[Produced by DJ Mars]

[Intro: Booba & Ali]
Wesh, wesh, yo
Listen up, son

[Verse 1: Booba]
Here's the mixed, coffee-and-cream, MC cappuccino
Criminal on the M.I.C., if you ain't from here, that is
Fuck a job, the business makes the G’s shine
Lames get snuffed, my style cracks, reflects a ZAC

[Ali & Booba]
In my hood, all brothers have the same job
Only crime pays and at night, they deploy
But what did you think? That we’d just stay here and drown?
Come on, here everyone moves forward by his own means

[Booba & Ali]
A big hood covers my wanted head
For two or three bills, I make the chrome spark
Danger, Lunatic takes aim and fires at undercover cops
You don’t need a drawing, don’t need a fucking sketch
I strike, I strip them like police custody
Take off your laces, your shoes, your pants, your sweater, your bracelet

[Ali]
The business makes it rain no matter the season
Prison is often at the end of the tunnel, but the network
Expands day-by-day with newcomers
A-L-I, B-double-O-B-A, you’ve been warned

[Ad Libs: Booba & Ali]
Crime pays
Crime pays

[Chorus: Ali & Booba]
Only crime pays, no remorse for my sins
You know me, I’m a savage for the money and
I only like to talk steel when it comes to the paper
Here, you hear, “Click! Click!” Only crime pays
Only crime pays, no remorse for my sins
You know me, I’m a savage for the money and
I only like to talk steel when it comes to the paper
Here, you hear, “Click! Click!” Only crime pays

[Verse 2: Ali & Booba]
Only crime pays, if you ain’t got vices, rest in peace
I’m an outlaw, I don’t wanna crawl before the law
I sneak in at night while people are asleep
The code of the street is crude, no need for a license

[Booba]
Don’t talk to me 'bout school, I know brothers fuck around
They’d rather smoke weed and shit on the BRB
Mug some little fucker with a .357 Python
Since we’re young, let’s the make the most of it
Then your gun turns into a ball, a rolling vice
Hey yo yo yo, tell me, son, I heard you drive a Benz
Narcotics bring that big cash flow
B-double-O-B-hashish, a phat flow

[Ali & Booba]
I dug up the hatchet, buried the dove
Look at the hash trade, from Boulogne to Colombes
I’m so rotten when I come home it smells like mold
They recognize my breath from Fleury to Noisy
I’ve chosen my path, no, my destiny
And if you got a problem, I’ll stab you in your intestine
It’s a feast for the two Lunatics, Wanna test one?
If you kill one, watch your back! There’s still one left

[Chorus: Ali & Booba]
Only crime pays, no remorse for my sins
You know me, I’m a savage for the money and
I only like to talk steel when it comes to the paper
Here, you hear, “Click! Click!” Only crime pays
Only crime pays, no remorse for my sins
You know me, I’m a savage for the money and
I only like to talk steel when it comes to the paper
Here, you hear, “Click! Click!” Only crime pays

[Verse 3: Ali & Booba]
Only crime pays, if you’re not from here, you’ve learned nothing
True brothers know damn well how money is made
Deadset on betting everything on the business and
Flying above the law without a visa
Look at the faces of those who’ve dragged their soles more than once on the asphalt
As is the custom for those who have nothing
Wesh, wesh, yo
Wesh, yo

[Booba]
You know, crime pays, watch your ass, your boss
And the misdeeds don't stop, look at what we do
A dealer whips out a soap bar and the customers drool
Honestly, n***as know how to make money the dumb way
Easy cash like “Sugar Hill” by AZ
My rap: a poem with no poetry
And then what does that make? Tell me, Mr. Know-It-All
If you don’t like it, n***a, don’t listen and that’s it
Only crime pays in the cities of the 92
Face-to-face, only cold stares, there are no soft eyes

[Ali]
Watch your back, the knives are sharpened
The brothers in disguise could betray you for money
How could you scorn money when you don’t have any?
Crime is a trap, and my God, I took the bait
Only crime pays

[Chorus: Ali & Booba]
Only crime pays, no remorse for my sins
You know me, I’m a savage for the money and
I only like to talk steel when it comes to the paper
Here, you hear, “Click! Click!” Only crime pays
Only crime pays, no remorse for my sins
You know me, I’m a savage for the money and
I only like to talk steel when it comes to the paper
Here, you hear, “Click! Click!” Only crime pays
Only crime pays, no remorse for my sins
You know me, I’m a savage for the money and
I only like to talk steel when it comes to the paper
Here, you hear, “Click! Click!” Only crime pays
Only crime pays, no remorse for my sins
You know me, I’m a savage for the money and
I only like to talk steel when it comes to the paper
Here, you hear, “Click! Click!” Only crime pays