I get 'em up (I'm on one)
I get 'em up (fuck it, I'm on one)
I get 'em up (I said, "I'm on one")
DJ Khaled

Uh, I'm getting so throwed
I ain't went this hard since I was eighteen
Apologize if I say anything I don't mean
Like, "What's up with your best friend?
We could all have some fun, believe me"
And, "What's up with these new niggas?"
And why they think it all comes so easy?
But get it while you here, boy
'Cause all that hype don't feel the same next year, boy
Yeah, and I'll be right here in my spot
With a little more cash than I already got
Trippin' off you 'cause you had your shot
With my skin tanned and my hair long and my fans who been so patient
Me and 40 back to work, but we still smell like a vacation
Hate the rumors, hate the bullshit, hate these fucking allegations
I'm just feeling like the throne is for the taking, watch me take it

All I care about is money and the city that I'm from
I'ma sip until I feel it, I'ma smoke it 'til it's done
And I don't really give a fuck and my excuse is that I'm young
And I'm only getting older, somebody should've told you

I'm on one, yeah
Fuck it, I'm on one, yeah
I said, "I'm on one"
Fuck it, I'm on one
Two white cups and I got that drink
Could be purple or could be pink
'Pending on how you mix that shit
Money to be got and I'ma get that shit
'Cause I'm on one
I said, "Fuck it, I'm on one"

Huh, I'm burning purple flowers, it's burning my chest (huh)
I bury the most cash and burning the rest (stuntin')
Walking on the clouds, suspended in thin air (yeah)
The ones beneath me recognize the red bottoms I wear (check it)
Burner in the belt, move the kids to the hills (boss)
Bend shawty on the sink, do it for the thrill (woo)
Kiss you on your neck and tell you, "Everything is great" (right)
Even though I'm out on bond and might be facing eight
Still runnin' with the same niggas 'til the death of me
Ever seen a million cash? Gotta count it carefully (haha)
Ever made love to the woman of your dreams
In a room full of money out in London as she screams? (Woo)
Huh, baby, I could take it there
Call Marc Jacobs personally to make a pair
So, yeah, we on one, the feeling ain't fair (Khaled)
And it's double MG until I get the chair, chyeah

All I care about is money and the city that I'm from (huh)
I'ma sip until I feel it, I'ma smoke it 'til it's done
And I don't really give a fuck and my excuse is that I'm young
And I'm only getting older, somebody should've told you

I'm on one, yeah
Fuck it, I'm on one, yeah
I said, "I'm on one"
Fuck it, I'm on one
Two white cups and I got that drink
Could be purple or could be pink
'Pending on how you mix that shit
Money to be got and I'ma get that shit
'Cause I'm on one
I said, "Fuck it, I'm on one"

I walk around the club, fuck everybody
And all my niggas got that heat, I feel like Pat Riley
Yeah, too much money, ain't enough money
You know the feds listenin', nigga, what money?
I'm a made nigga, I should dust something
You niggas on the bench, like the bus comin'
Huh, ain't nothin' sweet but the Swishers
I'm focused might as well say cheese for the pictures
Oh, I'm about to go Andre the Giant
You a sellout, but I ain't buying
Chopper dissect a nigga like science
Put an end to the world like the Mayans
It's a celebration, bitches, Mazel Tov
It's a slim chance I fall, Olive Oyl
Tunechi be the name, don't ask me how I got it
I'm killin' these hoes, I swear I'm tryna stop the violence

All I care about is money and the city that I'm from (yeah)
I'ma sip until I feel it, I'ma smoke it 'til it's done
And I don't really give a fuck and my excuse is that I'm young
And I'm only getting older, somebody should've told you

I'm on one, yeah (Young Mula, baby)
Fuck it, I'm on one, yeah (YMCB)
Yeah, I said, "I'm on one" (uh-huh)
Fuck it, I'm on one
Two white cups and I got that drink
Could be purple or could be pink
'Pending on how you mix that shit
Money to be got and I'ma get that shit
'Cause I'm on one (haha)
I said, "Fuck it, I'm on one"

I get 'em up
I get 'em up
I get 'em up
DJ Khaled


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I'm On One Lyrics as written by Noah James Shebib Aubrey Drake Graham

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    My Interpretation

    Seems to tell a fairly common story / theme amongst many hip hop artists. That they are from the "hood" and proud of it. They talk about their life growing up (glamourise some criminal aspects perhaps they shouldn't?) and that because of where they grew up they won't change now that they have money ...

    Be interesting to know if they still live in the ghetto and when they have children if they want them growing up in a similar environment ...

    sokornyon May 09, 2017   Link
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    It's good to see a hip hop artist not trivalise women and treat them like objects too

    youtube.com/watch

    sokornyon May 25, 2017   Link
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    General Comment

    This song I'm the One by DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper seems fairly straightforward. It appears to be a music story of a man telling a woman that he is the one for her, yet it seems to be more or less a confirmation of the way he feels about her as from the song's lyrics the romantic attraction seems to be mutual. It is actually a fun summer song.

    stella1127on July 28, 2017   Link
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    General Comment

    Just heard this for the first time on the radio it's awful.

    mark103492on August 14, 2017   Link

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