Everything I Am Lyrics
Here we go again
Common passed on this beat
I made it (in)to a jam
And everything I'm not made me everything I am
Here we go again
People talking shit, but when the shit hit the fan
Everything I'm not made me everything I am
Be light as Al B.
Or as black as Chauncey
Remember him from Blackstreet?
He was black as the street was
I'll never be laid back as this beat was
Fake-ass facade that they couldn't keep up
You see how I creeped up?
You see how I played a big role in Chicago like Queen Latifah?
I never rocked a mink coat in the wintertime like Killa Cam
Or rock some mink boots in the summertime like Will.I.Am
Cuz everything I'm not made me everything I am
Here we go again
Everybody saying what's not for him
But everything I'm not made me everything I am
Here we go again
People talkin' shit, but when the shit hits the fan
Everything I'm not made me everything I am
Haters start your engines, I hear 'em gearing up
People talk so much shit about me at barbershops
They forget to get their hair cut
Ok, fair enough
The streets is flaring up
Cuz they want gun talk
Or I don't wear enough
Baggy clothes, Reebok's or Adidas
Can I add that he do spazz out at his shows?
Goodbye to the India.Arie award
They'd rather give me the "Nigga Please" award
But I'll just take the "I Got A Lot Of Cheese" award
Here we go again
(La la la la)
But everything I'm not made me everything I am
H-here we go again
People talkin' shit, but when the shit hits the fan
Everything I'm not made me everything I am
But I got the facts to back this
Just last year Chicago had over 600 caskets
Man, killing's some wack shit
Do you know what it feel like when people is passing?
He got changed over his chains a block off Ashland
I need to talk to somebody pastor
The church want tithes
So I can't afford to pay
Pink slip on my door cuz I can't afford to stay
My fifteen seconds up but I got more to say
"That's enough Mr. West, please, no more today."
Here we go gain
Everybody saying what's not for him
But everything I'm not made me everything I am
Here we go again
People talkin' shit, but when the shit hit the fan
Everything I'm not made me everything I am
So say goodbye to the NAACP award Goodbye to the India.Arie award They'd rather give me the "Nigga Please" award
amazing words
Lovin the new CD, much better than 50s. Curtis seems to have ditched quality for quantity, whereas every track on this CD is good except for maybe 2.
Pikachu is right (lol). This song is urging the listener to stay true to themselves. Kanye explains that your experiences, both good and bad, make you the person you are today.
"I know people wouldn't usually rap this But I got the facts to back this Just last year Chicago had over 600 caskets Man, killing's some wack shit"
See say what you want about Kanye but this is some deep stuff right here and it definitely goes against the grain of rap today. Props to you Kanye, your on another level.
"Man, killing's some wack shit Oh, I forgot, except for when niggas is rappin'"
The whole song is pretty much saying "I'm not gangsta, and I'm comfortable with that. Gangsta rap is messed up and I want no part of it"
best song on graduation? i think so.
qft.
it is the best song on the album, simply because it has the most meaning
Lovin the new CD, much better than 50s. Curtis seems to have ditched quality for quantity, whereas every track on this CD is good except for maybe 2.
This song has the best lyrics on the Graduation
this song is great. deffinently the best on his new album. and its also way better than Curtis. Kanye is the greatest.