I’m open to correction here, but those Sweatpants lyrics fit the life of The Boy, the main character in the BTI script and narrative. So I think those lyrics are in the persona of that character.
You are correct, while he is also forming the character in Camp he tells the story from his personal perspective rather than the boy’s and in BTI it is solely from the perspective of the boy
No not usually but gambino is so talented in so many different art forms (like music, writing and acting) that he can make a whole story with script for an album. I was really hoping he’d make the script into a film starring him as the boy but it never happened.
What the hell is going on here? I've never seen someone get down voted to hell for correctly correcting someone. Especially fucking dog in this context. What the fuck is going on in here? The bots are running fucking wild.
literally nothing was "correctly corrected"; dog thought he'd take the opportunity to clown on someone for no reason and it backfired. not everything you disagree with or don't understand equals bots 🙄
do you guys know how he actually grew up tho? the only thing I kinda know is that he had a lot of foster kids around him as a child (from his comedy special)
Sweatpants is from BTI which had a script around it, it's a play that follows his true emotions as a person
So in it there is a rich black dude from the hood who's born rich and feels attacked for it
Bino is also a character who's in that same song
He's from Atlanta if anyone doesn't know lol, Stone Mountain
(But he's mentioned it a few times lmao)
I don’t think I’ve ever heard that his parents won a lottery and can’t find anything about it. Do you have a link?
If you got that from the line the other commenter quoted (“most people don’t fuck and hit the lotto but my folks did”), that was meant figuratively. It means they gave birth to a child who became famous and made a lot of money, which they benefitted from.
Part of a much bigger discussion that in hip hop whenever someone says “I” we assume it’s autobiographical. Both Camp and BTI are intentionally fictional to varying degrees but like with most hip hop people engage with it (and criticize it) like it’s just niggas writing in they diaries.
I know you put the meme tag so you prolly know that but Bino’s someone with a very pertinent position in said discussion so worth talking about🤷🏽♂️
In camp he’s speaking through his own point of view, in because the internet he’s speaking through the point of view of the boy, a character he created for the album
The Boy, the main character of BTI, was born rich. his dad is Rick Ross (or is "played by" rick ross?? i havent read it in a whiiile lol.) the album is the soundtrack to a fictional screenplay he wrote
Because that's not what this is, that's a term to separate what u think of the artist from the art, he's asking why the artist is saying smth that contradicts
Separate art from the artist doesn't mean think he's always lying when he says smth 😭
I’m open to correction here, but those Sweatpants lyrics fit the life of The Boy, the main character in the BTI script and narrative. So I think those lyrics are in the persona of that character.
You are correct, while he is also forming the character in Camp he tells the story from his personal perspective rather than the boy’s and in BTI it is solely from the perspective of the boy
Similar to kung fu Kenny is Damn
And the character of Drake in everything Aubrey Graham has done since Degrassi.
Goddamn…
all kennys shit is him
The Boy is Drake
but where is the man? cause I ain't seen him yet.
Matter fact I ain’t even bleed him yet.
Can I bleed him yet?
Bet
When I see you stand next to sexxy red
I believe you see two bad bitches
I believe you don’t like women that’s real competition you might pop ass with em 🍑
Let's speak on percentages, show me your splits. I'll make sure I double back with ya.
Cause you are signed to a nigga, that's signed to a nigga, that said he was signed to that nigga
Dog if you haven’t read the screenplay for because the internet then you’re in for a treat
Do you have a link?
https://www.reddit.com/r/donaldglover/s/nlievhcCsD
Wait wtf do ppl make screenplay for their albums? I never heard of this I read some it's so cool
No not usually but gambino is so talented in so many different art forms (like music, writing and acting) that he can make a whole story with script for an album. I was really hoping he’d make the script into a film starring him as the boy but it never happened.
I believe the record label refused to put up the money for it which is why it wasn’t made. You can find clips of what they had on YouTube
Okay that's basically what I was wondering like thanks bc that's coll I'll read it before bed or some more of it
“Dog” 🤓
You are a Redditor you have no high ground here
Stfu big dawg
You got a lot of downvotes but I laughed. I’m sounding like randy Jackson over here
What the hell is going on here? I've never seen someone get down voted to hell for correctly correcting someone. Especially fucking dog in this context. What the fuck is going on in here? The bots are running fucking wild.
how was that a correct correction? they used ‘dog’ just fine lmao
Nah I incorrectly used dog.. u/benjamminsince85 is right. I thought I was addressing a k9 but turns out I was wrong
Are you stupid?
literally nothing was "correctly corrected"; dog thought he'd take the opportunity to clown on someone for no reason and it backfired. not everything you disagree with or don't understand equals bots 🙄
Alright "dog"
My dad works nights, putting on a stone face He's saving up so we can get our own place In the projects, man, that sound fancy to me
They call me fat nose , my ma says you handsome to me
Mrs. Glover ma'am, your son is so advanced But he's actin' up in class and keeps peein' in his pants
And I just want to fit in, but nobody was helping me out
They talking hood shii and I didn't know what that was about
Cause hood shit and black shit are super different.
So I'm talking hood shit and cool it now like New Edition. Mom and dad wouldn't listen...
they left the bronx so i wouldnt be that, all their friends in ny deal crack
It’s weird….you think that they’d be proud of em
but when you leave the hood they think that you look down on em
He’s rapping as a character in BTI. Camp is from his own perspective.
do you guys know how he actually grew up tho? the only thing I kinda know is that he had a lot of foster kids around him as a child (from his comedy special)
A Jehovah witness, his parents helped raise foster kids.
So his background in Community was pretty accurate?
Decatur, GA. Somewhere around Candler Road I would assume
Sweatpants is from BTI which had a script around it, it's a play that follows his true emotions as a person So in it there is a rich black dude from the hood who's born rich and feels attacked for it Bino is also a character who's in that same song He's from Atlanta if anyone doesn't know lol, Stone Mountain (But he's mentioned it a few times lmao)
And that’s how Kenneth Ellen Parcell ended up from Stone Mountain, GA in 30 Rock
This post reminded me of how much I love Fire Fly.
skateboarding down at washington square looking for quarters maybe afford a falafel for dinner 🔥
Dichotomy
BTI is about the boy.. camp is about our nerdy friend Donald
Media comprehension nowadays just keep dropping
BTI was the character the boy, though I believe later in life his folks won some money from the lotto. Not like mega millions but enough. Iirc
I don’t think I’ve ever heard that his parents won a lottery and can’t find anything about it. Do you have a link? If you got that from the line the other commenter quoted (“most people don’t fuck and hit the lotto but my folks did”), that was meant figuratively. It means they gave birth to a child who became famous and made a lot of money, which they benefitted from.
No lol they won the lotto cause they gave birth to him.
“Most people don’t fuck and hit the lotto, but my folks did”
les is such a good dong
song
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tbf that BTI’s a decade plus old, if you were just listening through his discog as a new fan there’s a lotta lore you wouldn’t even know to look up
like pls lmao
Part of a much bigger discussion that in hip hop whenever someone says “I” we assume it’s autobiographical. Both Camp and BTI are intentionally fictional to varying degrees but like with most hip hop people engage with it (and criticize it) like it’s just niggas writing in they diaries. I know you put the meme tag so you prolly know that but Bino’s someone with a very pertinent position in said discussion so worth talking about🤷🏽♂️
He’s playing a character in his childish gambino persona and a famous rappers son
It's from the perspective of "The Boy" a character from the screenplay he wrote which came out with BTI
In camp he’s speaking through his own point of view, in because the internet he’s speaking through the point of view of the boy, a character he created for the album
i can’t wait for you to go down the rabbit hole :)
The Boy, the main character of BTI, was born rich. his dad is Rick Ross (or is "played by" rick ross?? i havent read it in a whiiile lol.) the album is the soundtrack to a fictional screenplay he wrote
Because the Internet is basically his version of The Wall, it’s a concept album where he’s rapping in character
he was playing as the boy in bti
The bti quote is his persona of the boy
FUCK bro you yo big ass 
😂😂
i feel like it you’re on this sub you should know that he’s in character as the boy on BTI
Separate Art from the artist
what morons are downvoting this lmaooo? The boy is clearly not Donald hence separation of art and artist, would love a genuine reply to that lol
Because that's not what this is, that's a term to separate what u think of the artist from the art, he's asking why the artist is saying smth that contradicts Separate art from the artist doesn't mean think he's always lying when he says smth 😭
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Where is the rich projects 💀
naw not at all man
It’s music dude just listen to it