Lige før nytåret blev skudt ind i USA, slap Kanye West ‘Only One’, sin første single i lang tid.
Sangen føles næsten som en modgift til hans grove, udfordrende ‘Yeezus’-album. Det er en rørende og blid ballade bakket op af elektrisk klaver, hvor Kanye synger fra sin afdøde mors perspektiv og får assistance fra Paul McCartney.
Læs hele teksten her:
As I lay me down to sleep
I hear her speak to me
Hello Omari, how you doing?
I think the storm ran out of rain, the clouds are moving
I know you’re happy, cause I can see it
So tell the voice inside your head to believe it
I talked to God about you
He said he sent you an angel
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 is right beside you
So I can say
Hello my only one
Just like the morning sun
You keep on rising till the sky knows your name
Hello my only one
Remember who you are
Know you’re not perfect but you’re not your mistakes
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Oh the good outweighs the bad even on your worst day
Remember I’d say
Hey hey hey one day
You’ll be the man you know 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 no I didn’t pick the day to turn a page
I know it’s not the end every time I see her face
And I hear you say
Hello my only one
Remember who you are
You got the world cause you got the love in your hands
And you’re still my chosen one
So can you understand
One day you’ll understand
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
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Tell Nori about my, tell Nori about me
I just want you to do me a favor
Tell Nori about me, tell Nori about me