“Turn up the lights in here baby. Extra bright I want y’all to see this.” The words certainly apply to the Rose Bowl and the BCS in college football. The Kanye West hit is performed by the Oregon Ducks marching band, at the Santa Monica pier pep rally.
They must have known I was coming; the song is my ring tone and iconic of my hometown Chicago.
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