If Only For One Night

[Hook: Kenny] If only for one night, he Could escape his life, he Gladly take that flight, he Finally get a night's sleep, see If only for one night, he Could escape his life, he Gladly take that flight, he Finally get a night's sleep If only for one night he could leave If only for one night... [Verse 1: Kenny] He heard his momma cry last Tuesday Heard a victim momma cry last Monday It's like any day in the hood could be your doomsday So he vowed that he'd make it out one day Old man up the block said, "Son, pray" Would go to church, but it was shot up last Sunday In his hood where he lived, it was not a game Even though there was plenty of gunplay Young age, barely legal, trapped in a maze, trynna parry evil Can't sleep, he gets awakened to a sound of a bird Not talking about a rooster, but a Desert Eagle If only for one night, he could rest in peace Without hearing that someone from his block 'Rest In Peace' Or waking up house empty because of an effing thief So much stress, it seems it's not even best to sleep He may not awake, he might have a wake Want a piece of the pie but can't have a taste Life working him hard, no lunch, can't have a break Feelin' outta place, even in his place The grounds that he walk on are very shaky And the Earth doesn't even really need to quake He seen a homicide last Thursday A ho fucked in the alley last Hump Day A normal Friday, for him would be your worst day So he vowed that he'd make it out someday He tries, and tries, and tries to have some faith But it's like he running the wrong way down the one way At night, with blinding headlights in his eyes Every car he's trynna dodge but it seems won't none break Cause his life is just as unsafe, hombre No umbrella, but so much rain No sunny days, it's like the Sun's on break He 'bout to go off like his lights that's unpaid All he hear is helicopters, sirens of hella coppers The screams of the future patients of several doctors Cries of all the babies being neglected All because the mother didn't like to have sex protected And the yelling of little rebellious hellion fellas who felons Because they fell in with the wrong crowd Now they're falling and failing all because they hailing from somewhere hellish Life is hell and a bitch, he call her Helen He be telling Helen, he don't wanna stress Like a cop who won't cuff you, he won't arrest The other night he tried to close his eyes But as usual, his pops stumbled in a drunken mess Reeking of Hennessy, speaking obscenities Showing his true evil identity, yelling at his moms He can hear the screaming off in his sleep So he reached for the semi piece Cause he's tired of him beating her seemingly endlessly Feeling like, "With this piece, I'll finally get some peace" Though life has given me, fam 'gon play the enemy So it's gonna be the end of him or it's the end of me Cause all this rage and anger that live in me, he finna see Then I'm a ask God to deliver me, give a nigga some sympathy Don't let the judge sentence me or cops get a grip on me The hood's already imprisoned me Somewhere secluded, I flee for serenity Hoping that one day, mom would have forgiven me And nobody would remember me But hopefully I get some sleep for just at least... [Interlude] One night, one night, ohh ohhh, to you (Hopefully I get some sleep for just at least) One night, one night, ohh ohhh, to you