Genius Meanings
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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 – Do Ya Like
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[Intro: Adele] / Words that I made up, you say my name like- / Words that I made up, you say my name like- / [Chorus] / Baby girl, you know what I want / Let me do it to ya, do it
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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 – 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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Childish Gambino – You Know Me
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[Verse 1] / (Bitch, you know me) / If you don't like this shit I'm puttin' out, then you can blow me / These dollars in my pocket getting big, I gotta fold it / It's Cheezy in the
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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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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 – III. Telegraph Ave. ("Oakland" by Lloyd)
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Track 7 off of Because the Internet (released December 10th, 2013). This was originally featured at the end of the trailer for his short film Clapping for the Wrong Reasons.
In
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Childish Gambino – IV. Sweatpants
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https://twitter.com/DonaldGlover/status/404838406808551424
This song seems to fit a certain rich-boy theme, and does not seem to reflect Gambino himself, but rather a character or
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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 – The Girl
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This song is about Childish Gambino and the girls who want to get with him.
Gambino declines most of them, because they’re crazy, or they have an ulterior motive to get with him.
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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 – 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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H-Bass and the Kosby Kids (Ft. Bustanut, Dr. Delaware & H-Bass) – We See You (VCU)
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We See You (VCU) a single off of H-Bass and the Kosby Kids mixtape I Be Dopeness. The song is a remix of You See Me by Childish Gambino.
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Childish Gambino – III. Life: The Biggest Troll [Andrew Auernheimer]
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The final track on Childish Gambino’s 2013 album Because the Internet. In the corresponding screenplay, this song corresponds to the credits.
This song shows how The Boy reflects
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Childish Gambino – Human Sacrifice
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Childish Gambino debuted this song for the first time ever at his concert in Duluth, GA on September 6th, 2018. The concert was the official start of the “This is America Tour” (
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Childish Gambino (Ft. MC Chris) – The Awesome
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The fourth track off Childish Gambino’s Poindexter, this song samples “Kemkraft 4000” by Zombie Nation, a song often chanted at sports events to rile up the crowd and to gain
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Childish Gambino (Ft. Azealia Banks) – II. Earth: The Oldest Computer (The Last Night)
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The second to last track of the album, “II. Earth: The Oldest Computer”, presents Donald reaching the climax of an existential crisis: He feels that human life is far too short for
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Childish Gambino – My Girl
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It’s Childish Gambino ho, talkin' bout his dick again.
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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 – 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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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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bLAck pARty (Ft. Childish Gambino) – I Love You More Than You Know
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[Verse 1: bLAck pARty] / Way you look at me / I feel you on stage (I feel you on stage) / On tambourine, so sublime / [Chorus: bLAck pARty] / I love you more than you know / I love
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Childish Gambino (Ft. Jaden) – Late Night in Kauai
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Gambino is joined by fellow “online messiah” Jaden Smith and ROYALTY’s Fam on this melodic track.
https://twitter.com/famlikefamily/status/519781167524876288
With Jaden as “The
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Childish Gambino – Bitch, Look at Me Now
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[Intro] / I do not talk, I am just a rapper / Ah! / [Verse 1] / Sick boi make moves like a chess piece / And that move real quick like Nestle / Let me make it clear for a second
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Sway in the Morning (Ft. Childish Gambino) – Childish Gambino Sway In The Morning Freestyle
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A super-sick freestyle over Drake & JAY-Z’s Pound Cake.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NfM_fb1onoI
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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 – Sober
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The first track dropped off of the Kauai EP side of Childish Gambino’s STN MTN/Kauai project.
Before he deleted all of his tweets, Gambino tweeted a link to a page that contained
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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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Latto (Ft. Childish Gambino & Lil Wayne) – Sunshine
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In a recent interview with Angie Martinez, Latto discusses one of the upcoming songs on her debut album ‘777’, titled ‘Sunshine.’ She describes the song as “hood gospel.”
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Childish Gambino – What Kind of Love
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Childish Gambino released “What Kind of Love” in March of 2014, four months after the release of his second album Because The Internet. According to Bino, he released the song via
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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 Yall
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In the spirit of a DJ Drama hosted mixtape, Childish brings yet another remix for one of the later tracks off of the first half of STN MTN/KAUAI. This time, he spazzes over the
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Chance the Rapper (Ft. Twista & VIC MENSA) – Cocoa Butter Kisses
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“Cocoa Butter Kisses” is about Chance turning into a man who repulses his mother. He misses the days when he still had his innocence and his mother used to give him sweet kisses.
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Childish Gambino – So Fly
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This song samples Diana Ross' hit "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough" at the 1:51 mark and throughout the song. A snippet of a sample was taken, enhanced and looped. Check out the
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Childish Gambino – Atavista
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Originally debuted as the intro to “Algorythm” at his Atlanta performance, the song was later confirmed to be a separate song from Gambino’s final album when a setlist from his
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DJ Drama (Ft. Childish Gambino, Cory Gunz, Kid Ink & ScHoolboy Q) – Same Ol' Story
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[Chorus: Kid Ink] / It feel like the same old story, everywhere that I go / And I don't really wanna do it all again tomorrow / So I'm trying to find something brand new / I'm
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Childish Gambino – Redbone
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“Redbone” is about paranoia and infidelity in a relationship. As a slang term, “redbone” distinguishes a lighter-skinned black person of mixed race. Bino fears that his efforts to
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Wiz Khalifa – Black and Yellow
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Wiz Khalifa reps the colors of his hometown (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) – proudly represented on his car – on this Lemonade-esque production by production team Stargate.
A lot of
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Gorillaz (Ft. Del the Funky Homosapien) – Clint Eastwood
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“Clint Eastwood” is the phenomenal debut single from “virtual band” Gorillaz, dropped in 2001. The funky aesthetic of the video and the song’s menacing, mellow beat made it one of
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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 – Let Me Dope You
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[Verse 1: Childish Gambino] / Welcome to the culdesac, this is where the street ends / I am just a rapper, I ain't got the time for speakin' / Nigga stay weak like tornado and a
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