BASIC
of, pertaining to, or forming a base; fundamental: a basic principle; essential: a key necessity.

MONEY IS BASIC, or rather, MONEY IS... TOO COMMON
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see also: the root of all evil.
"swaggin" ego: See these stacks? I sleep on a bed of money every night. You swaggin' like this? NO. CUZ YOU BASIC

humbler ego: *laughs*...YA CASH be "basic". I wiped my ASS with that benjamin last night... Who don't use it? That's my point