Childish Gambino - Telegraph Ave ("Oakland" By Lloyd) 

Writer -> comedian -> actor -> rapper -> singer HE'S GOOD AT EVERYTHING

9 years later still waiting to hear Llyods version of this song

STILL BUMPING THIS IN 2021. ONE OF THE GREATEST TUNES EVER FROM MR GAMBINO

Played this nonstop in college, came back to it since I'll be 30 soon (in Oakland)

He sings, raps, hes a producer, writer, comedian and actor, where'd this man come from?

This is one fucked up Jeep commercial.

This song hits different when you’re from Oakland and made a big move somewhere far away 😩. So nostalgic

This album “Because the Internet” turns 10 years old today. If you’re still here 10 years later drop a like! 🥹

This guy has true talent. He's a writer, comedian, actor, singer, and rapper. God damn...

Im so infatuated with them being together. They just seem like they would beso perfect together lol

Meanwhile in the darkest timeline: Troy has turned into a monster

not enough people are talking about how he sprouted tentacles at the end of this video.

Imagine if Donald Glover and Jordan peele made a horror movie...

Creativity, originality, and beauty at it's finest. Donald is a genius.

if you're just discovering gambino like that enjoy it I started listening to him when I was too young to fully grasp it and here I am 5yrs later, understanding this man is a mastermind

Who’s here in 2020 can’t believe this song dropped 5 years ago.

only childish gambino can do a song with jhene aiko and have HIMSELF on the hook lmfao

Can’t believe this song wasn’t as popular as “this is America”

Clone Troy is doing really well for himself

Reporting from 2024

I interpret this video as basically the locals (people from his past) know he's a monster/a bad person/a loser. Gambino is trying to leave that behind him and start fresh with Aiko. But the past won't let it go. They see him and see him doing well, so confront him about his demons and thus, bring the monster out of him. Aiko loves him regardless of his history. It's deep fam.

First time watching this video thinking it's just another cute love couple type of video but then ending comes along and f*cks me up..

This album is a rare piece of music It's literally perfect

I slept on this album so hard here I am in 2020 appreciating the shit this album

Because The Internet will forever by my favorite album by Gambino

4:14 I've seen enough hentai to know where this is going

This gotta be my favorite childish song. Makes me feel like finding true love. I love it. This always been the one.

This song is underrated, give you nostalgia for a life you never had.

That moment when you haven't seen the music video til now and the ending mind fucks you

I believe, she not being concerned, symbolized that she knows that Donald has a monster inside of him, but she also knows that he will never hurt her and she is the one that calms the beast within.

if you dont hit that cough at the beginning you pretty much gotta start it over

Life was great when this song dropped

For those who dont get the video heres the explanation of this video and previous ones! in the worst guys, at 1 46 you can see a large wound on his lower leg. While he was in the water an alien entered through his body. in the video sweatpants everyone in the diner is a "gambalien" and by the ending everyone turns into gambino, the whole point of all of them being there was to be secret. as they all were meeting up to discuss on how they were going to take over the world. in 3005 everyone on the ferris wheel is young in the beginning and the teddy bear is clean. while the video progresses the bear starts to desecrate and the people in the back start aging and growing old, gambino stays the same meaning the alien form that took over his body has a side effect of not aging. also at the end the town is on fire meaning the gambaliens took over the town. this video shows that while gambino is on a getaway with Jhene Aiko, the townspeople discover that gambino is not just an outsider, hes some sort of extraterrestrial alien and that he is a threat. i also found that at 1:37 if you look at the very left inside of the cabin that you can see someone almost crawling or sneaking, this could easily reference to a line in 3005 that says "Assassins are stabbed in the back of my cabin" or it could have been a crew member in the shot, still worth pointing out. so in the ending they try to get rid of him and protect Jhene. but they didn't really plan the attack so they died. at this point gambino lost everything, his girl, his respect for himself (he never wanted to become an alien like he did and wanted nobody to know about it) and he figured out that he needs to leave and find something new. thats everything leading up to this video, the final piece is actually the song "sober." in sober the time period is estimated to be in the future of the last videos. theres snow falling and everything seems normal. the video takes place in a carry out restaurant where gambino is attracted by a girl who doesnt really give him the time of day and thinks he's some creep. after she gives him the chance they start dancing together and having fun. but even that didnt keep her around for long as she leaves the food place and he feels sad and alone again.

Guessing, that car isn't a Fisker, because Fiskers don't make noise when they start up...just do you know.

Not gonna lie as a Oakland resident my whole like he better have been in Berkeley when he met this girl on telegraph cause let me tell you 😂😂😂😂

This album had such an effect on me man

Who's still listening to this in 2016? This song will never get old!!!

He freaking incorporated the Yoruba talking drum from West Africa at 3:00 and he dances smoothly to the rhythm of our ancestors. Really proud to be African. Childish Gambino is a living Picasso.

I had never seen the video for this song. Halfway through I was like "This is kinda sweet, very tame compared to This Is America" Then BOOM! CAR CRASH! ALIENS! And I was like "Ah, there we go"

Just bought my first house at nineteen over in Hawaii, feeling accomplished - had to throw it back to Tgraph Ave. shits gonna be unreal.

He looks a little like Donald Glover the comedian

This video goes from "Dang. The feels." *To* "What. The. Actual. Bino."

❤❤❤ used to listen to this everyday

2024 anyone?

In an alternate universe, I know him and Jhené are together.

This song is still good today

I didn’t know there was a video. It was everything I needed right now. This dude always delivers and keeps my anxiety and prevents my mind from taking me from overwhelming thoughts to relaxation. I love him. I still can’t believe I found this video . Straight THRILLING

i think what i love most about this track is the chrous, but the production with the light synths and keys in the beat also enhance it to a whole new level for me

Looks like Gambino seen Tokyo Ghoul lol

Gambino is too under rated

Finally old enough to understand Gambino. Been listening since 2014. My first love pmo 3005. As of this year I finished watching community. It’s like my ears have opened a bit more to fully recover the message. Got chills now. Love this song

I would do ANYTHING for this man to get serious about making music again

Damn bruh my sophomore year couldn't have been that long ago.

Gambino went on some Tokyo Ghoul type shit at the end.

coming back 9 years later and its still a bop

transition from Lloyd to Gambino in the beginning will always hit especially when Im fucked up I love you gambino. & Im still lowkey mad they aren’t together

His voice soothes me❤️

Jhene aiko is part Japanese Gambino is a tentacle monster MY GOD!!! I have watched enough hentai to know where this is going. Anyone else agree?

5 Years From now and Still Hit's. One of the most underrated tracks from his Album..❤🔥🌳🌳

Why is he never mentioned in top 3v? So versatile just needs to be more consistent and it’s game over.

can't wait for his new show

Gambino, man, someone our generation can actually look up to. This guy's a genius.

I love how the ending speech of That Power is connected to Because the Internet and the screenplay for it, and the video for Yaphet Kotto. Wish we had music videos for the full album, and/or the screenplay being made into a film

It’s crazy how Donald can be a actor and a musician. This man is inspirational.

Donald, eat a snickers you're not you when you're hungry

This guy doesn't make "videos" he makes movies!

When Donald couldn't be spider-man he became Doctor Octopus...

This song had me in a choke hold when I first heard it. "we'll both be 30 soon" use to reconcile with me so much because I was coming up on 30. Now hearing this song now at 31 hits different lol. Thanks for such a great song Gambino

What the hell did Donald Glover watch Parasyte: The Maxim???

Mind blown. On a sidenote, this is my favorite Gambino song and it kinda makes me sad that it's gonna be heard by a bunch of fake gambino fans claiming they're hardcore fans. Sorry to have that hipster mentality

i aspire to create art this timeless

Lyrics: I was making Japanese And she's watching DVDs In Oakland, in Oakland Now I'm driving up the 5 And she waits till I arrive In Oakland, in Oakland Everything, that I wanted Only gotta drive for the moment If you tell me "turn around," then I'm on it For the moment, but you know me You know how I get when I'm lonely And I think about you and the moment But everything you do is so Oakland, so Oakland Foot on the gas I'm just trying to pass All the red lights And the stop signs I'm ready to go Before I get to The Bay Babe, that's a problem Because I'm way too scared to call And you might get me to stay, and oh I don't really mind the drive But I think I'd rather die In Oakland, in Oakland With my hands on two and ten So I guess it all depends On Oakland, on Oakland And I'm nervous, truth be told I never saw me growing old In Oakland, in Oakland And if I married you tonight It would probably start a riot In Oakland, in Oakland Everything, that I needed Now that I got you in your feelings Everything you won't say, you tweet it And a nigga don't like that shit at all So treated Can we just roll with the feeling? Can we just roll for a minute? Wait a minute Foot on the gas I'm just tryna pass All the red lights And the stop signs I'm ready to go But I'm really not ready girl That's a problem 'Cause I'm way too scared to fall And I know you choose to stay, and oh All the girlfriends saying "here we go again" Rich kid but he act like a gentleman Last one didn't end like it should've been Two dates and he still wanna get it in And they're saying it's because of the Internet Try her once and it's on to the next chick X-O the O face on your exes...right? And we can do the same thing if you wanna have at it When your thoughts can't breathe and you're thinking asthmatic And you wanna be a mom and I wasn't mad at it I was thinking 'bout me, I'd be really bad at it 'Cause I'm thinking 'bout me, weeks in Dubai Fourth of July, house in Kauai, yeah we can try So let's try Whoa I took off my nine to five But you still don't have the time to kiss me (just hit me) And if I left you all alone, would you still pick up the phone It's iffy, you miss me I got furniture to move, and we'll both be thirty soon In Oakland, in Oakland The only one I know is you, so the fuck I'm supposed to do? In Oakland, in Oakland [8x]

It's crazy how i watched this and almost all of Gambino's other videos go from the hundred thousands (and some even less) to the millions almost overnight once he dropped redbone. It's amazing how one song can propel an artist to bigger heights then their entire previous catalog combined. And then that exposure results in the boom of sales in all their previous work. Which then goes to show that the music was always good. Some people just didn't know of him, while others need to be TOLD what to like without even realizing it. Many people don't like an artist until other people do, or until that specific artist gets steady rotation on the radio and music video networks. It's like they won't like somebody until it's confirmed by the masses or the labels that it's good music. Smh. Gambino BEEN tight. At least he's now getting the props he deserves tho. Better late than never.

Wowww! I recently discovered this artist and all I can say is "HOLY SHIT"! What a talented dude. I've seen him in a TV show and found out he's a singer as well? His videos are nothing less than mind blowing. Imagine when you first found an artist that amazes you? Thats what I'm experiencing now.

All these years, and this is still my favorite Gambino song!

Still need the Lloyd cover

I really want childish gambino and woodkid to make a song together. They're so different yet so similar. One day... One day.

What a talented group of brothers. I'm not sure who is more talented; Childish Gambino, or his brother Donald Glover. The two of them together would be one hell of a team. Don't they have a cousin who does stand up, or do they just kind of look alike?

I still wish we could get Lloyd's version as well :(

this song makes me nostalgic for no reason n also the melody+beat are such a vibe

The audio on this video is hella good

found this theorie online. What do you think? *I haven't read the screenplay, so there are probably holes. My theory goes as follows: In the Worst Guys video an extraterrestrial aquatic creature attached to and entered Gambino through his leg. In the 3005 video Gambino is the only person on the ferris wheel that doesn't age as the video progresses. This reveals how he is not human, but instead some alien species that can take the form of other organisms such as in the 1978 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers or even Men in Black. Since Will Smith, the Boy's/Jaden Smith's father, hunts down aliens, the aliens decide to target his son, Jaden Smith in the form of Gambino. The apocalyptic image at the end of 3005 reveals the imminent end to man kind by the hands of aliens in the year 3005. In the Sweatpants video the aliens are spreading rapidly. In the diner all of the people were aliens taking different forms so that they can discretely meet to discuss how they could take down the human race. By the end of the scene they all morphed into Gambino. According to the Urn video , the aliens communicate by this strange animalistic form of dance/body movements. With the Gambino alien in the center of the circle, it suggests that he is the leader of the group of aliens. One alien even has fur. The animalistic/strange dancing is also seen throughout the Telegraph Ave. video . When the Gambino alien enter the water he turns into his natural alien squid form (if you look at the tail closely, you can see they are tentacles) (EDIT- it looks more like a sea lion underwater not a tentacle creature. ) Finally when he gets hit by the car at the end, it reveals his true form to the one human he loves/cares for and wants to keep alive, Naomi aka Jhene.

This beautifully randomly popped up in my suggested

Wow! Grew up six doors down from Telegraph Avenue, in Oakland, CA. Between Telegraph Avenue & Mosswood Park. Wow! I'm "late" but here for this dude! OUTSTANDING! I'm sopping up EVERYTHING this man touches!

Everyone's going along with this "he's an alien thing". Here's my interpretation: if you notice, whenever he is hurt (gets hit by the car in this video, in the worst guys when he has that gash in his leg, in 3005 when everything is burning) he constantly stays by his lover. I think this is all just one big saga, even if you listen to the lyrics, telling a love story with the ups and downs and the great things but evil that can come out when it comes to loving someone. I may be completely wrong and delusional, but that's how i see it.

But is he eatin' tho?

The style of the opening of the video and song is so clean I love the radio aspect

Nothing beats listening to this song an putting my self in the same head space I was when I first heard this ten years ago

I expected this song to be filmed in oakland but i still love this song.

almost 2019 and this song is still on top of my playlists

almost 6 years later and this song still hits me in da feels and brings back the same feelings. i love this shi so much i cant explain the nostalgia

My favorite album of all time, no matter what releases, this will always be my favorite.

this video took a TURN

This song and music video is great, and people are still hating him? Some are even hating him for this song?

Every one of this man's songs sends tingles down my spine. You are an amazing person and artist.

This Kevin Durant favorite song 😂😂😂

Man, Oakland looks so different from what I remember...

Greatness in itself! Thank you for blessing us with these amazing bangers! 8 years ago is crazy! Timeless record!

The street he was driving on in this video was in fact not Telegraph Ave in Oakland 😔

Wait what the fuck