Childish Gambino - Fire Fly Lyrics with Official Video

  • "Fire Fly" is a song by American rapper Childish Gambino. It is the third single from his debut studio album "Camp", released on July 24, 2012. The album was released on November 15, 2011 under Glassnote Records. It was co-produced in its entirety by Ludwig Göransson.

  • Childish Gambino - Fire Fly Lyrics

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    Now when they see us on the streets
    All they wanna do is take pics
    And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    And when they hear us on the beat
    All they wanna do is make hits
    And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    And if you're feelin' like I'm feelin'
    How the world should be: perfectly
    Fire like I'm third degree, and suddenly
    Shawty, we got so high
    Fire Fly

    Skateboardin' down at Washington Square
    Lookin' for quarters
    Maybe afford a falafel for dinner, ugh
    I'm so broke man, scholarship apologin'
    Facebook messages from college kids who hollerin'
    Girls like, "we love you, we go to LSU
    You gotta do a show so we can come and molest you"
    This rap stuff is magic
    I used to get called "Oreo" and "Faggot"
    I used to get more laughs when I got laughed at
    Oh you got a mixtape? That's fantastic
    But everybody thought it was jokes though
    They half right, the joke is
    I got flow so don't act like
    You ain't sittin' there with your friends like, it can't be
    I know Donald Glover, he weak man, he campy
    I'm still knocked down, but I up the ante
    Me and hip-hop, that black Sid and Nancy

    Now when they see us on the streets
    All they wanna do is take pics
    And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    And when they hear us on the beat
    All they wanna do is make hits
    And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    And if you're feelin' like I'm feelin'
    How the world should be: perfectly
    Fire like I'm third degree, and suddenly
    Shawty, we got so high
    Fire Fly

    It's hard to make Hov the footsteps you followin'
    Especially when your niggas look like Carlton
    The pretty girls usin' skin so soft
    Only be likin' black dudes with their hats broke off
    Nigga you act too soft
    Fuck you! I'm from the projects
    My mom was just workin' to give me options
    No live shows, cause I can't find sponsors
    For the only black kid at a Sufjan concert
    "Yeah so, whatcha gonna do man?
    You won't speak to the hood, man"
    If I was given one chance I think I could, man
    These black kids want somethin' new, I swear it
    Somethin' they wanna say but couldn't cause they embarrassed
    All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
    Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
    Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
    And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
    Even dudes who like me straight lookin' at me crazy
    Like, how the hell he drop a EP and meet Jay-Z?
    Girls used to tell me I ain't cool enough
    Now text me pics sayin', "You could tear this up"
    I don't really like shades, big rims, or jewelry
    But gettin' time of day from a model is new to me
    Bein' me isn't as hard as it used to be
    Now everyone sing the chorus man, you do it so beautifully

    Now when they see us on the streets
    All they wanna do is take pics
    And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    And when they hear us on the beat
    All they wanna do is make hits
    And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    And if you're feelin' like I'm feelin'
    How the world should be: perfectly
    Fire like I'm third degree, and suddenly
    Shawty, we got so high
    Fire Fly

    Now when they see us on the streets
    All they wanna do is take pics
    And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    And when they hear us on the beat
    All they wanna do is make hits
    And I'm like, okay (yeah, okay)
    And if you're feelin' like I'm feelin'
    How the world should be: perfectly
    Fire like I'm third degree, and suddenly
    Shawty, we got so high
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