1-Luv

Lyrics

[Intro] (Phone rings) This is the operator. I have a collect call from "Ayy, this yo' potna, mayne!" Who is an inmate in a California state prison To deny charges, hang up now To accept charges, press five now [E-40 , Levitti & (Geraldine Michaels)] Mmmmm..... welllll One love (One love) Ohhhhh (One love) The L, the L, the L, the L One love (One love) Welll (There's only one love) The O, the O, the O, the O One love (One love) Ohhhhh (One love) And the V, the V, the V, the V One love (One love) Welll It's the E, the E, the E, the E (There's only one love) [Verse 1: E-40] 'Member that game Fat Bank Take Skinny Bank? Well now we play Skinny Bank Take Fat Bank That's because it ain't no work bein' offered, mayne They act like they ain't even thinkin' 'bout us, mayne I promise I swear the po-po threw my homie in the slammer Did him bad, wish I had my cam camera, made me mad Penelopes swarmin' like bees, surveillance binoculars hidden in trees Reliable sources copping ki's, oh p-uh-please One for the life, and two for death Three damn strikes no chances left Let me tell ya lil 'bout me, E-40 and the C-L-I-C We used to have to use sheets for curtains, socks for wash towels I was happy as hell when my cousin gave me his hand-me-downs This ain't no happy Shirley Temple tale-listic crap This here is serious, more realistic than Radio Shack Observe as I strike a nerve, reach out and touch my kind Open up your photo album, man, and I bet you find Folks that passed away, potnas that been blasted away I miss you, spill some liquor, mayne, who got some tissue? [Chorus: E-40, Levitti & (Geraldine Michaels)] One love (One love) One love Ohhhh (One love) One love (One love) One love Well wellll (There's only one love) One love (One love) One love Ohhhh (One love) One love (One love) One love Well wellll (There's only one love) [Verse 2: E-40] Huh, e'rybody wanna shoot 'em up bang bang Way I was raised we had to knuckle up and throw them thangs We got em up and you know I had to check 'em swell 'Cause if I ran home and didn't fight back my mama beat that tail Just received word from my folks upstate They said uh, they tryin' to, they tryin' to take away our weights And uh, no more beef and pork, just Muslim books and fish Walking laps around the yard with my Walkman bumpin' this Now I'm bouts to get married, is it clever? Thought it was 'til I got the Dear John letter Been down for ten months and got a eight-year stay And I just found out she had her baby yesterday Ain't nobody been to see me yet, but I ain't gonna worry Mayne, ya out there ballin', mayne, can you drop a twamp up in my commissary? Uhh, my family thinks that I'm a thug, homie When you see my mama, man, give her a hug for me And tell her [Chorus: E-40, Levitti & (Geraldine Michaels)] One love (One love) One love Ohhhh (One love) One love (One love) One love Well wellll (There's only one love) One love (One love) One love Ohhhh (One love) One love (One love) One love Well wellll (There's only one love) [Verse 3: E-40] Huh, thinkin' back, you gotta watch your back and play it well Enjoyed myself when I was out there tryin' to get in that mail We used to kick it at the Waterfront, the whole Vallejo Watchin' the pervin contestses between E-40 and Del That's what we did up under the bridge, fools posted up Choppin' game, conversatin', gettin' toast up Leanin' against my Zeniths, convertible tops and who's the cleanest Them Click boys smobbin' deep in cuts, actin' meanest The good times, they gone, here in the can is my new home Guess in order to do some right I had to do some wrong Picked up a package yesterday and I was HAPPY It was a box full of goodies from my PAPPY Tripped me out, ain't seen or heard from Potna Duke in years Sent me a picture and some fetti, dang near sheddin' tears, huh See, first you born then you live then you die One day soon I'll get another try, 1-Luv [Chorus: E-40, Levitti & (Geraldine Michaels)] One love (One love) One love Ohhhh (One love) One love (One love) One love Well wellll (There's only one love) One love (One love) One love Ohhhh (One love) One love (One love) One love Well wellll (There's only one love) One love (One love) Ohhhh (One love) One love (One love) Well wellll (There's only one love) One love (One love) Ohhhh (One love) One love (One love) (There's only one love) One love (One love) Ohhhh (One love) One love (One love) Well (There's only one love) One love (One love) Hey (One love) One love (One love) Yeah yeah yeah (There's only one love)