this song was gold. I love that he took out the part of him cumming into the mic at the end. But I hate that he added summer walker to it and messed with it
it just doesn’t hit the same this feels so genuine when he’s thanking her I don’t know why he would randomly put summer walked just no 😭 it felt so random
Gambino singing the "thank you" bit hits SO MUCH harder and better than Summer 😔 edit: Clarifying that I didn't mean this as a diss towards Summer! I just feel that this part of the song is better thematically when sung by Gambino. The song's lyrics have our main guy opening up about some of his inner struggle and guilt in a relationship, and ultimately declaring his gratitude and love for his partner. In the Atavista version, where we hear another person making the declaration first, it just feels off to me. It was like, 'wait a minute, why are you thanking this person now? Or are you thanking *him*???' Idk, my mind is weird.
@dixie3601 i honestly think Sweet Thang is one improvement from Atavista, Summer's voice fits in REALLY well here ! but I can't decide if i wish she did more on this or not .
i have to share what this song means to me. not what glover necessarily meant the song to be about. first of all the attitude of the song is definitely unhealthy and condescending, and the line about not looking at the phone kinda yikes and i dont relate to it. that being said there is a self awareness of this in the song, and despite its sort of immature aspect i think it captures what being depressed and in an unhealthy state while in a relationship feels like. 24.19 hits something so deep in me, especially the way i felt when i was younger. growing up as a man, losing two father figures in my early teens, and having a somewhat dysfunctional upbringing. I shut myself off, not even consciously, i just had learned that being in a state far away from vulnerability would keep me from being hurt. that didnt stop my yearning for love though, and i dated throughout my teen years. I never enjoyed things the way other people did including my partners (in retrospect i was depressed) but id always just feel distance from me and the world, and there was always a mix of resentment towards it but also a longing to be part of it. ANYWAYS to the song. In my mind this song just perfectly encapsulates this bittersweet struggle with love and nihilism. "You'll end up being someone better, sweet thing But I can only be myself, sweet thing You'll still believe in fairytales, sweet thing You sweet thing" The way hes totally resigned himself to this disconnection, and inability to change, reflecting on how he believes the world is bleak, void of optimism, but this woman hes singing to still has this naive view of the world. "You take me to the fair But I don't really care You wouldn't change a hair Sometimes I wonder why you love me But you love me I always make you cry No matter how I try Sometimes I wonder why Why would you ever want to love me? Must you love me? Oh" jeeeez this hits, don't know how many times when i was depressed, that id go along with something "going to a fair" just to make the other person happy but truly i felt nothing. makes me sad for my previous partners that they didn't know that, and sad for myself that i felt that way. in this part, hes finally feeling as if her love for him is not due to her naivety as he defaultly assumes but because she believes he is a lovable person. and this makes him break down because he does not feel he is lovable. "must you love me?" just hits so fucking hard. like her love is too much to actually confront and it stings, and hes struggling to actually bring himself to believe hes lovable. "Sweet thing You made me chicken, rice, and beans, sweet thing You're just as sweet as you can be, sweet thing (Oh, yeah) If you wanna be happy, don't look at my phone, sweet thing My sweet thing (Sweet thing) Sweet thing Your friend is always acting stank, sweet thing You wanna hold me, but you can't, sweet thing You always eating off my food, sweet thing My sweet thing" this is the most toxic part. "you want to hold me but you can't" this line is so complicated, cause its partly an expression of distain towards the woman for thinking she'll be able to break down his walls, but also a distain towards himself for being unable to be held, unable to be vulnerable. again this is just what it means to me. "Ain't got no pictures on my feed Gucci jacket smell like weed, ooh Rubbing my head while we're both sleeping Feel like I'm cheating on myself But it feels so good I wanna tell you something Something I've never said before I just wanna say Thank you" this is the part where i think how when he was writing the song, it maybe meant something very different from my interpretation. I think maybe he wrote it as an expression of being with someone he doesn't truly connect with "feel like im cheating on myself" but hes addicted to the feelings of love, the good moments. but regardless i read it as if the "cheating" is about him breaking down his walls. hes betraying himself and the way hes always been, actually opening up, and feeling love as opposed to living this stoic emotionless and safe way. anyways this has been a big ramble. i love the song.
lyrics Sweet thing You moved to Southern California Sweet thing You do just what your daddy told you Sweet thing You're watching Parks and Rec alone Sweet thing You sweet thing Sweet thing You think I'm being someone else Sweet thing But I can only be myself Sweet thing You'll still believe in fairytales Sweet thing You sweet thing You take me to the fair But I don't really care You wouldn't change a hair Sometimes I wonder why you love me But you love me I always make you cry No matter how I try Sometimes I wonder why Why would you ever want to love me? Must you love me? Oh Sweet thing You made me chicken, rice, and beans Sweet thing You're just as sweet as you can be Sweet thing (oh, yeah) If you wanna be happy, don't look at my phone (oh) Sweet thing My sweet thing Sweet thing Your friend is always acting stank Sweet thing You wanna hold me, but you can't Sweet thing You always eating off my food Sweet thing My sweet thing Ain't got no pictures on my feed Gucci jacket smell like weed, ooh Rubbing my head, both of us sleeping Feel like I'm cheating on myself But it feels so good I wanna tell you something Something I've never said before I just wanna say thank you 'Cause I love you, mhm (love you) I wanna say thank you Yeah, yeah, yeah 'Cause I love you (love, love, love, love, love) Yeah, yeah (you) I said thank you Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I really love you (I really love, love, love you, baby, ahh) I said, thank you Thank you for showing me what love can be (only, only if I knew) Thank you Your love is a mountain (I ain't lying) (I ain't lying) I ain't lying Oh, no, no (thank you) Oh, I just wanna say (thank you) I climb every mountain, yeah And we're learning 'Cause you love me and I love you Yes, I do, I said, thank you Thank you for my children Thank you for your love I just wanna thank you I ain't lying, I ain't lying I just wanna say it, I just wanna say it (thank you) I cannot find, I've made my mind Losin' my mind Losin' my mind, oh, oh, no, no
I stg, Donny BUTCHERED this song. It goes from almost a little devil on the shoulder sounding, fitting for the lyrical content, to the most basic one dimensional voice ever sounding like a wierd fairytale character. Don’t even get me started on summer walker. Such a letdown. Nothing worse than taking something mysterious and making it beyond goofy.
This version is better, the shit they put on top of it took away from the beauty of it, and je made the supplementary vocals worse and percussion sound less organic and more studio sounding
RIP to everyone coming here after hearing new atavista versions
Facts im mad as hell
I’m so hurt 😭
Why he have to take this version down 😭
Facts!!!
I'm pissed as hell, the different mixing and the Summer Walker feature is just off...
Losing 3.15.20 feels like a breakup
literally feels like a part of me died
Crazy how we all miss this song, i thought i was the only one
shit hurts my soul
The memories I have from this song like actually don’t talk to me I’ll cey
The unpolished vocals sound so much better to my ears…
RIGHT. the distorted-ness makes it more emotionally impactful for some reason imo 😭
im biased cause i've loved this song since it came out, but it is so so sooo much better than the new imo
bro he needs to bring this version back on spotify
I agree. He should’ve left this song alone.
this song was gold. I love that he took out the part of him cumming into the mic at the end. But I hate that he added summer walker to it and messed with it
The harp doesn’t hit as hard on the new one
@@joe7663 what
Took this for granted, for sure.
💯
it just doesn’t hit the same this feels so genuine when he’s thanking her I don’t know why he would randomly put summer walked just no 😭 it felt so random
the summer part takes away so much now 😔
Yes. Thank you
Damn i miss this song..
This is the only version i acknowledge
😢
He needs to put this back on spotify ASAP
Gambino singing the "thank you" bit hits SO MUCH harder and better than Summer 😔
edit: Clarifying that I didn't mean this as a diss towards Summer! I just feel that this part of the song is better thematically when sung by Gambino.
The song's lyrics have our main guy opening up about some of his inner struggle and guilt in a relationship, and ultimately declaring his gratitude and love for his partner. In the Atavista version, where we hear another person making the declaration first, it just feels off to me. It was like, 'wait a minute, why are you thanking this person now? Or are you thanking *him*???'
Idk, my mind is weird.
hater!!
@dixie3601 i honestly think Sweet Thang is one improvement from Atavista, Summer's voice fits in REALLY well here ! but I can't decide if i wish she did more on this or not .
damn he got us used to this old mix and just pulled the rug 😭
pulled that mf RIGHT out
It’s ok boys we still have this one here
For now
ATAVISTA IS BEAUTIFUL BUT THIS VERSION IS TOO GOOD 🥲
Right! This version is best!❤
didn't like summer walkers part tbh
Also they made his voice sound more weird. It was perfect here
"I just want to say 'thank you,'" on this version slays the remake
I found my people lol this version is sadly superior to the new one. One of my favorite songs of the past couple years
Grateful for this album and the solace it brought me during past times.
This just hit different when it first came out
this version is faaar better than the new remastered one
If this isn’t back on Spotify by next week I’m suing
That Thank You part hits every single time
日本からコメントする。
summerが悪いんじゃない。
この兄弟が良すぎるんだよ…
glad to see we all agree 😩
youtube classic now
I miss this track.
5:20 is it just me or does the end of this song feel heavenly
Honestly I love both his version and summer walkers they got the job done in different ways, I’ll say Donald is more soulful though
summer walker really ruins my fav part of the song where Gambino just goes crazy w the vocals. RIP to the OG version
i have to share what this song means to me. not what glover necessarily meant the song to be about.
first of all the attitude of the song is definitely unhealthy and condescending, and the line about not looking at the phone kinda yikes and i dont relate to it. that being said there is a self awareness of this in the song, and despite its sort of immature aspect i think it captures what being depressed and in an unhealthy state while in a relationship feels like.
24.19 hits something so deep in me, especially the way i felt when i was younger.
growing up as a man, losing two father figures in my early teens, and having a somewhat dysfunctional upbringing. I shut myself off, not even consciously, i just had learned that being in a state far away from vulnerability would keep me from being hurt. that didnt stop my yearning for love though, and i dated throughout my teen years. I never enjoyed things the way other people did including my partners (in retrospect i was depressed) but id always just feel distance from me and the world, and there was always a mix of resentment towards it but also a longing to be part of it. ANYWAYS to the song.
In my mind this song just perfectly encapsulates this bittersweet struggle with love and nihilism.
"You'll end up being someone better, sweet thing
But I can only be myself, sweet thing
You'll still believe in fairytales, sweet thing
You sweet thing"
The way hes totally resigned himself to this disconnection, and inability to change, reflecting on how he believes the world is bleak, void of optimism, but this woman hes singing to still has this naive view of the world.
"You take me to the fair
But I don't really care
You wouldn't change a hair
Sometimes I wonder why you love me
But you love me
I always make you cry
No matter how I try
Sometimes I wonder why
Why would you ever want to love me?
Must you love me? Oh"
jeeeez this hits, don't know how many times when i was depressed, that id go along with something "going to a fair" just to make the other person happy but truly i felt nothing. makes me sad for my previous partners that they didn't know that, and sad for myself that i felt that way.
in this part, hes finally feeling as if her love for him is not due to her naivety as he defaultly assumes but because she believes he is a lovable person. and this makes him break down because he does not feel he is lovable.
"must you love me?" just hits so fucking hard. like her love is too much to actually confront and it stings, and hes struggling to actually bring himself to believe hes lovable.
"Sweet thing
You made me chicken, rice, and beans, sweet thing
You're just as sweet as you can be, sweet thing (Oh, yeah)
If you wanna be happy, don't look at my phone, sweet thing
My sweet thing (Sweet thing)
Sweet thing
Your friend is always acting stank, sweet thing
You wanna hold me, but you can't, sweet thing
You always eating off my food, sweet thing
My sweet thing"
this is the most toxic part.
"you want to hold me but you can't"
this line is so complicated, cause its partly an expression of distain towards the woman for thinking she'll be able to break down his walls, but also a distain towards himself for being unable to be held, unable to be vulnerable.
again this is just what it means to me.
"Ain't got no pictures on my feed
Gucci jacket smell like weed, ooh
Rubbing my head while we're both sleeping
Feel like I'm cheating on myself
But it feels so good
I wanna tell you something
Something I've never said before
I just wanna say
Thank you"
this is the part where i think how when he was writing the song, it maybe meant something very different from my interpretation. I think maybe he wrote it as an expression of being with someone he doesn't truly connect with "feel like im cheating on myself" but hes addicted to the feelings of love, the good moments.
but regardless i read it as if the "cheating" is about him breaking down his walls. hes betraying himself and the way hes always been, actually opening up, and feeling love as opposed to living this stoic emotionless and safe way.
anyways this has been a big ramble.
i love the song.
Glad I ain’t the only one 🙏
I miss this version sm
Not only did you change the name of the album but you updated ALL the songs!!! Why Would You Do That???? 😭😭😭 Thank You ❤
I like this version wayyy better the new one sounds weird
Nothing beats the og
he’s so annoying for taking this down easily one of his best songs.
God I miss the original version of this so much
why they take it down noooo
He dropped an update version of the album
@@letsgo494Which is not as good
I don’t know what it is but this version sounds cleaner. Why he even remake it?
Cuz he got insecure about critics. I love Donny, but what a wussy move.
saudade dessa versão, pprt
i like this version better.. 😢
That hurt my soul🤍
Big boss 💪💪💪
why would u take this away
i'm sooo fcking mad why did he have to delete this version 🥲
Me too wtf
Damn i thought it was only me
Im so pissed they took this away from us
Good Job big boss 💪
lyrics
Sweet thing
You moved to Southern California
Sweet thing
You do just what your daddy told you
Sweet thing
You're watching Parks and Rec alone
Sweet thing
You sweet thing
Sweet thing
You think I'm being someone else
Sweet thing
But I can only be myself
Sweet thing
You'll still believe in fairytales
Sweet thing
You sweet thing
You take me to the fair
But I don't really care
You wouldn't change a hair
Sometimes I wonder why you love me
But you love me
I always make you cry
No matter how I try
Sometimes I wonder why
Why would you ever want to love me?
Must you love me? Oh
Sweet thing
You made me chicken, rice, and beans
Sweet thing
You're just as sweet as you can be
Sweet thing (oh, yeah)
If you wanna be happy, don't look at my phone (oh)
Sweet thing
My sweet thing
Sweet thing
Your friend is always acting stank
Sweet thing
You wanna hold me, but you can't
Sweet thing
You always eating off my food
Sweet thing
My sweet thing
Ain't got no pictures on my feed
Gucci jacket smell like weed, ooh
Rubbing my head, both of us sleeping
Feel like I'm cheating on myself
But it feels so good
I wanna tell you something
Something I've never said before
I just wanna say thank you
'Cause I love you, mhm (love you)
I wanna say thank you
Yeah, yeah, yeah
'Cause I love you (love, love, love, love, love)
Yeah, yeah (you)
I said thank you
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I really love you (I really love, love, love you, baby, ahh)
I said, thank you
Thank you for showing me what love can be (only, only if I knew)
Thank you
Your love is a mountain (I ain't lying)
(I ain't lying) I ain't lying
Oh, no, no (thank you)
Oh, I just wanna say (thank you)
I climb every mountain, yeah
And we're learning
'Cause you love me and I love you
Yes, I do, I said, thank you
Thank you for my children
Thank you for your love
I just wanna thank you
I ain't lying, I ain't lying
I just wanna say it, I just wanna say it (thank you)
I cannot find, I've made my mind
Losin' my mind
Losin' my mind, oh, oh, no, no
I stg, Donny BUTCHERED this song. It goes from almost a little devil on the shoulder sounding, fitting for the lyrical content, to the most basic one dimensional voice ever sounding like a wierd fairytale character. Don’t even get me started on summer walker. Such a letdown. Nothing worse than taking something mysterious and making it beyond goofy.
This version way better
This version is better, the shit they put on top of it took away from the beauty of it, and je made the supplementary vocals worse and percussion sound less organic and more studio sounding
The drums on this are amazing, they sound so stale on the new version
no offese bnut the new version is horrible compared to this one
I’m so pissed he changed it
これのほうがいい
RIP to what used to be
HE RUINED IT
why did he have to ruin it
This version was so much better, summer walker ruins another song with a mid feature
shame on him.
blessings upon you.
I just like this song without the summer walker vocals they aren’t as good as gambinos vocals
I can understand people missing him singing the final part, but the mix in this one is waaaaay worse come on
The electric guitar is so much better in this mix. His vocals are louder than the guitar in the new mix.
Summer Walker ruined the song 😭😭😭 sorry not sorry
I hate when artist bring another artist who ruin the song😮💨😤
Nah I like the new mix better.. the harmonies stand out way more.
Bro ruined it
I actually despised this song when it came out bc why is it so fucking echoey??? Love the new version