Childish Gambino - Hold You Down lyrics
Childish Gambino [Donald McKinley Glover Jr.] Edwards, CA, U.S. 🇺🇸
[Childish Gambino - Hold You Down lyrics]
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 fit's 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' BET tER
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
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 fit's 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' BET tER
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