Childish Gambino - Fire Fly Lyrics
[hook]now when they see us on the streetsall they wanna do is take picsand i'm like, okay (yeah, okay)and when they hear us on the beatall they wanna do is make hitsand i'm like, okay (yeah, okay)and if you're feelin' like i'm feelin'how the world should be: perfectlyfire like i'm third degree, and suddenlyshawty, we got so highfire fly[verse 1]skateboardin' down at washington squarelookin' for quartersmaybe a afford a falafel for dinner, ughi'm so broke manscholarship apologyfacebook messages from college kids who hollerin'girls like, "we love you, we go to lsuyou gotta do a show so we can come and molest you"this rap stuff is magici used to get called "oreo" and "faggot"i used to get more laughs when i got laughed atoh you got a mixtape? that's fantasticbut everybody thought it was jokes thoughthey half right, the joke isi got flow so don't act likeyou ain't sittin' there with your friends like, it can't bei know donald glover, he weak man, he can't bei'm still knocked down, but i up the anteme and hip-hop, that black sid and nancy[hook][verse 2]it's hard to make hov the footsteps you followin'especially when your niggas look like carltonthe pretty girls usin' skin so softonly be likin' black dudes with their hats broke offman you act too soft***** you! i'm from the projectsmy mom was just workin' to give me optionsno live shows, cause i can't find sponsorsfor the only black kid at a sufjan concertyeah so, whatcha gonna do man?you won't speak to the hood, manif i was given one chance i think i could, manthese black kids want somethin' new, i swear itsomethin' they wanna say but couldn't cause they embarrassedall i do is make the stuff i wanna writereference shows i wanna watch, reference girls i wanna bitenow i'm firefly like a burning kiteand yousa fake ***** like a fleshlighteven dudes who like me straight lookin' at me crazylike, how the hell he drop a ep and meet jay-z?girls used to tell me i ain't cool enoughnow text me pics sayin', "you could tear this up"i don't really like shades, big rims, or jewelrybut gettin' time of day from a model is new to mebein' me isn't as hard as it used to benow everyone sing the chorus man, you do it so beautifully[hook x2]