All That – English Lyrics

• By: BROCKHAMPTON
• Album: the family

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into BROCKHAMPTON's raw and honest reflections on fame and friendship with "All That." This track offers a unique opportunity to explore modern English vernacular and expressions of disillusionment. Listen to how the band members articulate complex emotions about success and struggle, gaining insight into contemporary storytelling through rap lyrics and the authentic, often unfiltered, language of personal experience that makes their music so impactful.

[English]

Back, back when we was still outside (yeah)

Church next door, we couldn't afford the tide

I was only 19, I was down for the ride (woo)

Everything I wanted on my passenger side (yeah)

Embrace who we was, we was broke, we was live

We would smoke, we would sigh

We would smile just to cry

Fightin' to survive, just to get ideas out

When niggas was hungry, couldn't afford the big house

Niggas was scrawny, somebody break they ribs out

Fightin' over meals, the crib was not Aunt Viv's house

Man, press photo with the blue couch

Now we hit each other just to hang out

Oh, oh, oh-oh (I know it ain't)

All that (I know it ain't)

All that (yeah, yeah)

Oh, oh, oh-oh (I know it ain't)

All that (I know it ain't)

All that (yeah, yeah)

It's all of us sittin' there in the livin' room

I'm like, "Fuck it, yo, this what we finna do

I can't stand seein' us not there

On the big screen with the homies here

We know once we get that shot

We gon' push limits and never look back" (yeah, uh)

Fast-forward, everything feels backwards

Everything went left at the BRIT awards

When I decided not to show up or show support

'Cause I was tryna go solo before we went on tour (come on)

Too much trauma for me to be at my highest (come on)

I missed Ameer, so me and Dom kept fightin' (mmh)

He almost pushed me off the edge (edge)

But honestly, I shouldn't have said what I said

I shoulda went to therapy instead

Started to heal, that's what we all needed

The record deal wasn't helpin' either (come on)

That merch deal ain't help either (come on)

It gave me more money for alcohol

I guess blowin' up ain't all that at all

Oh, oh, oh-oh (I know it ain't)

All that (I know it ain't)

All that (yeah, yeah)

Oh, oh, oh-oh (I know it ain't)

All that (I know it ain't)

All that (yeah, yeah)

...

Key Grammar Structures

• Back, back when we was still outside (yeah)

  ➔ Past continuous tense

  ➔ The phrase 'was still outside' uses the past continuous tense to describe an ongoing action in the past.

• I was only 19, I was down for the ride (woo)

  ➔ Past simple tense

  ➔ The phrases 'I was only 19' and 'I was down' use the past simple tense to describe completed actions in the past.

• We would smoke, we would sigh

  ➔ Past habitual actions (used to)

  ➔ The phrases 'we would smoke' and 'we would sigh' use 'would' to describe habitual actions in the past.

• Fightin' to survive, just to get ideas out

  ➔ Gerund after preposition

  ➔ The phrase 'fightin' to survive' uses the gerund form after the preposition 'to'.

• Now we hit each other just to hang out

  ➔ Present simple tense with adverbial phrase

  ➔ The phrase 'just to hang out' is an adverbial phrase that explains the purpose of the action in the present simple tense.

• I shoulda went to therapy instead

  ➔ Modal verb for past advice (should have)

  ➔ The phrase 'I shoulda went' uses 'should have' to express past advice or regret.

• It gave me more money for alcohol

  ➔ Past simple passive voice

  ➔ The phrase 'It gave me' uses the past simple passive voice to describe an action done to the subject.

• I guess blowin' up ain't all that at all

  ➔ Contractions and negation

  ➔ The phrase 'I guess blowin' up ain't all that at all' uses contractions ('I guess', 'blowin'', 'ain't') and negation ('ain't') for informal expression.