[ti:all falls down] [ar:kanye west ft. syleena johnson] [al:the college dropout] [offset:500] [00:00.43] [00:00.61]Artist: Kanye West (feat. Syleena Johnson) [00:00.79]Album: The College Dropout [00:00.98]Song: All Falls Down [00:01.17] [00:01.37]Lyrics : [00:01.60] [00:01.81][Chorus - 4x] [00:21.64][00:10.83][00:02.09]Oh when it all, it all falls down [00:16.11][00:05.53]I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down [00:22.03] [00:22.27][Verse - Kanye West] [00:22.56]Man I promise, she's so self conscious [00:24.67]She has no idea what she's doing in college [00:26.86]That major that she majored in don't make no money [00:29.59]But she won't drop out, her parents will look at her funny [00:32.14]Now, tell me that ain't insecurrre [00:34.63]The concept of school seems so securrre [00:37.19]Sophmore three yearrrs aint picked a careerrr [00:39.72]She like fuck it, I'll just stay down herre and do hair [00:42.21]Cause that's enough money to buy her a few pairs of new Airs [00:45.91]Cause her baby daddy don't really care [00:47.91]She's so precious with the peer pressure [00:50.42]Couldn't afford a car so she named her daughter Alexus (a Lexus) [00:53.06]She had hair so long that it looked like weave [00:55.39]Then she cut it all off now she look like Eve [00:57.89]And she be dealing with some issues that you can't believe [01:00.76]Single black female addicted to retail and well [01:03.62] [01:03.89][Chorus - repeat 2x (w/ Kanye ad-libs)] [01:04.32]Oh when it all, it all falls down [01:08.32]I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down [01:13.63]Oh when it all, it all falls down [01:16.36]I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down [01:16.57] [01:16.82][Verse - Kanye West] [01:17.10]Man I promise, I'm so self conscious [01:18.71]That's why you always see me with at least one of my watches [01:19.72]Rollies and Pasha's done drove me crazy [01:21.87]I can't even pronounce nothing, pass that versace! [01:24.48]Then I spent 400 bucks on this [01:27.05]Just to be like nigga you ain't up on this! [01:29.61]And I can't even go to the grocery store [01:32.14]Without some ones thats clean and a shirt with a team [01:34.83]It seems we living the american dream [01:37.78]But the people highest up got the lowest self esteem [01:40.20]The prettiest people do the ugliest things [01:42.80]For the road to riches and diamond rings [01:45.35]We shine because they hate us, floss cause they degrade us [01:48.05]We trying to buy back our 40 acres [01:50.64]And for that paper, look how low we a'stoop [01:53.26]Even if you in a Benz, you still a nigga in a coop/coupe [01:55.63] [01:55.88][Chorus - repeat 2x (w/ Kanye ad-libs)] [01:56.29]Oh when it all, it all falls down [02:00.69]I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down [02:06.16]Oh when it all, it all falls down [02:06.75]I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down [02:06.96] [02:07.23][Verse - Kanye West] [02:07.57]I say fuck the police, thats how I treat em [02:09.12]We buy our way out of jail, but we can't buy freedom [02:11.58]We'll buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need em [02:14.17]Things we buy to cover up what's inside [02:17.04]Cause they make us hate ourself and love they wealth [02:19.40]That's why shortys hollering "where the ballas' at?" [02:22.01]Drug dealer buy Jordans, crackhead buy crack [02:24.69]And a white man get paid off of all of that [02:27.15]But I ain't even gon act holier than thou [02:30.01]Cause fuck it, I went to Jacob with 25 thou [02:32.41]Before I had a house and I'd do it again [02:35.24]Cause I wanna be on 106 and Park pushing a Benz [02:37.81]I wanna act ballerific like it's all terrific [02:40.38]I got a couple past due bills, I won't get specific [02:42.82]I got a problem with spending before I get it [02:45.58]We all self conscious I'm just the first to admit it [02:48.23] [02:48.47][Chorus - to fade (w/ Kanye ad-libs)] [03:09.01][02:48.82]Oh when it all, it all falls down [03:13.98][02:53.19]I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down [03:19.38][02:58.19]Oh when it all, it all falls down [03:24.65][03:03.80]I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down [03:29.67]