Beddy Bye Lyrics

[Produced by J-Emcee]

[Intro]
Growin' up in Chicago was pretty D so, there's a lot of things that I remember
Bo Squad, uh, goin' to Skinner School, goin' to Jones College Prep
Uh, workin' with my dad on the campaign for Barack
Uh, No-no, it was just a lot of things, and I have to say goodbye to all of them
Uh, now that I'm leaving for Washington D.C., as a lot of you guys know
Uh, so, I wrote this song
It's called "Beddy Bye", and uh, you'll get the gist of the song as it goes along

[Verse]
Loose stares, train fares, frooties, chews
Big bowls and loose squares
Top notch hamburger
Miracle workers, juke music and foot workers
Dude who stand outside of Old Navy crazy
We shop in Marshall Field's and we never call it Macy's
Chicago to me, is the kingdom of hearts
I dance through streets where a king once marched
It's always where you finish, and it's never where you start
And I can't outsmart, when we move in the dark
This track is hard to listen to again
And now I'm swimmin' in thoughts of lake missin'-you-again

Chicago I'mma marry you with a ring from Jared's
A million carats of rocks, the kids moved above your terrace
You were the meeting place of my parents
Now my bubbles popped like corn from Garrett's
You scared so I leave street lights as night light
Leave skyscrapers, high risers and those bright lights
I know you clouds'll cry in the morn'
So I'mma gonna leave on that midnight flight
Beddy Bye, Beddy Bye to the C-H-I
C-H-Y I gotta tuck you in
Knowin' that there'll be no good mornin'
But I say "Beddy Bye" to keep my eyes from pourin'
Cause goodnight and goodbye both hurt my throat

And it hurts to know, and it hurts to go
So sweet dreams, as I head for the sky
But I couldn't go without saying "Beddy Bye"
Beddy Bye

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Genius Annotation

One of Chance and Justin’s first well-known tracks around Chicago, and also one of their most emotional. Chance raps about leaving Chicago to move to D.C. following his father’s work as a campaign manager for Barack Obama.

In the end, however, Chance ended up staying in Chicago – as referenced in “Home Again” off a future Instrumentality release.

For the audio, peep Instrumentality’s MySpace page, here.

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