Not Going Back Lyrics - Childish Gambino

1 It seems like they all want me to fail

2 But I'm not goin' back, not goin' back, baby

3 Please tell me you don't want me to fail

4 'Cause I'm not goin' back, not goin' back

5 I could've been a tragedy

6 That's why these fake niggas who call me pussy are mad at me

7 'Cause they ain't have the smarts or the heart

8 Ain't you read the fuckin' book, 'Things Fall Apart'?

9 I was never gonna stay the same

10 All I ever really wanted was to change the game

11 Spent the year kickin' ass and takin' names

12 Try to tell it to your heart, Taylor Dayne

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

14 Callin' me the new Will Smith, that's Jaden

15 Callin' me a faggot when I'm rappin', that's hatin'

16 I need to slow down, what the fuck is y'all sayin'?

17 Step inside the party, y'all niggas is mood killers

18 My lifestyle simple, live easy and Bruce Willis

19 I'm the boss, Michael Scott, y'all bitches is just Phyllis

20 Set the world on fire, y'all motherfuckers is chillin', what is this?

21 That's why these fuckin' MCs want their asses back

22 Don't you know that I'm a rapist, ask a track

23 Whiskey sippin', wanna drink the whole bottle

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

25 Fuckin' hate me, that's what I'm used to

26 Suck a dick, we the shit, Metamucil

27 Goddamn, man, there's gotta be a better way

28 Than pill poppin' all these drugs so I can stay awake

29 Like I'm Jessie in this bitch, I'm so excited

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

31 But it's lame and all the bitches is fake

32 You think about your old girl and how breakin' up's a mistake

33 Black dudes assume I'm closeted or kinda gay

34 White people confused like girl on Glee and Gabourey

35 IAmDonald is a full-time job

36 These niggas want me to fail so they can write me off

37 It seems like they all want me to fail

38 But I'm not goin' back, not goin' back, baby

39 Please tell me you don't want me to fail

40 'Cause I'm not goin' back, not goin' back

41 Dirty girls love my dick, they're cockroaches

42 Jewish girls eat my meat, it's not kosher

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

44 Got nothin' against the sistas, I just don't think they're into me

45 I am not a thug, aka what they pretend to be

46 I am just myself, aka my worst enemy

47 Yeah, bitch, cut the swag with a fuckin' knife

48 I come hard like my life keep her pussy tight

49 It's cool though, it's all good

50 You want a dude who keep it real and stay hood

51 I'm sorry, babe but I act me

52 I don't act black, whatever that be

53 I'm just happy these girls seem into me now

54 Yeah, they lookin' for some In-N-Out, animal style

55 With this lettuce, cheese, bread, makin' sandwiches

56 That's why you niggas fail like all of your parents' marriages

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

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

59 She said to write her somethin' nice on the next track

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

61 Man, I threw that shit away, it felt dumb

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

63 I worked hard on that song like day and night

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

65 I guess it all goes somewhere, you know that

66 Like that bullshit you talked before Culdesac

67 I didn't know he had it in I'm

68 Couldn't see me as Spider-Man but now I'm spittin' venom

69 Now you payin' attention, pick your fuckin' face up

70 When I wanna be a superhero I just wake up

71 Renaissance man with a Hollywood buzz

72 I refuse to go back to not likin' who I was because

73 Fake love, these fake dreams, these fake sounds

74 All the things that we felt, your voice was screaming too loud

75 I know what you're ready to be but it isn't with me

76 So I'm ready to leave you alone

77 I don't really wanna fight like this, I don't ever wanna lose your kiss

78 All I ever wanted was someone to hold on to

79 I just wanna be your girl, everything you haven't heard

80 Plus, I just wanna be with you

81 (With you)

82 With you

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84 With you

85 (With you)

86 I just wanna be with you

87 (With you)

88 With you

89 (With you)

90 With you