![]() ![]() ![]() x2 Oh when it all, it all falls down Im telling you oh, it all falls down. Ratings for All Falls Down from The College Dropout by Kanye West. These were a few of my favorite things."). Kanye Wests Selah is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his ninth. Wax-paper Baggies all tied up with strings. Dealers on corners and needles in gutters. They even put on a musical together (" Dope that's so slammin' it makes your heart flutter. Of course, by the end, they're a happy family - the Ashleys and Brittanys start calling her "A-Dub," and she's throwing ironic gang signs (spare me). The book's least tolerable attribute is its unkindness toward the various low-rent "Ashleys and Brittanys and Ambers and Caitlyns" who populate Allison's rehab and whose addictions are of a less polite strain - the heroin and the coke addicts with track marks down their arms. "I have everything I want, everything I was supposed to want, so why am I so sad?" Though the story rarely leaves the safe emotional shallows of trial and redemption, it is rare for Weiner to show that a big house and handsome husband don't automatically constitute happiness. But suddenly, under the pressure of a screaming 5-year-old, a father with Alzheimer's and a distant husband, the pills become a necessity and Allison ends up in rehab. ![]() All Falls Down, the third single off his 2004 debut album, The College Dropout, reflects the themes of aspiration and disappointment that run through much of his earlier work. How?Īllison Weiss has a handsome husband, a big house, a successful career and a worsening prescription pill addiction.Īt first, Allison's pill habit is decidedly well-mannered: She takes an Oxy before dealing with the snobby parents from her daughter's private school or mean comments on a newspaper feature about her. Editors note: Our free Pop Psalms ebook, featuring all 12 essays in one place, is available here. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Im tellin you all, it all falls down Westside, Westside We gon set this party off right Oh when it all, it all falls down Chi-Town, Chi-Town We gon show em how we get down Im tellin you all, it all falls down Now, Syleena, you just like a safe belt, you saved my life Cmon Oh when it all, it all falls down Im tellin you all, it all. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title All Fall Down Author Jennifer Weiner ![]()
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