All that I got is you

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Ghostface Killah - All That I Got Is You (1996)

From the album Ironman

In under four minutes, All That I Got Is You paints a picture The Wire took 5 years to paint.

I never knew poverty like this, but grew up, at least, knowing that life like this was just a stroke of bad luck away. My mother, who grew up in a huge family under parents who were both alcoholic messes in war-torn Belfast of the sixties and seventies, did. Her stories of awful hunger, of carrying buckets of coal in the snow, made me.

All That I Got Is You is a glimpse into a life most of us are lucky enough not to know. "Sometimes I look up at the stars and analyse the sky, and ask myself was I meant to be here? Why?"

Next time you wonder about what you don't have, think about everything you do. Oh, and keep the tissues handy: All That I Got Is You is, simply, achingly beautiful.

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