from the album Awaken, My Love! ·Copyright: Writer(s): George Clinton, Ludwig Emil Tomas Goransson, William Earl Collins, Donald Mckinley Glover Ii, Gary Cooper Lyrics Terms of Use
Advisory - the following lyrics contain explicit language:
Daylight
I wake up feeling like you won't play right
I used to know, but now that shit don't feel right
It made me put away my pride
So long
You made a nigga wait for some, so long
You make it hard for a boy like that to go wrong
I'm wishing I could make this mine, oh
If you want it, yeah
You can have it, oh, oh, oh
If you need it, oooh
We can make it, oh
If you want it
You can have it
But stay woke
Niggas creepin'
They gon' find you
Gon' catch you sleepin' (Oooh)
Now stay woke
Niggas creepin'
Now don't you close your eyes
Too late
You wanna make it right, but now it's too late
My peanut butter chocolate cake with Kool-Aid
I'm trying not to waste my time
If you want it, oh
You can have it, you can have it
If you need it
You better believe in something
We can make it
If you want it
You can have it, aaaaah!
But stay woke
Niggas creepin'
They gon' find you
Gon' catch you sleepin'
Put your hands up on me
Now stay woke
Niggas creepin'
Now, don't you close your eyes
But stay woke
Niggas creepin'
They gon' find you
Gon' catch you sleepin', ooh
Now stay woke
Niggas creepin'
Now, don't you close your eyes
Baby get so scandalous, oh
How'd it get so scandalous?
Oh, oh, baby, you...
How'd it get...
How'd it get so scandalous?
Ooh, we get so scandalous
But stay woke
But stay woke
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'Redbone' | ||||
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Single by Childish Gambino | ||||
from the album 'Awaken, My Love!' | ||||
Released | November 17, 2016 | |||
Format | Digital download | |||
Recorded | 2016 | |||
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Label | Glassnote | |||
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'Redbone' is a song recorded by American rapper and singer Childish Gambino, the stage name of Donald Glover. It was released on November 17, 2016, and serves as the second single from his third studio album'Awaken, My Love!'[2] The song received three Grammy Award nominations including Record of the Year at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards, eventually winning the award for Best Traditional R&B Performance.[3]
Following the release of 'Me and Your Mama', Gambino released the song on November 17, 2016 premiering on Annie Mac's Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1, with the DJ describing it as 'oozing with soul'.[4][5]
'Redbone' was written by Donald Glover and produced by Ludwig Göransson. When Glover was doing an interview with Triple J about the album he said:
“ | There wasn't a ton of vocal stuff done ... I think people hear 'Redbone' and are like, 'Oh, he pitched up his vocals,' but there was no vocal pitching on the album—I just sang differently.[6] | ” |
Göransson recorded all the instruments starting out from a drum beat that Donald Glover was playing. The intro of the song is dominated by a recurrent slap bass line and the Maestro G-2 wah of a vintage Telecaster that plays the melody while a synth organ makes the counterpoint. An old Rhodes conduct the base chords in D minor as other instruments get in, like a clavinet, a mellotron, a glockenspiel and the Juno-106 synthesizer. The outro part ends with several fuzz guitar harmony licks, a doubled distorted acoustic guitar and some classic piano arrangements.[7] The melody used in the song was first heard in Jaco Pastorius' 'Portrait of Tracy'. The song also contains elements from 'I'd Rather Be with You' by Bootsy's Rubber Band.[8]
'Redbone' was a sleeper hit in the United States, debuting at number 75 on Billboard Hot 100 for the chart dated December 10, 2016.[9] The song then re-entered and peaked at number 12 on the chart for the week of August 19, 2017,[10] making it Gambino's highest-charting single at the time (since surpassed by “This Is America”) and his first top 20 single. The song became Childish Gambino's first ever number-one single on the Adult R&B chart.
The track was voted into fifth place in Australian radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2016.[11]
The 2017 film Get Out, directed by Jordan Peele, features the song during the film's opening scene.[12]
Since its re-entry to the Billboard charts, the song has become a popular internet meme consisting of various remixes of the song to fit a certain theme. During a concert in June 2017, Glover acknowledged the meme onstage before leading into a performance of the song.[13]
During the 2018 Grammy Awards, an Apple ad showing off iPhone X's Animoji effect aired, in which the song was used, with an animated alien head singing the song.[14]
Weekly charts[edit]
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Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[15] | 3× Platinum | 210,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[40] | 3× Platinum | 240,000^ |
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[41] | Gold | 45,000^ |
France (SNEP)[42] | Gold | 75,000* |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[43] | Platinum | 30,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[44] | Platinum | 600,000 |
United States (RIAA)[45] | 5× Platinum | 5,000,000 |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
“Feels Like Summer” is a song written, recorded and performed by American singer/songwriter/actor Childish Gambino. The lyrics of “Feels Like Summer” center on various important things currently affecting the world. Some of these important things Gambino mentions in the song include climate change, the pollution of the air, the destruction of the forest, and the rapid increase in the population of the world.
He also sheds light on other important things such as the following:
The theme of this song is almost similar to Marvin Gaye’s 1971 hit song “Mercy Mercy Me”. We say so because both songs deal with the sad state of the environment.
Below is the animated music video of this tune. The video features cartoon renditions of a host of prominent names in the music industry and former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama.
Aside the above, other notable faces in the video include: Jaden Smith, Lil Pump, Snoop Dogg, Gucci Mane, Chance the Rapper, Lil Yachty, Michael Jackson and Birdman. The clip is in fact laden to the brim with many artists – many of whom we haven’t mentioned. See if you can spot them.