All I Need by The Living Wells Lyrics
[Verse 1: Moshe Friedman]
All I need, all I need to succeed
Is to build on one beat steady speed
Before the freestyle rhyming comes well-defined timing
Only with the rhythm can my mind be freed
It’s the bedrock, the basis, the homeostasis
The sound foundation, the knots in my laces
So I can fly with ideas when I got ‘em
And not worry if I’ll fall through the bottom
I got the letters as my building blocks, breath supplies the kilowatts
Imagery for symmetry, similes to fill the spots
Still I got a lot of skill to strike when the quill is hot
I spill a million drops of ink and scribble to the ceiling top
Until I stop, just to steady my wrist
And return to that rhythm that I desperately missed
Without the beat I could never be as clever as this
I don’t create, I reveal what already exists
[Chorus: Rick Fox]
All I need, all I need is to
Find my balance, and not to float into space
And all I need is to
Keep my feet on terra firma
[Verse 2: Moshe Friedman]
No need to go and reinvent the wheel
Every building starts with cement and steel
Originality has immense appeal, but novelty for
Novelty’s sake, is such a novice mistake, you couldn’t
Possibly make, so obvious to anyone who’s honest with the
Process he takes, that the only way to start to create
Is to build on the knowledge that’s been solidly placed
Cuz you’ll never build that rocket ship to fly in the sky
Until you know the math to multiply and divide
And you’ll never cure the world of all the deadly disease
Until you know all the formulas that chemistry needs
It’s true in life and so it is with most art
Without the scales, you’ll never be a Mozart
Even if you’re so smart and you got the most heart
With no technique, creativity gets no start
The language of the world is not imaginary
You can use it as your tool and not your adversary
Cuz once you see the words are written on the pad already
The question then becomes, how big is your vocabulary?
[Chorus]
[Verse 3: Moshe Friedman]
So take a dream, concentrate it like a laser beam
Make a scheme a way to integrate the major themes
The ways and means are to resist the urge to change routine
Until your brain is clean to create in the space between
You may lose steam and the days can seem repetitive
But those who are sensitive will know what the lesson is:
Before the doing must first come the listening
It takes discipline to truly let the rhythm in
And if you think this is only for the simpletons
Let me clear the air right now - think again
When you cut the roots it’s either sink or swim
You’ve got the water, but no cup to drink it in
So before you run to what’s new
Find what’s eternally, consistently true
It all starts with the simplest deed
One beat, all I need
[Chorus]
All I need, all I need to succeed
Is to build on one beat steady speed
Before the freestyle rhyming comes well-defined timing
Only with the rhythm can my mind be freed
It’s the bedrock, the basis, the homeostasis
The sound foundation, the knots in my laces
So I can fly with ideas when I got ‘em
And not worry if I’ll fall through the bottom
I got the letters as my building blocks, breath supplies the kilowatts
Imagery for symmetry, similes to fill the spots
Still I got a lot of skill to strike when the quill is hot
I spill a million drops of ink and scribble to the ceiling top
Until I stop, just to steady my wrist
And return to that rhythm that I desperately missed
Without the beat I could never be as clever as this
I don’t create, I reveal what already exists
[Chorus: Rick Fox]
All I need, all I need is to
Find my balance, and not to float into space
And all I need is to
Keep my feet on terra firma
[Verse 2: Moshe Friedman]
No need to go and reinvent the wheel
Every building starts with cement and steel
Originality has immense appeal, but novelty for
Novelty’s sake, is such a novice mistake, you couldn’t
Possibly make, so obvious to anyone who’s honest with the
Process he takes, that the only way to start to create
Is to build on the knowledge that’s been solidly placed
Cuz you’ll never build that rocket ship to fly in the sky
Until you know the math to multiply and divide
And you’ll never cure the world of all the deadly disease
Until you know all the formulas that chemistry needs
It’s true in life and so it is with most art
Without the scales, you’ll never be a Mozart
Even if you’re so smart and you got the most heart
With no technique, creativity gets no start
The language of the world is not imaginary
You can use it as your tool and not your adversary
Cuz once you see the words are written on the pad already
The question then becomes, how big is your vocabulary?
[Chorus]
[Verse 3: Moshe Friedman]
So take a dream, concentrate it like a laser beam
Make a scheme a way to integrate the major themes
The ways and means are to resist the urge to change routine
Until your brain is clean to create in the space between
You may lose steam and the days can seem repetitive
But those who are sensitive will know what the lesson is:
Before the doing must first come the listening
It takes discipline to truly let the rhythm in
And if you think this is only for the simpletons
Let me clear the air right now - think again
When you cut the roots it’s either sink or swim
You’ve got the water, but no cup to drink it in
So before you run to what’s new
Find what’s eternally, consistently true
It all starts with the simplest deed
One beat, all I need
[Chorus]