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Childish Gambino - Fire Fly

Fire Fly
Childish Gambino
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[Chorus:]
Now when they see us on the streets,
All they wanna do is take pics,
And I'm like, “Okay, okay”.
And when they hear us on the beat,
All they wanna do is make hits,
And I'm like, “Okay, okay”.
And if you're feelin' how I'm feelin',
How the world should be: perfectly,
Fire like I'm third degree, and suddenly,
Shawty, we got so high,
Firefly!

[Verse 1:]
Skateboardin' down at Washington Square,
Lookin' for quarters,
Maybe afford a falafel for dinner, ugh!
I'm so broke, man, scholarship apologin',
Facebook messages from college kids who hollerin',
Girls like, “We love you, we go to LSU,
You gotta do a show so we can come and molest you.”
This rap stuff is magic,
I used to get called oreo and faggot.
I used to get more laughs when I got laughed at.
Oh, you got a mixtape? That's fantastic!
But everybody thought it was jokes, though,
They half right, the joke is
I got flow so don't act like
You ain't sittin' there with your friends like, “It can't be!
I know Donald Glover, he weak man, he campy.”
I'm still knocked down, but I up the ante,
Me and hip-hop, that black Sid and Nancy.

[Chorus:]
Now when they see us on the streets,
All they wanna do is take pics,
And I'm like, “Okay, okay”.
And when they hear us on the beat,
All they wanna do is make hits,
And I'm like, “Okay, okay”.
And if you're feelin' how I'm feelin',
How the world should be: perfectly,
Fire like I'm third degree, and suddenly,
Shawty, we got so high,
Firefly!

[Verse 2:]
It's hard to make Hov the footsteps you followin',
Especially, when your niggas look like Carlton.
The pretty girls usin' Skin So Ssoft
Only be likin' black dudes with their hats broke off.
Nigga, you act too soft.
Fuck you! I'm from the projects,
My mom was just workin' to give me options,
No live shows, ‘cause I can't find sponsors
For the only black kid at a Sufjan concert.
Yeah, so, whatcha gonna do, man?
You won't speak to the hood, man!
If I was given one chance I think I could, man.
These black kids want something new, I swear it,
Something they wanna say but couldn't cause they embarrassed.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked,
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite, eh!
Now I'm firefly like a burnin' kite,
And you's a fake fuck like a Fleshlight.
Even dudes who like me straight, lookin' at me crazy,
Like, “How the hell he drop a EP and meet Jay Z?!”
Girls used to tell me I ain't cool enough,
Now text me pics sayin', “You could tear this up.”
I don't really like shades, big rims, or jewelry,
But gettin' time of day from a model is new to me,
Being me isn't as hard as it used to be,
Now everyone sing the chorus, man, you do it so beautifully.

[Chorus: 2x]
Now when they see us on the streets,
All they wanna do is take pics,
And I'm like, “Okay, okay”.
And when they hear us on the beat,
All they wanna do is make hits,
And I'm like, “Okay, okay”.
And if you're feelin' how I'm feelin',
How the world should be: perfectly,
Fire like I'm third degree, and suddenly,
Shawty, we got so high,
Firefly!

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