Not Going Back

Produced by: Ludwig Göransson & Childish Gambino

<Chorus: Childish Gambino>

It seems like they all want me to fail

But I’m not going back

Not going back, baby

Please tell me you don’t want me to fail

‘Cause I’m not going back

Not going back

<Verse 1: Childish Gambino>

I could've been a tragedy

That’s why these fake ****** who call me ***** are mad at me

‘Cause they ain’t have the smarts or the heart

Ain’t you read the ******* book Things Fall Apart?

I was never gonna stay the same

All I ever really wanted was to change the game

Spent the year kicking ass and taking names

Try to tell it to your heart, Taylor Dayne

Mama told me I was special when them test scores came in

Calling me the new Will Smith, that’s Jaden

Calling me a f****t when I’m rapping, that’s hating

I need to slow down, what the **** is y’all saying?

Step inside the party, y’all ****** is mood killers

My lifestyle simple: live easy and Bruce Willis

I’m the boss, Michael Scott, y’all b*****s is just Phyllis

Set the world on fire, y’all ************* is chillin’, what is this?

That’s why these ******’ MCs want their asses back

Don’t you know that I’m a rapist? Ask a track

Whiskey sippin’, wanna drink the whole bottle

But these smart middle-class black kids need a role model

******’ hate me, that’s what I’m used to

Suck a ****, we the s**t, Metamucil

God damn, man, there’s gotta be a better way

Than pill-poppin’ all these drugs so I can stay awake

Like I’m Jessie in this *****, I’m so excited

There’s a party at the top, you ain’t invited

But it’s lame, and all the b*****s is fake

You think about your old girl and how breaking up’s a mistake

Black dudes assume I’m closeted or kinda gay

White people confused like girl on Glee and Gabourey

IAmDonald is a full-time job

These ****** want me to fail so they can write me off

<Chorus: Childish Gambino>

It seems like they all want me to fail

But I’m not going back

Not going back, baby

Please tell me you don’t want me to fail

‘Cause I’m not going back

Not going back

<Verse 2: Childish Gambino>

Dirty girls love my ****; they’re c**kroaches

Jewish girls eat my meat, it’s not kosher

Relax, black chick, I think that I have offended thee

Got nothing against the sisters, I just don’t think they’re into me

I am not a thug, AKA: what they pretend to be

I am just myself, AKA: my worst enemy

Yeah, *****, cut the swag with a ******* knife

I come hard like my life keep her ***** tight

It’s cool though, it’s all good

You want a dude who keep it real and stay hood

I’m sorry, babe, but I act me

I don’t "act Black", whatever that be

I’m just happy these girls seem into me now

Yeah, they're looking for some In-N-Out, animal style

With this lettuce, cheese, bread—making sandwiches

That’s why you ****** fail like all of your parents’ marriages

Ran into Rashida Jones, told me that she heard my song

When I called her mixed like the crowd at my last show

She said to write her something nice on the next track

But she cute, so I wrote her ass a whole rap

Man, I threw that s**t away, it felt dumb

Believe me, it was bad, we’re better off, you’re welcome

I worked hard on that song like day and night

That whole song made this one verse, crazy, right?

I guess it all goes somewhere, you know that?

Like that bulls**t, you talked before Culdesac

"I didn’t know he had it in him"

Couldn’t see me as Spider-Man, but now I’m spittin’ venom

Now you payin’ attention, pick your ******* face up

When I wanna be a superhero, I just wake up

Renaissance man with a Hollywood buzz

I refuse to go back to not liking who I was because

<Outro: Beldina Malaika, Childish Gambino>

Fake love, these fake dreams

These fake sounds

All the things that we felt

Your voice was screaming too loud

I know what you’re ready to be (be)

But it isn’t with me (me)

So I’m ready to leave you alone

I don’t really wanna fight like this

I don’t ever wanna lose your kiss

All I ever wanted was someone to hold onto

I just wanna be your girl

Everything you haven’t heard

Plus, I just wanna be with you

(With you) With you

(With you) With you

(With you) I just wanna be with you

(With you) With you

(With you) With you, oh

Oh, oh