HERO

Yeah, yes I'm on top
I'm going this hard, and no I won't stop
Yeah, yes I'm on top
I'm going this hard, and no I won't stop

(Cheezy wassup)

Let me hear you holla bitch: actor, writer, rapper
Nigga I do all of it
Lactose tolerant, addicted to cheddar
And I spent it on a jacket man I don't know no better
Yeah it's Childish Gambino, yeah I'm fly as a feather
Yeah my nigga be suburban but my flow keep it ghetto
Keep my swagger poloroid you can watch it develop
Ain't it funny in a year I went from different to
special
Yeah I got it together, yeah I took those chances
Labels on me like I might cause cancer
Yes a nigga flow went from Camry to Phantom (?)
I'm just talking real shit, hope you can handle
Sleepin on the jet like "lier" like chandle" (?)
Flyer than a jet women hoping they can "landle"
How we turn everything to gold that they handle?
I am just different, that's the only answer

Yeah, yes I'm on top
I'm going this hard, and never gon' stop
Yeah, yes I'm on top
I'm going this hard, and never gon' stop
I'm a hero (8x), yeah

Back on my grind, nigga I'm a skater
She just think I'm fine, nigga you's a hater
Sign (?) with no name, they just want to label me
They should call it what these other niggas are afraid
to be
APC store walkin' out with eight bags
Yeah I'm killin' paper, call it poppin' tag (?)
You ever spend three grand on designer vision,
When you should've spent it on your little sis'
tuition?
She played my album when nobody else out there would
listen
I'm comin' harder than these girls that you would swear
were pissin'

Davinci-esque, I'm the real deal
The only thing I don't know is how 'fraid feel
I'm living everything these other niggas lyin' bout
Bitches don't believe me, to prove it to em I fly 'em
out
She say that I'm her everything, I'm better than those
other guys
I say I'm just a rapper, she tell me that's a fuckin'
lie

(chorus)

They said me rappin' was like MJ and baseball
But that would make me MJ, so motherfuck all of y'all
Trippin' on this fame shit, drinking like a fuckin fish
Listen to the next track I Be On That other shit
Yes I sound weird, nigga, take it as a compliment
Guess who's in the house and representing like a
congressman
Anything I put my mind to I accomplish it
From writing scripts with Tina Fey to laying down the
hardest shit
Who else is doing what I'm doing? No one
And I mean girls too, intended no pun
I'm on the road son, busy like I'm Bone Thug
Comment left anonymous cause ain't nobody want none

She laying in my bed she gotta be bi-curious
Barf on the track, the amazing and rap-furious (?)
Damn bloggers argue whether or not I'm serious
It's Nas' Illmatic not Eddie Murphy's Delirious
Got the limelight, you stupid you think I'm sharing
this
Showing up late, promoters wondering where he is
Got some nightmares, my family gotta be scariest (?)
But I would never fail, I'm a hero one of the best
there is

(chorus)

HOLD YOU DOWN

[Hook]
Ooh, I want it, yeah
Whenever you need my help
I'll hold you down, oh
Ooh, you want it, yeah
Motherfuck these niggas
Tryin' to hold me down, oh
Yeah, uh
Why in the fuck these niggas try and hold me down, ohh

[Verse 1]
You such a fuckin' lame
It's what they used to yell back in seventh grade
My momma said she'd get me that new jacket when the cost go down
Hit the office, stole some Tommy Hill from lost and found
Not bad for a family of foster child
Lookin' fly man, I'm flossin' now
But them niggas saw through me
Are you serious? What is this?
Took the jacket off third period, ellipsis
Listening to "Sky is the Limit" on my Walkman
Thinking if Biggie can make it through it, man then I can
Dope-boy swag
I always wanted that
But my persona was always more of that Arthur Ash
But no love for the son of a commuter
Who was a radio head and okay at them computers
At the post office
It's funny how you smoke niggas then you start coffins
All my people need throat lozenge
My fear is dead
Ambition drove the hearse
But niggas got my feelin' I ain't black enough to go to church
Culture shock at barber shops cause I ain't hood enough
We all look the same to the cops, ain't that good enough?
The black experience is blackened serious
Cause being black, my experience, is no one hearin' us
White kids get to wear whatever hat they want
When it comes to black kids one size fits all

[Hook]

[Break]
We the baddest nigga, we the baddest nigga
You hear me?
We the baddest nigga, we the baddest nigga
We the baddest nigga, we the baddest

[Verse 2]
The reason that they say I'm nothin' what they seen or heard's
The same reason Will Smith always opposite Latino girls
They only see you how they wanna see you
'Til you make them see you in some other way
I'm trippin' off the other day
Cause God knows what these white kids sayin'
Dude you're not not racist cause The Wire's in your Netflix cue
Subtle racism
It's hard to pin it cause you'd only understand
If you were me for just a minute
This one kid said somethin' that was really bad
He said I wasn't really black because I had a dad
I think that's kinda sad
Mostly cause a lot of black kids think they should agree with that
If you're a father, you should stick around if you could
Cause even if you're bad at it, you get Tiger Woods
MJ
We warriors, we all need senseis
Change everything that we've done so far
I don't mean makin' B.E.T. T.E.R
I mean just the way that we see each other
I won't stop until they say, "James Franco is the white Donald Glover"
Yeah, these niggas wanted Cookie but instead I gave 'em Loch Ness
Sick Boi for life, my swag is in a hospice
Aimin' for the throne, Jay and Ye said to watch that
They ask me what I'm doin', I say I'm stealin' rock back
Nigga

[Hook x2]

I BE ON THAT

I be on that other shit, I'm harder than a consonant
And that's because I'm flyer than the mother ship, you
ostrich
I'm awesome rich. Call a bitch. Fresher than my
lozenges
The problem is you in the Danger Zone like Kenny
Loggins is

I'm fly, I'm tight. They say I'm sick, they right
You think you good? I swear, put your shit to bed. Good
night
Yes, I'm sittin' on the bench 'cause I don't play no
games
I just spit that Bellevue, watch them go insane
Why these mothafuckas think they wakin' up in pain?
'Cause they sleepin' on the hardest nigga in this game
Hell yes, I'm on that zombie shit, I must get brain
They will not forget me, like I was hit by planes

I ain't got to do it big, I just gotta do it different
And these hoes are on my dick, and if you got it, it
ain't trickin'
I be steady gettin' paper, call a nigga Dunder Mifflin
And these rappers cannot see me, I'm the only one with
vision

I be on that other shit, I be on that other shit, I be
on that other shit
And you can't handle none of it
I be on that other shit, I be on that other shit, I be
on that other shit
And you can't handle none of it

I'm on top of turd mountain; King shit, bitches
Can't nobody top that; Teen Witch, bitches
I don't make it rain, I bring the heat storm, nigga
Weezy F is in jail, I keep his seat warm, nigga
Yes, I get it like I live it
Yes, this pimp is still is pimpin'
Y'all don't want me to be different
What the fuck is y'all thinkin'?
That does not suit me, call it Ben Sherman
'Cause I get more green than Kermit, heard me?

I'm in charge of new shit; Don't talk, do shit
Spittin' at the crowd like I play heavy metal music
I can say anything, call me John Cusack
Keep my dick wetter than the bottom of a cruise ship
Keep it fresh to death. Keep my swag inside a coffin
So fly, I'm in the sky like Vodka, partner

Shout out to Marc Jacobs. Yeah, my feet be feelin'
highbrow
And Band of Outsiders, got your tie on right now
Glory versus failure. There is nothing to it
'Cause you win some and lose some, Sandra Bullock

Tell me when I'm way too much, when no one had faith in
us
They thought Child was child's play, but now, they see
we dangerous
Bring your girl around and let me show her how her body
work
She like me 'cause my wallet fat, it should wear a
Hawaiian shirt
Comin' for your spot, like I do when I'm inside of her
Got the cold, hard green in my hand, no Heineken

Listen up
Listen up, please. Check my steez
Insect ligaments, I'm the bee's knees
Watch my math, like 75 minus 6
How can number 2 be number 1?
Because I'm the shit, bitch

I be on that other shit, I be on that other shit, I be
on that other shit
And you can't handle none of it
I be on that other shit, I be on that other shit, I be
on that other shit
And you can't handle none of it

I CAN HEAR YOUR FEET (SUNRISE)

I do not talk. I am just a rapper

Childish Gambino, hot as a flaming cheeto
I'm tighter than baby speedos
I'm shitting another kilo
And that's because my shits dope
Walking past the red rope
The bouncer is my kin folk
So I don't need credentials
Sick boy is my clique
I got that shit inside a headlock
Love to make that bam bam
We were born to make the bed rock
I am so hip hop more so than you guys
I am legend, you guys are true lies
Tipsy like some Jenga
Shout out to my topangas
Them thicky thick girls stay wrapped around my finga
Nerdy girls from every where
They scope me out like there he is
My whole crew's sick
I'm hanging out with Jerry's Kids
Hold up motherfucker
It's gambini on the microphone
Screaming like your father when he comes home and the
light are on
Girls addicted to my dick
My wallet is there methadone
Brain dead niggas love beef
They are vegetables
I am on that fly shit
Fuck that, I'm orbiting
My face is everywhere
Fuck that, I'm Norbiting

I can feel your heat, momma
I can hear your feet, momma

...give you the sunrise
I wanna give you the sunrise
I wanna give you the sunrise
I wanna give you the sunrise

I LOVE CLOTHES (DEADBEAT SUMMER)

I do not talk, I am just a rapper

Nigga, I'm the capper
Rapper slash not actor
Cause I could never act the part of being fakey
You should really thank me
Who else would do this shit?
All that fucking wishing and waiting

These niggas are mistakin
You don't speak my language
Dressed like I'm cambridge
Bowtie make me muslim
Switch for suspenders
Two at least
Clickin through our hyperbeast
Tom Brown, Hells Bells, Kitsune, Jay L

I don't wear your shirt unless it got a logo
Now it's to go out and walk around soho
All high schools showing out, Pay less.
Man fuck that, yo I earned this.

I love clothes.

Go to top man
That's the hot spot
Check Kayne's blog for the high tops
Check shake appeal lookbook right quick
They hooking up with ambush, that's it
Sperry top cider with a black trim
Pink leather jacket, gotta get him
New t-shirt and I put it all
On a charge card
Burning through my go yard
And it's so dumb, but it's so tight
Ain't nothing like new shoes every night
And it feels so good in the new jeans
And the new shirt, it's addicting
I'm an addict

I don't want help, I'm a die in my brand new Louis
belt.
But not Louis, it's too gaudy
Check the lime green frames this girl bought me
Billionaire boys club, I'm living it
One shirt, eight dubs
I'm spending it
Got shoes that I know I won't wear
And the problem is I don't really care
Got money, but nothing is forever
Every time I gotta buy I new sweater
By 211 I'll be dead broke
I'll be the homeless dude in a peacoat.

I'M A BOSS FREESTYLE



see i be riding through my old hood, same old attitude
chillin with your girlfriend, why she always mad at you
she be like “blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah”
only time that she quiet, when my thing is inside her
don't you know i'm a writer
yeah, i sleep in her stomach
and i slip her a 50, just to keep her 100
yeah, my swaggers so dummy
we so stupid, so silly
i watch them girls getting lower than a kick in the milli
gambino, why you got a gold chain?
cause girls only gonna see you when you stuntin, man
i'm coming back, swag on rogaine
girl let me see your two chains on it
so hood, man what you talking bout
man, i'm watching law and order on my grandma's couch
eating lucky charms for dinner
loser to a winner
swag so clippers
me and blake griffin
me and blake griffin
why your goals dripping
you even seen ballers like us po' pimping
ha, we getting drunk like a kennedy
ha, we stay fly like the end of grease
yeah, i got o's like cp3
don't worry, don't worry, don't you worry 'bout me
i'm only worried when that period's on cpt
when that period's on cpt

I'M ALRIGHT

This is exactly what I wanted, all my fans love me
Dad is proud of me, momma cries for me
Cause she know there ain't sleep in my schedule
Having nightmares that I'm the black Heath Ledger
Sleep when I'm dead these voices in my head
Got me waking up at 4 just so I can write instead
And my friends come and ask me if it's worth it
I tell them that it better be, I did this shit on
purpose
The worst is being worthless
Now a nigga priceless
Bloomingdales coat, I don't have to check the prices
But I only go to feel a sense of control
Cause I get this shit for free if I wear promotional
And I'm not emotional
When I do my work
I get emotional when I order that dessert
Cause she always ate dessert and I deserted her
But I refuse to compromise career for a girl
Cause this music and this writing and this acting is my
soul
And if I let it go, there'd be no one left to know
Being happy is the goal but greatness is my vision
And all these girls are thinking they compete with my
ambition
But baby I am different this shit is my life
And if you don't believe me, you can never be wife
I'm walking in this darkness and I'm tryna find a light
And I'd rather die than be average and chances are I
might, because

Things are changing, my life ??????
Thirteen cities in the last eight weekends
All I know is baby I'm so tired
Record on Monday, tape on Tuesday,
I ain't slowing down I don't care what you say
Fuck this health thing, Momma I'm alright

IT MAY BE GLAMOUR LIFE

[Intro]
It's royalty
It's royalty

[Verse 1: Ghostface]
Hey world, this is lollipop
Raps for the sweet tooth
The real fiends who want their ghost face in sheep boots
Big chain changlin' charms, they be danglin'
Eighty thou worth of the ice, I'll strangle 'em
My raw fish scale, paid the jeweler named Ishmael
Had to eagle fly back to my wrist
Bigger chips, bigger wings, bigger rings
I'm with the Childish Gambino
On that Eastwood shit, pushin' a Gran Turino
Tarantino don't got reservoir dogs like mine
Thirty six different niggas with the same state of mind
Thirty ghetto kids lovin' them haters
We got skaters that'll ox your whole face off
Rob you like Madoff
Drug kingpins on the diet, we get that weight off
Real hood niggas snatch a bitch and clean your plate off
Gambino rap, cash money crack, table casino
Pushers into emerald sapphire visuals

KIDS

[hook]
if we were kids
i'd want to give you everything that you would want
those other boys
they gave you toys, but all they wanna do is
keep up
keep up, keep up, keep up
that's all i want, keep up
keep up with me, keep up
keep up
keep up, keep up, keep up
that's all i want, keep up
keep up with me, keep up

[verse 1]
i guess i'm fucking now
i'm getting used to it
it's cause i shine, and i ain't gotta use a crucifix
fuck the fussing and fighting and arguing to this and that
and “why you bein' mean to me donald?” i never texted back
i know it's comin' quick, wishin' i could fast forward
tell these nice girls they're the reason that i'm an asshole
omega to alpha male because of that dollar bill
when i worked the mail room i ain't have a shot in hell
i called her ass for two months and heard shit from her
these girls couldn't care less when the chips under
the chips are up and on my shoulder, you heard me?
i take it out on girls who don't even deserve it
the girls i tried to hit last year, i still might
karmas a bitch who doesn't suck, but i still like
if we were kids i had the black k-swiss and reebok
if we were kids i wouldn't act like this but we not

[hook]

[verse 2]
you made a mistake
these dudes man you bathing in apes
finding you is like finding asians i hate
but they say i got a fetish, nah i'm skipping all of it
black and white girls come with a lot of politics
that's all i was saying
i'm a proud man
they wanna holla when they see your name on soundscan
her name mercedes but she push a brown focus
and she's doing coke in front of me, but act like i don't notice
“there any breakage in that trojan?”
she see what she wanna see
so i make her take plan b in front of me
women talk shit on men like all day
but it's pete wentz, goes both ways
they too busy stabbing hoes like oj
they too busy trapping pros like kobe
the only thing i put before me is do re
if you had told me the truth we'd be ok

[hook]

L.E.S.

[hook]
baby, you're the baddest
baby, you're the baddest girl and uh
nobody else matters
nobody else matters girl and uh
we're kissing in the bathroom
we're kissing in the bathroom girl and uh
i hope nobody catch us
but i kinda hope they catch us

[verse 1]
anyway
a new york nine's an everywhere-else six
timewise, the opposite goes for chicks
i'm in a taxi, texting with my best friend
he's sleepin' with this girl that he met up on west end
he's lucky, she's a career woman, no kids
most girls see the clothes and try and gold dig
most hoes poke holes in trojans
most people don't fuckin' hit the lotto but my folks did
i'm a mess
that don't rhyme with shit, it's just true
don't bring your girlfriend here, it's just you
when i'm depressed you're someone i run to
but, i guess meet me at pianos
and cross-fadin' off of nanos
ugh, on that hipster shit
and you's a hipster, bitch
yo, but not in the lame way
like, you ain't livin' out in bk
like, you ain't workin' on a screenplay
like, your baby daddy ain't a dj
like, she listenin' to old freeway
cause everybody listens to biggie, but she different
right, that's why your friends need wristbands?
fuck you
and can i have this dance?

[hook x2]

[verse 2]
we could pretend if you want to, like
we in love and started datin' after art school
cause either way we both lyin' more than half of the time
except for when i'm home workin' on your graphic design
everytime we see each other i'm takin' you home
our relationship has gotten sylvester stalone
yellow 9/11 persian girl in the back car
but me writin' a verse the only way they buyin' a bar
white boys used to trip and send me over a gin
but they busy showin' off each other indian friend
she got ironic tattoos on her back
that ain't ironic bitch, i love rugrats
watchin' lames handle they fame
they bang any broad with bangs
in a band with an animal name
hannibal came drinkin' a handle of jameson
anallin' anyone is the plan for the evening
i'm kidding, stop
girl cryin' on ludlow
she still look good though
love is eastside, who are you to hate?
movie ass, not a 10 but a super 8
you ain't see me at the show, i was super great
hotel penthouse, go on and let it roominate
city never sleeps, so i guess i'm never slept on
did everything i could, then i kept goin'

[hook x2]

[break]
ooh girl, i wanna know
are you ready to cry, cause i'm no good, no good
ooh girl, i wanna try
i'm an awful guy and i'm always away
and i'm tryin' to say
i'mma piece of shit
believe in this
i'm tellin' you
cause we barely knew, what we had
i'm not that bad, the fun we had
ooh

[hook x2]