[Verse 1]
When your company makes a sale today
Count the cash that customers pay
Not the promises on paper thin
Real dollars flowing in your tin
Subtract the bills you paid in cash
Wages, rent, supplies in your stash
This reveals your beating heart
Operating cash, the vital part
[Chorus]
Operating cash tells the tale
When profits on paper might just fail
From operations, core and true
What money really came through
Cash collections minus cash you spend
On daily business, start to end
This number shows if you're alive
Can your core business really thrive?
[Verse 2]
Ignore the loans and fancy deals
Focus on what truly feels
Like business breathing in and out
What operations are about
Inventory sold becomes receipt
Customer payments, victory sweet
Materials bought with dollars spent
This section shows what business meant
[Chorus]
Operating cash tells the tale
When profits on paper might just fail
From operations, core and true
What money really came through
Cash collections minus cash you spend
On daily business, start to end
This number shows if you're alive
Can your core business really thrive?
[Bridge]
Positive means you generate
Negative means investigate
Can't survive on borrowed time
Operating cash must climb
Three sections on the statement clear
But this one matters most right here
Core activities reveal the truth
Financial health needs this proof
[Chorus]
Operating cash tells the tale
When profits on paper might just fail
From operations, core and true
What money really came through
Cash collections minus cash you spend
On daily business, start to end
This number shows if you're alive
Can your core business really thrive?
[Outro]
Watch the cash from operations
Foundation for all valuations
Real money in your pocket deep
This metric's what the analysts keep