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Possible soulmate?
He said I wasn't really black because I had a dad
I think that's kinda sad
Mostly 'cause a lot of black kids think they should agree with that Childish Gambino – Hold You Down
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Gambino name-drops his debut mixtape, Sick Boi.
Hospice is where terminally ill people go to live out the rest of their days. He’s saying his swag is so sick it’s terminally ill.
"James Franco is the white Donald Glover" Childish Gambino – Hold You Down
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Most people make the comparison: “Donald Glover is like the black James Franco!” But an equally valid statement would be the reverse, because they both have a wide variety of projects they do exceedingly well.
Donald Glover is making the point that minorities are often compared to white people, but white people are very rarely compared to minorities. By switching that, Gambino will have ensured that he has created a cultural shift as it is not a black man being compared to a white man.
Funnily enough, they both went to NYU.
This is Donald’s way of paying respect to James, as James has done an absolutely ridiculous amount of work during his career, balancing attending several colleges, acting, writing and teaching. Donald is saying that he will not stop doing everything he can until one of his role models is being compared to him, instead of vice versa.
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Play on Words:
- A cosine is a function in trigonometry
- To cosign is when you sign with another rapper or when another rapper acknowledges that you’re dope in an interview or other public way.
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Allusion to the show Full House and Michelle’s trademark phrase, “You got it dude!”
Donald is referring to the previous line and the question “How many gold plaques you want?”, to which his response is “a full house” and their response is “you got it dude!”
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This is a play on western music solfège: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. By saying the only thing he puts infront of “me” is “do, re” Gambino is makes the point that he puts himself and his priorities ahead of everyone else’s.
Also he is saying “the only thing I put before myself is my music”.
Doh ray me is also a British phrase meaning money.
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Putting do, re before mi is a play on the word “dough” showing the importance he places on making money