The Resume

Album: In My Mind (2016)
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  • This is BJ the Chicago Kid's resumé for a romance with a lady. He wants to "work that body like it's a 9 to 5" and clearly believes he's the right man to be hired. BJ said in a Genius attribution: "The whole swag of this is pretty much from an old Jodeci song 'Stay.' It's a Jodeci-like cadence."
  • Big K.R.I.T., who is a rapper from Meridian, Mississippi, serves up the introduction. BJ explained: "I wanted to use K.R.I.T.'s accent - that's why he's not really rapping. I wanted to take you to the country with his accent, go to K.R.I.T.'s world for a little bit. It's meant to take you for a ride."

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