Released: July 31, 2020
Songwriter: Gorillaz
Producer: Gorillaz
[Spoken word]
2D: Alright?
Q: Yeessssss?
2D: How’s it goin?
Q: Ah, it’s all good, man. Groovy times, man.
2D: Thank you so much!
Q: Yeah, man, you got such an accent, bruh. Deep, deep, London accent. Like, I don’t even have a passport London accent. Like you never left your block in London accent - it sounds super, super strong.
2D: Noodle said that when you heard the track, you could hear psychedelics!
Q: Yeahh, man, as soon as I heard it, you know, like, you can taste the colours, but I just taste sherbet ice cream.
2D: Sherbet ice cream? I definitely think that that is what you should be eating when you’re listening to our track. How’d you get the name Schoolboy, anyway? Schoolboy Q?
Q: That come from the street. It’s rare to do what I do and have good grades, so.., that’s where the schoolboy came from.
2D: Um, the lyrics... What do they mean to you?
Q: Like, uhhh... talkin’ about where I’ve been, where I came from, you know, Meeting up with you guys, I been a fan of you guys for ever. Just soakin’ it all up, you know, just.. being in London, bro, I got this heavy ass jacket on.
2D: You spent some time in Brixton right?
Q: Oh, yeah. Yeah.
2D: Did ya like Brixton?
Q: I liked the jamaican food.
2D: I always wanna eat jerk chicken, and when I eat jerk chicken I forget how hot it is and it always... burns my mouth, you find that?
Q: I dunno. Probably cause you are not black. [laughs]
2D: The jerk chicken always blows my mouth off. Well, next time ya come back, I’ll take you to Norberts, and we can have some bubble and squeak, does that sound alright?
Q: Hell yeah. I'm ready.
2D: Well, it’s good to talk to you, schoolboy!
Q: Hell yeah. Always, always. Stay high and low man. Alright, big dog.
2D: Alright?
Q: Yeessssss?
2D: How’s it goin?
Q: Ah, it’s all good, man. Groovy times, man.
2D: Thank you so much!
Q: Yeah, man, you got such an accent, bruh. Deep, deep, London accent. Like, I don’t even have a passport London accent. Like you never left your block in London accent - it sounds super, super strong.
2D: Noodle said that when you heard the track, you could hear psychedelics!
Q: Yeahh, man, as soon as I heard it, you know, like, you can taste the colours, but I just taste sherbet ice cream.
2D: Sherbet ice cream? I definitely think that that is what you should be eating when you’re listening to our track. How’d you get the name Schoolboy, anyway? Schoolboy Q?
Q: That come from the street. It’s rare to do what I do and have good grades, so.., that’s where the schoolboy came from.
2D: Um, the lyrics... What do they mean to you?
Q: Like, uhhh... talkin’ about where I’ve been, where I came from, you know, Meeting up with you guys, I been a fan of you guys for ever. Just soakin’ it all up, you know, just.. being in London, bro, I got this heavy ass jacket on.
2D: You spent some time in Brixton right?
Q: Oh, yeah. Yeah.
2D: Did ya like Brixton?
Q: I liked the jamaican food.
2D: I always wanna eat jerk chicken, and when I eat jerk chicken I forget how hot it is and it always... burns my mouth, you find that?
Q: I dunno. Probably cause you are not black. [laughs]
2D: The jerk chicken always blows my mouth off. Well, next time ya come back, I’ll take you to Norberts, and we can have some bubble and squeak, does that sound alright?
Q: Hell yeah. I'm ready.
2D: Well, it’s good to talk to you, schoolboy!
Q: Hell yeah. Always, always. Stay high and low man. Alright, big dog.