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One Shot

The K-pop group's 2013 track frames life as a single opportunity that demands everything.

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The K-pop group's 2013 track frames life as a single opportunity that demands everything.

What sticks is how the lyric borrows weight from elsewhere, MLK, a sneaker slogan, to prop up its own urgency.

The borrowed authority makes the stakes feel borrowed too, which is exactly the point when you're trying to convince someone to risk everything.

Editor's note

B.A.P's 'One Shot' and its single chance

The K-pop group's 2013 track frames life as a single opportunity that demands everything.

gihoeneun han beonppun

What sticks is how the lyric borrows weight from elsewhere, MLK, a sneaker slogan, to prop up its own urgency. The borrowed authority makes the stakes feel borrowed too, which is exactly the point when you're trying to convince someone to risk everything.

The song keeps returning to 'only one shot only one shot,' that blunt repetition doing the work of a drill sergeant. It's not about philosophy, it's about pressure: 'you only have one chance u know?' feels less like advice and more like a threat against hesitation.

That Korean phrase is the song's engine, 'the opportunity is only once.' Everything else, the English shouts and namedrops, orbits that central, untranslatable pressure.

The way 'gihoeneun han beonppun' gets stretched across the beat, then snapped back into the English 'only one shot.'

edit_note Ethan Walker · LyroVerse team · Apr 17
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What to keep in your ear

the pull of "only one shot only one shot," the pull of "you only have one chance u know?" the pull of "gihoeneun han beonppun"
Lyrics

One Shot

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One shot, let me tell you something that you already know.

You just get the rock to me.

You na mean?

Gihoeneun han beonppun eoduun gireul georeo

Bicheul barkhyeo martin luther king cheoreom

Get your mind out fo’ the gutter

Silpae ttawiegen ajik neon eoryeo

One shot one chance

Du beoneun eobseo nochiji ma ja junbihae

Hell yeh ne jasinege deombyeo jagajin neol pyeolchyeobwa just do it.

One shot!

Gulbokhal tenga nareul dulleossan deoche geollyeodeul tenga

Only one shot!

Domangchiji ma dwidoraseoseo duryeoume matseobwa

I sesangi neol oemyeonhandaedo

Ni jasineul jikyeo geuge olbareun taedo

Everybody already know?

Hey shout your voice to the world?

Kkeuteomneun gil wieseo mulleoseol suneun eobseo

Uu uu uu u heundeulliji ma

Hondonui sigan soge nareul gadul sun eobseo

Uu uu uu u gihoeneun han beonppuniya

Only one shot only one shot

Ireul kkwak mulgo deombyeodeureo one shot

Only one shot only one shot

Sesangui neoreul deonjyeobeoryeo one shot

Only one shot only one shot

Ireul kkwak mulgo deombyeodeureo one shot

Only one shot only one shot

You only have one chance u know?

Geeureumui noye heundeureo gogaereul

Noryeokdo eomneun nomdeureun dangjang jameseo kkae

Bangguseoge anjaseo nopeun jarireul wonhae

Igeon geimi aninde hyeonsildeureul gubun motae

Oh yeah go around a track

Siganeun gyesok dolgo dora so far away

Junbidoen jamani jinjjaro mareul hae

Jejarineun huhoe ppuniya niga nuneul gameul ttae whoa

One shot!

Pihae gal tenga swiun gilmaneul chaja hemaeil tenga

Only one shot!

Geochin sesange eolgul matdaego buditchyeoseo ssawobwa

Nopeun byeogi neol mageuryeo haedo

Da ttwieoneomeobwa maebeon sseureojindaedo

Everybody already know?

Hey shout your voice to the world?

Kkeuteomneun gil wieseo mulleoseol suneun eobseo

Uu uu uu u heundeulliji ma

Hondonui sigan soge nareul gadul sun eobseo

Uu uu uu u gihoeneun han beonppuniya

Angaesoge garyeojin sumeoitdeon neoui moseupdeul

Taeyangboda tteugeopge ni jasineul taewo

Run and go away dwidoraboji ma

Don’t stop go away neoreul nochineun ma

Kkeuteomneun gil wieseo mulleoseol suneun eobseo

Uu uu uu u heundeulliji ma

Hondonui sigan soge nareul gadul sun eobseo

Uu uu uu u gihoeneun han beonppuniya

Only one shot only one shot

Ireul kkwak mulgo deombyeodeureo one shot

Only one shot only one shot

Sesangui neoreul deonjyeobeoryeo one shot

Only one shot only one shot

Only one shot only one shot

Ireul kkwak mulgo deombyeodeureo one shot

Only one shot only one shot

You only have last chance u know?

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What is "One Shot" by B.A.P about?

The K-pop group's 2013 track frames life as a single opportunity that demands everything. What sticks is how the lyric borrows weight from elsewhere, MLK, a sneaker slogan, to prop up its own urgency. The borrowed authority makes the stakes feel borrowed too, which is exactly the point when you're trying to convince someone to risk everything.

Who performs "One Shot"?

B.A.P performs "One Shot", and this lyric page sits inside the B.A.P catalog on LyroVerse.

Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "One Shot"?

Yes. The page carries the LyroVerse editor's note "B.A.P's 'One Shot' and its single chance", followed by the full lyric and related songs.

Are there related songs to explore after "One Shot"?

Yes. The related section below points to 1004 (Angel) and Walk with a short reason for opening each page next.

Where can I find more songs by B.A.P?

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