Ghostface Killah - All That I Got Is You Lyrics
Intro one: [some movie]What dey gives you blood?Three months manWhatchu doin in here anyway? you oughta be home with your mommaHow old are you boy?ThirteenThirteen? damn, the bastards must be runnin outta niggaz to arrestIntro: ghostfaceYeah, ohh yeah, this goes outTo all the families that went through the struggleYeah, from the heartIt was from the heart, everything was real[mary j.] all that I got is youAnd Im so thankful I made it throughVerse one:Yo, dwellin in the past, flashbacks when I was youngWhoever thought that Id have a baby girl and three sonsIm goin through this difficult stage I find it hard to believeWhy my old earth had so many seedsBut shes an old woman, and due to me I respect thatI saw life for what its really worth and took a step backFamily aint family no more, we used to play ballEggs after school, eat grits cause we was poorGrab the pliers for the channel, fix the hanger on the tvRockin each others pants to school wasnt easyWe survived winters, snotty nosed with no coatsWe kept it real, but the older brother still had jokesSadly, daddy left me at the age of sixI didnt know nuttin but mommy neatly packed his shitShe cried, and grandma held the family downI guess mommy wasnt strong enough, she just went downCheck it, fifteen of us in a three bedroom apartmentRoaches everywhere, cousins and aunts was thereFour in the bed, two at the foot, two at the headI didnt like to sleep with jon-jon he peed the bedSeven oclock, pluckin roaches out the cereal boxSome shared the same spoon, watchin saturday cartoonsSugar water was our thing, every meal was no thrillIn the summer, free lunch held us down like steelAnd there was days I had to go to tex house with a noteStating gloria can I borrow some food Im dead brokeSo embarrasin I couldnt stand to knock on they doorMy friends might be laughin, I spent stamps in storesMommy wheres the toilet paper, use the newspaperLook ms. rose gave us a couch, shes the neighborThings was deep, my whole youth was sharper than cleatsTwo brothers with muscular dystrophy, it killed meBut I remember this, moms would lick her finger tipsTo wipe the cold out my eye before school wit her spitCase worker had her runnin back to face to faceI caught a case, housin tried to throw us out of our placeSometimes I look up at the stars and analyze the skyAnd ask myself was I meant to be here... why?Yeah, yoChorus: mary j. bligeAll that I got is youAnd Im so thankful I made it through(repeat 4x)Word up mommy, I love youWord upIt was all you, word, you brought me in like thisVerse two: mary j. blige, poppa wuI sit and think aboutAll the times we did without, yeahI always said I woudnt cryWhen I saw tears in your eyesI understand that daddys not here nowBut some way or somehow, I will always be around, yeahAll things that I did from this to themOh from drugs to being thereBeing down and out and I love you alwaysYeah, you sayYou see the universe, which consists of the sun moon and starAnd them planets, that exist in my spaceLike man woman and childYou understand?We got to keep it real, and what reality and reality will keep it real with usI remember them good ol daysBecause see, thats the child I wasWhat made me the man I am todaySee cause if you forget where you come from, hehehYoure never gonna make it where youre goin, ahehBecause you lost the reality of yourselfSo take one stroll through your mindAnd see what you will findAnd youll see a whole universe all over againAnd again and again and again and againHeheheh, yeah heheheheh ahaheheheh
