Songfacts®:

• Over ominous guitars, Kanye West raps a lengthy verse in which he discusses a plethora of topics, before XXXTentacion screams the hook and interlude.
• XXXTentacion rose to fame alongside a disturbing domestic violence case concerning his then girlfriend, a pregnant Geneva Ayala. The rapper was arrested on charges of false imprisonment, witness tampering, and aggravated battery and the case has played a major role in coverage of X both during his lifetime and after his death.
  
  Kanye West has been a vocal advocate for XXXTentacion since the Florida rapper's murder in June 2018. He's sold T-shirts featuring X's face, and he even designed a three-piece merchandise collection in honor of the late rapper. Towards the end of his verse, Kanye seemingly references the allegations.
  
  Now your name is tainted, by the claims they paintin'
  The defendant is guilty, no one blames the plaintiff
  Gotta say it in Layman's terms, while you wait on arraignments
  Cause if the jury say you did it, the payment is heinous
  
  At face value, it appears that 'Ye is sticking up for the Florida rapper. However, a source close to West denied he is defending XXX. Instead, his lyrics are said to be more of a general commentary on potential damage to a man's reputation arising from false accusations of rape.
• Blink-182's Travis Barker supplies drums and also co-wrote the track. Another Skins track, "Staring at the Sky," also features Barker's percussive talents.
• This was the last song recorded for Skins. X first posted a snippet of "One Minute" just four days before his murder.
• The track runs for a lot longer than one minute. In fact at 3:17 it's the longest track on Skins.