Kanye West – Only One Lyrics

Kanye West – Only One Lyrics

Only One Lyrics by Kanye West

“Only One” is the first song released by Kanye West since his sixth studio album Yeezus. It’s an R&B song co-produced by Sir Paul McCartney and sung from the perspective of Kanye’s late mother, Dr. Donda West as she looks down on her son from Heaven.

Critics have compared the song’s stripped down aesthetic and auto-tuned vocals to those on 808s & Heartbreak, Kanye’s fourth studio album. In a press release, Kanye said that he couldn’t remember singing the song when the lines were played back to him, and he concluded that Donda was sending him a message. During an interview with The Breakfast Club, Kanye also mentioned some of the lyrics seemed to be channeled from his grandmother.

The song debuted at number 35 on the Hot 100, making it Paul McCartney’s first top 40 hit in the U.S. in over 25 years (“My Brave Face” reached number 25 on the charts in 1989).

“Only One” was slated to be on West’s So Help Me God in 2014, but after not releasing that album, West dropped the song to iTunes on New Year’s Eve 2014. It was dropped from the album sometime between 2014 and the release of the first SWISH tracklist in January 2016.

[Produced by Mike Dean & Paul McCartney]
[Video by Spike Jonze]

[Verse 1]
As I lay me down to sleep
I hear her speak to me
Hello ‘Mari, how ya doin’?
I think the storm ran out of rain, the clouds are movin’
I know you’re happy, ‘cause I can see it
So tell the voice inside ya head to believe it
I talked to God about you, he said he sent you an angel
And look at all that he gave you
You asked for one and you got two
You know I never left you
‘Cause every road that leads to Heaven’s right inside you
So I can say

[Chorus]
Hello, my only one, just like the mornin’ sun
You’ll keep on risin’ ’til the sky knows your name
Hello my only one, remember who you are
No you’re not perfect but you’re not your mistakes

[Verse 2]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Oh, the good outweighs the bad even on your worst day
Remember how I’d say
Hey hey one day, you’ll be the man you always knew you could be
And if you knew how proud I was
You’d never shed a tear, have a fear, no you wouldn’t do that
And though I didn’t pick the day to turn the page
I know it’s not the end every time I see her face, and I hear you say

[Chorus]
Hello my only one, remember who you are
You got the world ‘cause you got love in your hands
And you’re still my chosen one
So can you understand? One day you’ll understand

[Bridge]
So hear me out, hear me out
I won’t go, I won’t go
No goodbyes, no goodbyes
Just hello, just hello
And when you cry, I will cry
And when you smile, I will smile
And next time when I look in your eyes
We’ll have wings and we’ll fly

[Chorus]
Hello my only one, just like the mornin’ sun
You’ll keep on risin’ ’til the sky knows your name
And you’re still my chosen one, remember who you are
No you’re not perfect but you’re not your mistakes

[Outro]
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Tell Nori about me, tell Nori ab-
I just want you to do me a favor
Tell Nori about me, tell Nori about me
Tell Nori about me, tell Nori about me
Tell Nori about me, tell Nori about me
Tell Nori about me, tell Nori about me
Tell Nori about me…