Album Name

MTV Fantastic Females Vol. 2

Artist

Various Artists, Lauryn Hill

Genre

POP

Release Date

2000

Release Agency

Sony Music

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