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Hold You Down

Childish Gambino

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Hold You Down

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Ooh, I want it, yeahWhenever you need my helpI'll hold you down, ohOoh, you want it, yeahMotherfuck these niggasTryin' to hold me down, ohYeah, uhWhy in the fuck these niggas try and hold me down, ohhYou such a fuckin' lameIt's what they used to yell back in seventh gradeMy momma said she'd get me that new jacket when the cost go downHit the office, stole some tommy hill from lost and foundNot bad for a family of foster childLookin' fly man, I'm flossin' nowBut them niggas saw through meAre you serious? what is this?Took the jacket off third period, ellipsisListening to "sky is the limit" on my walkmanThinking if biggie can make it through it, man then I canDope-boy swagI always wanted thatBut my persona was always more of that arthur ashBut no love for the son of a commuterWho was a radio head and okay at them computersAt the post officeIt's funny how you smoke niggas then you start coffinsAll my people need throat lozengeMy fear is deadAmbition drove the hearseBut niggas got my feelin' I ain't black enough to go to churchCulture shock at barber shops cause I ain't hood enoughWe all look the same to the cops, ain't that good enough?The black experience is blackened seriousCause being black, my experience, is no one hearin' usWhite kids get to wear whatever hat they wantWhen it comes to black kids one size fits allWe the baddest nigga, we the baddest niggaYou hear me?We the baddest nigga, we the baddest niggaWe the baddest nigga, we the baddestThe reason that they say I'm nothin' what they seen or heard'sThe same reason will smith always opposite latino girlsThey only see you how they wanna see you'til you make them see you in some other wayI'm trippin' off the other dayCause god knows what these white kids sayin'Dude you're not not racist cause the wire's in your netflix cueSubtle racismIt's hard to pin it cause you'd only understandIf you were me for just a minuteThis one kid said somethin' that was really badHe said I wasn't really black because I had a dadI think that's kinda sadMostly cause a lot of black kids think they should agree with thatIf you're a father, you should stick around if you couldCause even if you're bad at it, you get tiger woodsWe warriors, we all need senseisChange everything that we've done so farI don't mean makin' b.e.t. t.e.rI mean just the way that we see each otherI won't stop until they say, "james franco is the white donald glover"Yeah, these niggas wanted cookie but instead I gave 'em loch nessSick boi for life, my swag is in a hospiceAimin' for the throne, jay and ye said to watch thatThey ask me what I'm doin', I say I'm stealin' rock backNigga

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