Lyrics
Intro: Ty Dolla $ign & Ant Clemons
We began after the storm inside
Lay the land (Ah), it's just the morning light (Woo,?woo)
Woo,?woo, oh yeah
Verse 1: Kanye West & Ant Clemons
Woo-ooh,?ooh-ooh
Switch your, switch your attitude
Go 'head,?level up yourself
This that different latitude
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Life too short, go spoil yourself
Feel that feel, enjoy yourself 'cause
Refrain: Ant Clemons & Ty Dolla $ign
We have everything we need (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh)
We have everything we need (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh, oh)
We have everything we need (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh)
We have everything we need (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh, woah)
We have everything we need
Chorus: Ty Dolla $ign
We began after the storm inside
Lay the land (Ah), it's just the morning light (Oh, yeah)
Verse 2: Kanye West & Ant Clemons
Switch my, switch my attitude
I'm so, I'm so radical
All these people mad at dude
This for who it matter to
What if Eve made apple juice?
You gon' do what Adam do?
Or say, "Baby, let's put this back on the tree" 'cause
Refrain: Ant Clemons & Ty Dolla $ign
We have everything we need (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh)
We have everything we need (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh, oh)
We have everything we need (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh)
We have everything we need (Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, oh, woah)
We have everything we need
Chorus: Ty Dolla $ign
We began after the storm inside
Lay the land (Ah), it's just the morning light
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Meaning & Inspiration
“Everything We Need” uses images of a storm giving way to morning light to suggest renewal after turmoil. Its central refrain declares sufficiency, while the verses call for a changed attitude and a life not ruled by resentment. The reference to Eve and Adam revisits the choice at the tree, imagining a refusal of the disobedience described in Genesis. That playful counterfactual places moral choice beside the repeated language of provision.
The claim that everything needed is already present can be read alongside 2 Peter 1:3, which says divine power grants what pertains to life and godliness. Philippians 4:19 offers a related picture of God supplying need. Rather than developing a detailed doctrine, the song joins brief biblical imagery to an insistent statement of enoughness. The result is a compact meditation on beginning again, rejecting a destructive choice, and receiving life as provision rather than scarcity. Its repeated refrain carries most of that spiritual emphasis.
Related Scripture
- Genesis 3:6 Eve and Adam eat from the tree in the Genesis account echoed by the lyric.
- 2 Peter 1:3 The passage says divine power provides everything needed for life and godliness.