Zombies- Childish Gambino

The song begins with a loud moaning noise and a somber guitar riff to start the song, possibly to go along with the name of the song. It is as if the beginning of the song signals the rise of the dead. Throughout the first verse, it seems to simply be a song about the dead rising, but once the second verse starts, it is clear this song is deeper than that and not about something as trivial as the dead rising. The line "they can smell your money, and they want your soul" starts to paint a picture of what this song is actually about. The "zombies" that Gambino talks about is not an actual zombie, but a representation of consumerism in America. Numerous lines in the song allude to the comparison between zombies and consumerism. "Walking all around us" and "you will find there is no safe place to hide" are both references to how in the form of advertisement, no matter where you go outside, you will always be subjected to consumerism. The words "money" and "profit" are in reference to what is necessary for this to survive; the people's cash. Just like the stereotypical zombie will live off brains, Gambino compares by saying that companies live off of money. The final line of the final verse is "there is no way to stop it" and this ultimately says that it is an inevitable evil.