Childish Gambino - Telegraph Lyrics






"Power 106!
LA, it's ya girl, Yesi Ortiz
Got some brand-new music
I need y'all to turn it up and let me know what you think
It's Lloyd, called "Oakland", on Power 106."

I was making Japanese
And she's watching DVDs
In Oakland, in Oakland
Now I'm driving up the 5
And she waits till I arrive
In Oakland, in Oakland
Everything, that I wanted
Only gotta drive for the moment
If you tell me "turn around," then I'm on it
For the moment, but you know me
You know how I get when I'm lonely
And I think about you and the moment
But everything you do is so Oakland, so Oakland

Foot on the gas
I'm just trying to pass
All the red lights
And the stop signs
I'm ready to go
Before I get to The Bay
Babe, that's a problem
Because I'm way too scared to call
And you might get me to stay, and oh

I don't really mind the drive
But I think I'd rather die
In Oakland, in Oakland
With my hands on two and ten
So I guess it all depends
On Oakland, on Oakland
And I'm nervous, truth be told
I never saw me growing old
In Oakland, in Oakland
And if I married you tonight
It would probably start a riot
In Oakland, in Oakland

Everything, that I needed
Now that I got you in your feelings
Everything you won't say, you tweet it
And a nigga don't like that shit at all
So treated
Can we just roll with the feeling?
Can we just roll for a minute?
Wait a minute

Foot on the gas
I'm just tryna pass
All the red lights
And the stop signs
I'm ready to go
But I'm really not ready girl
That's a problem
'Cause I'm way too scared to fall
And I know you choose to stay, and oh

All the girlfriends saying "here we go again"
Rich kid but he act like a gentleman
Last one didn't end like it should've been
Two dates and he still wanna get it in
And they're saying it's because of the Internet
Try her once and it's on to the next chick
X-O the O face on your exes...right?
And we can do the same thing if you wanna have at it
When your thoughts can't breathe and you're thinking asthmatic
And you wanna be a mom and I wasn't mad at it
I was thinking 'bout me, I'd be really bad at it
'Cause I'm thinking 'bout me, weeks in Dubai
Fourth of July, house in Kauai, yeah we can try
So let's try

Whoa
I took off my nine to five
But you still don't have the time to kiss me (just hit me)
And if I left you all alone, would you still pick up the phone
It's iffy, you miss me
I got furniture to move, and we'll both be thirty soon
In Oakland, in Oakland
The only one I know is you, so the fuck I'm supposed to do?
In Oakland, in Oakland [8x]





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  1. D.... 2....

    2020 and still hearing this Fire!!! Fire!!!

  2. E.... J....

    1:37 ok but wat was dat moving in the cabin

    E.... J....

    someone crouching

  3. A.... C....

    This makes feel so nostalgic

  4. l.... n....

    Wtf am I witnessing in Oakland

  5. A.... G....

    Самый недооценённый его клип. А песня просто лучшая

  6. M.... K....

    Anyone here because of Billie ?❤️😂

    M.... K....

    Me 🥑❤️

  7. W.... ....

    2020 anyone?

  8. S.... ....

    KMEL... y'all can kiss my ass!

  9. E.... W....

    I’ll never tired of this song ❤️

  10. P.... Y....

    Lol so he gets infected in The Worst Guys, at 1:48 you can see his wound, in Urn the first phrase "I wasn't always this way" could have something to do with the parasite, here you see him infected.

  11. P.... Y....

    Gambino made some tentacle hentai

  12. M.... F....

    I like how he goes from the man you wanna dream of to your sleep paralysis demon

  13. T.... H....

    Classic

  14. G.... G....

    2020 anyone?

  15. M.... ....

    Mfw the cable on your ear buds touch you while you're watching the end

  16. T.... ....

    Kinda wish Lloyd’s version was real just to hear it

  17. B.... P....

    Well....that was umm......real animeish lol

  18. V.... ....

    Reminds me of Brent Faiyaz

  19. n.... ....

    Honestly I wish it childish’s garbage ass didn’t hope on the song and ruin it and it was just lloyd

  20. W.... 3....

    best song of the years 2018-20XX :)

  21. S.... ....

    The style of the opening of the video and song is so clean I love the radio aspect

  22. c.... ....

    summer walker really brought me back here from her guitar cover

  23. B.... !....

    His best song shit still slaps

  24. M.... P....

    “*The* 5”. Yeah, you ain’t from Oakland. 😀

  25. I.... B....

    who here in 2020 😳😳

  26. L.... W....

    Reminds me of listening to Because The Internet on the empty highways at 2:00 am in Florida.

  27. T.... H....

    Best song imo

  28. B.... C....

    Who’s watching this on December 31st 2019 realizing that this song summed up their teenage years perfectly this decade

    B.... C....

    So you turned into a hentai tentacle monster and commited homicide







    *IN YOUR TEENAGE YEARS*

    B.... C....

    Metroid Boy i thought everyone did

    B.... C....

    @Black Cloud Yeah some people had some rough teenage years








    i personally masterminded a coup and committed mass genocide on a global scale

  29. W.... ....

    So good!!

  30. J.... E....

    Bruh just imagine if drake hoped on this 🔥

  31. J.... J....

    Billie eilish covered this song😍🤩

    J.... J....

    J J and ruined it

  32. J.... J....

    Still one of my favssss

  33. T.... M....

    justin timberlae style not gambino style

    T.... M....

    Con Sequence nah

    T.... M....

    @BNO97 ! jst jking

  34. G.... ....

    My favorite song by Lloyd.

  35. C.... P....

    I’m falling in love with him again..🙃

  36. f.... r....

    When you Netflix and chill and can feel the acid kick in.

  37. �.... ....

    Nigga what? The ending

  38. W.... G....

    When Donald becomes tyrant stage 2 at the end of the music video...

  39. S.... ....

    THIS VIDEO IS FUCKING ICONINC

  40. G.... ....

    Best songs off Because the Internet:
    III. Telegraph Ave (Oakland by Lloyd)
    I. The Worst Guys
    II. Earth the Oldest Computer
    IV. Sweatpants
    III. Urn
    V. 3005
    III. Life the biggest Troll

    G.... ....

    Flight of the navigator?🤔

    G.... ....

    Pink toes

  41. O.... Y....

    fuck alot of memories😔

  42. w.... ....

    so no one gonna comment about childish gambino turning into a monster in the ending.

    w.... ....

    Watch all the music videos and it all plays out loke a movie because the internet all of them

  43. p.... ....

    5 years later still waiting to hear Llyods version of this song

    p.... ....

    pres fr tho!

    p.... ....

    Me too!

    p.... ....

    There isn't version. They only recorded that beginning part for the video lol

    p.... ....

    @kmoborn711 a couple years back Llyod tweeted that he was given the green light to make his version of Telegraph ave. and it was meant for his Playboy Diaries Vol.2 , but that's when he went mia for a bit. Never heard about it since ☹️

  44. D.... ....

    He's William Birkin lol

  45. S.... O....

    Did anyone just look this song up because they’re from Oakland?

  46. A.... n....

    November 2019
    I’m doing this for the clout so like this mf comment

  47. T.... ....

    Summer walker brought me here

  48. I.... W....

    Crazy how we still don’t have the original song Oakland from Lloyd ☹️ I would like to here that song in full effect too but I love this song he is so slept on

  49. M.... R....

    This song has two names Oakland and Telegraph Ave

  50. R.... ....

    Instant classic!

  51. C.... S....

    I hate saying that I want an older form of an artist back but damn I miss this

  52. A.... D....

    "It's not safe here"

  53. D.... D....

    I feel like im the only 1 whos wishing these two were together in 2019...I swear Ive followed both of them from day 1...Was rooting for them lol ❤

  54. y.... l....

    Oaktown cat here!!! Love this town. SF is ok but Oakland is the shit.

  55. D.... M....

    Let’s be honest who else thought him and Jhene were gone get married lol 😩

  56. I.... N....

    This fucking genius!

  57. M.... C....

    here in 2019 :)

  58. D.... ....

    Wtf I was at Hawaii and the same places he went lol

  59. G.... R....

    Donald is a renaissance man

  60. t.... t....

    Nice..too bad it was no scene of Oakland

  61. I.... A....

    Auckland 🇳🇿

  62. L.... ....

    The part i most love in this video is the end 4:43 with those video cards . love it!

  63. I.... A....

    No me gusta el pollo, solo la res.

  64. g.... ....

    So i guess the monster from "Don't threaten me with a good time" made it to gambino as well, huh

  65. G.... P....

    I'm here bcs of Billie Eilish

  66. D.... F....

    Call Of Donnie: MW4 ~~~ Mutilated World by Thomas Giles Music ... the human cannabis #theend

  67. S.... D....

    THC < The Human Century #BicentennialMan playing Centipede on my iPhone...

  68. M.... ....

    I still wish we could get Lloyd's version as well :(

  69. S.... ....

    Before everyone complains that this vid isn't in Oakland, at least he DID mention the place they were at, at least once. Kauai. Did anyone else like the Thriller reference?

  70. S.... a....

    October, 2019

  71. H.... C....

    Jhene Aiko is so fire 🔥 my boy Big Sean fucked up 🤦‍♂️

  72. H.... R....

    I was always scared of the end but it’s so.....amazing

  73. S.... G....

    Wavy®™

  74. F.... M....

    Who is here from billie❤️👑

  75. c.... m....

    Sending love from
    OAKLAND,CA !!!!!!!!

  76. B.... C....

    You know how i get when im lonely.

  77. K.... K....

    well that was unexpected lol

  78. K.... N....

    They're so hot together ♡♡

  79. S.... G....

    Well that certainly got weird Thriller style at the end.Great song though.

  80. P.... R....

    Babe, that's a problem
    Because I'm way too scared to call

  81. S.... K....

    I love this song 🌱🌻

  82. Z.... H....

    Not the ending I was expecting to a music video for this song😂

  83. G.... R....

    Why he couldn’t do the video in Oakland 🤷🏽‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤣🤣

    G.... R....

    GBody Rob “house in Kauai” is why lol

  84. c.... s....

    forever a fav

  85. B.... B....

    This should have been added on black panthers soundtrack

  86. S.... K....

    I’m on one

  87. C.... S....

    I'm confused...

    First, is the original by Lloyd? If so, I can't find it anywhere. Secondly, I'm from The Bay and The Town is like a third home for me...how is this about Oakland aside from Telegraph being a real street?

  88. Y.... B....

    Very under rated song

  89. J.... ....

    Childish Gambino and Jhene Aiko should date...

  90. D.... S....

    I was making ramans and watching vhs in busby

  91. F.... D....

    rip wrx :(

  92. V.... ....

    I have moved to Oakland recently for the college and it is pretty much shitty place.

  93. S.... B....

    2019 ♥️😞