We're on it one time, one time, one time
We're on it one time, one time, one time
Should it be, can it be simple?
Life is like the tempo of a Noah instrumental
Things that we've been through
Define who we are now
Since can I borrow a dollar?
Ooh, I'm a star now
Coming from Chi-Town
We was the first to do it
Me, Noah D, Twilight Tone
On the music, the city on our back
We was the opening act
Throw our tapes in the crowd
They throw them right back
But we stayed on track
They stayed on the tracks
I stayed on the raps
Till we made it on the map
By then, Noah was my main guy
He and I was like Chi-Town's gangsta
We had came far together
With a long way to go
Seeing the bigger picture
But now from now on
Different angles
Tangled all the hustle
And survival in the game
Felt I had to leave home
To be a household name
Show money low
Needin' to stack fast
City that had my back
Now it's a backlash
Was I a slave to the cash?
And wantin' it so bad?
I just became a dad
Rap is all I had
So I moved to New York
To make it pop
Did like Waterford Chop
That album changed a lot
But my man who I started with
Wasn't a part of it
And his presence
I didn't even acknowledge it
Knew I was wrong
He should at least know

I just had a song
It wouldn't be me without
No I.D. and Twilight Tone
Wishin' I could get that time back
Oh I can, yo man
Rewind that
Me and Deon back in the zone
I'm doin' shows with Tone
For the future other side
We gon' bring it back home
Rewind that
And we can do it again
No I.D. Twilight Tone
Where the story began
Rewind that one time please
Rewind that one time please
Rewind that one time please
This one's for my man J Dilla
As I say these words
My eyes fill up
Cause what none realer than
James DeWitt Yancey
So I'ma dedicate this to Dilla and his family
In Q-Tip's basement
I first met J.D.
I still remember the first beat he played me
He came to the shine late
Three that was crazy
Didn't even know me
And gave him to me for free
I go to the D
He show big love
Cook up some hot
Then go to the strip club
Then we made the light
And times got brighter
I said turn it up
J'll take it higher
One day I noticed he was tired quick
That's when I found out
J.D. was real sick
Things got worse before
They got better
I said come to L.A. for peace
And good weather
We got an apartment
Just so we can spark it
M.P. in the front room
I said come to L.A. for peace







I said something about L.A.
Just some records in the closet
The beats got iller
But the sickness was still there
I'm wishing
I could wheel him out of his wheelchair
It was hard for me to come home every day
And see my homie J's life fade away
I stayed away sometimes
In other words I ran
Till one day J bought me this TV stand
It was a gift
So I couldn't refuse it
It came from his heart
I regret I didn't use it
The lupus got worse
And for what it's worth
I wanted him to have a Grammy
Before he left this earth
Wishing we could have it










That time back, oh we can
Yo man, rewind that
You never gone, you live forever through song
I feel it when I see em with them
Dilla shirts on, I know you're still
Shining, from heaven you watch me
Watch me put this Grammy on the stand
You got me
That's the um
Infinite
The infinite um
Team right there
Me and J.D. I work with him
Whenever I can
He's just like constantly progressing and growing
He's one of the greatest producers
You know that
Greatest musicians of all time
For real, I really know that
Ah yeah
Ah yeah
Yeah
I used to be able to wake up
In the morning and hear J. Dilla beat
Being made
You know
I really, really used to walk by and be like
Man I'm blessed
I really felt that
Like doing, like
During the time where he was making me mad
Like I don't look back and say I was blessed
I knew I was blessed
But during that time I look and say
Man, I'm getting to see J. D. make beats
Everyday, you know
You know, as long as he was happy
He was making me
It's common
It's common
Okay, for me it's
Okay, it's definitely not a common out
But it's
But
It's common
It's common
It's common
It's common
It's common
It's common
It's common