This is of course complete conjecture until we hear from Harley himself, which didn’t take long. On Twitter, someone said that they suspect Harley’s legal team reached out to Donald Glover and was willing to not pursue legal action or draw attention in exchange for a settlement. The Speculation & Harley Speaksįans of Jase Harley began to question why the truth of the matter took so long to surface. When this was discovered, people began to immediately speculate on what the deal was. Then the most telling part is that Childish Gambino not only copies Jase Harley’s flow, but uses much of the exact same wordage in the same phrasing. Then the verse begins and you hear the exact same kick drum sound and nearly the same kick drum pattern and similar bass line. Then the military style snare drum kicks in.
As you press play and hear the intro with a chorus of singers repeating “Yeah” you might still brush it off as a coincidence. The title already exposes the plagiarism. It turns out that is more than heavily influenced by Harley’s song ‘American Pharaoh.’ He noticed it was directly influenced (stolen from) his favorite artist Jase Harley. One of the millions of astute listeners and students of hip-hop out there found ‘This is America’ strangely familiar. He’s also currently producing and acting in his own show that’s winning every Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and basically any other accolade you can remember exists. This is the guy who not only has the number one single in the country and in most countries on the planet, and has starred in the top comedy television shows. The absurdity of using Donald Glover as your poster child for oppression is lost on most people. You just a big dawg, I just kenneled him in the backyard.” You just a black man in this world, you just a barcode.
“This is America, don’t catch you slipping up. Some of the lyrics include lines such as: The hypocrisy of it all, and directly perpetuated by Childish Gambino himself, is the idea promoted using the song that African American individuals aren’t allowed to succeed in this country.
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