作曲 : Kanye West & Lauryn Hill

Oh when it all, it all falls down

I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down

Oh when it all, it all falls down

I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down

Oh when it all, it all falls down

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 insecurrre

The concept of school seems so securrre

Sophmore three yearrrs aint picked a careerrr

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 （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

Oh when it all, it all falls down

I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down

Oh when it all, it all falls down

I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down

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 done drove me crazy

I can't even pronounce nothing,

pass that versace!

Then I spent 400 bucks on this

Just to be like ***** you ain't up on this!

And I can't even go to the grocery store

Without some ones thats 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 ***** in a coop/coupe

Oh when it all, it all falls down

I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down

Oh when it all, it all falls down

I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down

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 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 **** 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

Oh when it all, it all falls down

I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down

Oh when it all, it all falls down

I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down

Oh when it all, it all falls down

I'm telling you ohh, it all falls down

Oh when it all, it all falls down

I'm telling you ohh, it all falls dow