[00:01.584]Producer:Kanye West[00:02.584]Writer:Kanye West[00:03.584]Sample:Fonky Thang,Diamond‘Rang(1972)—The Dells[00:04.584]How's your son? (all the things)[00:06.935]He made the team this year? (all, all, all the things things)[00:08.790]Aight, they said he wasn't tall enough[00:10.357](...all all that glitters is not gold and all gold is not reality real is what you lays on me)[00:12.656]Ma we here we gon' cook this Sunday ok?[00:18.638]That's a new girlfriend?[00:19.840]This is family business[00:21.068]And this is for the family that can't be with us[00:23.654]And this is for my cousin locked down[00:25.326]Know the answer's in us[00:26.344]This why I spit it in my songs so sweet[00:28.460]Like a photo of your granny's picture[00:30.472]Now that you're gone[00:31.386]It hit us super hard on Thanksgiving and Christmas[00:33.789]This can't be right[00:35.409]Yeah, you heard the track I did man, "This Can't Be Life"[00:38.126]Somebody please say grace so I can save face[00:40.633]And have a reason to cover my face[00:42.331]I even made you a plate, soul food, know how Granny do it[00:45.492]Monkey bread on the side, know how the family do it[00:48.183]When I brought it why the guard have to look all through it?[00:50.873]As kids, we used to laugh[00:52.023]Who knew that life would move this fast?[00:54.139]Who knew I'd have to look at you through a glass?[00:55.732]And look, you tell me you ain't did it then you ain't did it[00:58.292]And if you did, then that's family business[01:00.852]And I don't care 'bout[01:01.740](all the diamond rings all the diamond rings)[01:04.248]They don't mean a thing (all, all, all the things)[01:08.402]All these fancy things[01:10.517]I tell you that all is my weight and gold[01:14.593](all that glitters is not gold, now gold is not reality)[01:16.787]Now all I know I know all these things[01:17.832](real is what you lease on me)[01:20.444]This is family business[01:22.246]And this is for everybody standing with us[01:24.806]Come on, let's take a family Grammy picture[01:26.557]Abi, remember when they ain't believe in me?[01:29.038]Now she like "See, that's my cousin on TV!"[01:31.860]Now, we gettin' it and we gon' make it[01:34.628]And they gon' hate it and I'm his favorite[01:37.032]I can't deny it, I'm a straight rider[01:39.644]But when we get together be electric slidin'[01:42.204]Grandma, get 'em shook up[01:44.607]Aw naw, don't open the photo book up[01:46.906]I got an Aunt Ruth that can't remember your name[01:49.466]But I bet them Polaroids'll send her down memory lane[01:52.209]You know that one auntie, you don't mean to be rude[01:54.586]But every holiday nobody eating her food[01:57.120]And you don't wanna stay there cause them your worst cousins[02:00.072]Got roaches at their crib like them your first cousins[02:02.501]Act like you ain't took a bath with your cousins[02:05.192]Fit 3 in the bed if it's 6 of y'all[02:07.308]I'm talkin' 'bout three by the head and three by the leg[02:10.181]But you ain't have to tell my girl I used to pee in the bed[02:12.872]Rain, rain, rain go away[02:16.581]Let the sun come out and all the children say[02:22.668]Rain, rain, rain go away[02:27.004]Let the sun come out and all the children say[02:32.777]I woke up early this morning with a new state of mind[02:35.938]A creative way to rhyme without using knives and guns[02:38.994]Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to God[02:41.476]And keep your face to the risin' sun[02:43.748]All my niggas from the Chi, that's my family, dawg[02:45.969]And my niggas ain't my guys, they my family, dawg[02:48.372]I feel like one day you'll understand me, dawg[02:50.984]You can still love your man and be manly, dawg[02:53.440]You ain't got to get heated at every house warmin'[02:56.340]Sittin' here, grillin' people like George Foreman[02:58.926]Why Uncle Ray and Aunt Shiela always performin'?[03:01.512]The second she storm out then he storm in[03:04.124]Y'all gon' sit down, have a good time this reunion[03:07.442]And drink some wine like Communion[03:09.296]And act like everything fine and if it isn't[03:11.647]We ain't letting everybody in our family business, uh[03:14.599](All all all the diamond rings diamond rings)[03:17.786]They don't mean a thing (all, all, all the things)[03:21.809]They don't mean a thing (all, all, all the things)[03:25.309](All all that glitters is not gold, now gold is not reality)[03:28.366]They don't mean a thing a thing[03:30.508](All, all, all the things)[03:31.526]They don't mean a thing a thing a thing[03:34.322]I don't care what they don't mean a thing[03:40.643](All, all, all the things) all these fancy things[03:44.170]I tell you that all is my weight and gold[03:50.256]All I know, I know all these things[03:57.440]All these things, all these things[03:58.798]All these things, all these things[04:00.366]CLK Mercedes Benz[04:04.624]All these things, all these things ...[04:09.535]All these things, all these things ...[04:14.681]All these things, all these things ...[04:15.621]A whole lotta money[04:17.842]All these things, all these things[04:19.357]All these things, all these things[04:19.905]All these things, all these things[04:21.107]Mommy and Daddy, will you please stop fighting?[04:23.510]All these things, all these things[04:24.999]All these things, (and I don't care why) all these things[04:27.481]All these things, all these things[04:29.988]All these things, all these things...[04:36.963]Let's get Stevie outta jail