Today, Chance the Rapper released his proper debut album, The Big Day, after a slight delay. The fifth track, “We Got High,” features the Chicago MC opening up about his relationship issues with his wife, Kirsten Corley, as well as praising God.
On the first verse, Chance remembers how Corley reacted to his infidelity:
My baby momma went celibate
Lies on my breath, she say she couldn’t take the smell of it
Tired of the rumours, every room had an elephant
Tryna find her shoes, rummagin' through the skeletons
She took away sex, took me out of my element
I tried to do the single-dad mingle-dance
Chance previously admitted to not being faithful to Corley on last year’s “65th & Ingleside,” in which he extensively details the ups and downs of their longtime relationship. More recent tracks touching on their relationship include “The Man Who Has Everything” and “My Own Thing."
Later on, Chance says God is all he needs while referencing Wu-Tang Clan member U-God:
We give the glory to you God
One livin' true God, he make us Booyah
Throw up the woo like U-God
They pop up statues and stones, tryna make a new God
I don’t need a EGOT, as long as I got you God
Deep breathe the Wu-Zop
The beat is produced by Nate Fox, Peter Cottontale, Ben Lusher, Nico Segal, Darius Scott, and Chance himself. It samples Mike Servin, who is known for his viral videos praising Jesus Christ. Genius contributor Josiah Botting breaks it down in an annotation:
Chance frequently references religion in his music. He also collaborated with gospel artists on songs like “All We Got” and Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam.”
Chance the Rapper previous appeared on Genius' series Verified to break down “65th & Ingleside” line-by-line:
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