Each Friday I pick a song–new, old, borrowed, blue–that’s been on my mind and in my ears, and write a short post about it.

This is “All We Got” by Chance the Rapper:

I was flying out of Chicago on Monday night, watching the lights vanish at the edge of the lake and feeling sad. Coloring Book by Chance the Rapper was one of the albums British Airways was offering on its audio channel, and it seemed like an appropriate thing to stick in my ears. Here’s a live version from BBC Radio’s Live Lounge.