Hi Lo

"**Hi Lo**" is the fourth track off Chloe x Halle's debut studio album *The Kids Are Alright*, which was released on March 23, 2018, through Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records. The track features vocals by American rapper GoldLink, and was written by the duo along with GoldLink and the song producer Asheton Hogan, who produced it with Chloe.

The song lyrics are about embracing your imperfections and celebrating what makes you special.

## Background

In a YouTube Live video in March 2018, Halle Bailey explained that the song is "just about us growing into ourselves as young women. I know when we were writing this, you have, we were talking about our insecurities, like the freckles that are on our faces, and, you know, the scars that we have, but learning to love those. You realize that, ‘hey, I’m beautiful,’ ‘hey, this is for a reason.’ Like, ‘I’m poppin’,‘ you know?"

## Lyrics

Mmm mmm mmm

When my eyes are swollen when I cry

Yeah I like it yeah

When I got this scar up on my thigh

Yeah I like it yeah

When I cannot tell each day apart

Yeah I like it yeah

Freckles on my face connect like stars

Yeah I like it

My highs (I love, love 'em)

My lows (I love, love 'em)

My highs (I love)

My lows

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

When you tell me that I'm too naive

Yeah I like it yeah

When I fall in love just way too easy

Yeah I like it yeah

When you piss me off and I don't care

Yeah I like it yeah

Dance in the house in my underwear

Yeah I like it

My highs (I love, love 'em)

My lows (I love, love 'em)

My highs (I love)

My lows

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Take the harbor when I'm coming home

Livin' in the sky while on the floor

Have you seen someone like me before? (Ahh)

You can try to point out all my flaws

That's okay cause I still love 'em all

Multiply my height, subtract the lies

Why you mad? (Yeah)

And time and again

They'll be sayin' amen

Cause I love what I give

Givin' all my sins

When I'm done for a day

I be lovin' that way

Cause I am who I am

And it's all ok

Yeah I like it yeah (Yeah yeah yeah)

Yeah I like it yeah

My highs (I love, love 'em)

My lows (I love, love 'em)

My highs (I love)

My lows (I love, I love I love, I love, I love I love)

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

**Goldlink**

Check, check can I pivot

Like the coastguard, send a postcard

Like a soulmate, what your friends think?

Pitch the whole thing

Girl it's Goldlink

Lovin' you is my favorite thing to do

Captivated by the sight and thought of you

I ain't really get to eat a lot up off yo plate

I say my grace but now I need so- uh

Go outside and get the sunlight

Play 2k and get them thumbs tight

Bump, bump with the best boy

Clear that schedule I need all night

Oh my goodness I need more than you thought I do

You said that you're grown (la, la, la, la, la, la)

Girl grown ain't the word for you yeah, no

(la, la, la, la, la, la)

Low, low

Highs and lows, Highs and lows

Highs and lows, Highs and lows

Highs and lows, Highs and lows

Highs and lows, Highs and lows

Look at the shape of my wave try to ride you cannot stay

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah

My highs and lows

## **"Hi Lo" credits adapted from Tidal**

### Written by:

Chloe Bailey, Halle Bailey, DeAnthony Carlos, Asheton Hogan

### Recorded by:

Chloe x Halle, Javon Gant, Justin Hergett

## References

1. ↑ "Chloe x Halle – Hi Lo Lyrics". Genius Lyrics. Retrieved on March 17, 2021.
2. ↑ Chloe x Halle (March 23, 2018). "our album is out!!!". YouTube. Retrieved on March 17, 2021.
3. ↑ "Credits / The Kids Are Alright / Chloe x Halle". Tidal. Retrieved on March 16, 2021.