Childish Gambino has filed legal papers calling for the song-theft lawsuit targeting his 2018 hit ‘This Is America’ to be dismissed.He presents the usual responses to such lawsuits – ie that the elements his track and the earlier work he’s accused of ripping off share are not protected copyright and that the plaintiff hasn’t demonstrated how he had access to the earlier song. Plus he throws in some issues around copyright registration for good measure.Miami-based rapper Kidd Wes – real name Emelike Nwosuocha – sued Childish Gambino – or Donald Glover if you prefer – last year, claiming that ‘This Is America’ lifted from his 2016 track ‘Made In America’.“The distinctive flow” heard in Glover’s track, the lawsuit stated, “is unmistakably substantially similar, if not practically identical, to the distinct and unique flow that was employed by Nwosuocha in recording his vocal performance of his rapping of the hook to his copyrighted work”.“The lyrical theme, content, and structure of the identically-performed choruses are also glaringly similar”, the lawsuit added.