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Release date: 27th November 2017

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'glo_up' by blackbear is an R&B/Soul track from the album 'cybersex' (2017). The lyrics weigh status anxiety against self-improvement, with the narrator insisting they would rather die than end up broke, and challenging someone to “grow up” after throwing shade. The chorus moves between desperation and resolve, framing success as something you earn by changing your attitude rather than maintaining petty hostility. It is, in short, a brash declaration of priorities, delivered over a confident, hook-driven framework.

"glo_up" is a track by blackbear, from the album cybersex, released 27th November 2017. It's filed under R&B/Soul. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about blackbear.

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glo_up

[Intro: blackbear]

Yeah

​beartrap trap music

[Chorus: blackbear]

I'd rather be dying than be going broke

I would rather die before I lose this dose

Swear to God

How you finna shine with all that shade you throw, grow up

How you finna shine with all that shade you throw, grow up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, glo up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, glo up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, get your dough up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, glo up

[Verse 1: blackbear]

How you finna smoke with us if you don't roll, roll up

How you finna rock with us if you don't show, no love

Told you meet me here, same place, same time, same corner

Gotta do this whole bag before we hit the border, yeah

Came from red Corolla

Candy apple Faygo make that kinda purple-red soda

Yeah, that's how I roll up, that's how I pour up

White ghost, ten toes, inside Gucci loafer

White ghost, ten toes, inside Gucci loafer

White ghost, ten toes, inside Gucci loafer

That's how I roll up, that's how I pour up

White ghost, ten toes, inside Gucci loafer

[Chorus: blackbear]

I'd rather be dying than be going broke

I would rather die before I lose this though

Swear to God

How you finna shine with all that shade you throw, grow up

How you finna shine with all that shade you throw, grow up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, glo up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, glo up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, get your dough up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, glo up

[Verse 2: Rick Ross]

Real niggas deserve to live twice

Plastic fork and fried rice

He's gonna get his money baby

Photograph of my whips, autograph of your bitch

Cuban links for my gang, tech nines for my clique

Full auto boy right here, livin' like I went pro

Quarter mill' on my trips, bitches names in my notes

Know I keeps it so real, niggas don't want that smoke

Babies can't think so clear, I'm in diaries that she wrote

Back seats in this bitch, rest in peace if you snitch

Niggas killin' for chips, and it won't be a glitch

[Chorus: blackbear]

I'd rather be dying than be going broke

I would rather die before I lose this though

Swear to God

How you finish shining with all that shade you throw, grow up

How you finish shining with all that shade you throw, grow up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, glo up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, glo up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, get your dough up

You ain't shine if you don't learn to glo, glo up

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From cybersex

2017
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cybersex
cybersex
blackbear
27th November 2017
Release year
2017
  1. 1gucci linen (feat. 2 Chainz)
    3:32
  2. 2bright pink tims (feat. Cam’ron)
    3:49
  3. 3playboy shit (feat. lil aaron)
    3:32
  4. 4e.z. (feat. Machine Gun Kelly)
    4:12
  5. 5up in this (with Tinashe)
    3:24
  6. 6anxiety (with FRND)
    3:11
  7. 7thursday / froze over - "interlude"
    4:20
  8. 8I hope your whole life sux
    2:59
  9. 9down 4 u (feat. T-Pain)
    3:38
  10. 10glo_up (feat. Rick Ross)
    3:30
  11. 11top priority (with Ne-Yo)
    2:51
  12. 12g2g ttyl (feat. THEY.)
    3:02
  13. 13candayapple (feat. Paul Wall & Riff Raff)
    4:35
  14. 14santa monica & la brea
    4:40
  15. —glo_up
  16. —e.z.
  17. —top priority
  18. —down 4 u
  19. —candayapple
  20. —anxiety (with FRND)
    3:11
  21. —up in this (with Tinashe)
    3:24

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