"We All Want the Same Thing" is a song by Kevin Michael, released as the lead single and track from his eponymous album, Kevin Michael (2007). It features vocals from Lupe Fiasco and interpolates the 2003 song "Stripper Friends" by Aimee Allen. Production was handled by duo Bloodshy & Avant, composed of Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg.[1] An acoustic version featuring Akil Dasan was released, omitting Fiasco's parts.
Personnel[]
- Aimee Allen – writer
- Andrew Wyatt – writer
- Christian Karlsson – writer, producer
- Josh Deutsch – writer, executive producer
- Ken Joseph – executive producer
- Kevin Michael Seward – vocals, writer
- Henrik Jonback – writer
- Pontus Winnberg – writer, producer
- Samuel Vaughan Merrick – engineer
- Tony Maserati – mixer
- Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco – vocals, writer
- Zach Hancock – assistant mixing engineer
Lyrics[]
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
Kevin! Michael... Lupe... Fiasco...
Hey, little girl, don't cry, dry your eyes
I wrote this song for you
Now, it goes down
[Verse 1: Kevin Michael]
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
Because we don't get the same things
We don't get the same things
You got to work to stay alive
Forty hours, from 9 to 5
We don't get the same things, no
[Hook: Kevin Michael, Lupe Fiasco]
All my gangster friends (Yeah)
And all my skater friends (What they want)
We all want the same thing (What they want now)
We all want the same thing (Yeah)
DJ's in the clubs (In the clubs)
Jesus freaks and thugs (And thugs)
We all want the same thing (Same thing, same thing, same thing, same thing now)
[Verse 2: Kevin Michael, Lupe Fiasco]
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
Though they never change things (They don't change nothing)
But if you want to make it stop (Stop)
Well, first, you got to start
Making some big, old changes
Doing some different things, yeah
Get up out your bed (Out your bed)
Think outside your head (Out your head)
And you won't get the same things (Same thing, same thing, same thing, same thing now)
[Hook: Kevin Michael]
All my gangster friends
And all my skater friends (What they want now)
We all want the same thing (What they want now)
I say we all want the same thing
DJ's in the clubs (In the clubs)
Jesus freaks and thugs (And thugs)
We all want the same thing (Same thing, same thing, same thing, same thing now)
All my ex-girlfriends
And all their new boyfriends (What they do now)
They all want the same thing (What they want now)
I say all want the same thing (Yeah)
From Wall Street to the hood (To the hood)
New York and Hollywood (Hollywood)
We all want the same thing (What they say, what they say)
[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]
Uh, yeah!
First empire to the people
The have's, and the have not's
Are we willing to give up all the hours
Just to make it all equal
And make players out the mascots
Because right now we don't see you like the Sasquatch
Unless the root of all evil is what you have got
You're even more visible if your hair is lots
If not banging from the beach
Then banish you to the sand box
With no lifeguard to come after you
No amount and you don't count like Dracula
Your body drown like a Titanic passenger
Or a Haitian refugee trafficker
They come and get you off the island that you crashed into
They take a yacht and send the slave ship back for you
Money matters, don't let it master you
Pressing on the answer till they give you what you're asking for
It's like that
This is a message to remind you
There's just one true coast love
Take them to church, Kevin!
[Hook: Kevin Michael]
All my gangster friends (What they want now)
And all my skater friends
We all want the same thing (Same thing)
We all want the same thing (Yeah)
DJ's in the clubs (In the clubs)
Jesus freaks and thugs
We all want the same thing (Same thing, same thing, same thing, same thing yeah)
All my ex-girlfriends (What they want now)
And all their new boyfriends
They all want the same thing (Same thing)
I say they all want the same thing (Yeah)
From Wall Street, to the hood (To the hood)
New York and Hollywood
We all want the same thing
We all want the same thing
References[]
- ↑ "Kevin Michael f. Lupe Fiasco - We All Want the Same Thing". HipHopDX. September 21, 2007.