A-1 (Rap)

Released: September 6, 2010

Songwriter: Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes Arnold Hennings

Producer: A-1 (Rap)

[Intro]
Fresh out the box
Stop, look and watch
Ready yet? Get set
It's All That

[Hook]
(Everybody say)
Ahhh... ah-all
(This is) All That
(This is) All That
(Now everybody sing)
Ahhh... ah-all
(This is) All That
(This is) All That
(Yeah, yeah, check it, check it, check it)

[Verse 1]
Now this is just an intro-duction, before we blow your mind
We step up in your function, and put in over time
I'm not a workaholic but I'm always on my grind
Every day, 'cause that's the only way I'm gonna shine
Anyway, I had to put this beat over this rhyme
Just to remind my people of a much simpler time
When we played video games and ball sports
With overall shorts, short fades on ball courts
For me it was the 90's, for you it may be different
Link your mind frame but the time frame ain't specific
We was always just kiddin' back when we was just kids
We never had to question our lives, we just lived
Just 'cause, why were we happy, we just was
Maybe the reason is 'cause all we needed was just love
Some of us got that, what do you call that?
Well back then, we would call it all that

[Hook]
Ahhh... ah-all (yeah, yeah)
(This is) All That
(This is) All That
(Now everybody sing)
Ahhh... ah-all (yeah, yeah)
(This is) All That
(This is) All That

[Verse 2]
See, now as a kid, grown ups told me, "Don't hurry through your years
'Cause when you're grown, you got insecurities and fears
And when you're grown, you got all of the worries and the cares
In the world, and the world seems dirty and unfair"
I was unprepared, it's really kind of funny
I thought, I would be rich by the time I was 20
Now I'm tryna find a meal to put inside of my tummy
And my childhood's the only thing they can never take from me
Drawing cartoon, superheroes with pencils
Watchin' all the dope Nickelodeon kid shows
Legends of the Hidden Temple was the jam
I liked Doug, but damn, Kenan & Kel was the man
Now I know why they told me what they told me way back when
We was kids, 'cause we won't ever be innocent again
But, now I'm a man, though I still can recall back
I'm missin' the days when it was phat, and it was all that

[Hook]
Ahhh... ah-all (yeah, yeah)
(This is) All That
(This is) All That
(Now everybody sing)
Ahhh... ah-all (yeah, yeah)
(This is) All That
(This is) All That

[Verse 3]
Now what would you do if you was a wild and crazy kid
As a rugrat, all of the gutsy things you did
See, I'm tryin' to live a modern life like Rocko
I miss my homies, Doug, Pete & Pete, Hey Arnold
Clarissa explained to me that nothing's for free
My cousin Skeeter told me look out for My Brother and Me
I ain't afraid of the dark so I won't fall flat
If I could just maintain, everything would be cool with all that
So everything we do is (ALL THAT)
When everything is cool, it's (ALL THAT)
And always staying true is (ALL THAT)
Left Eye, what's up boo, you're (ALL THAT)
We're entertaining you, we're (ALL THAT)
You people and you too, you're (ALL THAT)
My posse and my crew, we're (ALL THAT)
So sit still, 'cause we're coming right back

[Hook]
Ahhh... ah-all
This is All That
This is All That
Ahhh... ah-all
This is All That
This is All That

A Bay Area rapper who rose to internet fame following his 2010 release of After School Special, a nostalgic mixtape with artful lyrics from popular television shows from the late 80s and the 90s when Adam was a kid.

Since then, he has remained an underground rapper, while not signing with any major labels and being his own promoter. Though many have joined him on his journey to stardom, he still has a long way to go before he will be acknowledged by the hip-hop elite.

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