It Ain't Trickin' If You Got It?

These days a few rappers have been rapping the phrase "it ain't tricking if you got it". Here is a list of recent songs that contain this utterance.

Lil Wayne's "A Milli":
"And it ain't trickin if you got it,
But you like a bitch with no ass, you ain't got shit"

Lil Wayne's "Got Money":
"Bitch ain't shit but a hoe and a trick
But you know it ain't trickin if you got it"

T.I.'s "Whatever You Like":
"Hundred K deposits, vacations hit the tropics
Cause errbody know it ain't trickin if ya got it
Ya need to never ever gotta go to yo wallet
Long as I got rubberband banks in my pocket"

T-Pain's "Believe It":
"I can put you in the log cabin, somewhere in aspen
Girl ain't nothing to the pain aint trickin if you got it what you askin....for"

I created this flow chart based on this new philosophy on tricking. It can easily help you determine whether you are tricking.


This whole idea that it's not tricking if you got it, really got me thinking. If this is truly the case, then we are seeing a clear policy shift in the position amongst the rap community. For years the general consensus has clearly been that tricking was tricking, and it didn't matter whether or not you had money. This new trend is a complete paradigm shift. It can only make one wonder what an O.G. Mack Pimp Playa Hustler like Too Short would think about this.