All day, nigga
Dance, ayy, ayy-ayy-ayy
[Chorus: Kanye West]
All day, nigga
How long you niggas ball (Ball)? All day, nigga
How much time you spent at the mall? All day, nigga
How many runners do you got on call? All day, nigga
Swish, swish, how long they keep you in court? All day, nigga
Take you to get this fly? All day, nigga
Tell your P.O. how-how long you been high? All day, nigga
You already know I’m straight from the Chi, all day, nigga
South, south, south side! All day, nigga
[Verse 1: Kanye West]
This Ye, nigga
Shoppin' for the winter and it’s just May, nigga
Ball so hard, man, this shit cray, nigga
And you ain't gettin' money 'less you got eight figures
For that Jesus piece, man, I've been saved, nigga
Just talked to Farrakhan, that's sensei, nigga
Told him I've been on ten since the 10th grade, nigga
Got a middle finger longer than Dikembe, my nigga, uh
I don't let 'em play with me
I don't let 'em talk to me no kind of way
Uh, they better watch what they say to me
Niggas still gettin' popped on the day to day
Yeah, I still got the hundred with the small face, nigga
Might spend 50 racks on my off day, nigga
You a fake Denzel like the Allstate nigga
If you run into me, better have Allstate with yah
You a Rico Suave nigga
Ride 'round listen to Sade, nigga
If you ain't with us, you in our way, nigga
You an actor, you should be on Broadway, nigga
'Cause you do shit the broad way, nigga
Your bitch got a ass, but my broad way thicker
Late for the class, in the hallway, nigga
Yeah, the dropout at it as always, nigga, as always
All day, nigga
I took a young sweet breath, and I reached into my Earth
Gave him what I had left
At that moment, I dispersed
At that moment, I dispersed
[Chorus: Kanye West]
All day, nigga
How-h-how long you ball? All day, nigga
How much time you spent at the mall? All day, nigga
How long it take you to get this fly, fly? All day, nigga
Tell your P.O. how-how long you been high, high? All day, nigga
Pour some Hen' out for my niggas that died, all day, nigga
And I keep a bad bitch on the passenger side, all day, nigga
You already know I'm straight from the Chi, all day, nigga
South, south, south side! All day, nigga
[Verse 2: Kanye West]
I could do this all day, boy (Woo), I'm finna turn this bitch out
They need that Ye in the streets, boy (Woo), there's been a mothafuckin' drought
Don't really matter what I make, boy (Woo), you know I still go wild
Like a light-skinned slave, boy (Woo), we in the mothafuckin' house
Right now, you lookin' real sus right now
I swear I've been on this flight like a month right now
Stupid niggas gettin' money, Forrest Gump right now
Shout-out to Jackie Chan, I need to stunt right now
They've been lookin' at the 'Gram, I've been lookin' at the Grammys
Like, huh, that's us right now (Right now)
24/7, 365 days, everybody gettin' paid (Go crazy)
Niggas lookin' at me like I'm worth both MJs
People saying, "Ye, Ye, take it easy"
Twenty Gs for the Yeezys off of eBay
Niggas do the most and they ain't done shit
Only way I can sum it up, sumbitch
Hands up, hands up, hands up
Hands up, hands up, hands up
So won't you dance? Ayy, ayy-ayy-ayy
All day, nigga
[Refrain: Allan Kingdom]
I took a young sweet breath, and I reached into my Earth
Gave him what I had left
At that moment, I dispersed
At that moment, I dispersed
[Break: Kanye West]
Get low, alright
Get low, alright
What up? Alright, alright
Stay low, alright
Stay low, alright
Stay low, alright
South, south, south side! All day, nigga
[Guitar Interlude: Paul McCartney]
Whistling
[Outro: Paul McCartney]
Well, well, well, let me run (Let me run)
Let me run to see who came undone
You've been right in my face
Let me run 'til you're off my case
Woah-woah, woah-woah
Woah-woah, woah-woah
Woah-woah, woah-woah
Woah-woah, woah-woah
About
Originally mentioned in an interview with GQ on June 21st, 2014, “All Day” took all day to release, debuting 8 months later at the 2015 Brit Awards alongside grime artists Skepta, Novelist, Stormzy, Jammer, Krept & Konan, and “30 goons.”
The track features little-known Minnesota artist Allan Kingdom, the ever present Theophilus London, and Sir Paul McCartney for his third collaboration with Ye.
The melody of the song was inspired by a tune whistled by McCartney in a Parkinson Interview in 1999. This tune can be heard at the end of the song.
“All Day” was the centerpiece of 2014’s So Help Me God before that album was scrapped. It may have inspired the album’s second title, SWISH, but had been removed from the album by the time the first SWISH (finally called The Life Of Pablo) tracklist was released in January 2016.
Q&A
Find answers to frequently asked questions about the song and explore its deeper meaning
The song art is the 13th century monastic symbol for the Virgin Mary. The symbol’s connection to the song is unclear, but a popular theory is that the Virgin Mary may represent Donda West – like Mary was the mother of Jesus, Donda is the mother of “Yeezus.”
It’s crazy, ‘cause that was the first song I worked on when I first came out [to LA] to start working with Ye. I was working on all the [Lil] Uzi Vert stuff, and then when they called and brought me out and said they wanted to work… I landed that morning, and we went to the studio. Some of [the song] was done already, from the other producers, but then next thing you know, we had seven more songs done. That was the first one, though. It was crazy! I was in awe.
I woke up in the morning, took a shower, had no idea what was going on and [thanked] God that my life was changing. That was the first song where I heard his vocals on my beat.
The big one was the [BRIT Awards] when he first performed it. I had no idea when it was gonna come out. It was a long time; it was a lot of leaks, but… When they did it at the [BRIT Awards] with the black outfits on and the flamethrowers, I was at my boy’s house in New Jersey like, “Man, this is crazy.” I was just in disbelief. It was a dream coming to fruition.
Yes. “All Day” was certified platinum by the RIAA on September 23rd, 2020.