All I Need (feat. Rianjali)

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 motherfucker 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 fucking 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