Only If You Want It

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"Only If You Want It"
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Single by Eazy-E
from the album 5150: Home 4 tha Sick
B-side "Neighborhood Sniper"
ReleasedOctober 12, 1992
Recorded1992
Genre West Coast hip hop
Length3:03
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Naughty by Nature
Eazy-E singles chronology
"We Want Eazy"
(1989)
"Only If You Want It"
(1992)
"Neighborhood Sniper"
(1992)

"Only If You Want It" is a song by Eazy-E. It is the only single released from 5150: Home 4 tha Sick . For "Only If You Want It" Eazy collaborated with rap group Naughty by Nature .

Contents

The B-side of the single was "Neighborhood Sniper", which featured Kokane and was produced and written by Eazy-E, Cold 187um. Both "Only If You Want It" and "Neighborhood Sniper" had promotional music videos released, but the single did not make it to any charts.

Single track listing

A-Side

  1. "Only If You Want It" (Clean Mix)- 3:03
  2. "Only If You Want It" (Instrumental)- 3:03

B-Side

  1. "Neighborhood Sniper" (Cold 187 um Street Uncensored Mix)- 5:12
  2. "Neighborhood Sniper" (Instrumental)- 5:12


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