Penthouse Floor Lyrics » John Legend : The Penthouse Floor Lyrics / Penthouse Floor Song Lyrics by John Legend is from The Album Darkness and Light (Deluxe) (2016). The Penthouse Floor Song is Sung by John Legend. The Penthouse Floor Song Music is Produced by Blake Mills. The Penthouse Floor Song Lyrics is Written by John Legend, Chance the Rapper, Blake Mills & Greg Kurstin. The Penthouse Floor Song is Released on Nov. 16, 2016. The Penthouse Floor Song is Presented by Columbia Records.
Penthouse Floor Song Details :
| Song | Penthouse Floor |
| Singer | John Legend |
| Music | Blake Mills |
| Lyrics | John Legend, Chance the Rapper, Blake Mills & Greg Kurstin |
| Release Date | Nov. 16, 2016 |
| Label | Columbia Records |
| Album | Darkness and Light (Deluxe) (2016) |
Penthouse Floor Lyrics » John Legend
[Verse 1: John Legend]
All this trouble in this here town
All this shit going down
When will they focus, on this?
Streets ride up with the TV crews
Look ma, we on the news
But they didn’t notice, before this
They float above the city lights
Forget the truth, inhale the lies
Just enjoy the show
They see us reaching for the sky
Just ignore that you survive
[Chorus: John Legend]
Maybe we should go
Go to the penthouse floor (let’s go, let’s go, let’s go)
Go to the penthouse floor (let’s go, let’s go, let’s go)
Let’s ride the elevator, they can’t keep us out no more
Go to the penthouse floor (let’s go, let’s go, let’s go)
Penthouse floor
[Verse 2: John Legend]
All that bubbly, all that wine
Oh man, look at the times
Didn’t they notice, notice?
Only future I can see, ain’t what it used to be
And I didn’t know this, I didn’t know this
Once you’re above the city lights
Won’t want to spend another night, down there on your own
The whole world on display for us
The altitude is dangerous, but we ain’t going home
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About John Legend’s Penthouse Floor from Darkness and Light (Deluxe) (2016)
“Penthouse Floor” is a song about social injustice in the United States. The penthouse floor is a metaphor for the upper class of a society—the idea of “going to the penthouse” represents
ascension and social mobility
. John implies that the opulence of a few tends to overshadow other people’s difficulties. He wishes that everybody—especially black people—could escape their struggles and have a taste of the high life.
“Penthouse Floor” was the second single off John Legend’s 2016 album
Darkness & Light
. It was premiered on Zane Lowe’s
Beats 1
radio show. Funky and upbeat, the song includes a
highly-anticipated
feature from John’s Midwestern fellow
Chance the Rapper
who kicks off his verse with a knock-knock joke.
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What was the inspiration behind this song?
Verified Commentary
John Legend
I wrote this song at the beginning with a guy named Greg Kurstin. We were in his house, in his studio. He played me a groove that I liked, and I started writing vocal lines to it. The first lyrical hook that came to me was, “We’ll go to the penthouse floor.” The original idea for the song was a little more romantic and sexy and about the idea of wining and dining and balling with the person that you’re interested in. Inviting them back to your place and saying, “Let’s enjoy the view from there. It’s gonna be sexy. It’s gonna be nice.” It represents us ascending to a blissful place.
That was the original idea, but I decided to make The penthouse a little bit more deep than that and what you’re leaving behind. It became a little more interesting as I lived with the song more. I worked with Blake Mills on it and some of my other team that was working with me on the album. We started to think more about the idea of ascension, but thinking more about ascension from something. From what’s going on in the country, in our cities, in our neighborhoods. The idea of even though you have an aspiration to achieve a certain dream and to achieve a certain status, do you still remember where you’ve come from and pay attention to what’s happening in places like where I came from and like a lot of other people come from?
How did Chance wind up on this song?
Verified Commentary
John Legend
I love Chance the Rapper as an artist. I thought he would be perfect for this song. I think he’s one of the most talented rappers out there right now. He’s got so much life and energy and creativity. He also is really a giving and charitable person as well. He is the perfect example of someone who’s aspired to be this huge star and be really successful doing what he loves to do, but he’s never forgotten about his city and the people in the neighborhoods where we often overlook people. He’s given to the schools. He’s done a lot for his hometown and for people all around the country. I felt like his understanding, his intelligence, and his sense of responsibility would be perfect for this song.
Did Legend give Chance any instructions for the song?
Verified Commentary
John Legend
We talked a lot about the concept of the song. I talked about the idea of what it meant to ascend and even reference The Jeffersons idea of moving on up. We finally here. We finally made it. I also talked about the tension of finally making it, but also knowing that there’s a lot of people that look like you or came from where you’ve come from that haven’t made it and are often ignored. What are you gonna do about it? How do you feel about that? What is that tug that is pulling you back to make you think about where you’ve come from?
I talked to him about all of that and I think he wrote the perfect verse for it cause he talks about knocking on the door of the penthouse and arriving and feeling like, “Yeah, I’m in here. I made it. There’s crab legs and all this signs of luxury and opulence, but my folks are still down there standing in line. They never been in these rooms. They haven’t made it to this level, but I’m here and I still feel like a bit of an outsider in this setting, in this luxurious setting where it’s rarefied air that a lot of my friends can’t get into.” I love that verse because it’s funny, it’s engaging, it’s creative. It hits the subject matter perfectly.
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