All Day – English Lyrics

• By: Kanye West, Theophilus London, Allan Kingdom, Paul McCartney

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Kanye West's 'All Day,' a song special for its unique sonic blend of industrial beats and a soulful melody sampled from a Paul McCartney composition. While the English lyrics are direct and boastful about success, engaging with the track allows you to appreciate the complex layering of modern hip-hop production with classic, deeply personal musical history, demonstrating how musical ideas can evolve across generations.

[English]

All day, nigga

(Dance, ayy, ayy ayy ayy)

All day, nigga

How long you niggas ball? All day, nigga

How much time you spent at the mall? All day, nigga

How many runners do you got on call? All day, nigga

Swish, swish, how long they keep you in court? All day, nigga

Take you to get this fly? All day, nigga

Tell your P.O. how-how long you been high? All day, nigga

You already know I'm straight from the Chi, all day, nigga

South, south, south side! All day, nigga

This Ye, nigga

Shoppin' for the winter, and it's just May, nigga

Ball so hard, man, this shit cray, nigga

And you ain't gettin' money 'less you got eight figures

For that Jesus piece, man, I've been saved, nigga

Just talked to Farrakhan, that's sensei, nigga

Told him I've been on ten since the 10th grade, nigga

Got a middle finger longer than Dikembe, my nigga, uh

I don't let 'em play with me

I don't let 'em talk to me no kind of way

Uh, they better watch what they say to me

Niggas still gettin' popped on the day to day

Yeah, I still got the hundred with the small face, nigga

Might spend 50 racks on my off day, nigga

You a fake Denzel like the Allstate nigga

If you run into me, better have Allstate with you, uh

You a Rico Suave nigga

Ride 'round listen to Sade, nigga

If you ain't with us, you in our way, nigga

You an actor, you should be on Broadway, nigga

'Cause you do shit the broad way, nigga

Your bitch got a ass, but my broad way thicker

Late for the class, in the hallway, nigga

Yeah, the dropout at it as always, nigga, as always

...

All day, nigga

I took a young sweet breath, and I reached into my Earth

Gave him what I had left

At that moment I dispersed

At that moment I dispersed

All day, nigga

How-h-how long you ball? All day, nigga

How much time you spent at the mall? All day, nigga

How long it take you to get this fly? All day, nigga

Tell your P.O. how-how long you been high? All day, nigga

Pour some Hen' out for my niggas that died, all day, nigga

And I keep a bad bitch on the passenger side, all day, nigga

You already know that I'm straight from the Chi, all day, nigga

South, south, south side! All day, nigga

I could do this all day, boy (woo), I'm finna turn this bitch out

They need that Ye in the streets, boy, (woo) there's been a motherfucking drought

Don't really matter what I make, boy, (woo) you know I still go wild

Like a light skinned slave, boy, (woo) we in the motherfuckin' house

Right now, you lookin' real sus' right now

I swear I've been on this flight like a month right now

Stupid niggas gettin' money, Forrest Gump right now

Shout-out to Jackie Chan, I need to stunt right now

They've been lookin' at the 'Gram, I've been lookin' at the Grammys

Like, huh, that's us right now

24/7, 365 days, everybody gettin' paid (go crazy)

Niggas lookin' at me like I'm worth both MJs

People saying, "Ye, Ye, take it easy"

20 Gs for the Yeezys off of eBay

Niggas do the most and they ain't done shit

Only way I can sum it up, sumbitch

(Hands up, hands up)

So won't you dance? Ayy, ayy ayy ayy

All day, nigga

I took a young sweet breath, and I reached into my Earth

Gave him what I had left

At that moment I dispersed

At that moment I dispersed

Get low (hold on, alright)

Get low (alright)

(Hold on, alright)

(Alright)

Stay low (hold on, alright)

Stay low (alright)

Stay low (hold on, alright)

South, south, south side! All day nigga

...

Well, well, well

Let me run (let me run)

Let me run to see who came undone

You've been right in my face

Let me run 'til you're off my case

...

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
ball bɔːl A2	verb - to play basketball or to live a lavish lifestyle
swish swɪʃ A2	noun - a sound made by something moving quickly through the air
fly flaɪ A1	verb - to travel through the air adjective - stylish or fashionable
cray kreɪ B1	adjective - crazy
figures ˈfɪɡərz A2	noun - numbers, especially a large amount of money
sensei sɛnˈseɪ B1	noun - a teacher or master in Japanese
stunt stʌnt B1	verb - to perform a feat or show off
sus sʌs B2	adjective - suspicious or questionable
Gram ɡræm B1	noun - short for Instagram, a social media platform
Grammys ɡræmiz B1	noun - Grammy Awards, prestigious music awards
Yeezys ˈjiːziz B2	noun - a brand of shoes designed by Kanye West
sumbitch sʌmˈbɪtʃ C1	noun - a derogatory term for a person
dispersed dɪˈspɜːrst B2	verb - to spread or distribute over a wide area