Glover, Jr was born at Edwards Air Force Base, California and raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia. His mother, Beverly (Smith, is a retired daycare provider, and his father, Donald, Sr, is a retired postal worker. His parents also served as DeKalb County foster parents for 14 years. He was raised a Jehovah's Witness. He was voted "Most Likely to Write for The Simpsons" in his High School yearbook. Glover, Jr graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a degree in dramatic writing in 2006.
From 2006 to 2009, Glover, Jr was a writer for the NBC series 30 Rock where he also had occasional cameo appearances. He was presented the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the third season. Glover, Jr's stage name, Childish Gambino, came from the Wu-Tang Clan's name generator. On June 5, 2008, he released an independent album, titled Sick Boi. Glover, Jr would then become a member of the sketch comedy group Derrick Comedy, along with Dominic Dierkes, Meggie McFadden, DC Pierson, and Dan Eckman. The group wrote and starred in a feature-length film, Mystery Team, released in theaters in 2009.
On September 17, 2009, Childish Gambino released the independent album Poindexter. A pair of mixtapes, titled I Am Just a Rapper and I Am Just A Rapper 2 were released, in close succession in 2010. Robert Scahill added his producing expertise helping with the majority of the tracks. The track listings for those mixtapes consist of the name of the song "he" raps, followed by the song he raps over. His second album, Culdesac, was set to be released on July 2, 2010, but a couple of last minute additions caused the album to be delayed for a day. The album was made available on July 3. Glover, Jr has stated in interviews that on Sick Boi and Poindexter he felt he had to hide behind gimmicks, such as pink hoodies, but with his subsequent projects, he has touched on more personal subject matter, including family, schoolyard bullying, troubled romantic relationships, suicidal thoughts and alcoholism. He has disowned his 2005 album, The Younger I Get, as the too-raw ramblings of what he calls a "decrepit."
Glover, Jr's stand-up special aired on Comedy Central on March 19, 2010. In May 2010, a fan suggested Glover, Jr for the role of Peter Parker in the then-upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man film, encouraging his supporters to retweet the hashtag "#donald4spiderman". The campaign, originally started to see how far social networking could carry a message, quickly gained a large following. The call for Glover to be allowed to audition for the role was supported by Spider-Man creator Stan Lee. Glover, Jr was not awarded an audition and the role instead went to Andrew Garfield. He would later reveal that he was never contacted by anyone from Sony Pictures for the role. Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis, who announced an African-American version of Spider-Man a year later, said he had conceived of the character before Glover, Jr's campaign went viral. Bendis gave credit to Glover for influencing the new hero's looks for Spider-man after seeing him dressed as Spider-Man on Community (a nod to the campaign), Bendis said, "I saw him in the costume and thought, 'I would like to read that book.'" Glover, Jr would later voice this incarnation of Spider-Man on the Ultimate Spider-Man animated series.
Glover, Jr received the Rising Comedy Star award at the Just for Laughs festival in July 2010. Glover, Jr was featured in Gap's 2010 Holiday ad campaign. He DJs and produces electronic music under the moniker "mcDJ" (pronounced "M-C-D-J"). His music is often made available for free download via his website.
On December 1, 2010, Glover, Jr released the first track off of his EP titled "Be Alone". He released the next track, "Freaks and Geeks", as well as a five-song track list, on February 11, 2011. On February 25, Glover, Jr released the dates for the IAMDONALD tour and also his very first music video for "Freaks and Geeks". The music video was shot by Dan Eckman, the director of the Derrick Comedy troupe. This song was later used in an Adidas commercial featuring Dwight Howard. On March 8, 2011 Glover, Jr released the EP via his official website.
On March 16, 2011, Glover, Jr hosted the mtvU Woodie Awards held live at South By Southwest. On March 24, 2011, Glover, Jr taped his one-hour comedy special Weirdo for Comedy Central; it aired on November 19.
Glover, Jr appeared at the 2011 Bonnaroo Music Festival on June 9 in the 'This Tent' as Childish Gambino and June 11 at 'The Comedy Theater' with Bill Bailey performing stand up. Comedy Central streamed the comedy live on their website.
On May 4, 2011, in an interview with TheHipHopUpdate, Gambino revealed that he was working on an LP, to be released in September. On July 25, 2011, Glover, Jr announced that his new album would be titled Camp. On October 8, during his Orlando, Florida concert, he announced Camp would be released on November 15, 2011. Glover, Jr worked with friend and film composer Ludwig Göransson on the debut album. On August 20, 2011, at the Los Angeles Rock The Bells concert, he gave an interview to AllHipHop.com, and he announced to the crowd that he had signed with Glassnote Records. On September 20, his first official single, "Bonfire", was released.
The IAMDONALD tour made 24 stops in 34 days, beginning with Ames, Iowa, on April 16, and finishing with Minneapolis on May 19. In between, this included stops at music venues in Las Vegas, Houston, Washington, and Atlanta. The tour was a one-man live show that consisted of rap, comedy, and video segments.
The Sign-Up Tour was Glover, Jr's next pre-album tour. He visited 11 cities over the course of 38 days in October and November 2011. Chidlish G made a website for the tour called Camp Gambino on November 19, four days after his album released. The tour featured special guest Danny Brown and made 20 stops during the course of 32 days along a dates in California in December. On March 14, 2012, several dates on the CAMP tour were postponed due to a fractured foot Childish suffered on March 10, while performing in Tampa, Florida. The tour began in Austin, Texas on April 5 and ended August 10 in Hollywood, California.
On January 11, 2012, Childish Gambino announced on his website that a new mixtape would be coming out soon. On April 2, he released a new song, "Eat Your Vegetables", through his website. On May 14, Funkmaster Flex premiered "Unnecessary," featuring Schoolboy Q. On May 16, Gambino released "We Ain't Them" through his website, produced by himself and frequent collaborator Ludwig. On May 22, Glover, Jr appeared on Das Racist's radio show "Chillin' Island" where he premiered a new song, "Tell Me," which featured Himanshu Suri, aka Heems from Das Racist. On May 26, Glover released "Black Faces", featuring Nipsey Hussle and produced by Boi-1da. On May 30, he released a third track, "Silk Pillow," featuring Beck and produced by both Glover, Jr and Beck. On June 25, he revealed that the mixtape was to be released on July 4, 2012. On June 26, Glover, Jr premiered another new track, on Sway in the Morning (on Shade 45), entitled "One Up," featuring his brother, Steve G. Lover. That same day, he stated that the mixtape would be titled Royalty despite previous statements that it would not be called that. On July 4, 2012, he released Royalty for free via digital download. On July 7, 2012, Gambino released the track, "Body," featuring Prodigy, which did not make the cut for the mixtape. On July 24, 2012, he released the music video for "Fire Fly" through his VEVO account on YouTube.
On August 21, 2012, BBC Radio 1 premiered Leona Lewis' new song, "Trouble" off her upcoming album Glassheart, which features Childish Gambino. The song was available for purchase via iTunes on October 7, and peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart the following week, making it his first UK top 10 single. On November 4, 2012 Ludwig Göransson said in an interview with Portable that he and Gambino were in his studio coming up with new ideas for the next album which was to be "bigger" and "with more people involved."
In 2013, Glover, Jr signed on to create a music-themed show for FX titled Atlanta in which he will star, write, and executive produce. Consequently, he decided to reduce his work for NBC, and only appears in the first five episodes of Community's 13-episode fifth season. Although many TV stations were interested in picking up his half-hour comedy, he ultimately picked FX due to their willingness to work around his touring schedule.
On October 6, 2013, he announced on Twitter that his second studio album was completed. He further announced this at Homecoming Week at Penn State University, stating “I got a new album coming out soon, so this is the last time we’re gonna play a lot of this shit.” On October 8, 2013, he announced its title as Because the Internet and revealed that it would be released in December 2013. On October 21, 2013, Glover, Jr released the first single "3005", and announced a release date for the album as December 10, 2013. On February 15, 2014, the rapper launched his Deep Web Tour in the UK. On February 27, Childish Gambino was scheduled to begin the United States portion of his tour with a gig at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California. On June 6, 2014, RIAA certified Heartbeat Gold - making it Glover's first certification, and then on July 18, 2014, RIAA also certified 3005 Gold, making it Glover's second certification.
On October 2, 2014, he released a new mixtape titled STN MTN, and the next day he released an EP titled Kauai. The mixtape and the EP follow the story that was last told in Because The Internet and are meant to be a joint project instead of separate projects.
On October 10, 2014, Ubisoft revealed that they had collaborated with Glover, Jr to incorporate his song, "Crawl" into Far Cry 4.
On December 5, 2014 Glover, Jr was nominated for two Grammy Awards. He was a contender for Best Rap Album for Because The Internet (Glassnote Records) and Best Rap Performance for his single, “3005.”
On March 21, 2015 Glover, Jr won an mtvU Woodies Award for Best Video Woodie for the song "Sober" from the Kauai EP.
As of February 2016, Because the Internet has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipping over 500,000 copies.
Glover's third album, Awaken, My Love!, spawned the single "Redbone", which peaked at number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 and eventually earned him his first Grammy Award. In 2018, Glover released "This Is America", which debuted at number-one on the Hot 100, and won four Grammy Awards, including for Song and Record of the Year.[13] Glover's fourth album, 3.15.20, was released in 2020.[14]
Bed Peace
Childish Gambino Lyrics
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Gotta get this paper, get this cake up
Gotta do my hair, gotta put on makeup
Gotta act like I care about this fake stuff
Straight up what a waste of my day
If I had it my way I'd roll out of bed
Say bout 2:30 mid day
Hit the blunt then, hit you up to come over to my place
We make love then and then we fuck
And then you'd give me my space
Hey
What I am trying to say is
The love is ours to make so we should make it
Everything else can wait
The time is ours to take so we should take it
Wake up, wake up, bake up
Gotta heat the vape up
Lets get faded
Gotta call your job tell em' you won't make it
Ain't nobody here baby lets get wasted
We should just get naked
'Cause I be working hard and I know you be on that same shit
Every other day's a different game that you just can't win
I just want to ease your mind and make you feel all right
So go head tell your baby mama you gon be with me tonight
Right
What I am trying to say is
The love is ours to make, so we should make it
Everything else can wait
The time is ours to take so we should take it
It's not love, but it's pretty close
Hot fudge and a little smoke
I didn't mean it means nothing to you
Hands locked on my black couch with nothing to do
Can't stop on cloud 20
Buried in the drugs, but the feels keeps coming
Finally stop crying, but your nose is still running
Wipe it on my shirt, haha I need sleep
You tell me that you wanna do it big
I love it when you say "guess what?" (What? What?)
Reading stories to some other nigga kid
And I wonder why I'm all messed up (up up up up)
'Cause we gotta be responsible sometimes
Being a class act nevermind my alumni
I don't wanna be a round a baby so dumb high
I don't see the beauty of a momma on insides
Curled up with my head on your chest
It's the best remedy for the pain and the stress
If the world doesn't change then we'll never get dressed
It will be like this to the kiss of the death
Of my soul, bowl of the blue dream, no
Not a good team, once soul, two halves
No joke, who laughs?
Just us (Just us, just us)
Okay, got this OJ and Jose
Mixed it up with that Rose
We gon' do this our own way
Alright, okay
What is it that your smoking?
Piece it up with this peace and love
And this peace and love like the old days
What I am trying to say is
The love is ours to make so we should make it
Everything else can wait
The time is ours to take so we should take it
We should stay right here
We should lay right here
'Cause everything is okay right here
You should stay right here
We should lay right here
'Cause everything is okay right here
The lyrics of Childish Gambino and Jhene Aiko's song Bed Peace explore the idea of escapism and the desire for a carefree life, away from the pressures and expectations of society. The song begins with the singer expressing frustration with the day-to-day monotony of life and the performative nature of interactions, urging to spend time with their lover instead. The line "what a waste of my day" emphasizes their desire to break free from this robotic way of life. They want to "make love then and then we fuck" which implies a desire for intimacy that is freeing and not confining.
The chorus drives home the idea of living in the moment and making the most of the time with each other. It encourages focusing on the love they have and all the potential it holds. There is a sense of urgency and a need to seize the day. The idea of "fading" further emphasizes the escaping of reality aspect, where they want to just get lost in each other.
The second verse seems like the singer is speaking directly to their partner, saying they understand the stress they may feel at work and want to ease their mind. The line "every other day's a different game that you just can't win" implies the struggles of life, making the idea of living in the moment even more tempting. They want to have a good time together and not worry about any outside forces or responsibilities.
Line by Line Meaning
Wake up, wake up
Time to start the day
Gotta get this paper, get this cake up
Need to make money
Gotta do my hair, gotta put on makeup
Have to look presentable
Gotta act like I care about this fake stuff
Need to pretend to be interested in things I'm not
Straight up what a waste of my day
This is such a pointless way to spend my time
If I had it my way I'd roll out of bed
I wish I could just stay in bed all day
Say bout 2:30 mid day
Wake up in the afternoon
Hit the blunt then, hit you up to come over to my place
Smoke some weed and invite you to hang out
You show up right away
You come over quickly
We make love then and then we fuck
We have sex
And then you'd give me my space, hey
Then I'll have some alone time
What I am trying to say is
My message is
The love is ours to make so we should make it
We should prioritize our love
Everything else can wait
Other things can be put on hold
The time is ours to take so we should take it
We should make the most of our time
Wake up, wake up, bake up
Wake up and smoke weed
Gotta heat the vape up
Need to warm up the vaporizer
Lets get faded
Let's get high
Gotta call your job tell em' you won't make it
Need to call out of work
Ain't nobody here baby lets get wasted
No one's around, let's get drunk
We should just get naked
We should have sex
'Cause I be working hard and I know you be on that same shit
'Cause we both work hard
Every other day's a different game that you just can't win
Life is tough and unpredictable
I just want to ease your mind and make you feel all right
I want to comfort and reassure you
So go head tell your baby mama you gon be with me tonight
Tell your ex-partner you're spending the night with me
What I am trying to say is
My message is
The love is ours to make, so we should make it
We should prioritize our love
It's not love, but it's pretty close
It's not love, but it's almost there
Hot fudge and a little smoke
Like sweet and smoky desserts
I didn't mean it means nothing to you
I didn't mean that it has no significance to you
Hands locked on my black couch with nothing to do
Sitting on my couch without anything to do
Can't stop on cloud 20
Can't stop feeling high
Buried in the drugs, but the feels keeps coming
Feeling good despite being high
Finally stop crying, but your nose is still running
Stop crying, but still feeling emotional
Wipe it on my shirt, haha I need sleep
Clean nose on my shirt and trying to sleep
You tell me that you wanna do it big
You want to do something significant
I love it when you say "guess what?" (What? What?)
I love when you surprise me
Reading stories to some other nigga kid
Reading stories to someone else's child
And I wonder why I'm all messed up (up up up up)
I wonder why I'm feeling confused and messed up
'Cause we gotta be responsible sometimes
We need to be responsible sometimes
Being a class act nevermind my alumni
Being classy, regardless of my past
I don't wanna be a round a baby so dumb high
I don't want to be around a child when I'm too high
I don't see the beauty of a momma on insides
I don't understand the beauty of motherhood
Curled up with my head on your chest
Lying down with my head on your chest
It's the best remedy for the pain and the stress
It's the best way to relieve pain and stress
If the world doesn't change then we'll never get dressed
If the world doesn't change, we'll remain as we are
It will be like this to the kiss of the death
It will be like this until the day we die
Of my soul, bowl of the blue dream, no
Of my spirit, bowl of the Blue Dream weed, no
Not a good team, once soul, two halves
We're not a good team, but once we were one soul in two bodies
No joke, who laughs?
This is no laughing matter
Just us (Just us, just us)
It's just the two of us
Okay, got this OJ and Jose
I have orange juice and Jose Cuervo tequila
Mixed it up with that Rose
Mixed it with Rosé wine
We gon' do this our own way
We'll do this our way
Alright, okay
All good
What is it that your smoking?
What are you smoking?
Piece it up with this peace and love
Let's use peace and love to solve problems
And this peace and love like the old days
Just like the old days of peace and love
We should stay right here
We should stay here
We should lay right here
We should lie down here
'Cause everything is okay right here
Because everything is fine here
You should stay right here
You should stay here
We should lay right here
We should lie down here
'Cause everything is okay right here
Because everything is fine here
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: BRIAN KEITH WARFIELD, MACLEAN ROBINSON, DONALD MCKINLEY II GLOVER, JHENE AIKO CHILOMBO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@dontunderestimateme9210
Wake up, wake up
Gotta get this paper, get this cake up
Gotta do my hair, gotta put on makeup
Gotta act like I care about this fake stuff
Straight up, what a waste of my day
If I had it my way
I'd roll out of bed
Say 'bout 2:30 mid day
Hit the blunt then, hit you up to come over to my place
You show up right away
We make love then and then we fuck
And then you'd give me my space
Yeah
What I am trying to say is
That love is ours to make so we should make it
Everything else can wait
The time is ours to take so we should take it
Wake up, wake up, bake up
Gotta heat the vape up
Let's get faded
Gotta call your job tell em' you won't make it
Ain't nobody here baby let's get wasted
We should just get naked
'Cause I be working hard and I know you be on that same shit
Every other day's a different game that you just can't win
I just want to ease your mind and make you feel all right
So go 'head tell your baby mama you gon' be with me tonight
Right
What I am trying to say is (What I am trying to say is)
That love is ours to make so we should make it (We should make it, we should make it)
Everything else can wait (Everything else can wait)
The time is ours to take so we should take it
It's not love, but it's pretty close
Hot fudge and a little smoke
I didn't mean it means nothing to you
Hands locked on my black couch with nothing to do
Can't stop on cloud 20
Buried in the drugs, but the feels keeps coming
Finally stop crying, but your nose is still running
Eww, wipe it on my shirt, (Haha, on my sleeve)
You tell me that you wanna do it big
I love it when you say "guess what?" (What? What?)
Reading stories to some other nigga kid
And I wonder why I'm all messed up (Up up up up)
'Cause we gotta be responsible sometimes
Being a class act nevermind my alumni
I don't wanna be around a baby so dumb high
I don't see the beauty of a momma on insides
Curled up with my head on your chest
It's the best remedy for the pain and the stress
If the world doesn't change then we'll never get dressed
It will be like this to the kiss of the death
Of my soul, bowl of the blue dream, no
Not a good team, once soul, two halves
No joke, who laughs?
Just us (Just us, just us)
Okay, got this OJ and Jose
Mixed it up with that Rose
We gon' do this our own way
Alright, okay
What is it that your smoking?
Piece it up with this peace and love
And this peace and love like the old days
Yeah, what I am trying to say is (What I am trying to say is)
That love is ours to make so we should make it (We should make it, we should make it)
Everything else can wait (Everything else can wait)
The time is ours to take so we should take it (Ohh)
We should stay right here
We should lay right here
'Cause everything is okay right here
You should stay right here
We should lay right here
'Cause everything is okay right here
@crystalmwenya9100
2023 and still hits the same!! Jhené's voice is so sweet and calming.
@gibsonmunyi7225
tell me about it... this has been my song since i found it.
@khanyidlamini9870
Me too ✋
@user-iu7oy8wg7y
but she say's nasty things.
it's like going to Middle Earth and finding Gandalf drinking liquor
@calebrahman6891
What I’m sayin
@uchihaking5577
It's the last part her voice is calming and when she says the last few lyrics that the best part
@Beckisha22
it’s 2024 and I’m still enjoying this masterpiece
@katlegokubelo9570
Jhene's voice 😍 👌
@LunaLOL
💙
@banelemachoko5705
me also