Everything Is Everything
Written by Lauryn Hill and Johari Newton
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
Ruffhouse, Columbia
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(Yo, uh! We ?bout to set everything right) (Hehe) (Yo!)

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Everything (Everything) is everything (is everything)
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What is meant to be, will be (What? Huh)
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After winter (After winter), must come spring (must come)
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Change, it comes eventually (Yo, hu-huh)

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I wrote these words   for everyone
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Who struggles in their youth (Wrote this one for the youth, huh!)
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Who won't accept deceptionin?
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Instead of what is truth (You got to notice you, ya?ll)
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*It seems we lose the game before we even start to play (nah that game, no)
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Who made these rules?   We're so confused
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Easily led astray -Let me tell ya that

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Everything is everything (Everything is everything)
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Everything is everything (Everything)
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After winter (After winter) must come spring (this all gon? change y?all)
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Everything is everything
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(Yo, yo, yo-yo-yo-yo)I philosophy, Possibly speak tongues
Beat drum, Abyssinian, street Baptist
Wrap this in fine linen from the beginning
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My practice extending across the atlas -I begat this
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Flippin' in the ghetto on a dirty mattress
You can't match this rapper / actress, 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
My rhymes is heavy like the mind of Sister Betty
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L. Boogie spars with stars and constellations
Then came down for a little conversation
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Adjacent to the king, fear no human being
Roll with cherubims to Nassau Coliseum
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Now hear this mixture where hip hop meets scripture
Develop a negative into a positive picture ?Now

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Everything (Everything y?all) is everything (everything y?all)
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What is meant to be, will be (What is meant to be will be)
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After winter (After winter) must come spring (must come spring)
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Change, it comes eventually (Change comes eventually)

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Sometimes it seems    we'll touch that dream (touch that dream)
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But things come slow or not at all (They come slow y?all know what I mean)
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And the ones on top   won't make it stop (They won't make it stop)
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So convinced that they might fall (To everybody y?all)
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*Let's love ourselves then we can't fail to make a better situation
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Tomorrow   our seeds will grow
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All we need is dedication -Let me tell ya that

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Everything is everything (Everything is everything)
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Everything is everything (Everything is everything)
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After winter (After winter) must come spring (next is spring)
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Change, it comes eventually (Change comes eventually)

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La la la la   la la la la    la la la la la la
(It?s all about you)
(You know what I mean?)
(It?s all about you)
(Listen to me)