Chance The Rapper Performs 'Come Back Barack' On SNL, Twitter Loves It

While hosting his debut on "Saturday Night Live" this week on Nov. 18, Chance the Rapper performed a "Boyz II Men"-style song about missing Barack Obama, alongside his other cast members on the episode.

Chance the Rapper, who hosted SNL this week, performed the song along with cast members Chris Redd and Kenan Thompson, with all three of them lamenting the end of former President Barack Obama's presidency.

"Every night I turn the TV on and cry, and I cry, and I cry, I say why, I feel like we're all gonna die," the three sang in a pre-recorded video segment that featured on SNL.

"I'm in hell, dreaming about you and Michelle," the song continued.

“We didn't know just what we had. Now things are looking bad. Like really bad, like World War bad, like nuclear bad.” they sang, with Chance adding, “When I think of change, the only change I want is you!”

The hook revealed the punchline. “Come back, Barack,” the group croons in harmony. “We didn’t know just what we had / now things are looking bad / like really bad, like real real bad, like nuclear bad.”

Social media users on Twitter were quick enough to respond to the video and most of the responses were positive as they agreed that the former president should be brought back.

When Chance the Rapper made his hosting debut on SNL on Saturday, the show tapped his musical talents from the very beginning. He channelled Mariah Carey to sing an original “Thanksgiving song” about spending the holiday with your weird relatives, which was a part of his opening monologue.

But his best musical turn in the episode came when along with his cast members, he played the "Boyz II Men"-style R&B group, clad in white tuxedos, they could be seen singing over a montage of a music video set that appeared to be ripped straight from the ‘90s, mixed with images of the 44th president enjoying life after the presidency. The group is seen singing about the constitutional impediments to his return, about their anxiety regarding the future of the country, and about watching Barack and Michelle from afar. “Maybe Michelle could run,” they sang. “No, let’s not put Michelle through that. I mean, if she wanted to?”

Chance has been a close friend to Obama, and he even launched a clothing line earlier this year that was inspired by the former first family, called "Thank U Obama." Chance, who also hails from Chicago like the former president, attended a state dinner at the White House in October 2016. He jokingly told the Hill at the time that he had a recurring dance battle going on with the then-president. Chance also attended the Obama Foundation's inaugural summit earlier this month.