sabse bada hai ji sabse bada hai
bada hai rupaiya re
sabse bada hai magar sabse jutha
jutha rupaiya re
sabse bada hai ji sabse bada hai
bada hai rupaiya re
sabse bada hai magar sabse jutha
jutha rupaiya re
rupaiye ke pichhe bhage bagode
bhagte hai jaise race ke gode
kasme bhi tode vade bhi tode
are laanat hai ham par nikle nigode
nikle nigode
rupiya ne kya kya gul na khilaye
rupiya ne kya kya gul na khilaye
apne bhi hone lage the paraye
noto ka toofan utha itna bhari
noto ka toofan utha itna bhari
lagi dubne thi mohabbat ki naiya
mohabbat ki naiya
sabse bada hai ji sabse bada hai
bada hai rupaiya re
sabse bada hai magar sabse jutha
jutha rupaiya re

jab se ? note hai juthe
kitno ke dil tute
jab se ? note hai juthe
kitno ke dil tute
mera tuta, tera tuta
inka tuta, unka tuta
sabka tuta, sabka tuta
sabka tuta, sabka tuta
par bada maja to usne luta
jisne samjha maya juthi
daulat juthi paisa jutha
jutha rupaiya re
sabse bada hai ji sabse bada hai
bada hai rupaiya re
sabse bada hai magar sabse jutha
jutha rupaiya re

note hai jhuthe bilkul jhuthe
kaun kahe ji bilkul jhuthe
sach pucho vo log hai jhuthe
baba ji vo log hai jhuthe wo kaun
jisne bhari tijori babu
jinki hoti chori babu
jinse sari duniya badle
thaali badle lota badle
chapple badle jute badle
sahab badle baniya badle
sadhu badle gunga badle
jinse sari duniya badle
vo hai juthe, vo hai juthe
vo hai juthe lekin babu
ye hai sache, ye hai sache
are kaise sache
inhi noto ne aankho ka parda uthaya
inhi noto ne aankho ka parda uthaya
inhi noto ne hamko ye rasta dikhaya
inhi noto ne hamko hai fir se milaya
inhi noto ne ye hamko sabak sikhaya
sabak sikhaya
sabse bada hai ji sabse bada hai
bada hai rupaiya re
sabse bada hai magar sabse jutha
jutha rupaiya re
sabse bada hai ji sabse bada hai
bada hai rupaiya re
sabse bada hai magar sabse jutha
jutha rupaiya re

Greatest it is, yes, greatest it is,
Great is the rupee, oh.
Greatest it is, but most false,
False the rupee, oh.
Greatest it is, yes, greatest it is,
Great is the rupee, oh.
Greatest it is, but most false,
False the rupee, oh.

Behind the rupee, run the runaways,
They flee like racehorses.
They break oaths, they break promises,
Alas, upon us, we are wretched.
Wretched we are.
What wonders has the rupee not bloomed?
What wonders has the rupee not bloomed?
Even our own became strangers,
Such a heavy storm of notes arose,
It threatened to drown the boat of love,
The boat of love.
Greatest it is, yes, greatest it is,
Great is the rupee, oh.
Greatest it is, but most false,
False the rupee, oh.

Since when? The notes are false,
How many hearts have broken?
Since when? The notes are false,
How many hearts have broken?
Mine broke, yours broke,
Theirs broke, theirs broke,
All broke, all broke,
All broke, all broke.
But great joy was reaped by the one,
Who understood illusion is false,
Wealth is false, money is false,
False the rupee, oh.
Greatest it is, yes, greatest it is,
Great is the rupee, oh.
Greatest it is, but most false,
False the rupee, oh.

Notes are false, completely false,
Who says so? Completely false,
Truth be told, those people are false,
Baba Ji, those people are false, who are they?
Those who fill the coffers, Babu,
Whose deeds are theft, Babu,
Because of whom the whole world changes,
Plates change, pots change,
Slippers change, shoes change,
Masters change, merchants change,
Sadhus change, thugs change,
Because of whom the whole world changes,
They are false, they are false,
They are false, but Babu,
These are true, these are true,
How are they true?
These very notes lifted the veil from our eyes,
These very notes lifted the veil from our eyes,
These very notes showed us this path,
These very notes reunited us,
These very notes taught us this lesson,
This lesson.
Greatest it is, yes, greatest it is,
Great is the rupee, oh.
Greatest it is, but most false,
False the rupee, oh.
Greatest it is, yes, greatest it is,
Great is the rupee, oh.
Greatest it is, but most false,
False the rupee, oh.