Only One

    Artist: Kanye West featuring Paul McCartney

    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

    Hello my only one, just like the morning sun

    You’ll keep on rising till the sky knows your name

    Hello my only one, remember who you are

    No 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 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

    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

    ...

    Background

    Kanye West released the emotionally fired and rap-less “Only One” accompanied by music royalty Paul McCartney on the keyboard. McCartney plays a slightly-modified organ underneath Kanye’s verses. Or, should we say, Kanye’s late mother Donda West’s verses to daughter North West.