Hold You Down - Childish Gambino

Oh, I want it, yeah

Whenever you need my hand

I’ll hold you down, oh

Oh, you want it, yeah

Why in the fuck these niggas

Tryin' to hold me down, oh

Yeah, uh

Why in the fuck these niggas

Try and hold me down, ohh

«You such a fuckin' lame!»

It’s what they used to yell back in seventh grade

My mama said she’d get me that new jacket when the cost go down

Hit the office, stole some Tommy Hill from lost and found

Not bad for a family of foster child

Lookin' fly man, I’m flossin' now

But them niggas saw through me

«Are you serious?

What is this?»

Took the jacket off third period, ellipsis

Listening to «Sky Is the Limit» on my Walkman

Thinking if Biggie can make it through it, man then I can

Dope-boy swag, I always wanted that

But my persona was always more of that Arthur Ashe

But no love for the son of a commuter who was a radio head

And okay at them computers at the post office

It’s funny how you smoke niggas then you start coffins

All my people need throat lozenge

My fear is dead, ambition drove the hearse

But niggas got me feelin' I ain’t black enough to go to church

Culture shock at barber shops cause I ain’t hood enough

We all look the same to the cops, ain’t that good enough?

The black experience is black and serious

Cause being black, my experience, is no one hearin' us

White kids get to wear whatever hat they want

When it comes to black kids one size fits all

Oh, I want it, yeah

Whenever you need my hand

I’ll hold you down, oh

Oh, you want it, yeah

Why in the fuck these niggas

Tryin' to hold me down, oh

We the baddest nigga

We the baddest nigga, yeah

We the baddest nigga, we the baddest nigga, uh

We the baddest nigga, we the baddest nigga, uh

We the baddest nigga, uh, we the baddest nigga

The reason that they say I’m nothin' what they seen or heard’s

The same reason Will Smith always opposite Latino girls

They only see you how they wanna see you

'Til you make them see you in some other way

I’m trippin' off the other day

'Cause God knows what these white kids sayin' dude

You’re not not racist 'cause The Wire’s in your Netflix queue

Subtle racism, it’s hard to pin it

'Cause you’d only understand if you were me for just a minute

This one kid said somethin' that was really bad

He said I wasn’t really black because I had a dad

I think that’s kinda sad

Mostly 'cause a lot of black kids think they should agree with that

If you’re a father, you should stick around if you could

'Cause even if you’re bad at it, you could Tiger Woods or MJ

We warriors, we all need senseis

Change everything that we’ve done so far

I don’t mean makin' B.E.T.

T.E.R

I mean just the way that we see each other

I won’t stop until they say:

«James Franco is the white Donald Glover»

Yeah, these niggas wanted Cookie, but instead I gave 'em Loch Ness

Sick Boi for life, my swag is in a hospice

Aimin' for the throne, Jay and Ye said to watch that

They ask me what I’m doin', and I said I’m stealin' rock back

Nigga

Oh, I want it, yeah

Whenever you need my hand

I’ll hold you down, oh

Oh, you want it, yeah

Why in the fuck these niggas

Tryin' to hold me down, oh

Oh, I want it, yeah

Whenever you need my hand

I’ll hold you down, oh

Oh, you want it, yeah

Why in the fuck these niggas

Tryin' to hold me down, oh