This song serves as the validation West has likely always needed. Just as his “storm runs out of rain,” his mother tells him, “I know you’re happy, ‘cause I can see it/So tell the voice inside ya’ head to believe it.” Kanye West is not just a storied artist-producer extraordinaire, he’s also a husband and a father, and no platinum plaque has brought him more joy than that. We learn on “ Only One,” however, that he sometimes has to be reminded of it. But the truth is, the man is happier than he’s ever been. One day youll un-der-stand Verse: G B7 So hear me out, hear me out, I wont go, I wont go Em C No goodbyes, no goodbyes, Just hello, just hello G And when you cry, I will cry B7 And when you smile, I will smile Em C And next time when I look in your eyes G Well have wings and well fly Chorus: G B7 Em Hello my only one, just like the morning. Jokes have been told (even by Kanye himself) of his seemingly permanent grimace. Offering himself encouragement and acknowledging his legacy through his daughter, the opus serves as the exit from his tunnel of grief. An opening of his heart in the most personal way possible, West takes on the perspective of his late mother. Had Yeezy sung these words a cappella, without the help of a music legend, “Only One” would still be just as important. Sir Paul McCartney is playing the keys on a Kanye West song, but that’s not why it’s a masterpiece.
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