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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Childish Gambino
Vocals
Erik Arvinder
String Instrument
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Donald Glover
Songwriter
Ludwig Göransson
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Donald Glover
Producer
Ludwig Göransson
Producer
Andrew Dawson
Mixing Engineer
Chris Athens
Mastering Engineer
Riley Mackin
Recording Engineer
Ruben Rivera
Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Man made the web, you don't need a name
Man made of faults, I ain't too ashamed
Every thought I had, put it in a box
Everybody see it just before the cops
[Verse 2]
Trolling, trolling, trolling these ****
Rick Rolling these ****, they mad cause they don't know any better
Hold up, it's the kid, quick, tell him he can't sit with us
Fuck it, got money, bought friends like I'm TBS
[Verse 3]
VVS, I can see it all with the clarity
Real-D, hope they dig a **** 'fore they bury me
Even though we were told to go where they wouldn't go
Hella slow, that's that dial up, watch it pile up
[Verse 4]
Andrew Auernheimer, pulling on her weave
It's the Andrew Auernheimer
Andrew Auernheimer, pulling on her weave
It's the Andrew Auernheimer
Andrew Auernheimer, pulling on her weave
It's the Andrew Auernheimer
Andrew Auernheimer, pulling on her weave
It's the Andrew Auernheimer
[Verse 5]
We are the dreams of our parents lost in the future
Who hide the deepest desires and wear a mask like a lucha
Door open, we were smoking in the hotel
The vapors went through the hallway, the manager pissed as hell
[Verse 6]
I mean where's the line between Donnie G and Gambino?
He hang with girls like he's Lena, but needed some time to re-up
Tequila in the cantina, thirty dollars I swallowed
The sauce was so malo and then she said
[Verse 7]
You need to grow up
You been doing this for too long
That camp was a million years ago
Sing me a different song
[Verse 8]
Whether you're trolling or controlling, just a reminder
You think you get it, you don't, it's that Andrew Auernheimer
I'm gone, now I'm back
[Verse 9]
Give a fuck or give 'em hell, just not a chance to react
Tyler Durden this burden, hurtin', they said there was curtains
Certain demise, look in his eyes, the pain and inverting
I could've stayed where I was and have a life you'd be proud of
[Verse 10]
But I'd rather chase things never thought of
It was all love, saying, go hard, making dope
It's a trap, Ackbar backfired
[Verse 11]
Panic dreams, so it seems we're meant to die
I had to figure it out, it's the best, no that's a lie
Had to get some stuff off my chest, I vaporized
High on my own, it took time to realize
Because the internet, mistakes are forever
But if we fuck up on this journey, at least we're together
[Verse 12]
Man, I wish I could go back and tell that kid it's make-believe
Make 'em believe in themself, people who needed my help
Feelings I felt, keeling myself
No one's ever been this lost
[Verse 13]
I just get the information retweeted or say it sucks
I just got the motivation, your talent's just a bunch of luck
Hard work and dedication, but lately it's run amok
[Verse 14]
Waking up in these places I don't remember
Texts from people I never met, doors left open
I don't know who I am anymore
[Verse 15]
Still on the beat though, still in the game
But he moves with a cheat code
Slowest connection ever, my life inside a computer
Them bands that'll make 'em dance, my wallet's Lollapalooza
[Verse 16]
The violence, first person shooter
First person to move, first person to speak
My meals on me, they scream in the streets
Losing my frame of reference, these pieces of shit for breakfast
Funny the day you're born, that's really your death sentence
[Verse 17]
I met this girl at a dinner, we converating
She beautiful in the face, but her voice is truly amazing
And plus she write her own shit, becoming so close knit
Smoke up and talking to eat and she helping me focus
No Anna Nicole Smith, she gettin' hers
[Verse 18]
**** take a props like a musical, live and learn
She say she feel alone all the time, I'm similar
I meet her in my dreams on the moon, I visit her
[Verse 19]
Every night I text her, I wanna solve the world, I think I need your help
She text me, how you gon' trust somebody
When you don't trust yourself?
[Verse 20]
I mean she right though, 45 like a light bulb
And I could've died like my iPhone, but I kept going like a psycho
And I took chance like a dice roll, dropping jewels like it's puberty
Wrote a note on the glass, you see what these labels do to me
[Verse 21]
Texts said, I'm wet, I said hold up, wait a minute
H2O plus my D, that's my hood, I'm living in it
Never forget this feeling, never gon' reach a million
Eventually all my followers realize they don't need a leader
[Verse 22]
Stay on your own shit, fuck what these clones think
Just remember you the shit, but act like it don't stink
We were childish, but had to grow up
When you spitting real shit, eventually you grow up
Realities like allergies, I'm afraid to go nuts
Life the biggest troll, but the joke is on us
Yeah, the joke's you showed up
[Verse 23]
You're here now
You have to help me
You have to help me
I need you
You have to help me
You have to help me
You have to help me
[Verse 24]
Please help me
Please help me
Please
Please help me
Please
Please help me
Written by: DONALD MCKINLEY GLOVER II, Donald Glover, Ludwig Göransson