All Falls Down (Original)

[Kanye West talking] I need, I need L-Boogie Remember they used to call you that? What you say, Lauryn? I'mma tell 'em [Lauryn Hill sample] Oh when it all, it all falls down I'm telling you all when it all falls down (Oh when it all) [Verse 1: Kanye West] Man I promise, she's so self conscious She has no idea what she's doing in college That major that she majored in don't make no money But she won't drop out, her parents will look at her funny Now, tell me that ain't insecure The concept of school seems so secure Sophmore three years ain't picked a career She like fuck it, I'll just stay down here and do hair Cause that's enough money to buy her a few pairs of new Airs Cause her baby daddy don't really care She's so precious with the peer pressure Couldn't afford a car so she named her daughter Alexis She had hair so long that it looked like weave Then she cut it all off now she look like Eve And she be dealing with some issues that you can't believe Single black female addicted to retail and well [Hook: Kanye West] Uh, and when it falls down who you gon' call now? C'mon c'mon, and when it fall's down [Lauryn Hill sample] [Verse 2: Kanye West] Man I promise, I'm so self conscious That's why you always see me with at least one of my watches Rollies and Pasha's they done drove me crazy I can't even pronounce nothing, pass that versace! Then I spent 400 bucks on this Just to be like nigga you ain't up on this! And I can't even go to the grocery store Without some ones that's clean and a shirt with a team It seems we living the american dream But the people highest up got the lowest self esteem The prettiest people do the ugliest things For the road to riches and diamond rings We shine because they hate us, floss cause they degrade us We trying to buy back our 40 acres And for that paper, look how low we a'stoop Even if you in a Benz, you still a nigga in a coupe [Hook: Kanye West] [Lauryn Hill sample] [Verse 3: Kanye West] I say fuck the police, that's how I treat 'em We buy our way out of jail, but we can't buy freedom We'll buy a lot of clothes but we don't really need em The things we buy to cover up what's inside Cause they made us hate ourself and love they wealth That's why shorties holler, "Where the ballers at?" Drug dealers buy Jordans, crackheads buy crack And the white man get paid off of all of that But I ain't even gonna act holier than thou Cause fuck it, I went to Jacob with 25 thou Before I had a house and I'd do it again Cause I wanna be on 106 and Park pushing a Benz I wanna act ballerific like it's all terrific I got a couple past due bills, I won't get specific I got a problem with spending before I get it We all self conscious I'm just the first to admit it [Hook: Kanye West] Dont' stop that shit, keep that shit Keep that part where I ran out of breath We ain't doing no punching, man That's that fake shit If I was on stage, how I gotta spit it? It's from the heart and shit Might cause shortness of breath, ya know? Couldn't have got nobody better for the job Thank you very much to this beautiful Beautiful young lady that's inspired me definitely [Lauryn Hill sample]