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♪ No matter what you say or what you do ♪ 00:13
♪ When I'm alone, I'd rather be with you ♪ 00:16
♪ Fuck these other niggas, I'll be right by your side ♪ 00:19
♪ 'Til 3005 ♪ 00:21
♪ Okay, hold up, wait a minute, all good just a week ago ♪ 00:23
♪ Crew at my house and we party every weekend so ♪ 00:26
♪ On the radio, that's my favorite song ♪ 00:29
♪ Made me bounce around, like I don't know ♪ 00:31
♪ Like I won't be here long ♪ 00:33
♪ Now the thrill is gone ♪ 00:34
♪ Got no patience, 'cause I'm not a doctor ♪ 00:35
♪ Girl why is you lying ♪ 00:37
♪ Girl why you Mufasa ♪ 00:39
♪ Yeah, mi casa su casa, gotta strip it like Gaza ♪ 00:40
♪ Got so high off volcanoes, now the flow is so lava ♪ 00:43
♪ Yeah, we spit that saliva, iPhone got message from Viber ♪ 00:46
♪ Either the head is so hydra, or we let bygones be bygones ♪ 00:49
♪ "My God, you pay for your friends?" ♪ 00:52
♪ I'll take that as a compliment ♪ 00:53
♪ Got a house full of homies, why I feel so the opposite ♪ 00:55
♪ Incompetent ain't the half of it ♪ 00:58
♪ Saturdays with young lavishes ♪ 00:59
♪ Saddest shit, is I'm bad as it ♪ 01:01
♪ Beans, they took from the cabinet, whoa ♪ 01:02
♪ Sorry, I'm just scared of the future ♪ 01:04
♪ 'Til 3005, I got your back, we can do this, hold up ♪ 01:07
♪ No matter what you say or what you do ♪ 01:11
♪ When I'm alone, I'd rather be with you ♪ 01:14
♪ Fuck these other niggas, I'll be right by your side ♪ 01:17
♪ 'Til 3005, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 01:19
♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 01:22
♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 01:25
♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 01:27
♪ Hol' up, but you ain't ♪ 01:31
♪ Hol' up ♪ 01:32
♪ No matter what you say or what you do ♪ 01:34
♪ When I'm alone, I'd rather be with you ♪ 01:37
♪ Fuck these other niggas, I'll be right by your side ♪ 01:40
♪ 'Til 3005, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 01:42
♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 01:45
♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪ 01:48
♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 01:50
♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪ 01:54
♪ I used to care what people thought ♪ 01:56
♪ But now I care more ♪ 01:58
♪ Man nobody out here's got it figured out ♪ 01:59
♪ So therefore, I've lost all hope of a happy ending ♪ 02:01
♪ Depending on whether or not it's worth it ♪ 02:04
♪ So insecure, no one's perfect ♪ 02:05
♪ We spend it, with no shame ♪ 02:07
♪ We blow that, like Coltrane ♪ 02:08
♪ We in here, like Rogaine ♪ 02:10
♪ Or leave it, like Cobain ♪ 02:11
♪ And when I'm long gone, whole crew sing a swan song ♪ 02:14
♪ 'Cause we all just ticking time bombs ♪ 02:16
♪ Got a Lambo like Lebron's mom ♪ 02:17
♪ And no matter where all of my friends go ♪ 02:19
♪ Emily, Fam, and Lorenzo ♪ 02:20
♪ All of them people my kinfolk ♪ 02:22
♪ At least I think so ♪ 02:23
♪ Can't tell ♪ 02:25
♪ 'Cause when them checks clear, they're not here ♪ 02:26
♪ 'Cause they don't care ♪ 02:28
♪ It's kinda sad, but I'm laughing whatever happens ♪ 02:30
♪ Assassins are stabbed in the back of my cabin ♪ 02:32
♪ Labrador yapping ♪ 02:34
♪ I'm glad that it happened, I mean it ♪ 02:34
♪ Between us, I think there's something special ♪ 02:36
♪ And if I lose my mental, just hold my hand ♪ 02:38
♪ Even if you don't understand, hold up ♪ 02:40
♪ No matter what you say or what you do ♪ 02:43
♪ When I'm alone, I'd rather be with you ♪ 02:46
♪ Fuck these other niggas, I'll be right by your side ♪ 02:49
♪ 'Til 3005, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 02:52
♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 02:55
♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪ 02:57
♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 02:59
♪ No, but you ain't ♪ 03:04
♪ Hol' up, no matter what you say or what you do ♪ 03:05
♪ When I'm alone, I'd rather be with you ♪ 03:10
♪ Fuck these other niggas, I'll be right by your side ♪ 03:12
♪ 'Til 3005, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 03:15
♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 03:18
♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪ 03:21
♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 03:22
♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪ 03:26
♪ Hol' up ♪ 03:29
♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪ 03:30
♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪ 03:34
♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪ 03:37
(unsettling carefree music) 03:40
(unsettling carefree music continues) 03:48
(device beeping) 03:51
- [Bear] We did it, yay. 03:52
Nigga, you so thirsty. 03:53
(menacing chill music) 03:56
- [Childish Gambino] Arlanda hotel to the bar. 04:02
Young girl with an accent with her back bent. 04:04
Ass out to the whole world. 04:06
We can buy it out for tonight. 04:07
Stepping outside for a light. 04:08
No coke, and I just smoke vapor, no papers. 04:10
Slow poke and I don't know about photos. 04:12
Let's go though. 04:13

3005

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Childish Gambino
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Lyrics:

[English]

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♪ No matter what you say or what you do ♪

♪ When I'm alone, I'd rather be with you ♪

♪ Fuck these other niggas, I'll be right by your side ♪

♪ 'Til 3005 ♪

♪ Okay, hold up, wait a minute, all good just a week ago ♪

♪ Crew at my house and we party every weekend so ♪

♪ On the radio, that's my favorite song ♪

♪ Made me bounce around, like I don't know ♪

♪ Like I won't be here long ♪

♪ Now the thrill is gone ♪

♪ Got no patience, 'cause I'm not a doctor ♪

♪ Girl why is you lying ♪

♪ Girl why you Mufasa ♪

♪ Yeah, mi casa su casa, gotta strip it like Gaza ♪

♪ Got so high off volcanoes, now the flow is so lava ♪

♪ Yeah, we spit that saliva, iPhone got message from Viber ♪

♪ Either the head is so hydra, or we let bygones be bygones ♪

♪ "My God, you pay for your friends?" ♪

♪ I'll take that as a compliment ♪

♪ Got a house full of homies, why I feel so the opposite ♪

♪ Incompetent ain't the half of it ♪

♪ Saturdays with young lavishes ♪

♪ Saddest shit, is I'm bad as it ♪

♪ Beans, they took from the cabinet, whoa ♪

♪ Sorry, I'm just scared of the future ♪

♪ 'Til 3005, I got your back, we can do this, hold up ♪

♪ No matter what you say or what you do ♪

♪ When I'm alone, I'd rather be with you ♪

♪ Fuck these other niggas, I'll be right by your side ♪

♪ 'Til 3005, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, but you ain't ♪

♪ Hol' up ♪

♪ No matter what you say or what you do ♪

♪ When I'm alone, I'd rather be with you ♪

♪ Fuck these other niggas, I'll be right by your side ♪

♪ 'Til 3005, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ I used to care what people thought ♪

♪ But now I care more ♪

♪ Man nobody out here's got it figured out ♪

♪ So therefore, I've lost all hope of a happy ending ♪

♪ Depending on whether or not it's worth it ♪

♪ So insecure, no one's perfect ♪

♪ We spend it, with no shame ♪

♪ We blow that, like Coltrane ♪

♪ We in here, like Rogaine ♪

♪ Or leave it, like Cobain ♪

♪ And when I'm long gone, whole crew sing a swan song ♪

♪ 'Cause we all just ticking time bombs ♪

♪ Got a Lambo like Lebron's mom ♪

♪ And no matter where all of my friends go ♪

♪ Emily, Fam, and Lorenzo ♪

♪ All of them people my kinfolk ♪

♪ At least I think so ♪

♪ Can't tell ♪

♪ 'Cause when them checks clear, they're not here ♪

♪ 'Cause they don't care ♪

♪ It's kinda sad, but I'm laughing whatever happens ♪

♪ Assassins are stabbed in the back of my cabin ♪

♪ Labrador yapping ♪

♪ I'm glad that it happened, I mean it ♪

♪ Between us, I think there's something special ♪

♪ And if I lose my mental, just hold my hand ♪

♪ Even if you don't understand, hold up ♪

♪ No matter what you say or what you do ♪

♪ When I'm alone, I'd rather be with you ♪

♪ Fuck these other niggas, I'll be right by your side ♪

♪ 'Til 3005, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ No, but you ain't ♪

♪ Hol' up, no matter what you say or what you do ♪

♪ When I'm alone, I'd rather be with you ♪

♪ Fuck these other niggas, I'll be right by your side ♪

♪ 'Til 3005, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪

♪ Hol' up, hol' up ♪

(unsettling carefree music)

(unsettling carefree music continues)

(device beeping)

- [Bear] We did it, yay.

Nigga, you so thirsty.

(menacing chill music)

- [Childish Gambino] Arlanda hotel to the bar.

Young girl with an accent with her back bent.

Ass out to the whole world.

We can buy it out for tonight.

Stepping outside for a light.

No coke, and I just smoke vapor, no papers.

Slow poke and I don't know about photos.

Let's go though.

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary Meanings

matter

/ˈmætər/

B1
  • verb
  • - to be important or significant

alone

/əˈloʊn/

B1
  • adjective
  • - without anyone else

side

/saɪd/

A1
  • noun
  • - a position to the left or right of something

future

/ˈfjuːtʃər/

B1
  • noun
  • - the time that will come after the present

patience

/ˈpeɪʃəns/

B2
  • noun
  • - the ability to wait without getting angry or upset

scared

/skɛrd/

B1
  • adjective
  • - feeling frightened or worried

happy

/ˈhæpi/

A2
  • adjective
  • - feeling or showing pleasure or contentment

friends

/frɛndz/

A1
  • noun
  • - people you know well and like to spend time with

love

/lʌv/

A1
  • verb
  • - to have a strong affection for someone

hold

/hoʊld/

A2
  • verb
  • - to have or keep in your hands

think

/θɪŋk/

A2
  • verb
  • - to have a particular opinion or belief

special

/ˈspɛʃəl/

B1
  • adjective
  • - better, greater, or otherwise different from what is usual

sad

/sæd/

A1
  • adjective
  • - feeling or showing sorrow

time

/taɪm/

A1
  • noun
  • - a point of time as measured in hours and minutes

bomb

/bɑːm/

B2
  • noun
  • - an explosive weapon

cabin

/ˈkæbɪn/

B2
  • noun
  • - a small house or shelter

Grammar:

  • No matter what you say or what you do

    ➔ Use of 'no matter what' + clause to indicate regardless of certain conditions.

    ➔ 'No matter what' means regardless of the circumstances or actions.

  • I'd rather be with you

    ➔ Use of 'would rather' + base form to express preference.

    ➔ 'Would rather' indicates a preference for one option over another.

  • When I'm alone, I'd rather be with you

    ➔ Use of 'when' + present tense to indicate time condition.

    ➔ 'When' introduces a time clause indicating the moment at which the main action occurs.

  • I'll take that as a compliment

    ➔ Use of 'take as' + noun to interpret or perceive something in a certain way.

    ➔ 'Take as' means to interpret or regard something in a particular way, often positively.

  • Whole crew sing a swan song

    ➔ Use of 'sing a swan song' as a metaphor to indicate an ending or farewell.

    ➔ This phrase means performing or saying farewell at the end of something significant.

  • We spend it, with no shame

    ➔ Use of 'spend it' + phrase to indicate spending money or time openly.

    ➔ 'Spend it' refers to using money or resources freely and without shame.