Artist: Childish Gambino (Donald Glover) Album: Camp Song: Outside Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash [Childish Gambino] 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'm used to wake up in a bed between my mom and aunt playin with this Land Before Time toy from Pizza Hut My dad works nights, puttin on a stone face He's savin up so we can get our own place In the projects, man that sound 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 actin up in class and keeps peein in his pants" And I just wanna fit in, but nobody was helpin me out They talkin hood shit and I ain't know what that was about Cause hood shit and black shit is super different So I'm talkin hood shit and "Coolin' Out" 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 Seven dollars an hour, WIC vouchers, it's all the same Facebook messagin hopin that can patch up shit But all they get now is "Can your son read this script?" [Chorus: repeat 2X] 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 [Childish Gambino] Yeah; dad lost his job, momma 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 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'ma 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 [Chorus] [Outro] Can you hear me now? {*2X*} Oh, help us Lord Oh, baby baby baby baby