The production flows delicately, wrapping TENI’s introspective lyrics in a warm, reflective soundscape.

The soft piano chords and layered synths create a weightless atmosphere, pulling the listener into a space where thoughts about money and meaning collide.

There’s an anthemic quality to the song, but it’s not just in the rhythm—it’s in the message.

The chorus lays it bare: “Money don’t buy you happiness, money can’t buy you love, money don’t fill this emptiness.”

But TENI doesn’t leave it at that. The next line hits with a resigned but undeniable truth: “But I want all the money in the world.”

The contradiction isn’t dressed up—it’s stated plainly. She knows money won’t fix everything, but she still wants it.

Her verses are filled with stark imagery. “I’d rather be crying in a Bentley, sipping on Hennessy” isn’t just about luxury—it’s about the trade-offs people make.

Being sad with money is still being sad, but she’s not pretending the alternative is better.

Then there’s the reminder of how far she’s come: “So far from where we coming from, and we don’t stop until it’s done.”

It’s not just a song about wanting money; it’s about chasing it, knowing full well it won’t solve everything.

TENI’s delivery keeps the emotions simmering. She doesn’t over-sing—she lets the weight of her words settle.

The track never feels forced, never strays into melodrama. Even the outro, with the faint sounds of children playing in the background, adds another layer.

It’s a moment of contrast, a reminder of innocence, or maybe of the things money can’t bring back.

Money doesn’t pretend to have answers. It just lays out the reality: money won’t fill every void, but that doesn’t mean people stop reaching for it.

Teni Money Lyrics

Chorus
They say…
“Money don’t buy you happiness
Money can’t buy you love
Money can’t fill this emptiness”
But I want all the money in the world

“Money don’t buy you happiness
Money can’t buy you love
Money don’t fill this emptiness”
But I want all the money in the world
Ooh-wee
I want all the money in the wor(-or-orld), yea-e-yea

Verse 1
I’d rather be crying in a Bentley
Sipping on Hennessy
Drying all my tears with some hunnid dollar bills
Feeling down in Fendi (Fendi)
Sad but i got plenty (Plenty) money for the pain in the world (pain in the world)
Chilling in Ibiza
Just like Justin Bieber
‘Cause I got the money, I don’t care
And you can put that on my visa
Roll me like we caesar
You know that we global
Bitch, I’m here

Post-Chorus
So far from where(-errrr-err) we coming from
And we don’t stop(-oo-opp) until it’s done

Chorus
They say…
“Money don’t buy you happiness
Money can’t buy you love
Money can’t fill this emptiness”
But I want all the money in the world

“Money don’t buy you happiness
Money can’t buy you love
Money don’t fill this emptiness”
But I want all the money in the world
(Ooh-wee)
I want all the money in the wor-or-orld, yea-e-yea

Verse 2
Reach for the stars if you can today
You know you can if only you try
There is so much to live for today
Without a doubt we will be okay-oh
Live it up, do it e my way
Na me be king, na me get Kingdom
Reach for the stars if you can today
Then switch it up like yay

Post-Chorus
So far from where(-errrr-err) we coming from
And we don’t stop(-oo-opp) until it’s done

Chorus
They say…
“Money don’t buy you happiness
Money can’t buy you love
Money can’t fill this emptiness”
But I want all the money in the world

“Money don’t buy you happiness
Money can’t buy you love
Money don’t fill this emptiness”
But I want all the money in the world
(Ooh-wee)
But I want all the money in the wor-or-orld, yea-e-yea

I want all the money in the world

Outro
Hmmm, Hm
Huh-uh-uh
Yea-e-yea
Haw
Money…