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[Lauryn singing - Chorus]
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Everything Is Everything
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What is meant to be, will be
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After winter, must come spring
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Change, it comes eventually
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(2x)
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[Singing - Verse One]
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I wrote these words for everyone who struggles in their youth
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Who won't accept deception, in--instead of what is truth
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It seems we lose the game
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Before we even start to play
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Who made these rules? (Who made these rules?)
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We're so confused (We're so confused)
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Easily led astray
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Let me tell ya that...
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[Chorus]
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Everything Is Everything
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Everything Is Everything
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After winter, must come spring
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Everything Is Everything
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[Rapping - Verse Two]
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I philosophy
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Possibly speak tongues
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Beat drum, Abyssinian, street Baptist
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Rap this in fine linen, from the beginning
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My practice extending across the atlas
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I begat this
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Flipping in the ghetto on a dirty mattress
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You can't match this rapper slash actress
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More powerful than two Cleopatras
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Bomb graffiti on the tomb of Nefertiti
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MCs ain't ready to take it to the Serengeti
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My rhymes is heavy like the mind of sister Betty (Betty Shabazz!)
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L-Boogie spars with stars and constellations
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Then came down for a little conversation
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Adjacent to the king, fear no human being
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Roll with cherubims to Nassau Coliseum
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Now hear this mixture, where Hip Hop meets scripture
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Develop a negative into a positive picture
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[Chorus]
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Now Everything Is Everything
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What is meant to be, will be
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After winter, must come spring
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Change, it comes eventually
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[Lauryn Singing - Verse Three]
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Sometimes it seems
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We'll touch that dream
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But things come slow or not at all
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And the ones on top, won't make it stop
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So convinced that they might fall
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Let's love ourselves and we can't fail
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To make a better situation
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Tomorrow, our seeds will grow
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All we need is dedication
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Let me tell ya that...
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[Chorus]
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Everything Is Everything
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Everything Is Everything
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After winter, must come spring
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Everything Is Everything
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Everything Is Everything
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What is meant to be, will be
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After winter, must come spring
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Change, it comes eventually
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Everything is Everything
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Lauryn Hill |