Fire Fly
[Hook]
Now when they see us in the streets,
All they wanna do is take pics,
And I'm like, okay (yeah) Okay
Now when they hear us in the beat,
All they wanna do is make hits
And I'm like, Okay, (yeah) okay
If you're feelin' how I'm feelin' how the world should be,
Perfectly, I'm fire like I'm third degree,
Then suddenly, shawty we got so high, fire fly.
[Verse 1]
Skateboardin' down at Washington Square,
Lookin' for quarters,
Maybe afford a falafel for dinner, ugh
I'm so broke man,
Scholarship apology
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 mix tape? That's fantastic!
But everybody thought it was jokes though,
They're 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 can't be."
I'm still knocked down, but I up the ante.
Me and hip-hop, that black Sid and Nancy.
[Hook]
[Verse 2]
It's hard to make HOV the footsteps you follow in,
Especially when you're niggas look like Carlton.
The pretty girls, usin' skin so soft,
Only likin' black dudes with they hats broke off
Nigga, you act too soft.
Fuck you! I'm from the projects,
My momma's just workin' to give me options.
No live shows, 'cause I can't find sponsors,
For the only black kid that had a Sufjan concert
Yeah, so
What you 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're 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 you's a fake fuck, like a fleshlight.
Even dudes who like me straight lookin' at me crazy.
Like, "How the hell he drop an EP, and meet Jay-Z?"
Girls who used to tell me I ain't cool enough,
Now text me pics sayin', "You can tear this up!"
I don't really like shades, big rims and 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 everybody sing the chorus, you do it so beautifully.
[Hook x2]