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Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

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Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby Eedee » Aug 1st, '13, 14:27

Childish Gambino
OUTSIDE
Camp, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpohPO3ALYQ

This song is just fantastic. And a fucking brilliant way to open the album. I can't even describe how much I love the beat for this. His singing behind the opening is fantastic. The opening lines are just dead honest and have a certain depth to them that just hit me right in the feels. I hope you know the feeling, if not with these lines. The song is a story of his life growing up and how once he broke free from certain shackles, he could finally go outside and see the world. The hook is haunting. Dear God, I love this song. :y:

5/5

[Verse 1]
I used to dream every night, now I never dream at all
I'm hopin' that it's cause I'm livin' everything I want
I used to wake up in a bed between my mom and aunt
Playing with this Land Before Time toy from Pizza Hut
My dad works nights, putting on a stone face
He's saving up so we can get our own place
In the projects, man that sounds fancy to me
They called me fat nose, my mom say you handsome to me
Mrs. Glover ma'am, your son is so advanced
But he's acting up in class and keeps peeing in his pants
And I just wanna fit in, but nobody was helping me out
They talking hood shit and I ain't know what that was about
Cause hood shit and Black shit is super different
So I'm talking hood shit and cool it now like New Edition
Mom and dad wouldn't listen
They left the Bronx so I wouldn't be that
All their friends in NY deal crack
It's weird, you think that they'd be proud of 'em
But when you leave the hood they think that you look down on 'em
The truth is we still struggle on a different plane
7 dollars an hour, WIC vouchers, it's all the same
Facebook messaging hopin' that could patch up shit
But all they get now is, "Can your son read this script?"


[Hook] x2
There's a world we can visit if we go outside
Outside, outside
We can follow the road
There's a world we can visit if we go outside
Outside, outside
No one knows


[Verse 2]
Yeah
Dad lost his job, mama worked at Mrs. Winner's
Gun pulled in her face, she still made dinner
“Donald watch the meter so they don’t turn the lights off"
Workin' two jobs so I can get into that white school
And I hate it there
They all make fun of my clothes and wanna touch my hair
And my uncle on that stuff that got my grandma shook
Drug dealers roughed him up and stole his address book
He’s supposed to pay ‘em back
He owe 'em money but his bank account is zero
So my momma made us sleep with Phillips heads under the pillow
Like that would do somethin'
But she’s got six kids, she’s gotta do somethin'
She don’t want me in a lifestyle like my cousin
And he mad cause his father ain’t around
He lookin’ at me now, like
"Why you so fuckin lucky? I had a father too
But he ain’t around so I'mma take it out on you"
We used to say "I love you," now we only think that shit
It feels weird that you’re the person I took sink baths with
Street took you over, I want my cousin back
The world sayin' what you are because you’re young and black
Don’t believe ‘em
You’re still that kid that kept the older boys from teasin'
For some reason


[Hook] x2

[Outro]
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Oh, help us Lord
Oh, baby baby baby
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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby Steve Spag » Aug 1st, '13, 14:39

I love the whole CD. Really dope.
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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby Eedee » Aug 1st, '13, 14:43

Steve Spag wrote:I love the whole CD. Really dope.


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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby Solace » Aug 3rd, '13, 02:18

Childish Gambino wrote:We used to say "I love you," now we only think that shit,
It feels weird that you’re the person I took sink baths with,
Street took you over, I want my cousin back,
The world sayin' what you are because you’re young and black,
Don’t believe ‘em,
You’re still that kid that kept the older boys from teasin'
For some reason.

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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby Eedee » Aug 3rd, '13, 05:11

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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby SliK » Aug 3rd, '13, 06:24

I only read the lyrics but I am definitely copping this CD when I get a chance. I love Troy from Community and how silly he is but on the other hand I always assumed he made immature music, especially with a name like Childish Gambino.
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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby Eedee » Aug 3rd, '13, 06:25

SliK wrote:I only read the lyrics but I am definitely copping this CD when I get a chance. I love Troy from Community and how silly he is but on the other hand I always assumed he made immature music, especially with an name like Childish Gambino.


He's said himself in interviews that he's a really silly person. Some of that translate into his music but he's also very serious and heartfelt at times.
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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby Solace » Aug 3rd, '13, 08:58

SliK wrote:I only read the lyrics but I am definitely copping this CD when I get a chance. I love Troy from Community and how silly he is but on the other hand I always assumed he made immature music, especially with a name like Childish Gambino.

The only reason his name is Childish Gambino is because when he entered Donald Glover into a Wu Tang Rap Generator online that's what he got. You can try it yourself, I think it was the first generator when I googled it.
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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby SliK » Aug 3rd, '13, 09:05

Still should have called himself Responsible Gambino imo
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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby 12characters » Aug 3rd, '13, 09:08

AND I'M LIKE OKAAAAAAY
YEAH OKAAAAAY
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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby Eedee » Aug 3rd, '13, 09:11

Responsible Gambino lol

I don't care what he's called tbh. He makes dope music.
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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby CrashBand » Aug 3rd, '13, 09:11

This is for the cool kids 12characters, go back to your watching Community box set.
I'm not tryin to be rude, but I sincerely wanna fuck the taste out of your mouth
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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby Eedee » Aug 3rd, '13, 09:12

CrashBand wrote:This is for the cool kids 12characters, go back to your watching Community box set.


Love that show haha.
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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby 12characters » Aug 3rd, '13, 09:13

CrashBand wrote:This is for the cool kids 12characters, go back to your watching Community box set.

Community is for cool kids too doe
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Re: Childish Gambino - "Outside" (Camp, 2011)

Postby SliK » Aug 3rd, '13, 09:15

Would you fuck Britta, or would you fuck Annie?

Choose wisely.
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