Bed Peace

**Bed Peace** is a song by American recording artist Jhené Aiko, taken from her debut EP, *Sail Out* (2013).

The song was first premiered in July 2013 during a performance for Rap-Up Sessions, *Bed Peace* was later released as the EP's lead single on September 17, 2013, through ARTium record and Def Jam Recordings.

The song features a guest appearance from American rapper Childish Gambino, who co-wrote the song along with Aiko.

The song's lyrics feature Aiko singing about smoking marijuana and having sex, as she describes her ideal day.

Zayn Malik covered the song on July 13, 2018 as the caption on his youtube read "Z2 is coming...".

## Background

It was revealed in 2012 that Aiko's debut EP would feature production from producer Fisticuffs. "Bed Peace" was written by Aiko herself, along with her frequent collaborators Mac Robinson and Brian Warfield. During the writing and recording of "Bed Peace" Aiko purposely left a verse free, as she felt a feature was necessary. When looking for a feature she had the idea to find her "John Lennon" and began to send out requests to other artists. During an interview Aiko commented on the song's recording process and the choice to include Gambino;

"Bed Peace" was released as the lead single from her debut EP *Sail Out* on September 17, 2013. The cover artwork and music video for "Bed Peace", pay homage to and feature many references to John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-Ins for Peace protest against the Vietnam War.

The song's accompanying music video was released on October 28, 2013 and was directed by longtime collaborator Topshelf, the song's video was met with positive reviews from critics. The song was further promoted by various live performances including at the Live Byte series and BBC Radio 1's Future Festival.

## Lyrics

**[Verse 1]**

Wake up, wake up

Gotta get this paper, get this cake up

Gotta do her hair, gotta put on makeup

Gotta act like I care about that fake stuff

Straight up what a waste of my day

If I had it my way I'd roll out of bed

Say bout 2:30 mid day

Hit the blunt then, hit you up to come over to my place

You show up right away we make love and then we fuck

And then you'd give me my space

**[Chorus]**

What I am trying to say is

That love is ours to make so we should make it

Everything else can wait (Everything else can wait)

The time is ours to take so we should take it

**[Verse 2]**

Wake up, wake up, bake up

Gotta heat the vape up, let's get faded

Gotta call your job tell em' you won't make it

Ain't nobody here baby lets get wasted

We should just get naked

Cause I be working hard

And I know you be on that same shit

Every other day's a different game that you just can't win

I just want to ease your mind and make you feel all right

So you gin’ be my baby mama, you gon be with me tonight

**[Chorus]**

What I am trying to say is

That love is ours to make so we should make it

Everything else can wait (Everything else can wait)

The time is ours to take so we should take it

**[Verse 3]**

It's not love, but it's pretty close

Hot fudge and a little smoke

I didn't mean it means nothing to you

Hands locked on my black couch with nothing to do

Can't stop on cloud 20

Buried in the drugs, but the feels keeps coming

Finally stop crying, but your nose is still running

Wipe it on my shirt, on my sleeve

You tell me that you wanna do it big

I love it when you say "guess what?"

Doin’ all your fucked up shit

And I wonder why I'm all messed up

Cause we gotta be responsible sometimes

Being a class act nevermind my alumni

I don't wanna be around a baby so dumb high

That I don't see the beauty of a momma on insides

Curled up with my head on your chest

It's the best remedy for the pain and the stress

If the world doesn't change then we'll never get dressed

It will be like this to the kiss of the death

Of my soul, bowl of the blue dream, no

Not a good team, once soul, two halves

No joke, who laughs? Just us

**[Verse 4]**

Okay, got this OJ and Jose

Mixed it up with that Rose

We gon' do this our own way

Alright, okay, what is it that you're smoking?

Piece it up with this peace and love

And this peace and love like the old days

**[Chorus]**

What I am trying to say is

That love is ours to make so we should make it

Everything else can wait (everything else can wait)

The time is ours to take so we should take it

**[Outro]**

Stay right here with ya

Lay right here with ya

Cause everything is okay right here

You should stay right here

We should lay right here, oh

Cause everything is okay right here

## Zayn Cover

Following his Beyoncé and Elvis covers for "Me, Myself and I" and "Can't Help Falling In Love" respectively, Zayn rolls out a cover of Jhené Aiko’s “Bed Peace.”

Zayn has dropped a third cover ahead of the release of his second solo album - the follow-up to 2016’s *Mind of Mine*.

“Z2 is coming…” he wrote in the video’s caption.