[sped up sample]
Ay-aiyyyy, if only for one
Nah, niiight, niiight, niiight, niiiiiight
Ahh one night, if only for one... niiiiiiiiight
[Chorus One: Z-Ro] + [Trae]
[Z-Ro]
I wish I could have my loved ones back
Cause I`d love to have my loved ones back (if only for one niiiight)
[Trae]
We don`t have to feel it like that
Cause I hate to see the pain comin back (if only for one niiiight)
[Z-Ro]
Nobody get killed on the block
No reason to pack the steel on the block (if only for one niiiight)
[Trae]
We can get to make it to the top
And see my dawgs make it out the cell block (if only for one niiiight)
[Chorus Two: Z-Ro singing]
Maintaininnnnn, there`ll be no mo` complaininnnnn
It`s alright, if only for one niiiight
Maintaininnnnn, tryin to keep it from raininnnnn
It`s alright
[Trae]
I swear, deep down I be sinkin
The same things over and over they never get better
I miss my niggaz, rain fallin
9 times out of 10 it don`t miss my nigga
Damn, I hope this state of mind`ll never leave again
I wanna see my nigga Screw get to breathe again
And wanna see Dinky and my nigga Donny break free again
On the block, never thinkin `bout Plix
Twenty-fo` years of mine I`ve been blitzed
Dawg, don`t you get it twisted
Cause 19 years of those have been stress
Never thought that I`d see this time
And it ain`t no way that I`ma let it get by
Ain`t no lie, deep down inside
Just to hold it close it wanna make me cry
No mo` drama, likin no laws
No mo` jail, no more collect calls
No mo` hate from these roach-ass niggaz
and my dawgs on the block`ll ball `til we fall
Plus Peewee woulda never got locked
Plus Greedo woulda never got shot
Plus Mello woulda still been here
With a white Kangol about to body rock the pen
Misty, then the rest of the click like
Full speed then runnin without a red light
Whole life I`ll be one of a kind
Go deep in the wind I promise I got my head right
And I hate it`s gon` be like this
I wonder why everything come to me like this
And if only fo` one night I finally get my smile
Lord, I don`t wanna leave like this
[Chorus One] + [Chorus Two]
[Z-Ro]
It`ll be nice to have Emo and Jody and LL back
My nigga Best and his big brother E. Roy Love
Dem people ain`t never comin back
But if only for one night
My nigga could make a decision he shoulda made
Make it where the situation turned out another way
And ain`t a day go by
I don`t wish I didn`t have to miss my momma
This ain`t livin my nigga this just drama
If only for the night when the storm`ll live calmer
Cause seem like they wanna give a lifetime sentence
to a nigga with a pistol and a pound of marijuana
Wish it was legal to be in public wit`cha eyes red
I`ve seen a lot of B.I. cases go fed
Got pulled over, no seatbelt on the shoulder
Let to a 70 year stand and coda
If only for the dead nigga
Didn`t have to wait to make a safe walk to the sto`
Just to get his niggaz and a six-pack {?}
But there never been a cakewalk to the sto`
Fuck around and see the head concussion
If the hood decide you gotta fake walk to the sto`
They fully fronted to everybody with animosity
Bitches`ll take `em `fore they walk to the sto`
A nigga from the Southside, and a nigga from the Northside
And a nigga from the Eastside
Could all get along with each other, like we knew each other mother
No reason to wanna take our own lives
By losin a son, losin a daughter, losin a child
I`m battered by life, too rude to smile
I liked it better when I used to smile
If only fo` one mo` night
[Chorus One] + [Chorus Two]
