TLC - All That! lyrics

[Hook: TLC] 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 (Now everybody sing) Ahhh... ah-all (This is) All that (This is) all that (Now everybody sing) [Verse 1: A-1] Now this is just an intro-duction, before we blow your mind We step up in your function, and pull 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 kidding 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 (This is) All that (This is) all that (Now everybody sing) Ahhh... ah-all (This is) All that (This is) all that (Now everybody sing) [Verse 2: A-1] 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 trying to 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 Watching 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 (This is) All that (This is) all that (Now everybody sing) Ahhh... ah-all (This is) All that (This is) all that (Now everybody sing) [Verse 3: A-1] 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 trying to live with 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 in ?, 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 (Now everybody sing) Ahhh... ah-all (This is) All that (This is) all that (Now everybody sing)