Kanye West sampling Lauryn
Hill's hook from Mystery Of
Iniquity (MTV Unplugged 2.0).
Note: this would have been the
original release if Kanye got
permisision to use the sample,
instead he got Syleena Johnson
to sing Lauryn's bit.

[Lauryn Hill]
Oh when it all, it all falls
down
I'm telling you all when it
all falls
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Kanye West sampling Lauryn
Hill's hook from Mystery Of
Iniquity (MTV Unplugged 2.0).
Note: this would have been the
original release if Kanye got
permisision to use the sample,
instead he got Syleena Johnson
to sing Lauryn's bit.

[Lauryn Hill]
Oh when it all, it all falls
down
I'm telling you all when it
all falls down [2x]

(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 aint
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 Alexus (a
Lexus)
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

[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]
Oh when it all, it all falls
down
I'm telling you all when it
all falls down.

(Oh when it all)

[Verse - 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

[Chorus (w/ Kanye ad-libs)]

[Verse - Kanye West]
I say fuck the police, thats
how I treat em
We buy our way out of jail,
but we can't buy freedom
We'll buy a lot of clothes
when we don't really need em
Things we buy to cover up
what's inside
Cause they make us hate
ourself and love they wealth
That's why shortys hollering
'where the ballas' at?'
Drug dealer buy Jordans,
crackhead buy crack
And a white man get paid off
of all of that
But I ain't even gon 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

[Lauryn Hill]
Oh when it all, it all falls
down
I'm telling you all when it
all falls down.

Category Music

Tags Kanye, West