Genius attempts to decode Childish Gambino's lyrics for "This Is America" and touches on some very important talking points. Find out more here.
I got the strap I gotta carry'em" Childish Gambino includes these lyrics to portray that in order to survive, a colored person must carry a gun because of not only self defense against police excessive force, but also because it is heavily distributed in African American neighborhoods.
This is America (yeah, yeah) Don't catch you slippin' up (woah, ayy) Don't catch you slippin' up (ayy, woo) Look what I'm whippin' up (ayy) Look how I'm geekin' out (hey) I'm so fitted (I'm so fitted, woo) I'm on Gucci (I'm on Gucci) I'm so pretty (yeah, yeah) I'm gon' get it (ayy, I'm gon' get it) Watch me move (blaow) This a celly (ha) That's 822.6M. 11.8M 0. This Is America Lyrics by Childish Gambino from the So Fresh: The Hits of Winter 2018 album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go awa…. x40ey.