We All Want the Same Thing
All lyrics in parentheses are Lupe’s ad libs

(Kevin – Michael – Lupe - Fiasco)

Hey little girl, don't cry, dry your eyes - I wrote this song for you.

In an imaginary world
Every boy and every girl
They’d all get the same things
They’d all get the same things
A little dough a lot of love
With a mom and dad to hug
They’d all get the same things

But out here the world is real
And it don't matter how you feel
Cause we don't get the same things
We don't get the same things
You gotta work to stay alive
Forty hours from 9 to 5
We don't get the same things

All my gangsta friends (yeah)
And all my skater friends (what they want)
We all want the same things (what they want now)
I said, we all want the same things (yeah)
DJ's in the club (in the club)
Jesus freaks and thugs (and thugs)
We all want the same things, yeah
(same things, same things, same things, same things)

And I think about the way
All the politicians say (what they say now)
Say they want to change things
Say they want to change things
Every year they take some more
And I don't know what it's for
No they never change things (they don’t change no)

And if you want to make it stop - stop
Well first you got to start
Making some big ol changes
Doing some different things yeah
Get up out your bed (that’s me)
Think outside your head (that’s me)
And you won't get the same thing
(same things, same things, same things, same things)

All my gangsta friends (yeah)
And all my skater friends (what they want)
We all want the same things (what they want now)
I said, we all want the same things (yeah)
DJ's in the club (in the club)
Jesus freaks and thugs (and thugs)
We all want the same things, yeah
(same things, same things, same things, same things)

All my ex-girlfriends
And all their new boyfriends (what they do now)
They all want the same things (what they want now)
I said, they all want the same things

From Wall Street to the hood (to the hood)    
New York and Hollywood (to the wood)
We all want the same things, yeah (what you say)


LUPE:
First say power to the people
The haves and the have nots
Are we willing to give up all of ours just to make it all equal
And make players out the mascots

Cuz right now well see you’re like the sasquatch
Unless the root of all evil is what you have got

You’re even more physical if you has lots
If not then you’re from the beach and banish ya to the sandbox
You know life got to come after ya
No amount in your count like Dracula
you’re bound to drown like a Titanic passenger
or a Haitian refugee trafficker
they come and get you off the island that you crash into
you take yachts and the slaveship back for  ya
money matters don’t let it master ya
pushing on the S till they give ya what ya askin for



This is a message to remind you
there's just one who comes first
(take ‘em to church Kevin)

All my gangsta friends (yeah)
And all my skater friends (what they want)
We all want the same things (what they want now)
I said, we all want the same things (yeah)
DJ's in the club (in the club)
Jesus freaks and thugs (and thugs)
We all want the same things, yeah
(same things, same things, same things, same things)

All my ex-girlfriends (what they want)
And all their new boyfriends
They all want the same things (same things)
I said, they all want the same things (yeah)

From Wall Street to the hood (to the hood)
New York and Hollywood
We all want the same things, yeah