Genius Meanings
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Childish Gambino – Hold You Down
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“Hold You Down” deals with Gambino’s experiences with racism in school and neither fitting in with the black nor the white demographic.
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Childish Gambino – Heartbeat
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“Heartbeat” is a song about The One, and not being able to have or be with her. It expresses the complicated emotions that can occur when you’re sleeping with girls you don’t love
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Childish Gambino – Letter Home
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Gambino strips down the instrumental to “All The Shine,” leaving just the violins, to address an ex that he still has feelings for in a poignant interlude.
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KAYTRANADA & Childish Gambino – 2:15
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Lyrics from Snippet / [Childish Gambino] / In the mornin' / It's 2:15 in the mornin' / I'm talkin' to you, but I'm really tryna hold you down / Spirits are all around, girl, can
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Childish Gambino – V. 3005
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Because the Internet’s lead single houses some of Gambino’s existential thoughts with a catchy hook and beat.
He said of the song:
Everybody’s like, ‘It’s a love song,’ it’s kind
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Childish Gambino (Ft. Jaden) – Pop Thieves (Make It Feel Good)
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The second track on the Kauai EP, this track has a Culdesac/Camp vibe to it, meshed over-top serene sounds of waves flowing and birds calling. Definitely brings out the romantic
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Childish Gambino – III. Urn
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During his quick Q&A with fans on RG following the leak of Because The Internet Gambino was asked what his favorite track off the new album was, which he responded with this track.
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Childish Gambino – Bonfire
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On Friday, July 22nd, 2011, Childish Gambino released the first song off of his album, Camp titled “Bonfire”
This track contains some of CG’s most hilarious, genius, and
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Childish Gambino – II. Zealots of Stockholm [Free Information]
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Over a complex beat, Childish Gambino’s “Zealots of Stockholm” explores relationships with his parents and the biggest contrast of all: life and death.
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Kendrick Lamar – HUMBLE.
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On the ironically braggadocious track “HUMBLE.” Kendrick Lamar challenges his competition. It was released a week after the first promotional single, “The Heart Part 4,” with a
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Childish Gambino – Not Going Back
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On the outro song of the five-track EP, Gambino closes the project with a climactic build-up where he expresses his perseverance through all adversity. He even touches on
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Childish Gambino – Me and Your Mama
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On November 10th, 2016, following an elongated reprieve from the musical world, Childish Gambino premiered “Me and Your Mama” on Apple Music’s Beats 1 Radio with Zane Lowe. The
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Childish Gambino – Baby Boy
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On “Baby Boy,” Donald addresses his son, born earlier in 2016. He expresses joy at this new chapter in his life, but also has fears as a new father, whether from external pressures
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Childish Gambino (Ft. 21 Savage, Ink & Kadhja Bonet) – 12.38
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“12.38” is an experimental R&B track that has Gambino singing about an escapade with a girl, and what their journey entailed. It features verses from past collaborator 21 Savage as
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Childish Gambino – Fire Fly
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[Chorus: Childish Gambino & Janet Leon] / Now when they see us in the streets / All they wanna do is take pics / And I'm like, okay (Yeah, okay) / And when they hear us on the beat
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Rap Critic – Rap Critic Reviews: "Started From the Bottom" by Drake VS. "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I.G.
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Part 1: / *shrugs* Okay. This is the lead single from Drake’s third album. And it’s obvious that he’s no longer trying. I mean, listen to this / Started from the bottom, now we
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Childish Gambino – L.E.S.
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On the eighth track, Gambino sets up and knocks down a collection of hipster stereotypes in this ode to attempting to get laid on New York City’s Lower East Side.
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Frank Ocean – Pink + White
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Produced by Pharrell Williams and featuring uncredited backing vocals from Beyoncé, “Pink + White” details Frank’s memories of his youth and someone close to him who passed away
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Childish Gambino – II. Shadows
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“II. shadows” is the sixth track off Childish Gambino’s second album, Because the Internet.
The song is produced by Ludwig Göransson, Childish Gambino and Thundercat. Thundercat’s
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Childish Gambino – Heartbeat (Treasure Fingers Remix)
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I wanted you to know / That I am ready to go / Heartbeat, my heartbeat / I wanted you to know / Whenever you are around / Can't speak, I can't speak / I wanted you to know / That I
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Logic (Ft. Childish Gambino) – Driving Ms Daisy
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https://twitter.com/Logic301/status/504716913558425600
It’s about appreciating where you are and what you have, yea sure we should plan and look to the future but not at the
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Childish Gambino – Secret Track (V. 3005 - Beach Picnic Version)
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The lyrics for this track were found by reddit user peepsie112, and the original post can be found here. Later that day, Donald himself confirmed it was the secret track through
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Childish Gambino – This Is America
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Dropping amid ongoing political and cultural tumult and turmoil, Childish Gambino’s “This is America” appears to be a commentary on black life in America and American culture as a
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Childish Gambino – Freaks and Geeks
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The second track off of Gambino’s debut EP, which ended up being his most loved songs he’s ever released.
When Camp was released, it was re-released onto the deluxe edition of the
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Childish Gambino (Ft. 21 Savage) – Do Whatever You Want
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[Chorus: Childish Gambino] / (Okay) / Sunshine, blue skies / Took time to realize I could really do whatever I want (Okay) / Said I could really do whatever I want (Okay, okay
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Childish Gambino – Outside
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“Outside” is the opening track to Gambino’s album Camp released on November 15th, 2011.
It could be said that this song relates to Plato’s Cave Allegory. CG draws a parallel
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Chance the Rapper (Ft. Childish Gambino) – Favorite Song
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On this track, Chance and Childish Gambino give everyone solid reasons why this should be their favorite song. Whether it’s about the beat, the “lyrical acrobatics,” or the silly
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UGK (Ft. OutKast) – Int’l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
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The Underground Kingz (Bun B, Pimp C) and the Outkasts (André 3000 and Big Boi) unite in a classic track about the women in their lives. There are two stories about actually
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Childish Gambino – Feels Like Summer
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“Feels Like Summer,” later released as “42.26,” is the tenth track on Gambino’s fourth studio album 3.15.20.
Bino first released the track, alongside “Summertime Magic,” on the
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Ludwig Göransson (Ft. Childish Gambino, Jhené Aiko & Vince Staples) – Waiting For My Moment
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Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino), Jhené Aiko and Vince Staples birth a track with heavy and intense orchestral instrumental crafted by Ludwig Göranson, it creates a dramatic
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Childish Gambino – We Ain't Them
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“We Ain’t Them” originally appeared in raw form during one of Gambino shows and was later reworked in-studio by Donald Glover and Ludwig Göransson for Royalty
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Childish Gambino (Ft. kai & Mystikal) – I. Crawl
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The true beginning of the story.
This is fifteen years after the prelude (The Library). The Boy and his friend Fam go and pick up their friends Swank, Steve, Marcus (Chance the
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Childish Gambino (Ft. Beck) – Silk Pillow
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Silk Pillow is the 11th track on the Royalty mixtape. Beck added a verse as well as co-produced the track with Childish Gambino.
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Regular Show (Ft. Childish Gambino, MC Lyte & Tyler, The Creator) – Rap It Up
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This is a collection of rap battle verses from the “Rap It Up” episode of Cartoon Network’s Regular Show, in which Childish Gambino and Tyler, The Creator play 2 rappers in the
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Childish Gambino – You See Me
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On this track, Childish uses a flow similar to Drake’s verse on “Forever” while talking about his love for Asian girls.
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Childish Gambino – The Last
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[Verse] / I'm the last of a dying breed / Meaning that I’m not afraid to try a new thing / Can't see me, best to get yourself some Visine / Toe tag a motherfucker / No jokes while
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Childish Gambino – Retro (Rough)
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This is a remake of his own song “Love is Crazy” which appeared on his first mixtape: Sick Boi
However, it’s still labeled as “ROUGH” on the official tracklisting.
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Noname (Ft. Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation) – hold me down
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[Verse 1: Noname] / Uh, yeah / I hope you understand, everybody scams / A little Peter Pan paranoia, polygram tell the truth / In the booth, feed the drought / Couple opps bleedin
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Daniel Caesar (Ft. Kali Uchis) – Get You
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“Get You” sees Daniel Caesar reflecting on his life and past relationships with assistance from Colombian singer, Kali Uchis.
In an interview with Billboard, Daniel explains:
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Childish Gambino – Kids (Keep Up)
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[Chorus] / If we were kids, I'd want to give / You everything that you would want / Those other boys, they give you toys / But all they wanna do is / Keep up, keep up, keep up
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Childish Gambino – All the Shine
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On “All The Shine,” Gambino raps about not being taken seriously as a rapper and critics dismissing him as a rapper for not meeting typical rap standards. At times, he even
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Childish Gambino – Untouchable
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In “Untouchable”, Bino boldly details the accomplishments he’s made, detaching himself from his old life of constantly being rejected. Refusing to be ignored any longer, he
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Henry Taylor – Break (All Of The Lights) [Childish Gambino/Kanye West Cover}
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Turn up the lights in here baby / Extra bright, I want y'all to see this / Turn up the lights in here, baby / You know what I need / Want you to see everything / Want you to see
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2Pac – 16 on Death Row
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Most people think Tupac songs are all about himself and his personal life stories. In fact, Tupac only began rapping about his own life after he was shot in Manhattan. Before that
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The Notorious B.I.G. (Ft. Diddy & Ma$e) – Mo' Money Mo' Problems
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“Mo' Money, Mo Problems” represents Puff Daddy and the Family’s 1997 coming out to a crossover audience.
The song discusses the troubles that come with affluence. It was released
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