Lyrics Childish Gambino

Childish Gambino

Telegraph Ave

I was makin’ Japanese and she’s watchin’ DVDs

In Oakland... In Oakland…

Now I’m drivin’ up the 5 and she waits ’til 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 – I think about you in the mornings

But everything you do is so Oakland, so Oakland…

Foot on the gas, I’m just tryna 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

‘Cause I’m way too scared to call

And you might get me in stay mode

I’d really love to drive, but I think I’d rather die

In Oakland… In Oakland…

Will I end up doing things? Oh, I guess it all depends

On Oakland… On Oakland…

And I’m nervous, truth be told, I never saw me growin’ old

In Oakland… In Oakland…

And if I buried you tonight, it would probably start a riot

In Oakland… In Oakland…

Everything that I needed, now that I’ve got you and your feelings

Everything you wanna say, you tweet it

And I 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’d choose to stay, now…

All the girlfriends sayin’ “here we go again”

Rich kid, but he act like a gentleman

Last one didn’t end like it should’ve been

Tour dates and he still wanna get it in

And they sayin’ it’s because of the internet

Try it once, and it’s on to the next chick

X or 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 thinkin’ asthmatic

And you wanna be a mom, and I wasn’t mad at it

I was thinkin’ ’bout me, I be really bad at it

‘Cause I’m thinkin’ ’bout me, weeks in Dubai

Fourth of July, house in Kuwai

Yeah, we could try…

So let’s try…