Childish Gambino - Outside Lyrics






[Verse 1]
I used to dream every night, now I never dream at all
Hopin' that it's cause I'm livin' everything I want
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]
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
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]

[Outro]
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Oh, help us Lord
Oh, baby baby baby





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  1. A.... P....

    genuinely curious if there is anyone listening in 2020

  2. S.... B....

    Nate? Thanks.

  3. R.... ....

    Happy 8th birthday to this album

  4. J.... G....

    This is América

  5. m.... c....

    I wish he rapped like this still.

  6. J.... W....

    This and Bonfire too close to choose for best song of this tape

  7. b.... t....

    Better then “this is America “ to me my favorite Donald jam

  8. D.... ....

    This hook is legendary.

  9. A.... 1....

    Listening to camp is like looking through a treasure chest

  10. C.... W....

    Imma just say it.. Who listening to this in 2019 lmao?

    C.... W....

    Till 3005 yo

  11. C.... T....

    Time for that 2019 roll call

  12. T.... H....

    this song just nourishes the soul, fucking amazing!!!

    T.... H....

    Absolutely

  13. j.... ....

    Imma just say it.. Who listening to this in 2016 lmao?

  14. C.... X....

    This album is 7 years old. Still classic Gambino.

  15. C.... ....

    His best album.

  16. H.... F....

    -insert comment here-

  17. F.... R....

    Classic Shit man been listening to this since forever

  18. M.... D....

    2:10👌🏾🙏🏾😉

  19. C.... P....

    top 10 childish song and best song on this album... who else agrees?

  20. L.... R....

    This song is..it's.. It's powerful, it's something... It's amazing

  21. z.... ....

    I hope im not alone listening to this in 2018

    z.... ....

    zero8052 nope

    z.... ....

    *2019 still listening.. this a classic*

  22. A.... W....

    He used to be like Kanye(who we really need because we need a Kanye that doesn't suck)but his song "This Is America" resembles Migos(but in that songs case, he's infinitely better than his muse)

    A.... W....

    stop comparing him to others

    A.... W....

    Lol kanye cant write lyrics for shit

  23. S.... K....

    I'm surprised this isn't even at 500k at the least. He's very popular these days.

    S.... K....

    Because this for his older fans The new fans can have awaken my love

    S.... K....

    The old fans need too keep the good ones

    S.... K....

    It’s almost there.

  24. H.... J....

    I wish I heard this in middle school.

    H.... J....

    Hakeem Jacobs I was a freshman when it came out. Close enough

  25. G.... C....

    Imma just say it.. Who listening to this in 2018 lmao?

    G.... C....

    2019 son.

    G.... C....

    @Curt Cavanagh same

    G.... C....

    Trends die, but this album is great!

    G.... C....

    @cole chemo i dont really like this is america but theres no fucking way you call Redbone a trash. It's a real masterpiece. But still i like a lot of his old stuff too

    G.... C....

    Right now... no one... unless they have a time machine.

  26. A.... c....

    “All they get now is can your son read the script?” I always get chills

  27. T.... B....

    When you start listening to black music, you kind of find things you never experienced.

  28. s.... ....

    Damn that last verse was definitely about paper boi #fubu

    s.... ....

    A lot of stuff in that show is from his childhood.

  29. K.... C....

    CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?!

    K.... C....

    Hollywood Undead#

  30. Q.... ....

    I swear this one track embodies all of the Atlanta series, his family, upbringing, youth, cousin (older cousin Alfred)... it's crazy

  31. w.... d....

    lmao they put :D

  32. F.... J....

    I love Donald Glover

  33. n.... p....

    [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]
    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
    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 who kept the older boys
    From teasin', for some reason
    [Hook]
    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
    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

    [Outro]
    Can you hear me now?
    Can you hear me now?
    Oh, help us Lord
    Oh, baby baby baby

  34. D.... ....

    Quem veio pelo cellbit??

  35. v.... c....

    quem veio pelo cellbit

    v.... c....

    VINI CRAYCRAY hshahshhshdhwhs eu tambeeeem




    Ele tem um estilo de musica muito boa

    v.... c....

    can yall not

  36. A.... D....

    não acredito que o cellbit gosta dessa musica imagino ele cantando(sim eu pesquisei pq curto ele e quero conhecelo <3)

    A.... D....

    Ana Dob what

    A.... D....

    Don't speak english

    A.... D....

    Ana Dob porque

  37. J.... ....

    I am so feeling this song!

  38. J.... C....

    Imma just say it..Who listening to this in 2017 lmao?

    J.... C....

    Heard this first time in 2014....just came back in 2018

    J.... C....

    This is my first time. I've known of Donald Glover for years but I never cared to check him out. I happened to catch him on SNL last night, a show I never fuckin watch, and I was really impressed by his performance both as an actor and musician. I just listened to Awaken My Love! And now I'm listening to this. I guess I'm watching Atlanta soon lol.

    J.... C....

    Jaylen Carter 2018

    J.... C....

    Imma just say this comment fucking stupid

  39. y.... h....

    "we used to say 'I love You' but know we only think that shit"

  40. a.... c....

    the chorus sounds like something out of the heathers musical

    a.... c....

    I legit spent an hour trying to find what musical it was from because I thought the same thing

  41. h.... j....

    THERE'S A WORLD WE CAN VISIT IF WE GO OUTSIDE

  42. B.... Z....

    Why are the best songs so underrated?

    B.... Z....

    Bray Zap Because the mainstream prefers pop music.

    B.... Z....

    Am sorry your normie

    B.... Z....

    Because the internet

  43. D.... T....

    THERE'S A WORLD OUTSIDE

  44. K.... C....

    I don't know why but it's my favorite song when I'm shit face drunk

    K.... C....

    Karol Cysdorf - it's my favorite when I'm getting high. All his tracks are on point!

  45. I.... l....

    i love this album

  46. K.... ....

    This song sucks lmao

    K.... ....

    Drake= G.O.A.T

    K.... ....

    +Kenny Vilorio I really don't wanna fight in YouTube comments about this lol but seriously...Donald Glover is such a skilled brilliant writer, not just his songs but he write a tv show and comedy, Drake can't write as good as him, just my opinion tho, don't get mad

    K.... ....

    @LiamSipp I know that lol. I was just trolling

    K.... ....

    Kenny Vilorio man how dumb are you

    K.... ....

    Kenny Vilorio wait why did you come here if your just gonna hate

  47. a.... p....

    I'm white but this racism towards black people is ducking stupid black people are cooler then white people my friends are black people are stupid they just hate others for no reason !!!!

    a.... p....

    lol ikr what a dumbass

    a.... p....

    aidan pearce you had a good point until you said "black people are cooler". black people as a whole aren't cooler than any other race. no one race is better.

    a.... p....

    *When you overcompensate*

    a.... p....

    Dalian Moya thank you I was looking for that

    a.... p....

    lolperk111 not by definition

  48. T.... O....

    The worst part about this song is it's all true.
    http://genius.com/Fam-being-angry-and-black-on-the-childish-gambino-tour-lyrics/
    About 3/4 the way down. Find the part where he brings his dad on tour

  49. P.... S....

    Good music.real shit. Everything on point. How Coke or didn't make it to the mainstream? I did my part. I shared it on my Facebook: that's the only page I have. Do it too! This song has to be known!! Peace and love to all of u.

    P.... S....

    How come it didn't/ fuck autocorrect

  50. z.... y....

    gosu ;DDDD

  51. t.... c....

    I am eating.

    t.... c....

    tyrie ct Are you still eating?

  52. 1.... ....

    Is the choir part sampled from something, I cant find any info on that?

    1.... ....

    An actual choir sang it. It was not sampled or anything

  53. C.... L....

    As a black teen struggling with stereotypes and other bs. How come this song never made it to my ears sooner. This could help so many people

    C.... L....

    Yeah but what nick is saying, and from my own experience, that doesn't sound like something that "we'd" do. From the smattering of whites that were around in my school days, they were either well recieved (especially if you had curly hair) or just kinda there as another kid you wen't to school with. I think it was the culture difference, Idk; either way, not to say we had all the same experiences, it just seems weird to hear based on what I know. Then again I could be wron, or Chris was a Chicago kid. . . or from gen X, idk that just sucks.

    C.... L....

    I feel ya even thoe i aint black ( mexican ) i go through things like this alot and i finally found the song

    C.... L....

    Brandon Douglas Hey chill kid he never said whites dont go through stuff we all do but colored people (brown and black) tend to be more attacked bc our skin aint pale

    C.... L....

    Or you could stop being a pussy. I'm fine

    C.... L....

    @pull god while I agree that there are Stereotypes for whites too, which ofc are only partly true and it never is the full truth. But you suffer less in the US, as there are Statistics showing how whites are priviliged in getting jobs for example, also the many cases of police brutality towards African Americans which were never punished. America is truly a fucked up nation

  54. G.... I....

    one of my favorite songs The beat is nice but the chorus takes it up through there hope I get to meet this young man one day and record a track together my beats fit his style real cool dude if you ever read this Childish Gambino it would be an honor to do a song with you one day 

    G.... I....

    Gerald Inman good luck

  55. J.... S....

    so underrated

    J.... S....

    not anymore

    J.... S....

    Mandisa Ngwenya lmao

  56. O.... S....

    I listen to Childish Gambino!  Greeting from Poland!

    O.... S....

    Rato Ezdilaras greeting

    O.... S....

    Kurwa to you too

    O.... S....

    shut up

  57. A.... C....

    I'm from The Bronx! I live in Manhattan now tho.

    A.... C....

    NOBODY CARES THOT

    A.... C....

    @Hoodies&Weaponary
     ANGRY CAPS!

    A.... C....

    what is the significance in this comment?

    A.... C....

    So you tryna leave me yah address or naw

    A.... C....

    +actavis childish gambino mentioned his family leaving the bronx in this song

  58. M.... M....

    Gawd damn this song is so good! Goosebumps

    M.... M....

    I love those books

    M.... M....

    @Marko J nah the TV shows were better

    M.... M....

    @Themystery913 true that opening theme tho

  59. M.... ....

    Totally not a rip off of Dark Fantasy... no sirree. 

    M.... ....

    @***** Hating? I never said the song was bad, just that it was pretty obvious what Gambino was inspired by when he wrote this. 

    M.... ....

    @HipsterShiningArmor it was implied that u were hating because u said "totally not a rip off" instead of inspired "totally inspired by"

    M.... ....

    TheMrMague it wasn’t implied.

    M.... ....

    Yeah, personally I like what he did with it though I feel like he does make it his own. But it’s totally taking a lot of inspiration from kanye

  60. E.... ....

    there is a world we can visit if we go outside, we can follow the road..

    E.... ....

    Yeah good song one of my favorites hes an amazing artist and actor nor comedian : D

  61. M.... P....

    Is that a tear

    M.... P....

    same lol

  62. J.... ....

    Can anybody make the instrumental to this? It would help a lot with my album.

    J.... ....

    JTAproductions yo

    J.... ....

    Make your own shit dude

  63. i.... ....

    what's the name of the song they sampled?

    i.... ....

    iamawhore1 nothing

    i.... ....

    iamawhore1 better late than never - Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear!

  64. J.... ....

    The monologue for that power is deep

  65. ".... ....

    EINSTEIN #BEST

  66. D.... B....

    Gambino>>>Eminem

  67. K.... ....

    Childish gambino and kendrick lamar should work together

    K.... ....

    I think Kendrick sneaked in a line on his new song
    that right before the gunshot

    K.... ....

    Please GOD NO! Don't let Gambino become a woke drugged out moron. Kanye and Lil Dicky are the only rappers good enough to work with him IMO

    K.... ....

    remove lil dicky and ill agree

    K.... ....

    Wermhats Wormhat kendrick doesn’t even do drugs lmao... and lil dicky is a funny rapper. he has a couple meaningful songs, but I just couldn’t see it happening

    K.... ....

    Lol you dolts. We all agreed that a 'Bino/Chance tape would be the best collab for him. Favorite Song was so good.

  68. D.... S....

    Listen to some of Shady's newer songs; I think you'll realize CG is the Einstein of rap.

    D.... S....

    and then, you have aesop rock

  69. Z.... P....

    I agree the song is deep and amazing. And I agree with that he raps about real things about life and not about sex money weed and power. He is the greatest rapper a live right now

  70. a.... ....

    song is deep

  71. T.... ....

    i beg to differ eminem raps smart with his rhyming and his stories making sense

  72. E.... ....

    the guitar strum comes in on such a weird beat

  73. A.... S....

    glover is the smartest rapper ever. in every song

  74. a.... ....

    2:56 damn

  75. C.... M....

    THE WORLD IS NOT ALLOWED TO END UNTILL I RECIEVE THIS INSTRUMENTAL!!!!!!!

  76. M.... H....

    I think he has a vevo.

  77. A.... ....

    He is also a actor he is on the community

  78. n.... ....

    Damn... 3

  79. D.... L....

    the realest rapper alive i havnt heard rap like this in a long time

  80. o.... ....

    @ArmyOfWalrus i kno, right. Blew my mind when i heard about it. Thx for the comment. Be safe. PEACE

  81. A.... ....

    @omdway That's actually really interesting. I've never heard that before.

  82. k.... ....

    @omdway ya man i think i've heard that theory before. makes total sense, pretty cool

  83. o.... ....

    @kickyabutt i feel u homie, especially the drums. badump-badump. There's a theory that people respond to hip hop on an instinctual level because the drum beats remind us of our mothers' heartbeat when we were in the womb. It's just a theory but it kinda makes sense. Gambino fa lyf. Maybe c u Outside. PEACE

  84. k.... ....

    Goddamn that hook just makes me feel good. Like warm and fuzzy inside. I cant explain it. Thats when you know its good music. It gives u a feeling u cant explain.

    k.... ....

    It makes me feel kinda sad actually, but I'm still feeling. They never really get to go outside in the song, so tragic.

  85. T.... F....

    @TheJoshJman yep!! the hook gives me chills everytime i hear it!!

  86. J.... D....

    My Childish Gambino station brought me here!!

  87. J.... A....

    never gets old.

  88. J.... A....

    damn!!! such an epic song...

  89. T.... ....

    is this Childish Gambino's channel? if he even has one.

  90. g.... ....

    they called me fat nose LMFAO

  91. K.... J....

    this is the shit