Childish Gambino - Tengo
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{Intro: Childish Gambino}
I don't know man
I mean, don't you hate it
When these songs have like
These long, long-ass intros?
And then, like, everytime-
I mean like if the song is good
Like- everytime you wanna listen to it
You have to skip that first part
You gotta fast-forward
And then, like-
Sometimes you miss it
And you're like
"Damn, now I gotta go back"
And like, it's usually like- of the artist talking
Or some like instrumental that the-
That the artist thought was really cool
But it wasn't
Look
{Verse 1: Childish Gambino}
A kid walks in at the age of eleven
Grabs his lunchbox and his best friend Devon
To go to the schoolyard right around seven
To kick freestyles before the school lesson
How do you explain that?
A kid does what he loves
So he can wake up, he can spit verse
(?...) Maybe people don't want anymore
Cause they watch too much TV
No, it can't be that
I watch Bugs Bunny and Chip 'n Dale until my eyes roll back
TV doesn't destroy it, TV's a need
To write stories, think thoughts and enjoy a dream
I had an elite team of dream seers and kinfolk
Who wrote dope lines on pad, with pen stroke
To cut MCs to pieces, next-generation like nephew to nieces
But they didn't really love it and that's okay
Some players jump off, even when they're better than MJ
What can I say? You love what you love
You can't get all them right by filling in all of the above
(?...) It's me, it can't be
(?...) Since the age of thirteen when I fell into a pile of dog poop
I'ma make-it-serial with Cheerios and try to get my few scoops
What? I'm too wack?
(Fresh) Fresh from the days I had an asthma attack
(Fresh) Fresh from the days when I watched Animaniacs
Here, you can have your mic back
{Chorus: Childish Gambino}
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 run
{Verse 2: DC Pierson}
To the (?...) like he can't be defeated
Twenty G's every time my episode gets repeated
Catch me on DVD or, if not, in syndication
Take a crowd from waiting to a standing ovation
Full nations want me to hold the president for their cabinet
Yo La Tengo, that means "I have it"
And while I'm at it, here's something for your mixtapes
D to the C munching MC's like six grapes
Mm, juicy, fresh since the days we used to wear Stüssy
Fresh since the days when he kept his hair close-cropped
Invented genres like "Squid-Rock" and "Ghost-Pop"
Leave MCs dickless like their name was "Post-Op"
And running like fat kids, the second that they tarts pop
Don't be shocked when my single gets your chart top
Don't be shocked when the shock makes your heart stop
At least keep breathing, (?...) and a sure-shot
{Outro: DC Pierson & Childish Gambino}
Yeah, fat kids, fat babies
Fat babies having fat babies
I don't know how you do it
Strawberry Frosted Pop-Tarts
Word
Dude, I don't even know-
{Intro: Childish Gambino}
I don't know man
I mean, don't you hate it
When these songs have like
These long, long-ass intros?
And then, like, everytime-
I mean like if the song is good
Like- everytime you wanna listen to it
You have to skip that first part
You gotta fast-forward
And then, like-
Sometimes you miss it
And you're like
"Damn, now I gotta go back"
And like, it's usually like- of the artist talking
Or some like instrumental that the-
That the artist thought was really cool
But it wasn't
Look
{Verse 1: Childish Gambino}
A kid walks in at the age of eleven
Grabs his lunchbox and his best friend Devon
To go to the schoolyard right around seven
To kick freestyles before the school lesson
How do you explain that?
A kid does what he loves
So he can wake up, he can spit verse
(?...) Maybe people don't want anymore
Cause they watch too much TV
No, it can't be that
I watch Bugs Bunny and Chip 'n Dale until my eyes roll back
TV doesn't destroy it, TV's a need
To write stories, think thoughts and enjoy a dream
I had an elite team of dream seers and kinfolk
Who wrote dope lines on pad, with pen stroke
To cut MCs to pieces, next-generation like nephew to nieces
But they didn't really love it and that's okay
Some players jump off, even when they're better than MJ
What can I say? You love what you love
You can't get all them right by filling in all of the above
(?...) It's me, it can't be
(?...) Since the age of thirteen when I fell into a pile of dog poop
I'ma make-it-serial with Cheerios and try to get my few scoops
What? I'm too wack?
(Fresh) Fresh from the days I had an asthma attack
(Fresh) Fresh from the days when I watched Animaniacs
Here, you can have your mic back
{Chorus: Childish Gambino}
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 run
{Verse 2: DC Pierson}
To the (?...) like he can't be defeated
Twenty G's every time my episode gets repeated
Catch me on DVD or, if not, in syndication
Take a crowd from waiting to a standing ovation
Full nations want me to hold the president for their cabinet
Yo La Tengo, that means "I have it"
And while I'm at it, here's something for your mixtapes
D to the C munching MC's like six grapes
Mm, juicy, fresh since the days we used to wear Stüssy
Fresh since the days when he kept his hair close-cropped
Invented genres like "Squid-Rock" and "Ghost-Pop"
Leave MCs dickless like their name was "Post-Op"
And running like fat kids, the second that they tarts pop
Don't be shocked when my single gets your chart top
Don't be shocked when the shock makes your heart stop
At least keep breathing, (?...) and a sure-shot
{Outro: DC Pierson & Childish Gambino}
Yeah, fat kids, fat babies
Fat babies having fat babies
I don't know how you do it
Strawberry Frosted Pop-Tarts
Word
Dude, I don't even know-
