One Way Ticket

By Quest (PHL)

On Dream Awake

Released on September 6, 2019

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[Chorus: Rhap Salazar]

No other way but go, forward is all I know

I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket

And I ain't turning back now

Whatever it takes I'll go, this path is all I know

I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket

And I ain't turning back now

No, no, no, turning back now

No, no


[Verse 1: Quest]

First month of '82, South Side Manila

Born from brokenness, surrounded by quitters

Grew up picking pieces of my broken self

Finding peace, 'cause I feel like there is nothing left

First class, pain, second, hand love

Third, world dreams but I knew it's not enough

So I crawled through the rubble, made friends with struggle

Embraced the pain but my hope never crumbled

I was hard pressed on all sides never crushed

Yeah, the pressure is real but I never rushed

Persecuted and abandoned but my vision expanded

Stayed through the pain, 'cause that's what my heart demanded

Now, my grass is greener, sky's bluer than blue

My vision is clearer, everything is brand new

Though life was never kind, I grew in the grind

I first won in my mind, then the rest was redefined

Thank you, Miss Hill!


[Chorus: Rhap Salazar]

No other way but go, forward is all I know

I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket

And I ain't turning back now

Whatever it takes I'll go, this path is all I know

I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket

And I ain't turning back now

No, no, no, turning back now

No, no, no, turning back now

No, no, no, turning back now

No, no


[Verse 2: Quest]

I don't know what's next or whatever is after

But I'm not skipping pages to reach the next chapter

If I lose, if I fall, let it be

If that's what it takes for me to find the better me

'Cause I ain't got nothing to return to, no one to turn to

And if I turn back, I might turn to

The very thing I fear, back to square one

Where nightmares are clear, days when I had none

So I will find strength, whatever it takes

No matter how hard, I promise to never break

I live in the now, because tomorrows at stake

I ain't sleepin' on my dreams, gotta stay awake

I will take the road less travelled

Gonna fight my way through the battle

Faith light my way through what's after

I got one life to live, make it matter


[Chorus: Rhap Salazar]

No other way but go, forward is all I know

I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket

And I ain't turning back now

Whatever it takes I'll go, this path is all I know

I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket

And I ain't turning back now

No, no, no, turning back now

No, no, no, turning back now

No, no, no, turning back now

No, no

[Bridge: Rhap Salazar, Quest]

I'm gonna dance through the rain (Just dance)

I'm gonna smile through the pain (Go smile)

Not going back to where I came

So whatever it takes, whatever it takes (Whatever it takes, whatever it takes)

I'm gonna make it through this fight (You will)

And I'll be breaking through the night (Breakthrough)

Go brave through this life (Let's go)


[Chorus: Rhap Salazar]

No other way but go (No other way but go)

Forward is all I know

I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket (One way ticket)

And I ain't turning back now (And I ain't turning back now)

Whatever it takes I'll go (Whatever it takes I'll go)

This path is all I know

I hope you get it, bought a one way ticket

And I ain't turning back now

No, no (No, no, no, ohh)

No, turning back now (No, turning back now)

No, no (No, no, no, oh-ooh)

No, turning back now (No, turning back now)

No, no, no, turning back now (No, turning back now)

No, no (No, oh-ooh)