"All The Years" lyrics
Joell Ortiz & The Heatmakerz Lyrics
[Joell Ortiz:]
(Heatmakerz, Crack Music)
Holding back the years (Uh)
Thinking of the fear I've had so long (Wow)
I've wasted all my tears (Mm)
Wasted all those years
I could've talked about not havin' hot water (Water)
Or how growin' up, most of us ain't got fathers (Fathers)
How we survived in cold streets and them hot corners
And all the rest of that negative stuff the block taught us (Mm)
But nah, today's a little different (Word)
I'm on a different mission, today, we in the kitchen
Not for drug whippin', grandma got the mittens
Openin' the stove, close your eyes and take a whiff in
Yeah, that's that good-baked chicken (Ah)
Kids in the bedrooms, on the mattress flippin'
Adults in the living room laughin' and sippin' (Haha)
Brand-new record playin', no cracklin' and skippin'
Keep your eyes closed and just listen
Holding back the years (I'm flippin' through the years, y'all)
Thinking of the fear I've had so long (Remember that?)
I've wasted all my tears (But did I waste it, though?)
Wasted all those years (You know?)
We ain't have much, but we had (We had)
Times was rough, but it wasn't that bad (That bad)
My mother used to sit out on the benches
Bullshit with her friends, sippin' wine coolers, quenchin' her thirst (Ah)
Me, I was thirsty to find wrenches
Open that fire hydrant, somebody gettin' drenched, kid (Yeah)
Summertime, young summertimes
Close your eyes and remember that free lunch line (Wow)
And that one time
That new girl came around your way (Hey)
You met her by the swing, she told you she finna stay
With her grandmother for the whole summer, and that day (What?)
You discovered a puppy love that wouldn't go away
Holding back the years (I'm flippin' through the years, y'all)
Thinking of the fear I've had so long (Remember that?)
I've wasted all my tears (But did I waste it, though?)
Wasted all those years (You know?)
Two, four, five, seven, nine, and eleven
Thirteen and you with the matchbook wedged in (Haha)
That big brown box, floor model was reppin'
The picture burnt out and we all still kept it (Hah)
New TV stand for the next television (Word)
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right
I ain't gotta finish that, y'all all know the rest, right?
Nintendo sleepovers was some of the best nights
Beat Super Macho Man twice, but never beat Mike (Never)
Close my eyes and see it vivid
Smiles on some faces that are no longer livin'
A much humbler time, but still a time I be missin'
But don't mind me, I'm just reminiscin' (Reminiscin')
Holding back the years (I'm flippin' through the years, y'all)
Thinking of the fear I've had so long (Remember that?)
I've wasted all my tears (But did I waste it, though?)
Wasted all those years (You know?)
Holding back the years
Thinking of the fear I've had so long
I've wasted all my tears
(Heatmakerz, Crack Music)
Holding back the years (Uh)
Thinking of the fear I've had so long (Wow)
I've wasted all my tears (Mm)
Wasted all those years
I could've talked about not havin' hot water (Water)
Or how growin' up, most of us ain't got fathers (Fathers)
How we survived in cold streets and them hot corners
And all the rest of that negative stuff the block taught us (Mm)
But nah, today's a little different (Word)
I'm on a different mission, today, we in the kitchen
Not for drug whippin', grandma got the mittens
Openin' the stove, close your eyes and take a whiff in
Yeah, that's that good-baked chicken (Ah)
Kids in the bedrooms, on the mattress flippin'
Adults in the living room laughin' and sippin' (Haha)
Brand-new record playin', no cracklin' and skippin'
Keep your eyes closed and just listen
Holding back the years (I'm flippin' through the years, y'all)
Thinking of the fear I've had so long (Remember that?)
I've wasted all my tears (But did I waste it, though?)
Wasted all those years (You know?)
We ain't have much, but we had (We had)
Times was rough, but it wasn't that bad (That bad)
My mother used to sit out on the benches
Bullshit with her friends, sippin' wine coolers, quenchin' her thirst (Ah)
Me, I was thirsty to find wrenches
Open that fire hydrant, somebody gettin' drenched, kid (Yeah)
Summertime, young summertimes
Close your eyes and remember that free lunch line (Wow)
And that one time
That new girl came around your way (Hey)
You met her by the swing, she told you she finna stay
With her grandmother for the whole summer, and that day (What?)
You discovered a puppy love that wouldn't go away
Holding back the years (I'm flippin' through the years, y'all)
Thinking of the fear I've had so long (Remember that?)
I've wasted all my tears (But did I waste it, though?)
Wasted all those years (You know?)
Two, four, five, seven, nine, and eleven
Thirteen and you with the matchbook wedged in (Haha)
That big brown box, floor model was reppin'
The picture burnt out and we all still kept it (Hah)
New TV stand for the next television (Word)
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right
I ain't gotta finish that, y'all all know the rest, right?
Nintendo sleepovers was some of the best nights
Beat Super Macho Man twice, but never beat Mike (Never)
Close my eyes and see it vivid
Smiles on some faces that are no longer livin'
A much humbler time, but still a time I be missin'
But don't mind me, I'm just reminiscin' (Reminiscin')
Holding back the years (I'm flippin' through the years, y'all)
Thinking of the fear I've had so long (Remember that?)
I've wasted all my tears (But did I waste it, though?)
Wasted all those years (You know?)
Holding back the years
Thinking of the fear I've had so long
I've wasted all my tears
