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One Day was released on December 17, 2013 by Rebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic as a part of the album Underground Luxury

Song Details

AlbumUnderground Luxury

Release DateDecember 17, 2013

LabelRebel Rock/Grand Hustle/Atlantic

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

B.o.B

Lead Vocals

DJ Toomp

Programming, Drum Programming

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr

Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr

Songwriter

Cameron Wallace

Cameron Wallace

Songwriter

Theron Thomas

Songwriter

Timothy Thomas

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

B.o.B

Executive Producer

DJ Toomp

Additional Engineer, Co-Producer

Kory Aaron

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Adam Catania

Assistant Engineer

Brian Richardson

Brian Richardson

Associate Producer

Doug Peterson

Associate Producer

Joe Fitz

Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer

Chris Gehringer

Chris Gehringer

Mastering Engineer

Geoffro Cause

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I know one day

I won't have to wait in line

I know one day

I'ma get those keys to that new ride

I know one day I'll be fine

And I know one day I'll get mine

And I know one day

Hell it might be Monday

[Verse 2]

I remember thinking man I need a decent ride

And I would have to ask my mama for the keys to drive

With my brother riding in a old Cutlass

Black and mild lit, whole roof busted

Well who knows, maybe one day we'll have a little more

We'll finally shop somewhere else besides the corner store

My little sister say she gotta have a pair of Dior's

But right now they'll probably stop us before we hit the door

My uncle say that's how it is where we come from

And if it weren't for bad luck we wouldn't have none

Hard to tell the good days from the bad ones

If I could catch a shooting star then I would grab one

I'd grab one for real

[Verse 3]

I know one day

I won't have to wait in line

I know one day

I'ma get those keys to that new ride

I know one day I'll be fine

And I know one day I'll get mine

And I know one day

Hell it might be Monday

[Verse 4]

I remember feeling trapped and no, I couldn't get out

And when they laid my mama off, no, it just didn't amount

I still remember how she looked when she walked into the house

But still she tried her best to show me what was Christmas about

And if we wanted hot water we had to microwave it

And everyday the power cut off but we tolerate it

Thoughts of all the beats I lost because I forgot to save 'em

I'm screaming at me in the mirror like I gotta make it

My teacher trying to get through to me because of my behavior

I said, I got big dreams and I gotta chase 'em

I never cared a damn thing 'bout a college major

I only had one need, that was a lot of paper

But see I never had a thing but a lot of prayers

After school, open mic night, rocking stages

It all started from a demo, to a limo

From a limo to a Lambo

And all of this came up outta Decatur

'Cause one day

[Verse 5]

I know one day

I won't have to wait in line

I know one day

I'ma get those keys to that new ride

I know one day I'll be fine

And I know one day I'll get mine

And I know one day

Hell it might be Monday

[Verse 6]

I used to dream about these days and the things that I'd do

Had to get a new life 'cause the old just won't do

I used to dream shades of grey, now the sky's shining blue

And everyday it feels like there's no way I can lose

[Verse 7]

'Cause I knew one day

I wouldn't have to wait in line

I knew one day

I will get those keys to that new ride

I knew one day I'd be fine

And I knew one day I'd get mine

Yeah I knew one day

And not just Monday

Yeah

[Verse 8]

What motivates B.o.B

Like initially when you young and you're trying to be heard you know

You broke trying to get money

Then that's you're motivation

You've been able to have commercial success

You know what I'm saying

You doing shows

You eat

So there's people that look like, well, you know, what's his struggle

[Verse 9]

You know

Since I was kid man like you know

I grew up in the house

You know I tell this story all the time

You know I grew up in a house where there really wasn't a house

We literally grew up on a construction site

You know, we didn't have no doors, no windows

You know, heat, AC, no refrigerator

We just put our food in a cooler at night you know

When the sun went down we had to go to sleep

'Cause we ain't had no lights

So mind you, at the same time

As I'm growing up I'm thinking about the fact that

There's people in third world countries who are way worse

That I've actually seen now

Traveling the world performing

Being like yeah, you see, they had it way worse

So it's like I never really

I never really took my, my situation that much to heart

To the point that where it was like a sob story for me

But it was more of a motivational thing

It was like alright

Nothing will ever be this bad again

Written by: Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr, Cameron Wallace, Theron Thomas, Timothy Thomas

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