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This Is America

By Childish Gambino Riot Previous track by this artist, Ludwig Göransson Redbone Previous track by this artist, and Young Thug.
Duration: 3:45.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away

We just wanna party (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Party just for you (Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away)
We just want the money (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Money just for you (Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away) (Yeah)
I know you wanna party (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Party just for free (Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away)
Girl, you got me dancin' (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (Girl, you got me dancin')
Dance and shake the frame (Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away) (Yeah)
We just wanna party (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (Yeah)
Party just for you (Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away) (Yeah)
We just want the money (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (Yeah)
Money just for you (Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away) (You)
I know you wanna party (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (Yeah)
Party just for free (Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away) (Yeah)
Girl, you got me dancin' (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) (Girl, you got me dancin', yeah)
Dance and shake the frame (Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away) (You)

This is America
Don't catch you slippin' now
Don't catch you slippin' now
Look what I'm whippin' now
This is America (Wooh)
Don't catch you slippin' now
Don't catch you slippin' now
Look what I'm whippin' now

This is America (Skrrt, skrrt, woo)
Don't catch you slippin' now (Ayy)
Look how I'm livin' now
Police be trippin' now (Woo)
Yeah, this is America (Woo, ayy)
Guns in my area (Word, my area)
I got the strap (Ayy, ayy)
I gotta carry 'em

Yeah, yeah, I'ma go into this (Ugh)
Yeah, yeah, this is guerilla (Woo)
Yeah, yeah, I'ma go get the bag
Yeah, yeah, or I'ma get the pad
Yeah, yeah, I'm so cold like, yeah (Yeah)
I'm so dope like, yeah (Woo)
We gon' blow like, yeah (Straight up, uh)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, tell somebody
You go tell somebody
Grandma told me
Get your money, black man (Get your black man)
Get your money, black man (Get your black man)
Get your money, black man (Get your black man)
Get your money, black man (Get your black man)
Black man

This is America (Woo, ayy)
Don't catch you slippin' now (Woo, woo) (Don't catch you slippin' now)
Don't catch you slippin' now (Ayy, woah)
Look what I'm whippin' now (Slime!)
This is America (Yeah, yeah)
Don't catch you slippin' now (Woah, ayy)
Don't catch you slippin' now (Ayy, woo)
Look what I'm whippin' now (Ayy)

Look how I'm geekin' out (Hey)
I'm so fitted (I'm so fitted, woo)
I'm on Gucci (I'm on Gucci)
I'm so pretty (Yeah, yeah, woo)
I'm gon' get it (Ayy, I'm gon' get it)
Watch me move (Blaow)
This a celly (Ha)
That's a tool (Yeah)
On my Kodak (Woo) Black
Ooh, know that (Yeah, know that, hold on)
Get it (Woo, get it, get it)
Ooh, work it (21)

Hunnid bands, hunnid bands, hunnid bands (Hunnid bands)
Contraband, contraband, contraband (Contraband)
I got the plug in Oaxaca (Woah)
They gonna find you like "blocka" (Blaow)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, tell somebody (America, I just checked my following list, and)
You go tell somebody (You mothafuckas owe me)
Grandma told me
Get your money, black man (Black man)
Get your money, black man (Black man)
Get your money, black man (Black man)
Get your money, black man (Black man)
Black man (1, 2, 3! Get down!)

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, tell somebody
You go tell somebody
Grandma told me, get your money
Get your money, black man (Black man)
Get your money, black man (Black man)
Get your money, black man (Black man)
Get your money, black man (Black man)
Black man

You just a black man in this world
You just a barcode, ayy
You just a black man in this world
Drivin' expensive foreigns, ayy
You just a big dawg, yeah
I kenneled him in the backyard
No, probably ain't life to a dog
For a big dog

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