Kaly - All I Need (feat. Rianjali) Lyrics

All I need, All I need
All I need is a mic and a dream
To let them know that what they're hearing
Is a soul that is free
And all I need is the breath and the beat
Oh yes, oh yes, to let him rest
And keep the demons asleep
All I need is me, I need me
I need my voice, I see my people, see my family tree
And all I need, I need you to see
I never needed much, but now I need you to believe
Look up, look up, it's a beautiful day
Wait, was that too positive
Am I tempting fate
Yeah, do I need to darken the verse
Put a little bit of bark in the verse
Put a little blood in my eye
Will it prove what a brown boys worth
If every seed need water
And every fiend need quarters
Then what we need more of
Is you and me being honest
See I don't need no borders
I need peace, not orders
And when your speech don't calm us
Well, all I need is this chorus, so
All I need is a mic and a dream
To let them know that what they're hearing
Is a soul that is free
And all I need is the breath and the beat
Oh yes, oh yes, to let him rest
And keep the demons asleep
And all I need is me, I need me
I need my voice, I see my people, see my family tree
And all I need, I need you to see
I never needed much
But now I need you to believe
Here's a lesson that I won't embellish
They'll listen if a white man sell it
Or a black man on my right hand
They don't care if a brown man reppin
So I would never let you tell it
When I built it from the ground up
I would never let you fell it
No cosign, I'm stepping in
Now I'm wondering what are my options
Try to be a cookie cutter motherf*cker
But I got lost in all of the posturing
Among the possums, pardon my pessimism
I'm hopping between the hope and a healthy caution
My weakness can leave me awestruck
Insecurity can be caustic
Shit is toxic, oh I know
I stunt harder, punt farther
Dumb down the smarter
Beg, borrow, steal and barter
But the truth is I'm not a follower
I've always been a f*cking starter
And I'm not part of the pettiness
I'm part of something larger
I am my mama's love
I am my father's son
I am my brother's keeper
I am all the above
I am my cousin's hope
I am my uncle's woes
I am my aunt's favorite
I am nothing I chose
I'm my grandfather's soul
With my grandmama's nose
I am my life's dreams
I am nothing but road
You're all I need
All I need
Is a mic and a dream
To let them know that what they're hearing
Is a soul that is free
And all I need
Is the breath and the beat
Oh yes, oh yes
To let himm rest and keep the demons asleep
And all I need
Is me, I need me
I need my voice, I see my people
See my family tree
And all I need
I need you to see
I never needed much
But now I need you to believe
All I need