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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nas
Nas
Performer
Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi
Drums
DJ Hot Day
DJ Hot Day
DJ
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nas
Nas
Composer
Salaam Remi
Salaam Remi
Composer
Dante Franklin
Dante Franklin
Composer
Isaac Hayes
Isaac Hayes
Composer
Christine Yarian Perren
Christine Yarian Perren
Composer
Richard Wyatt
Richard Wyatt
Composer
Hank Shocklee
Hank Shocklee
Composer
Freddie Perren
Freddie Perren
Composer
Hot Day
Hot Day
Writer
Richard Wyatt Jr
Richard Wyatt Jr
Writer
Rodney Roy Jerkins
Rodney Roy Jerkins
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Salaamremi.com
Salaamremi.com
Producer
Gleyder Disla
Gleyder Disla
Recording Engineer
Anna Ugarte
Anna Ugarte
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Matt Champlin
Matt Champlin
Recording Engineer
Brandon Caddell
Brandon Caddell
Assistant Recording Engineer
Rodney Jerkins
Rodney Jerkins
Producer
DJ Hot Day
DJ Hot Day
Producer
Greg Morgan
Greg Morgan
Sound Design
Kim Lumpkin
Kim Lumpkin
Studio Personnel

Lyrics

DJ Hot Day
This kind of love is a once in a lifetime groove
Reach out and touch the love that I have for you, awe baby
I see you standing there
So lost and all alone
I wanna take you in my arms
And tell you that you're home
I look into your eyes
I said I know you very well
I see a mirror of my life
A reflection of myself
3:45 a.m. can't sleep, can't dream
I'm stuck, money problems pop up
How will I survive?
Guess it's best to decide not to decide
So that's my decision
Whatever happens happens
I keep making my millions
Can see myself in Presidential campaign dinners
But I'm passing blunts around a bunch of gang members
When you're too hood to be in them Hollywood circles
And you're too rich to be in that hood that birthed you
And you become better than legends you thought were the greatest
And outgrow women you loved and thought you could stay with
Life become clearer when you wipe down your mirror
And leave notes around for yourself to remember
I like to teach and build
With brothers about how easy it is to reach a mil
All you need is some skill, then it's grind time
Imagination better than knowledge, says Einstein
It's all in the mind
Nasty the nicest, I'm somewhat of a psychic
Just one minute after it's heard
You all will recite it, you all'll repeat it
You'll call me a genius, if you didn't
Now that I said it I forced you to think it
Write in my little vignettes, sipping Moët
Bitch when you vision me, you vision the best
When I was young they called me Olu's son
Now he's Nas' father, I was the good seed
He was the wise gardener
This kind of love is a once in a lifetime groove
Reach out and touch the love that I have for you, awe baby
Yo, beautiful life, often I dream that I can bring my ****
Conservatives don't understand slang linguistics
The burbs talking like the hood will change with quickness
Love the skinny model chicks but I prefer the thickness
So what I rap about my riches and I'm ostentatious
Get out a gangsta's business, seems to me your thoughts are basic
Try to compare what you live to the life I master
See the fly shit I wear, you try to rock it after
Big bracelets, golden Egyptian faces
White wine spritzers and Switzerland on vacation
The strip club scene favors Josephine Baker
Dope fiend neighbors, growing up I seen paper
I describe it, hope you can visualize it
This is reminiscent to all the parks in the project
When my British Knights can rival your Foamposites
Don't make me pull my Lottos out the closet
This kind of love is a once in a lifetime groove
Reach out and touch the love that I have for you, awe baby
I see you standing there
So lost and all alone
I wanna take you in my arms
And tell you that you're home
I look into your eyes
I said I know you very well
I see a mirror of my life
A reflection of myself
You remind me, oh
Yes it's true baby, ah yeah
Ah-baby, ah-baby
Written by: Christine Yarian Perren, Dante Franklin, Frederick J. Perren, Hank Shocklee, Hot Day, Isaac Hayes, Nasir Jones, Richard Wyatt, Richard Wyatt Jr, Rodney Roy Jerkins, Salaam Remi
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