[Childish Gambino] It seems like they all want me to fail But I´m not going back Not going back, baby Please tell me you don´t want me to fail
‘Cause I´m not going back Not going back
[Childish Gambino] I could´ve been a tragedy That´s why these fake niggas who call me pussy are mad at me ‘Cause they ain´t have the smarts or the heart Ain´t you read the fucking book Things Fall Apart? I was never gonna stay the same All I ever really wanted was to change the game Spent the year kicking ass and taking names Try to tell it to your heart, Taylor Dayne Mama told me I was special when them test scores came in Calling me the new Will Smith, that´s Jaden Calling me a faggot when I´m rapping, that´s hating
I need to slow down, what the fuck is y´all saying? Step inside the party, y´all niggas is mood killers My lifestyle simple: Live easy and Bruce Willis I´m the boss, Michael Scott, y´all bitches is just Phyllis Set the world on fire, y´all motherfuckers is chillin´, what is this? That´s why these fucking emcees want their asses back Don´t you know that I´m a rapist? Ask a track Whiskey sipping, wanna drink the whole bottle But these smart middle-class black kids need a role model Fucking hate me, that´s what I´m used to Suck a dick, we the shit, Metamucil God damn, man, there´s gotta be a better way
Than pill-popping all these drugs so I can stay awake Like I´m Jessie in this bitch, I´m so excited There´s a party at the top, you ain´t invited But it´s lame, and all the bitches is fake You think about your old girl and how breaking up´s a mistake Black dudes assume I´m closeted or kinda gay White people confused like girl on Glee and Gabourey IAmDonald is a full-time job These niggas want me to fail so they can write me off
[Childish Gambino] It seems like they all want me to fail But I´m not going back Not going back, baby
Please tell me you don´t want me to fail ‘Cause I´m not going back Not going back
[Childish Gambino] Dirty girls love my dick; they´re cockroaches Jewish girls eat my meat, it´s not kosher Relax, black chick, I think that I have offended thee Got nothing against the sisters, I just don´t think they´re into me I am not a thug, AKA: what they pretend to be I am just myself, AKA: my worst enemy Yeah, bitch, cut the swag with a fucking knife I come hard like my life keep her pussy tight It´s cool though, it´s all good You want a dude who keep it real and stay hood I´m sorry, babe, but I act me
I don´t "act black," whatever that be I´m just happy these girls seem into me now Yeah, they´re looking for some In-N-Out, animal style With this lettuce, cheese, bread making sandwiches That´s why you niggas fail like all of your parents´ marriages Ran into Rashida Jones, told me that she heard my song When I called her mixed like the crowd at my last show She said to write her something nice on the next track But she cute, so I wrote her ass a whole rap Man, I threw that shit away, it felt dumb Believe me, it was bad, we´re better off, you´re welcome
I worked hard on that song like day and night That whole song made this one verse, crazy, right? I guess it all goes somewhere, you know that? Like that bullshit, you talked before Culdesac "I didn´t know he had it in him" Couldn´t see me as Spider-Man, but now I´m spittin´ venom Now you payin´ attention, pick your fucking face up When I wanna be a superhero, I just wake up Renaissance man with a Hollywood buzz I refuse to go back to not liking who I was because
[Beldina Malaika, Childish Gambino] Fake love, these fake dreams These fake sounds
All the things that we felt Your voice was screaming too loud I know what you´re ready to be (be) But it isn´t with me (me) So I´m ready to leave you alone I don´t really wanna fight like this I don´t ever wanna lose your kiss All I ever wanted was someone to hold onto I just wanna be your girl Everything you haven´t heard Plus, I just wanna be with you (With you) With you (With you) With you (With you) I just wanna be with you (With you) With you (With you) With you, oh Oh, oh