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Not Going Back

Childish Gambino

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Not Going Back

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It seems like they all want me to failBut I’m not goin’ backNot goin’ back, babyPlease tell me you don’t want me to fail‘cause I’m not goin’ backNot goin’ backI coulda been a tragedyThat’s why these fake niggas who call me pussy are mad at me‘cause they ain’t have the smarts or the heartAin’t you read the fuckin’ book? things fall apartI was never gonna stay the sameAll I ever really wanted was to change the gameSpent the year kickin’ ass and takin’ namesTry to tell it to your heart, taylor dayneMama told me I was special when them test scores came inCallin’ the new will smith, that’s jadenCallin’ me a faggot when I’m rappin’, that’s hatin’I need to slow down, what the fuck is y’all sayin’?Step inside the party, y’all niggas is mood killersMy lifestyle simple, live easy and bruce willisI’m the boss, michael scott, y’all bitches is just phyllisSet the world on fire, y’all motherfuckers is chillin’, what is this?That’s why these fuckin’ mcs want their asses backDon’t you know that I’m a rapist? ask a trackWhiskey-sippin’, wanna drink the whole bottleBut these smart middle-class black kids need a role modelFuckin’ hate me, that’s what I’m used toSuck a dick, we the shit, metamucilGod damn, man, there’s gotta be a better wayThan pill-poppin’ all these drugs so I can stay awakeLike I’m jessie in this bitch, I’m so excitedThere’s a party at the top, you ain’t invitedBut it’s lame, and all the bitches is fakeYou think about your old girl and how breakin’ up’s a mistakeBlack dudes assume I’m closeted or kinda gayWhite people confused like girl on glee and gaboureyI am donald is a full-time jobThese niggas want me to fail so they can write me offIt seems like they all want me to failBut I’m not goin’ backNot goin’ back, babyPlease tell me you don’t want me to fail‘cause I’m not goin’ backNot goin’ ba-ackDirty girls love my dick, they’re cockroachesJewish girls eat my meat, it’s not kosherRelax, black chick, I think that I have offended theeGot nothin’ against the sistas, I just don’t think they’re into meI am not a thug, aka what they pretend to beI am just myself, aka my worst enemyYeah, bitch, cut the swag with a fuckin’ knifeI come hard like my life keep her pussy tightIt’s cool, though, it’s all goodYou want a dude who keep it real, and stay hoodI’m sorry, babe, but I act meI don’t act black, whatever that beI’m just happy these girls seem into me nowYeah, they lookin’ for some in n out, animal styleWith this lettuce, cheese, bread, makin’ sandwichesThat’s why you niggas fail like all of your parents’ marriagesRan into rashida jones, told me that she heard my songWhen I called her mixed like the crowd at my last showShe said to write her somethin’ nice on the next trackBut she cute, so I wrote her ass a whole rapMan, I threw that shit away, it felt dumbBelieve me, it was bad, we’re better off, you’re welcomeI worked hard on that song like day and nightThat whole song, made this one verse crazy, right?I guess it all goes somewhere, you know thatLike that bullshit you talked before culdesac“I didn’t know he had it in ‘im!”Couldn’t see me as spiderman, but now I’m spittin’ venomNow you payin’ attention, pick your fuckin’ face upWhen I wanna be a superhero I just wake upRenaissance man with a hollywood buzzI refuse to go back to not likin’ who I wasBecauseFake love, these fake dreamsThese fake soundsAll the things that we feltYour voice was screaming too loudI know what you’re ready to beBut it isn’t with meSo I’m ready to leave you aloneI don’t really wanna fight like thisI don’t ever wanna lose your kissAll I ever wanted was someone to hold on toI just wanna be your girlEverything you haven’t heard, plusI just wanna be with you(with you) with you(with you) with you(with you) I just wanna be with you(with you) with you(with you) with you

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