A "Truth to Power" lyric from Childish Gambino ("Silk Pillow")

"Convict monotonous, a verdict thoughtless"

• Childish Gambino, Silk Pillow (Released: May 30, 2012)

Genius Annotation:

A nod to Beck’s first hit single “Loser” where he raps in a monotone (“convict monotonous”). Critics wrote him off too quickly initially (“verdict thoughtless”), thinking it was a jokey one hit wonder and had to see him put out an impressive body of work following “Loser.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE&ob=av2e

This post was generated by the Truth2Power bot, a project for MIT's CMS.614 created to archive and discuss hip-hop lyrics that speak truth to power.