Key: B
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verse 1: John Legend
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All this trouble in this here town
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All this shit going down
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When will they focus, on this?
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Streets ride up with the TV crews
Look ma, we on the news
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But they didn't notice, before this
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They float above the city lights
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Forget the truth, inhale the lies
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Just enjoy the show
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They see us reaching for the sky
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Just ignore that you survive
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Maybe we should go
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Let's ride the elevator, they can't keep us out no more
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Penthouse floor
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verse 2: John Legend
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All that bubbly, all that wine
Oh man, look at the times
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Didn't they notice, notice?
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Only future I can see, ain't what it used to be
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And I didn't know this, I didn't know this
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Once you're above the city lights
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Won't want to spend another night, down there on your own
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The whole world on display for us
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The altitude is dangerous, but we ain't going home
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Let's ride the elevator, it's what we've been waiting for
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Can't keep us out no more (let's go, let's go, let's go)
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Penthouse floor
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verse 3: Chance The Rapper
I heard this old joke once, it was like, uh
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Knock knock, who there, it's us, us who?
Bb
Just us, who dis? Just playin'
Just me, new phone, new hair, new era
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Handpicked from bad apples and bad eggs
Held back, I had to grab crab legs
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And then there were only but a few
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Conversations held with patience, what a party, what a view
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What a dress, what a song
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What a beautiful time
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My folks downstairs still waitin' in line
They never been in these rooms
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Never laughed at the news, never hated these jokes
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So as I fly in my suit, in a group, undercover
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Forcin' a new smile, he tells me another
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He said "What happened to the boy that climbed up the trunk?"
Then he pushed me off the top and said "Jump, nigga, jump!"
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Oh don?t bring me down I need a room up in the clouds
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I wanna get there babe, I wanna elevate
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Gm
Oh my favorite mix, a little ignorance and bliss
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In the penthouse babe, go to the penthouse
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Let's ride the elevator, it's what we've been waiting for
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We'll tear down those penthouse doors (let's go, let's go, let's go)
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Those penthouse doors
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We'll tear down the penthouse doors (let's go, let's go, let's go)
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Baby, I'm in the penthouse floor
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Baby, let's ride the elevator
Til we can rise some more
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Outro
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