I think there would have to be some hidden meaning, clever idea or anything the like to deserve the title "deep". I think we've all found the secret meaning behind the music video. Everyone thinks it's references to Jim Crow, gun violence, the Charleston shooting, etc - but this is too close a match to be chance. r/OutOfTheLoop: A subreddit to help you keep up to date with what's going on with reddit and other stuff. Yes, it tackes important America's issues--but these have been tackled many times before. The song is clearly about the threat to the US from Canada, led by singers like Carly Rae Jepsen. When Childish Gambino dropped “This Is America” last week, the world sat up and listened — more than 100 million times on YouTube alone. It deserves a closer look. The opening moments of “This Is America” show a man strumming a guitar alone to choral sounds. Controversy is fine, but people are trying to give the clip labels it does not, in my opinion, deserve. Donald Glover's music video for "This is America" is a jarring work of art that addresses gun violence, entertainment, police brutality, and black bodies in America. The point with this, I believe, along with the lyrics (Police are Trpping, This is how I am living Now, Carrying Straps, guns, this is america, it's Guerrilla(warfare)) is that while there is a breakdown in civility all round, while the next generation is being broken, STILL the focus is on a Racial Sambo Stereotype; Dance, carefree, be happy. Within the first minute, Gambino shoots the man, who has been tied up with a head cover.