Welcome Back Chilly

## Song by Lupe Fiasco

"**Welcome Back Chilly**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released as the final track from his mixtape, *Fahrenheit 1/15 Part I: The Truth Is Among Us* (2004). It samples the 1976 song "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian.

## Critical reception

Paul Thompson of *The Fader* observed, "is about an accused heroin trafficker's brief window of freedom. This is not one of the parables that would come to dominate Lupe Fiasco's music when he became a national star in the middle of the last decade; this is a little celebration for a man named Charles Patton." They continued, "Chilly was fresh out of a lockup of more than a year, still awaiting trial but evidently willing to be optimistic. The song is written mostly in second person. At one point Lupe raps, to Chilly: 'Remember when the police took our cars?' It makes search and seizure sound a little whimsical."

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Uh, before we get started in this

You know this thing right here

I gotta say

Welcome home

To my main man Chilly Mac

[Verse 1]

Yeah

Before we get started in here

I'd like to tell the world that my partner is here

Been on 23 and 1 for like 14 months (Damn!)

That's the boss of First and Fifteen is home chumps

Thanks to god for removing the obstacle

Thanks to Craig for making it possible

Million-dollar bond is what held us down

Now who in the hell is gonna help them now

You see CK 'cause that check you cut

You got a couple fools on your set, what up

See his mind is sharp and mine is art

Refined and smart and it's time to start

While you was behind them bars I was behind these bars

Rewind to when the police took our cars

But they don't know there's more where that came from

Me and Chilly Mac back to backin' some

[Hook]

See, the game ain't the same since you left out

See, the snakes and the lames, yeah, they crept out

Ooh, you know we need ya

Ooh, I'm glad they freed ya

Here is where we need ya

Hey, it's nice to see ya

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, Chilly Mac

Welcome back, welcome back, Chilly Mac

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, Chilly

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back

[Verse 2]

You ain't even gonna dwell in the past tense

I gotta say one love

To that boy Shawn Carter for holdin' the young n\*\*\*a down

While you was absent

Make sure my foot was good and my hand was pimp

And when them n\*\*\*as jumped ship

A hand was limp

To try and turn the tide help withstand the stint

The time when it was hectic strictly on the strength

That's why we got moves to make

New records to record, new rules to break

We back standing on two the crew is straight

New and improved FNF crew you snakes

How they gon' stop us police still watch us but it's cool cuz you're home dog

No more visits on Friday, no more commissary, no more collect phone calls

[Hook]

See, the game ain't the same since you left out

See, the snakes and the lames, yeah, they crept out

Ooh, you know we need ya

Ooh, I'm glad they freed ya

Here is where we need ya

Hey, it's nice to see ya

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, Chilly Mac

Welcome back, welcome back, Chilly Mac

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, Chilly

Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back

[Verse 3]

I'd like to welcome everybody out

To *Fahrenheit 1/15*

First off

RIP to my n\*\*\*a Kato

What up, Val?

Magic, what up?

My man K'naan

You know

The whole henchman crew holding us down

My man Jigga

The whole Chi-Town, Mike Love, what up?

And now

Y'all about to see something

That y'all ain't never seen before

Well, I don't wanna say never seen

But not like this you know what I'm sayin'?

FNF up!

## References

1. ↑ Thompson, Paul (May 2, 2019). "The Brilliant Ambiguity of Lupe Fiasco's 'The Truth Is Among Us'". *The Fader*.