All Falls Down (feat. Syleena Johnson)

Oh, when it all (yeah), it all falls down (this the real one baby) I'm telling you all (uh, Chi-Town stand up), it all falls down Oh, when it all (Southside, Southside) It all falls down (we gon' set this party off right) I'm telling you all (Westside, Westside) It all falls down (we gon' set this party off right) Man, I promise, she's so self-conscious She has no idea what she doing in college That major that she majored in don't make no money But she won't drop out, her parents'll look at her funny Now, tell me that ain't insecurr The concept of school seems so securr Sophomore three yerrs ain't picked a carerr She like, "- it, I'll just stay down herre 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 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 Oh, when it all (uh) It all falls down (and when it falls down, who you gon' call now?) I'm telling you all (come on, come on) It all falls down (and when it all falls down) Oh, when it all Man I promise, I'm so self-conscious That's why you always see me with at least one of my watches Rollies and Pashas done drove me crazy I can't even pronounce nothin', pass that Ver-say-see Then I spent four hundred bucks on this Just to be like, "-a, 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 tryna buy back our 40 acres And for that paper, look how low we a'stoop Even if you in a Benz, you still a n- in a coupe Oh, when it all It all falls down (and when it falls down, who you gon' call now?) I'm telling you all (come on, come on) It all falls down (and when it all falls down) Oh, when it all I say - 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, but we don't really need 'em Things we buy to cover up what's inside 'Cause they made us hate ourself and love they wealth That's why shorty's hollering, "Where the ballers 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 & 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 Oh, when it all (yeah, come on, come on) It all falls down (and when it falls down, who you gon' call now?) I'm telling you all (come on, come on) It all falls down (and when it all falls down) Oh, when it all (Southside, Southside) It all falls down (we gon' set this party off right) I'm telling you all (Westside, Westside) It all falls down (we gon' set this party off right) Oh, when it all (Chi-Town Chi-Town) It all falls down (we gon show 'em how we get down) I'm telling you all, it all falls down (now, Syleena, you just like a safe belt, you saved my life) Oh, when it all, it all falls down I'm telling you all, it all falls down Us can't keep working like this, this graveshift, it's like a slaveship