The track was shortened for the intro of Suits, but the original is longer and just as compelling. Below you can find the lyrics of both versions and the accompanying videos.
And when Suits LA came out and they used the same track? That screamed for an episode of Good Tunes to dive deeper into the groove.
Intro Suits:
See the money, wanna stay for your meal
Get another piece of pie for your wife
Everybody wanna know how it feel
Everybody wanna see what it's like
I'll even eat a beehive, I don't mind
Me and Missy is so very busy, busy making money
Alright, yeah
All get back, if you don't dance
The greenback boogie
Ima Robot is an American band from Los Angeles, formed in the late 1990s. They have released a series of albums, EPs, and singles, including Ima Robot (2003), Search and Destroy and Monument to the Masses (2006), and Another Man's Treasure (2010). Their track "Greenback Boogie," originally a B-side to Another Man's Treasure, unexpectedly became a cult hit as the iconic opening theme to the USA Network legal drama series Suits (2011–2019).
The band has been on hiatus since 2011, as the members are busy with other projects. However, frontman Alex Ebert, who wrote and composed the song, keeps the door ajar—as he puts it: "I’m still in Ima Robot."
See the money waana stay, for your meal.
Get another peace of pie, for your wife.
everybody wanna know, how it feel.
Everybody wanna see, what's its like.
Baby wanna be a queen, well alright.
We all deserve the finer things, in this life.
So working on a little job, in the night.
It's forty dollars an hour when I, see the light.
The boss say you got a little time, and oh my.
He'll be working in a small box, till he die.
Me, i gotta be free, all my life.
I want a little cream cheese, in my pie.
Alright,
All step back, while you go dance, the Greenback Boogie.
Motherf*ing boogie.
Now i'm putting on a big wig, walking hard.
Hanging with them big pigs, all them dogs.
Got me a couple ideas, straight from God.
I want a bean pie, order me a bean pie, i'll even eat a bean pie, i dont mind.
Me and Missy is do very bussy bussy making money.
Alright,
All step back, i'm 'bout to dance, the Greenback boogie.
The Greenback Boogie, Boogie now for me...
[instruments]
say, it's better, when you give it away.
it's called the Greenback Boogie, what people dont's say, i say.
it's better, when you give it away.
i'ts called the Greenback Boogie, don't give it away now.
i say, i'ts better, don't give it away.
it's called the Grrenback Boogie, dont't give it away now, i say.
See the money wanna stay, for your meal.
i'll say it's gonna put some love, in your life.
Don't you really wanna know, how it feel.
Everybody wanna see, What it's like.
Babe you wanna be inside, it ain't lies.
We all know ther's better things in this life.
Yes, a'll step out, on you expence, doin' the Greenback Boogie.
motherf*ing Boogie, Boogie oogie oogie, Greenback Boogie.
come on back to paradise, come on back to paradise, come on back to paradise, come on back to... come on back to...{2x}
it's the Greenback Boogie, it's the Greenback Boogie, Don't give it away now, dont give it away now, i say.
it's better, when you Greenback Boogie, well don't give it away, well don't give it away, i say
it's better... it's the Greenback boogie, don't give it away...
Suits LA can be seen on NBC, but whether a streaming service will bring the series to the Netherlands and Belgium remains a question mark for now.
An official intro of Suits LA is unfortunately not yet available on YouTube, but below you can find a trailer. Stay tuned!
