The song “49ers” is the 3rd track off of Childish Gambino’s (Donald Glover) 2010 mixtape, I AM JUST A RAPPER.

The song talks about how as a celebrity, gold diggers are always trying to play you.

Childish Gambino uses the clever metaphor of the 49ers (the gold diggers that came to California for the Gold Rush) to express his dislike for gold digging women, and his desire to find a girl who is truly interested in him as a person.