Everything I Am

Album: Graduation (2007)
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  • Damn
    Here we go again
    Common passed on this beat, I made it to a jam
    Now everything I'm not made me everything I am
    Damn
    Here we go again
    People talkin' shit, but when the shit hit the fan
    Everything I'm not made me everything I am

    I'll never be picture-perfect Beyoncé
    Be light as Al B or black as Chauncey
    Remember him from Blackstreet? He was black as the street was
    I'll never be laid back as this beat was
    I never could see why people'll reach a
    Fake-ass façade that they couldn't keep up
    You see how I creeped up? You see how I played a big
    Role in Chicago like Queen Latifah?
    I'll never rock a mink coat in the wintertime like Killa Cam
    Or rock some mink boots in the summertime like will.i.am
    Let me know if you feel it, man
    'Cause everything I'm not made me everything I am

    Damn
    Here we go again
    Everybody sayin' what's not for him
    But everything I'm not made me everything I am
    Damn
    Here we go again
    People talkin' shit, but when the shit hit the fan
    Everything I'm not made me everything I am

    And I'm back to tear it up
    Haters start your engines, I hear 'em gearin' up
    People talk so much shit about me at barbershops
    They forget to get they hair cut
    Okay, fair enough, the streets is flarin' up
    'Cause they want gun talk, or I don't wear enough
    Baggy clothes, Reeboks, or A-di-dos
    Can I add that he do spaz out at his shows?
    So, say goodbye to the NAACP Award
    Goodbye to the India Arie Award
    They'd rather give me the Ni-Nigga Please Award
    But I'll just take the I Got a Lot of Cheese Award

    Damn
    Here we go again
    But everything I'm not made me everything I am
    Damn
    Here we go again
    People talkin' shit, but when the shit hit the fan
    Everything I'm not made me everything I am

    I know people wouldn't usually rap this
    But I got the facts to back this
    Just last year, Chicago had over six hundred caskets
    Man, killing's some wack shit
    Oh, I forgot, 'cept for when niggas is rappin'
    Do you know what it feel like when people is passin'?
    He got changed over his chains a block off Ashland
    I need to talk to somebody, pastor
    The church want tithe, so I can't afford to pay
    Pink slip on my door, 'cause I can't afford to stay
    My fifteen seconds up, but I got more to say
    That's enough, Mr. West, please, no more today

    (Here we go) Damn
    Here we go again
    Everybody sayin' what's not for him
    But everything I'm not made me everything I am
    Damn
    Here we go again
    People talkin' shit, but when the shit hit the fan
    Everything I'm not made me everything I am

    Here we go-we go
    Here we go-we go
    Here we go-we go
    Go-go-go again Writer/s: Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric T Sadler, George Clinton, Hank Shocklee, Kanye Omari West, Phillip Mitchell
    Publisher: Peermusic Publishing, REACH MUSIC PUBLISHING, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Word Collections Publishing
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