[Intro: Rihanna] Feel it comin' in the air (Uh huh) Hear the screams from everywhere I'm addicted to the thrill It's a dangerous love affair Can't be scared when it goes down (This, this goes out) Got a problem tell me now (To everybody in middle school) Only thing that's on my mind (That didn't fuck with me) Is who's gonna run this town tonight? (Listen) Is who's gonna run this town tonight? (This goes out to all them, them dudes that get picked on) We gonna run this town (Here we go)
[Verse 1: Childish Gambino] Yea, the flow so absurd It's C.G. boy, king of the black nerds I gotta get my Urkel on I won't stop until I see an afro at Comic-Con And not just Samurai I was an outcast, nickname Aquemini The wait's over, like two pounds over scale I'm doing big things like I'm eating out a whale These niggas do the same shit because they scared to fail I'm in a hot pink hoodie, I ain't ever scared These niggas frontin', sayin' like "he gay and shit" And then they wonder why nobody wanna play they shit
[Hook: Rihanna] Life's a game but it's not fair I break the rules so I don't care So I keep doin' my own thing Walkin' tall against the rain Victory's within the mile Almost there, don't give up now Only thing that's on my mind Is who's gonna run this town tonight Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy Hey-heyyy-hey-hey-heyy Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy (Is who's gonna run this town tonight) Hey-hey-hey-heyyy
[Verse 2: Childish Gambino] We are, yea I said it we are Nigga I'm a soldier, trooper like I'm VR Where's my fuckin' key card It was right behind me Fuck it, home girl you can blow me in the lobby My girl loves brains, so she is my zombie Na home boy, I don't practice, this my hobby They all say make a demo tape so they can sign me Cause yo boy stay mo hot than Gandhi Listen up (Illll) I don't do this for the limelight I do this for kids who get picked on for talkin' white I do this for kids who rock out to The White Stripes If you a nigga with glasses and skateboards, I got you right (Illll)
[Hook: Rihanna]
[Verse 3: Childish Gambino] It's crazy how you can go from being Joe Blow To get here, it takes guts like the aggro Crag They used to call me fag Cause I ain't wanna be on the corner holdin' the bag "Well fuck them niggas, they only holdin' you back" Said a little voice inside of me wearin' a yellow cap Or maybe it was bright pink, I can't remember Alls I know I wrote my first verse that December Now I'm so sick boy, yea I'm straight loungin' Niggas used to say "who?" like I'm Pete Townshend Yea, it's hard to stay grounded When you're Andre and MST 3000 All rolled into one nigga I 69 a 49er boy, gold diggers I grind all day to stay alive So I guess I'm a Mac with a hard drive If you think you hype now, see the boy live Bright colors in the streets like I'm gay pride Yea my hoodie look like it drank five alive And these dudes play my shit like I'm Goldeneye If you could see the best, go be it And if I die young nigga so be it Like I told you on the other track If there's a dude tight as me, I ain't seen him yet
[Outro: Rihanna] Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy Hey-heyyy-hey-hey-heyy Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy Hey-hey-hey-heyyy Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy Hey-hey-hey-heyyy Heeeey-hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyy We gon' run this town tonight