Kanye West:Homecoming
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This song is performed by Kanye West, appears on the album Graduation (2007) and features Chris Martin. from Coldplay.
 | This song has been translated into Deutsch (German). |
Yeah
And you say Chi-City?
Chi-City, Chi-City
I'm coming home again
Do you think about me now and then? Yeah
Do you think about me now and then?
'Cause I'm coming home again, coming home again
I met this girl when I was three years old
And what I love most, she had so much soul
She said "Excuse me little homie, I know you don't know me
But, my name is Wendy [windy], and
I like to blow trees" and
From that point I never blow her off
Niggas come from out of town, I like to show her off
They like to act tough, she like to tell 'em off
And make 'em straighten up they hat cause she know they soft
And when I grew up, she show me how to go downtown
And in the night-time, my face lit up, so astound
And I told her, in my heart is where she'll always be
She never mess with entertainers cause they always leave
She said it felt like they walked and drove on me
Knew I was gang affiliated, got on TV, and told on me
I guess that's why last winter she got so cold on me
She said "Ye, keep makin' that, keep makin' that platinum and gold for me"
Do you think about me now and then?
Do you think about me now and then?
'Cause I'm coming home again, coming home again
Do you think about me now and then?
Do you think about me now and then? Ohh
Now I'm coming home again
Maybe we could start again.
But if you really cared for her
Then you wouldn't 've never hit the airport, to follow your dreams
Sometimes I still talk to her
But when I talk to her, it always seems like she talkin' bout me
She said, "You left your kids, and they just like you
They wanna rap and make soul beats just like you
But they just not you, and I just got through
Talkin' 'bout what niggas tryin' to do, just not new"
Now everybody got the game figured out all wrong
I guess you never know what you got 'till it's gone
I guess that's why I'm here and I can't come back home
And guess when I heard that, when I was back home
Every interview I'm representing you, makin' you proud
Reach for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud
Jumpin' a crowd, spark your lighters, wave 'em around
If you don't know by now, I'm talkin' 'bout Chi-town
(I'm coming home again)
Do you think about me now and then?
Do you think about me now and then?
'Cause I'm coming home again, coming home again
Baby, do you remember when fireworks at Lake Michigan
Oh, now I'm coming home again, coming home again
Baby, do you remember when fireworks at Lake Michigan
Oh, now I'm coming home again, maybe we could start again.
Loioio, loioio, coming home again
Loioio, loioio, coming home again
Maybe we could start again.
And you say Chi-City?
Chi-City, Chi-City
I'm coming home again
Do you think about me now and then? Yeah
Do you think about me now and then?
'Cause I'm coming home again, coming home again
I met this girl when I was three years old
And what I love most, she had so much soul
She said "Excuse me little homie, I know you don't know me
But, my name is Wendy [windy], and
I like to blow trees" and
From that point I never blow her off
Niggas come from out of town, I like to show her off
They like to act tough, she like to tell 'em off
And make 'em straighten up they hat cause she know they soft
And when I grew up, she show me how to go downtown
And in the night-time, my face lit up, so astound
And I told her, in my heart is where she'll always be
She never mess with entertainers cause they always leave
She said it felt like they walked and drove on me
Knew I was gang affiliated, got on TV, and told on me
I guess that's why last winter she got so cold on me
She said "Ye, keep makin' that, keep makin' that platinum and gold for me"
Do you think about me now and then?
Do you think about me now and then?
'Cause I'm coming home again, coming home again
Do you think about me now and then?
Do you think about me now and then? Ohh
Now I'm coming home again
Maybe we could start again.
But if you really cared for her
Then you wouldn't 've never hit the airport, to follow your dreams
Sometimes I still talk to her
But when I talk to her, it always seems like she talkin' bout me
She said, "You left your kids, and they just like you
They wanna rap and make soul beats just like you
But they just not you, and I just got through
Talkin' 'bout what niggas tryin' to do, just not new"
Now everybody got the game figured out all wrong
I guess you never know what you got 'till it's gone
I guess that's why I'm here and I can't come back home
And guess when I heard that, when I was back home
Every interview I'm representing you, makin' you proud
Reach for the stars, so if you fall you land on a cloud
Jumpin' a crowd, spark your lighters, wave 'em around
If you don't know by now, I'm talkin' 'bout Chi-town
(I'm coming home again)
Do you think about me now and then?
Do you think about me now and then?
'Cause I'm coming home again, coming home again
Baby, do you remember when fireworks at Lake Michigan
Oh, now I'm coming home again, coming home again
Baby, do you remember when fireworks at Lake Michigan
Oh, now I'm coming home again, maybe we could start again.
Loioio, loioio, coming home again
Loioio, loioio, coming home again
Maybe we could start again.
[edit] Additional information
This song is an ode to the city of Chicago ("Chi-City"). It is also the subject of this song. Whenever the lyric talks about "her", Chicago is meant.
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