Chance the Rapper – Angels Lyrics

Chance the Rapper – Angels Lyrics

Angels Lyrics by Chance the Rapper

In “Angels,” Chance reflects on his growth as an artist and reps his Chicago roots. Supported by the bright & brilliant production characteristic of SoX and Lido, Chance and Saba bring “Angels” alive. Saba, a fellow Chicagoan, worked with Chance on Acid Rap’s “Everybody’s Something” and on Surf’s “SmthnthtIwnt.”

The song was released for free via iTunes and Soundcloud right before its live premiere on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

The “Angels” music video was released on April 7, 2016. The video’s director and Chance’s friend Austin Vesley teased it on his Instagram two weeks before it dropped. It was filmed above a Chicago subway train and at South LaSalle Street. In the video, Chance is dressed as “Flyboy”, a popular character designed by Chicago artist Hebru Brantley who has painted many murals in and around the city.

[Intro: Chance The Rapper]
Angels (Na-na, na-na, ah)

[Verse 1: Chance The Rapper]
I got my city doing front flips
When every father, mayor, rapper jump ship
I guess that’s why they call it where I stay
Clean up the streets so my daughter can have somewhere to play
I’m the blueprint to a real man
Some of these niggas toss they tassel for a deal, man
I ain’t goin’ to hell or to Hillman
Ah, ah, ah, ah for my real fans
I got caught up with a little Xan
Couldn’t stop me, but it slowed me, though
Yeah, a nigga famous, you don’t know me though
But every DJ still play me, though
Damn, I don’t even need a radio
And my new shit sound like a rodeo
Got the old folks dancing the do-si-do
‘Til they fuck around, sign me to OVO
Ooh, I just might share my next one with Keef
Got the industry in disbelief, they be asking for beef
This what it sound like when God split a atom with me
I even had Steve giving out apples for free

[Chorus: Saba]
They was talkin’, “Woo, this woo wap da bam”
City so damn great, I feel like Alexand’
Wear your halo like a hat, that’s like the latest fashion
I got angels all around me, they keep me surrounded

[Post-Chorus: Chance The Rapper]
Who is you, and who the fuck is you and who is him?
All of a sudden, woo wap da bam, you can’t touch me
Na, na, na, na, I got angels
I got angels

[Verse 2: Chance The Rapper]
I ain’t change my number since the seventh grade
This for my day one, ten years, seven days
A week, niggas never tired on they Kevin Gates
And if they rest in peace, they bunny hopping Heaven’s gates
It’s too many young angels on the southside
Got us scared to let our grandmamas outside
You gon’ make me take the campers way downtown
You gon’ make me turn my BM to my housewife
I just had a growth spurt
It done took so long, my tippy toes hurt
You can keep the nose ring, I don’t have to soul search
I’m still at my old church, only ever sold merch
Grandma say I’m Kosher, mama say I’m culture
GCI, 107.5, angel goin’ live
Power 92, angel, juke, angel gon’ juke
GCI, 107.5, goin’ live
Power 92, angel gon’ juke, juke, juke, juke

[Chorus: Saba & Chance The Rapper]
They was talkin’, “Woo, this woo wap da bam”
City so damn great, I feel like Alexand’
Wear your halo like a hat, that’s like the latest fashion
I got angels all around me, they keep me surrounded

[Refrain: Saba & Chance The Rapper]
Wap da bam (Na, na, na, na)
I got (I got angels)
I got angels all around me, they keep me surrounded
Na, na, na, na
I got, I got angels

[Chorus: Saba & Chance The Rapper]
They was talkin’, “Woo, this woo wap da bam”
City so damn great, I feel like Alexand’
Wear your halo like a hat, that’s like the latest fashion
I got angels all around me, they keep me surrounded

[Post-Chorus: Chance The Rapper]
Who is you, and who the fuck is you and who is him?
All of a sudden, woo wap da bam, you can’t touch me
Na, na, na, na, I got angels
I got, I got angels

[Outro]
Na, na
Na, na
I got, I got—