{"id":27888,"date":"2017-09-27T15:47:19","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T23:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=27888"},"modified":"2017-09-27T16:17:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T00:17:29","slug":"watch-chance-the-rapper-perform-new-song-first-world-problems-and-show-why-hes-almost-without-peer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2017-09\/watch-chance-the-rapper-perform-new-song-first-world-problems-and-show-why-hes-almost-without-peer\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Chance The Rapper Perform New Song &#8220;First World Problems&#8221; and Show Why He&#8217;s Almost Without Peer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chance-the-rapper-debuts-new-song.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chance-the-rapper-debuts-new-song-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-27893\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chance-the-rapper-debuts-new-song-1-650x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chance-the-rapper-debuts-new-song-1-650x435.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chance-the-rapper-debuts-new-song-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chance-the-rapper-debuts-new-song-1-450x301.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chance-the-rapper-debuts-new-song-1-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chance-the-rapper-debuts-new-song-1.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/chance-the-rapper-debuts-new-song.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While we were out weeks wandering (wasted and weak) in the wondrous western world, a wealth of new music met the new morning&#8217;s airwaves. To begin, on Monday night peerless (<strong>Kendrick<\/strong> excepted) rapper\u00a0<strong>Chance the Rapper<\/strong> showed up on <strong>Colbert&#8217;s Late Show<\/strong> and performed the honest and challenging new Judgment-Day song <em><strong>First World Problems<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(lyrics at bottom)<em>\u00a0<\/em>with <strong>Daniel Caesar<\/strong>. The poignant new song, with its heady castigations, witticisms and triple-entendres, is from a highly anticipated new album the artist has been working on in the studio while \u201ccooking up some yammers.\u201d Just to show he&#8217;s not too pious or humble, <strong>Chance<\/strong> confessed on<strong> Colbert<\/strong> that his new songs, \u201cthey\u2019re honestly great.\u201d Based on the performance of the song below, we have no doubt about the high standards to be seen on <strong>Chance&#8217;s<\/strong> upcoming album. Bravo!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/soC7DtJXMC8\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>First World Problems<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I get sad when I look at the stars<br \/>\nThey so pretty, you can&#8217;t tell &#8217;em apart<br \/>\nYou think they close but really we far<br \/>\nAnd really, they ain&#8217;t even that much closer to God<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s much harder to sin naked<br \/>\nI walked past apple trees and didn&#8217;t take it<br \/>\nThought about stone mattresses, thin blankets<br \/>\nReally long winter spent in a windbreaker<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a temptation door knocker<br \/>\nDown there on Lower Wacker<br \/>\nI&#8217;m a rich excuse for a father<br \/>\nYou just can&#8217;t tour a toddler<br \/>\nShe turnin&#8217; two, she don&#8217;t need diapers, she just need her papa<br \/>\nI really need a break, could really use a nap<br \/>\nMy daughter barely recognize me when I lose the hat<br \/>\n<strong>You go so far, you hit a point where you can&#8217;t Uber back<\/strong><br \/>\nThe other day, I told a hummingbird he too relaxed<br \/>\nI did my worst, I did the work, I had to skip the label<br \/>\n<strong>I go to church, they want a flick, I want to flip the table<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> I knew the worth before the birth when it was just a stable<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> And now it&#8217;s just a fable, and it&#8217;s just as fatal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First world problems that niggas make up<br \/>\nHave a dream and then never wake up<br \/>\nWhen so much turns to too much<br \/>\nHave a dream and then never wake up<\/p>\n<p>The day is on its way, it couldn&#8217;t wait no more<br \/>\nHere it comes, here it comes<br \/>\nReady or not, ready or not<br \/>\nThe day is on its way, it couldn&#8217;t wait no more<br \/>\nHere it comes, here it comes<br \/>\nReady or not, here it comes<\/p>\n<p>Here it comes<br \/>\nAlright<br \/>\nSpirit&#8217;s working now<\/p>\n<p>I think my little cousins want they cousin back<br \/>\nThe automatic quarterback that doesn&#8217;t rap<br \/>\nThey know I used to drive to Hammond for the Roman candles<br \/>\nLied about coming back, the last straw that broke the camel<br \/>\n<strong>It ain&#8217;t really fun to hang out with me no more<\/strong><br \/>\nWe can&#8217;t go to River East to hang at the beach no more<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s messed up, I made it this way, and my feet so sore<br \/>\nBut it&#8217;s all downhill from here, I could teach snowboards<br \/>\nI miss my mom, I miss my time, I miss my prime<br \/>\nIn high school, I missed my prom, I ditched my date, I missed my beat<br \/>\nKissed my teeth, kicked my feet, hooped and hollered<br \/>\nNow I just sip my tea, sit my ass on my ass, send my tweet<br \/>\nFold my arms, twist my weed<br \/>\nIf I hadn&#8217;t heard the news, I would&#8217;ve known what he say<br \/>\n<strong>But the recliner on my chair is like an emergency brake, you know<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First world problems that niggas make up<br \/>\nHave a dream and then never wake up<br \/>\nWhen so much turns to too much<br \/>\nHave a dream and then never wake up<\/p>\n<p>The day is on its way, it couldn&#8217;t wait no more<br \/>\nHere it comes, here it comes<br \/>\nReady or not, ready or not<br \/>\nThe day is on its way, it couldn&#8217;t wait no more<br \/>\nHere it comes<br \/>\nReady or not, here it comes<\/p>\n<p>Three verses, hell yes<br \/>\nI still ain&#8217;t get my Grammys in the mail yet<br \/>\nI just want my mama happy like a toy sale<br \/>\nAnd to stay connected to the world like a long-ass voicemail<br \/>\nI hear the scene snappin&#8217;, and I&#8217;m the team captain<br \/>\nNo more knee slappin&#8217; or shoe shinin&#8217; or shoe signin&#8217; &#8217;til the dream happens<br \/>\nI&#8217;m just gon&#8217; keep rappin&#8217;<br \/>\nAnd y&#8217;all just keep clappin&#8217; and keep actin&#8217;<br \/>\n<strong>Like Flint got clean water and y&#8217;all don&#8217;t got teen daughters and black friends and gay cousins, y&#8217;all just gon&#8217; say nothin&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Know that the day comin&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> Knees bowed, tongues confessin&#8217;<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> The last ones gettin&#8217; first dibs on blessings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now these the first world problems that niggas make up<br \/>\nKeep on playing we gon&#8217; shake this shit up<br \/>\nKeep on telling us we making it up<br \/>\nThe American dream don&#8217;t you ever wake up.<\/p>\n<p>The day is on its way, it couldn&#8217;t wait no more<br \/>\nHere it comes, here it comes<br \/>\nReady or not, ready or not<br \/>\nThe day is on its way, it will not wait another day<br \/>\nHere it comes<br \/>\nReady or not, here it comes&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While we were out weeks wandering (wasted and weak) in the wondrous western world, a wealth of new music met the new morning&#8217;s airwaves. To begin, on Monday night peerless (Kendrick excepted) rapper\u00a0Chance the Rapper showed up on Colbert&#8217;s Late Show and performed the honest and challenging new Judgment-Day song First World Problems\u00a0(lyrics at bottom)\u00a0with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27888"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27888\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27894,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27888\/revisions\/27894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}