Artist: Ghostface Killah feat Mary J. Blige & Poppa Wu
Album: Ironman
Song: All That I Got Is You
Typed by: AZLYRICS.com & edited by critikaldesignz
[Sampled Intro]
Woman: What'd they give you blood?
Boy: Three months man..
Woman: Whatchu doin in here anyway? You ought to be home with your mama.
Woman: How old are you boy?
Boy: Thirteen
Woman: Thirteen? Damn, the bastards must be runnin outta niggas to arrest..
[Intro: Ghostface (Mary J. Blige)]
Ohh yea, this goes out..
To all the families that went through the struggle
(All that I got is you..)
Yeah, from the heart..
(And I'm so thankful I made it through)
It was all from the heart, everything was real
[Verse One: Ghostface]
Yo, dwellin in the past, flashbacks when I was young
Whoever thought I'd have a baby girl and three sons
But goin through this difficult stage I find it hard to believe
Why my old Earth had so many seeds
But she's her own woman, and due to me I respect that
I saw life for what it's really worth and took a step back
Family ain't family no more, we used to play ball
Eggs after school, eat grits cause we was poor
Grab the pliers for the channel, fix the hanger on the TV
Rockin each others pants to school.. wasn't easy
We survived winters, snotty nose with no coats
We kept it real, but the older brother still had jokes
Sadly, daddy left me at the age of six
I didn't know nuttin but mommy neatly packed his shit
She cried.. and grandma held the family down
I guess mommy wasn't strong enough, she just went down
Check it, fifteen of us in three.. bedroom apartments
Roaches everywhere, cousins and aunts was there
Four in the bed, two at the foot, two at the head
I didn't like to sleep with John, "Johnny peed the bed"
Seven o'clock, pluckin roaches out the cereal box
Some shared the same spoon, watchin saturday cartoons
Sugar water was our thing, every meal was no thrill
In the summer, free lunch held us down like steel
And there was days I had to go to Tek's house with a note
Stating "Gloria can I borrow some food I'm dead broke?"
So embarrasin I couldn't stand to knock on they door
My friends might be laughin, I spent stamps in stores
"Mommy where's the toilet paper?", "Use the newspaper"
"Look Ms. Rose gave us a couch, she's the neighbor"
Things was deep, my whole youth was sharper than cleats
Two brothers with muscular dystrophy, it killed me
But I remember this, mom's would lick her finger tips
To wipe the cold out my eye before school wit her spit
Case worker had her runnin back to face the phase
I caught a case, housin tried to throw us out of our place
Sometimes I look up at the stars and analyze the sky
And ask myself was I meant to be here.. why?
Yeah, yo
[Chorus: Mary J. Blige]
All that I got is you
And I'm so thankful I made it through
[repeat 4X]
[Ghostface]
Word up mommy, I love you
Word up
It was all you, word, you brought me here like this
[Verse Two: Mary J. Blige (Ghostface Killah)]
I (yeah) sit and think about
All the times we did without, yeah
I always said I wouldn't cry
When I saw tears in your eyes
I understand that daddy's not here now
But some way or somehow, I will always be around, yeah
All things that I did from this to that
Oh from drugs to being there
Being down and out, and I love you always, ohhh
[Outro: Poppa Wu]
Yeah, you see
You see the universe, it consists of the sun, moon and star
And them planets, would exist in my space
Like man, woman and child
You understand?
We got to keep it real, and what reality and reality gonna keep it real with us
I remember them good ol days
Because see, that's the child I was
What made me the man I am today
See cause if you forget where you come from, heheh
You're never gonna make it where you're goin, aheh
Because you lost the reality of yourself
So take one stroll through your mind
And see what you will find
And you'll see a whole universe all over again and again and again and again and again
Heheheh, yeah, heheheheh ahaheheheh.....
[Fade out]
Album: Ironman
Song: All That I Got Is You
Typed by: AZLYRICS.com & edited by critikaldesignz
[Sampled Intro]
Woman: What'd they give you blood?
Boy: Three months man..
Woman: Whatchu doin in here anyway? You ought to be home with your mama.
Woman: How old are you boy?
Boy: Thirteen
Woman: Thirteen? Damn, the bastards must be runnin outta niggas to arrest..
[Intro: Ghostface (Mary J. Blige)]
Ohh yea, this goes out..
To all the families that went through the struggle
(All that I got is you..)
Yeah, from the heart..
(And I'm so thankful I made it through)
It was all from the heart, everything was real
[Verse One: Ghostface]
Yo, dwellin in the past, flashbacks when I was young
Whoever thought I'd have a baby girl and three sons
But goin through this difficult stage I find it hard to believe
Why my old Earth had so many seeds
But she's her own woman, and due to me I respect that
I saw life for what it's really worth and took a step back
Family ain't family no more, we used to play ball
Eggs after school, eat grits cause we was poor
Grab the pliers for the channel, fix the hanger on the TV
Rockin each others pants to school.. wasn't easy
We survived winters, snotty nose with no coats
We kept it real, but the older brother still had jokes
Sadly, daddy left me at the age of six
I didn't know nuttin but mommy neatly packed his shit
She cried.. and grandma held the family down
I guess mommy wasn't strong enough, she just went down
Check it, fifteen of us in three.. bedroom apartments
Roaches everywhere, cousins and aunts was there
Four in the bed, two at the foot, two at the head
I didn't like to sleep with John, "Johnny peed the bed"
Seven o'clock, pluckin roaches out the cereal box
Some shared the same spoon, watchin saturday cartoons
Sugar water was our thing, every meal was no thrill
In the summer, free lunch held us down like steel
And there was days I had to go to Tek's house with a note
Stating "Gloria can I borrow some food I'm dead broke?"
So embarrasin I couldn't stand to knock on they door
My friends might be laughin, I spent stamps in stores
"Mommy where's the toilet paper?", "Use the newspaper"
"Look Ms. Rose gave us a couch, she's the neighbor"
Things was deep, my whole youth was sharper than cleats
Two brothers with muscular dystrophy, it killed me
But I remember this, mom's would lick her finger tips
To wipe the cold out my eye before school wit her spit
Case worker had her runnin back to face the phase
I caught a case, housin tried to throw us out of our place
Sometimes I look up at the stars and analyze the sky
And ask myself was I meant to be here.. why?
Yeah, yo
[Chorus: Mary J. Blige]
All that I got is you
And I'm so thankful I made it through
[repeat 4X]
[Ghostface]
Word up mommy, I love you
Word up
It was all you, word, you brought me here like this
[Verse Two: Mary J. Blige (Ghostface Killah)]
I (yeah) sit and think about
All the times we did without, yeah
I always said I wouldn't cry
When I saw tears in your eyes
I understand that daddy's not here now
But some way or somehow, I will always be around, yeah
All things that I did from this to that
Oh from drugs to being there
Being down and out, and I love you always, ohhh
[Outro: Poppa Wu]
Yeah, you see
You see the universe, it consists of the sun, moon and star
And them planets, would exist in my space
Like man, woman and child
You understand?
We got to keep it real, and what reality and reality gonna keep it real with us
I remember them good ol days
Because see, that's the child I was
What made me the man I am today
See cause if you forget where you come from, heheh
You're never gonna make it where you're goin, aheh
Because you lost the reality of yourself
So take one stroll through your mind
And see what you will find
And you'll see a whole universe all over again and again and again and again and again
Heheheh, yeah, heheheheh ahaheheheh.....
[Fade out]
