
Date of issue: 31.12.2010
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: The Island Def Jam
Song language: English
One Time |
Yo, the spirit in the sky scream, «Homicide!» |
But it was time to ride on some niggas funny talking |
If too much money talking, we make 'em economize |
Real rap, no tale spinning, such is the life of a kamika- |
Ze pilot, we wylin' out of control |
Until we all make the funny papers like Comic-Con |
Feared in all streets, so if you ever see me out in y’all streets |
Find another one to occupy |
I never hope for the best, I wish a nigga would |
Turn around and walk away, I wish a nigga could |
Listen to my instincts and say, «Fuck the rest» |
But once you’ve had the best better ain’t as good |
Weak-heartedness cannot be involved |
Stick to the script, nigga, fuck your improv |
Like a samurai, the street’s Hammurabi Code |
Play your part, shut the fuck up and do as I was told |
I was always late for the bus |
Just once can I be on time? |
Then I start to think, what’s the rush? |
Who wants to be on time? |
Feeling unlucky |
And if I ever got lucky, it was one time |
In this crazy world |
Not a thing I fear besides fear itself |
This is clearly a lesson learned for someone else |
Reach for the crown of thorns upon the shelf |
Cross around my neck, I’ve been taught by stealth |
Capture this moment in time, it’s a smash and grab |
And where my party people? |
Y’all finna have a blast |
You say goodbye, I say hello first and last |
Hello hello, now all of y’all elevate your glass |
To an example of what time will do to you |
When those nameless things just keep on eluding you |
When shit is new to you and lies is true to you |
Words of suspects-usual coming though to you |
Man, I guess if I was ever lucky it was one time |
Then I went missing, looking for the sublime |
A nigga stayed low, left the ladder unclimbed |
Time after time, verse blank, the line unrhymed |
You ever wonder what’s the big fuss |
For everyone be on time? |
What’s the big deal? |
Why do they feel? |
The need to have us marching on line |
Feeling unlucky |
And if I’d ever got lucky, it was one time |
In this crazy world |
I wonder when you die, do you hear harps and bagpipes? |
If you born on the other side of the crack pipe |
Niggas learn math just to understand the crack price |
Then dive in head first like a jackknife |
Cause out here, yo, you niggas can’t belly flop |
If you wanna make the noise inside your belly stop |
One time means being on the front line |
Being on the front line means ducking one time |
The pendulum swinging my way couldn’t be more blind |
Niggas talk to the cops? |
Not even one time |
Cause we all going down just like the subprime |
Or a cheap ass half gallon of Ballantine |
But hopping over gates to escape is sublime |
Been through the alley way and down to the sub line |
Tales from the streets, a life of high crime |
To make it to the bottom, such a high climb |
I was always late for the bus |
Just once can I be on time? |
Then I start to think, what’s the rush? |
Who wants to be on time? |
Feeling unlucky |
And if I ever got lucky, it was one time |
In this crazy world |
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You Got Me ft. Tariq Trotter, The Roots, Erykah Badu | 1999 |
Afro Blue [feat. Erykah Badu and Phonte] ft. Erykah Badu, Phonte, 9th Wonder | 2011 |
One Too Many ft. Phonte | 2016 |
Don't Say Nuthin' | 2003 |
Here I Come ft. The Roots, Dice Raw | 2005 |
Tip The Scale ft. Dice Raw | 2010 |
I'll Be There ft. Phonte | 2016 |
The Fire ft. John Legend | 2009 |
Now Or Never ft. Phonte, Dice Raw | 2009 |
Ain't Sayin' Nothin' New ft. The Roots | 1999 |
The Seed (2.0) ft. Cody Chestnutt | 2011 |
Burnin' And Lootin' ft. The Roots, Black Thought | 1998 |
Understand ft. Dice Raw, Greg Porn | 2014 |
Heard This One Before ft. Kaytranada, Bosco | 2019 |
Radio Daze ft. Blu, P.O.R.N., Dice Raw | 2009 |
How I Got Over | 2009 |
Now Or Never ft. Phonte, Dice Raw | 2009 |
Here I Come ft. Malik B., Dice Raw | 2005 |
The Perch (featuring Phonte & Tor, produced by Flying Lotus) ft. Phonte, Flying Lotus, Tor | 2008 |
Section | 2011 |
Artist lyrics: The Roots
Artist lyrics: Phonte
Artist lyrics: Dice Raw