All I Have – English Lyrics

• By: NF
• Album: Mansion

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into NF's compelling track "All I Have", a powerful introduction to his artistry that showcases his lyrical vulnerability and raw energy. This song offers listeners a glimpse into NF's personal struggles and unwavering dedication, making it a perfect starting point for those looking to understand the depths of his musical expression and improve their English comprehension through meaningful lyrics.

[English]

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♪ ALL I EVER WANTED WAS SOMEBODY TO HEAR ME ♪

♪ ALL I EVER WANTED WAS SOMEBODY TO FEEL ME ♪

♪ AND EVERYBODY WANNA TELL THAT ♪

♪ I'M OUT OF MY HEAD WHEN I'M ON THE MIC ♪

♪ THAT'S FINE BUT THAT DON'T SCARE ME ♪

♪ BEEN A LONG TIME BUT I'M BACK NOW ♪

♪ RAP OUT WELCOME TO THE RAP HOUSE ♪

♪ RAP BOUT WHAT I LIVE TILL I PASS OUT. BLACKOUT BLACKOUT ♪

♪ EVERYBODY KEEP ON WONDERING IF I STILL RAP NOW ♪

♪ ARE YOU SERIOUS ♪

♪ ANYBODY OUT THERE HEARING THIS ♪

♪ YO I CAME IN THE GAME AS A LYRICIST ♪

♪ AND I'M A LEAVE LIKE THAT PERIOD ♪

♪ YOU SNIFF LINES I WRITE LINES ♪

♪ YOU HAVE NOW ENTERED IN MY MIND ♪

♪ AND YOU BETTER GET READY CAUSE YOU MIGHT FIND ♪

♪ I'M FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE AND MY KIND ♪

♪ IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN YOURS IS ♪

♪ QUIT SNORING ♪

♪ HIP HOP ISN'T DEAD IT'S JUST BEEN IN MOURNING ♪

♪ FROM THE MOMENT I QUIT RECORDING ♪

♪ QUICK RECORD THIS ♪

♪ LISTEN I'M WARMIN' UP AND YOUR MISINFORMED IF ♪

♪ YOU THINK THAT I'M SLIPPING UP ♪

♪ THIS AIN'T SICK ENOUGH THEN I SKIP THE CHORUS ♪

♪ I BEEN HERE AIN'T KNOW BODY HEARD OF ME ♪

♪ I'M TURN THIS BEAT TO A MURDER SCENE ♪

♪ I DON'T LIVE THE WORLD I LIVE FOR THE KING ♪

♪ I LIVE FOR THE KING ♪

♪ FOCUS WROTE THIS WITH EMOTION ♪

♪ HARD TO GET A BREAK WHEN THE DOOR AIN'T OPEN ♪

♪ HARD TO GET A SHOT WHEN THE GUN AINT LOADED ♪

♪ IT'S HARD TO MAKE A LIVIN WHEN KNOW BODY WANNA NOTICE ♪

♪ HOLD IT. WHAT AM I INSANE MAYBE PLAIN CRAZY ♪

♪ YOU PUT ME IN A ROOM WITH A MIC YOU WILL NOT RESTRAIN ME ♪

♪ DO WHAT YOU WANNA BUT YOU CAN'T CONTAIN ME ♪

♪ LAZY IS NOT A CHARACTER TRAIT OF MINE ♪

♪ DON'T WAIT IN LINE ♪

♪ THIS IS THE CURRENT CONDITION OF MY STATE OF MIND ♪

♪ DON'T TELL ME THAT THIS ISN'T REAL ♪

♪ DON'T TRY TO TELL ME THIS AIN'T HOW I FEEL ♪

♪ THIS IS ALL I HAVE ALL I HAVE ♪

♪ ALL I EVER WANTED WAS SOMEBODY TO GET THIS ♪

♪ ALL I EVER WANTED WAS SOMEBODY TO PLAY THIS ♪

♪ TAKE MY SONG PUT IT ON THEY PLAYLIST ♪

♪ GET GOOSE BUMPS EVERY TIME THEY PLAY IT ♪

♪ WAIT IS THIS MY CALLING OR NOT FATHER ♪

♪ MAYBE I SHOULD JUST NOT BOTHER ♪

♪ GO BACK TO THAT 9 TO 5 BUT I'M NOT A QUITTER SO QUIT THAT ♪

♪ I'VE NEVER BEEN A KILLER BUT I GUARANTEE KILL TRACKS ♪

♪ PUT 'EM IN A COFFIN LOST IT ♪

♪ RIP THAT. TRYIN TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN RAP ♪

♪ IS THAT INSANE WELL I GUESS SO ♪

♪ RAP THOUGH. BETTER GIVE ME THAT PENCIL ♪

♪ YOU AIN'T NEVER GONNA MAKE IT IT'S ALL MENTAL ♪

♪ I'M IN A PLACE WHERE I CAN'T LET GO ♪

♪ I STILL WORK A JOB AND I DO THIS ♪

♪ AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S STUPID ♪

♪ I THOUGHT ALL YOU HAD TO DO ♪

♪ WAS GET A RECORD DEAL THINGS START MOVING ♪

♪ BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE ♪

♪ BECAUSE MOST THE TIME THE ARTIST YOU HEAR ♪

♪ YOU KEEP ON THINKING THAT ARTIST IS NEW BUT ♪

♪ THAT ARTIST HAS PROBABLY BEEN AT IT FOR YEARS ♪

♪ IN THE BACK OF MY MIND ♪

♪ THINKING AM I WASTING MY TIME DREAMIN' ♪

♪ AND I AIN'T GOT NO MONEY IN MY WALLET BUT ♪

♪ I GUARANTEE THERE AIN'T NO WAY THAT I AM GONNA LEAVE THIS. ♪

♪ I NEED THIS. I SWEAR TO Y'ALL I NEED THIS ♪

♪ AND THIS HIP HOP'S IN MY VEINS IF YOU CUT ME I'M A BLEED IT ♪

♪ AND YO WHAT YOU THINK I WRITE RAPS FOR NO REASON NO ♪

♪ I TAKE MY PAINS AND I PUT 'EM IN THE SONGS ♪

♪ EVER SINCE THEM PULLS THEY TOOK MY MOM ♪

♪ I'VE BEEN A DIFFERENT PERSON ♪

♪ DON'T TRY TO PREDICT MY VERSES ♪

♪ WHAT YOUR HEARIN NOW IS ME ♪

♪ WHETHER I'M I FRONT OR BEHIND THAT CURTAIN ♪

♪ I STAND BEHIND THESE WORDS AND ♪

♪ I'M A CHRISTIAN BUT I'M NOT PERFECT ♪

♪ DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN ♪

♪ I'M CALM NOW LISTEN I'M JUST WORKIN ♪

♪ YEAH IT MIGHT IT TAKE A MINUTE TO GET IT ♪

♪ BUT ONCE YOU GET IT EVERYTHING WILL BE CRYSTAL CLEAR ♪

♪ I DON'T THINK THEY SEE MY VISION HERE ♪

♪ I DON'T THINK THEY SEE MY VISION HERE ♪

♪ DON'T TELL ME THAT THIS ISN'T REAL ♪

♪ DON'T TELL ME THIS AIN'T HOW I FEEL ♪

♪ THIS IS ALL I HAVE ALL I HAVE ♪

♪ DON'T TELL ME THAT THIS ISN'T REAL ♪

♪ DON'T TELL ME THIS AIN'T HOW I FEEL ♪

♪ THIS IS ALL I HAVE ALL I HAVE ♪

♪ DON'T TELL ME THAT THIS ISN'T REAL ♪

♪ DON'T TELL ME THIS AIN'T HOW I FEEL ♪

♪ THIS IS ALL I HAVE ALL I HAVE ♪

♪ ALL I HAVE ♪

♪ DON'T TELL ME THAT THIS ISN'T REAL ♪

♪ THIS ISN'T REAL THIS ISN'T REAL ♪

♪ THIS IS ALL THAT I HAVE THIS IS ALL THAT I HAVE ♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
hear /hɪr/ A1	verb - to perceive sound
feel /fiːl/ A1	verb - to experience an emotion or sensation
rap /ræp/ A2	noun - a style of music with rhyming lyrics verb - to perform rap music
mind /maɪnd/ A2	noun - the part of a person that thinks and feels
different /ˈdɪfərənt/ A2	adjective - not the same
live /lɪv/ A1	verb - to be alive adjective - happening now
kill /kɪl/ A2	verb - to cause death
vision /ˈvɪʒən/ B1	noun - the ability to think about the future
impact /ˈɪmpækt/ B1	noun - a strong effect
guarantee /ˌɡærənˈtiː/ B2	verb - to promise something noun - a promise
insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ B1	adjective - mentally ill or crazy
contain /kənˈteɪn/ B1	verb - to hold or include something
lazy /ˈleɪzi/ A2	adjective - not liking to work hard
current /ˈkʌrənt/ B1	adjective - happening now
quitter /ˈkwɪtər/ B1	noun - a person who gives up easily
stupid /ˈstjuːpɪd/ A2	adjective - lacking intelligence
bleed /bliːd/ A2	verb - to lose blood
predict /prɪˈdɪkt/ B1	verb - to say what will happen in the future
crystal /ˈkrɪstəl/ B2	adjective - clear and transparent

Key Grammar Structures

• ALL I EVER WANTED WAS SOMEBODY TO HEAR ME

  ➔ Simple Past Tense + Infinitive Phrase

  ➔ "Wanted" shows completed past desire. "To hear" is an infinitive phrase modifying "somebody".

• YOU PUT ME IN A ROOM WITH A MIC YOU WILL NOT RESTRAIN ME

  ➔ Zero Conditional

  ➔ Shows universal truth: "If you put me... you will not restrain me". Omits "if" for poetic effect.

• I'VE NEVER BEEN A KILLER BUT I GUARANTEE KILL TRACKS

  ➔ Present Perfect + Contrast Conjunction

  ➔ "Have been" shows life experience up to present. "But" creates contrast between literal and metaphorical meaning.

• I'M FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE AND MY KIND IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN YOURS IS

  ➔ Comparative Structure (than)

  ➔ Uses "different than" (informal variant) instead of "different from" to compare identities.

• HARD TO GET A BREAK WHEN THE DOOR AIN'T OPEN

  ➔ Ellipsis + Contraction (ain't)

  ➔ Omits "It's" (It's hard). "Ain't" = isn't (informal negation). Shows conversational rap style.

• I DON'T LIVE THE WORLD I LIVE FOR THE KING

  ➔ Parallel Structure + Preposition Contrast

  ➔ Parallel verbs "live" contrast through prepositions: "live the world" (no preposition) vs "live for" (purpose).

• I'M A CHRISTIAN BUT I'M NOT PERFECT

  ➔ Contrasting Conjunction (but)

  ➔ "But" contrasts religious identity with human imperfection. Shows complex self-awareness.

• I THOUGHT ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS GET A RECORD DEAL

  ➔ Reported Thought + Reduced Clause

  ➔ Past tense "thought" reports past belief. Omits "that" (reduced clause): "(that) all you had to do was..."