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    the unplanned mixtape
    «And we danced, and we cried
    and we laughed and had a really really really good time
    Take my hand, let’s have a blast
    And remember this moment for the rest of our lives
    Our lives, our lives, our lives, our lives
    Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
    Tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight, tonight
    ‘Cause tonight’s the night
    Am I right?
    Dance!».


    «Feels like night for a party
    My nature so naughty
    There’s a knock on the door, it’s the neighbours
    Quick cock blocking
    We're having a ho-down, you hoe’s down?
    Don’t let me pull my hose out
    ‘Cause it’s big, long, pink, strong
    And known to dance like all night long
    Grab my hand, play this song
    DJ save my life, come on
    Leave your fear, back off the wall
    Free of beat and pussy pop
    If you don’t have a pussy
    Pop a cock into a booty
    To a booty».


    «And we danced, and we cried
    And we laughed and had a really really really good time
    Take my hand, let’s have a blast
    And remember this moment for the rest of our lives».


    «I am not, I am not going to stand on the wall
    I will dance, I will dance, I will break that ass off
    And I see you in the corner, corner looking so small
    Doing the robot like if I die tonight at least I went hard
    I will not, I will not give a damn who watches me
    I will live, I will live liberate the fox in me
    I will be the discoball, freak and give my all
    To whatever girl’s booty I'm freaking on
    I'm not skeeting nah, it’s just freaking hot
    Alright I skeeted
    I will not be a mannequin
    The ego banish it
    The roof’s on fire
    Let’s burn down the Vatican
    I will moon walk to Pluto in honor of Michael Jackson
    In heaven he’ll be saying that man is tight at dancing
    RIP to the king, Michael Jackson, we learned it all from you
    Dedicate this to the dance floor
    Party up the sorrow ‘til tomorrow morning happens
    We pledge allegiance to the DJ put your hands up».


    «You see me looking at you from that bar right over there
    But your friends are huddled up and they are hating on a player
    I just want to dance with you, get on the back of you
    Tip tap the boots, extract the truth
    Da-Dance with you, get on the back of you
    Da-Dance dance dance
    Awesome».

    (And We Danced.)


    «He rolled up, asked him what he was sippin’ on
    He said lean, You want to hit it, dawg?
    That’s the same stuff
    Weezy’s sippin’ huh?
    And tons of other rappers that be spittin’ hard
    Yup yup five a bone
    When he passed him that styrofoam the easter pink, heard it in a rhyme before
    Finally got to see what all the hype was on
    And then he took a sip, sittin’ in the Lincoln thinkin’ he was pimpin’ as he listen to the system
    Little did he know that it was just as addictive as base
    Not the kind of hit from the kick drum
    Hot box, let the base bump
    Take it to the face, gulp
    Months later the use went up
    Every blunt was accompanied by the pink stuff
    But Goddamn he loved that feelin’
    Purple rain coated in the throat
    Just so healin’
    Medicine alleviate the sickness
    liquid affix and it comes with a cost
    wake up, cold sweat, scratchin’, itchin’
    trying to escape the skin that barely fit him
    gone, get another bottle just to get a couple swallows
    headed towards the bottom couldn’t get off it
    Didn’t even think he had a problem
    Though he couldn’t sleep without getting’ nauseous
    Room spinnin’, thinkin’ he might of sipped just a little bit too much of that cough syrup
    His eyelids closed shut
    Sat back in the chair clutchin’ that cup
    girlfriend came and a couple hours later said his name shook him but he never got up».


    «He never got up, he never got up
    We live on the cusp of death thinkin’ that it won’t be us
    It won’t be us, it won’t be us, it won’t be us
    Nah, it won’t be us».


    «Now he just wanted to act like them
    He just wanted to rap like him
    Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects that we have on these kids
    Blunt passed, ash in a tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds
    The fact of it is most people that rap like this talkin’ about some shit they haven’t lived».


    «Surprise, you know the drill
    Trapped in a box, declined record sales
    Follow the formula violence, drugs, and, sex sells
    So we try to sound like someone else
    This is not Californication
    There’s no way to glorify this pavement
    Syrup, percocet, and an eighth a day will leave you broke, depressed, and emotionally vacant
    Despite how Lil Wayne lives
    It’s not conducive to being creative
    And I know ‘cause he’s my favorite
    And I know ‘cause I was off that same mix
    Rationalize the shit that I’d try after I listen to dedication
    But he’s an alien, I’d sip that shit, pass out or play Playstation
    Months later I’m in the same place
    No music made, feeling like a failure
    And trust me it’s not dope to be 25 and move back to your parent’s basement
    I’ve seen my people’s dreams die
    I’ve seen what they can be denied
    And “weeds not a drug” – that’s denial
    Groundhog Day life repeat each time
    I’ve seen oxycontin take three lives
    I grew up with them, we used to chief dimes
    I’ve seen cocaine bring out the demons inside
    Cheatin’ and lyin’
    Friendship cease, no peace in the mind
    Stealin’ and takin’ anything to fix the pieces inside
    Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere
    Only motivation for what the dealer’s supplying
    That rush, that drug, that dope
    Those pills, that crumb, that roach
    Thinkin’ I would never do that, not that drug
    and growing up nobody ever does
    Until your stuck, lookin’ in the mirror like I can’t believe what I’ve become
    Swore I was goin’ to be someone
    And growing up everyone always does
    We sell our dreams and our potential
    To escape through that buzz
    Just keep me up, keep me up
    Hollywood here we come».

    (Otherside.)







    the heist
    «Hey, Macklemore! Can we go thrift shopping?
    What, what, what, what...».


    «I’m gonna pop some tags, only got twenty dollars in my pocket
    I’m, I’m, I’m hunting, looking for a come up, this is fucking awesome».


    «Walk into the club like what up? I got a big cock
    I’m just pumped up off some shit from the thrift shop
    Ice on the fringe is so damn frosty
    The people like “Damn, that’s a cold ass honky”
    Rolling in hella deep, headed to the mezzanine
    Dressed in all pink except my gator shoes, those are green
    Draped in a leopard mink, girl standing next to me
    Probably shoulda washed this, smells like R.Kelly sheets, piss
    But shit, it was 99 cents, buy it, cop it and washing it
    ‘Bout to go and get some compliments, passing up on those moccasins
    Someone else has been walking in, bummy and grudgy, fucking it
    I am stunting and plus it is saving money and I’m hella happy
    That’s a bargain bitch, I’mma take your grandpa style
    I’mma take your grandpa style, no for real, ask your grandpa
    Can I have his hand-me-downs? Velour jumpsuit and some house slippers
    Dookie Brown leather jacket that I found digging
    They had a broken keyboard, I bought a broken keyboard
    I bought a skeet blanket, then I bought a knee board
    Hello, hello, my ace man, my Miller
    John Wayne ain’t got nothing on my fringe game, hell no
    I could take some Pro Wings, make them cool, sell those
    The sneaker heads would be like “Ah, he got the Velcros”».


    «What you know about rocking a wolf on your noggin?
    What you knowing about wearing a fur fox skin?
    I’m digging, I’m digging, I’m searching right through that luggage
    One man’s trash, that’s another man’s come up
    Thank your granddad for donating that fab button up shirt
    ‘Cause right now, I’m up in here stunting
    I’m at the Goodwill, you can find me in the Uptons
    I’m that sucker, sucker searching in the section
    Your grammy, your aunty, your momma, your mammy
    I’ll take those flannel zebra jammies, second hand and I’ll rock that motherfucker
    They built a onsie with the socks on the motherfucker
    I hit the party and they stop in that motherfucker
    They be like “Oh that Gucci, that’s hella tight”
    I’m like “Yo, that’s only fifty dollars for a t-shirt”
    Limited edition, let’s do some simple addition
    Fifty dollars for a t-shirt, that’s just some ignorant bitch shit
    I call that getting swindled and pimped, shit
    I call that getting tricked by business, that shirt’s hella dough
    And having the same one as six other people in this club is a hella don’t
    Peep game, come take a look through my telescope
    Trying to get girls from a brand? Then you hella won’t, then you hella won’t».


    «I wear your granddad's clothes, I look incredible
    I’m in this big coat from that thrift shop down the road
    I wear your granddad's clothes, I look incredible
    I’m in this big coat from that thrift shop down the road».

    (Thrift Shop.)


    «Return of the Mack - get up
    What it is, what it does, what it is, what it isn’t
    Looking for a better way to get up out of bed
    Instead of getting on the internet and checking a new hit
    We get up, fresh out, pimp strut walking
    Little bit of humble, little bit of cautious
    Somewhere between like, Rocky and Cosby, Sweater Gang
    Nope, Nope. y’all can’t copy that
    Bad, moonwalkin', This here, is our party
    My posse's been on broadway, and we did it our way
    Grown music
    I shed my skin and put my bones into everything I record to it
    And yet I’m on
    Let that stage light go and shine on down
    Got the Bob Barker suit game and Plinko in my style
    Money
    Stay on my craft and stick around for those pounds
    But I do that to pass the torch and put on for my town
    Trust me, on my I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T shit hustling
    Chasing dreams since I was 14
    With the 4 track, bussing
    Halfway cross that city with the backpack, fat cat, crush shit
    Labels out here, nah they can’t tell me nothing
    We give it to the people, spread it across the country
    Labels out here, nah they can’t tell me nothing
    We give it to the people, spread it across the country


    «And then we go back, this is the moment
    Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over
    So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us
    Like the ceiling can’t hold us


    «Now, can I kick it? Thank you
    Yeah I’m so damn grateful
    I grew up really wanting gold fronts
    But that’s what you get when Wu-Tang raised you
    Y’all can’t stop me, I go hard like I've got an 808 in my heart beat
    And I’m eating at the beat
    Like you gave a little speed to a great white shark on shark week
    (Why? Time to go off. Gone)? Deuces, goodbye
    I've got a world to see;
    And my girl, She wanna see Rome
    Caesar’ll make you a believer
    Nah, I never ever did it for a throne
    That validation comes
    So I’m giving it back to the people now
    Sing that song and it goes like...
    Raise those hands, this is our party
    We came here to live life like nobody was watching
    I got my city right behind me;
    If I fall they got me
    Learn from that failure, gain humility
    Then we keep marching, I said».

    (Can’t Hold Us.)


    «I used to sit with my dad in the garage
    That sawdust that pine sol and the moss
    Around every spring when the winter thaw
    We’d huddle around the radio twist the broken knob
    710 AM no KJR Dave Niehaus voice would echo throughout the yard
    couldn’t have been older than 10
    but to me and my friends
    the voice on the other end might as well have been God’s
    1995 the division series
    Edgars up to bat
    bottom of the 11th inning got the whole town listening,
    swung on and belted the words that started, Joey Cora rounds third
    here comes Griffey the throw to the plate's not in time
    my oh my the Mariners win it
    Yes, fire works they lit up ceiling in the king dome
    We had just made history».


    «And swung, Lined down the left field line for a base hit!
    Here comes Joey! Here comes Junior to third base!
    They’re gonna wave him in! the throw to the plate will be….
    Late! The Mariners are going to play for the American League Championship!
    I don’t believe it! It just continues! MY OH MY!».


    «Laces woven barley holdin’ that stitch
    the creases are time amongst the grime and the grit
    Where the leather he used to pound his fists
    To some its just a mitt, but see that glove was him
    Yep, tell me stories on the field with that sun stained brim
    Blood under my chin, he taught me how to spit
    Sunflower seeds back when me and my crew sun burnt arms
    Big league chew, yeah we were like the sand lot after dinner
    After practice we listen to the M’s in the kitchen
    And if mom wasn’t trippin’ come on dad please I swear just one more inning
    Voice went pump pump through the system break out the Rye bread its grand salami time
    My oh My another victory yes, my city my city.
    Childhood my life watchin’ Griffey right under those lights».


    «Under that light rain gleaming in that night came, cant stop now
    Keep moving no break pads came here to prove a point, live my life on the field
    Make history in between the base path
    and compete against the fear that is in me that’s my only barrier and I swear I’m going to break that
    from the mud the cleats that we drug threw the feet this is that moment and you cannot take it back
    I don’t really collect cards anymore, just a box and some old card board
    Memories embedded in the dust, in the fighters that age just like us livin’ some where off in the drawer
    this is what you make of it yeah we play to win
    Live it like we’re under the lights of the stadium fight until the day that God decided to wave us in,
    right until he waves us in
    It’s my city my city childhood my life that’s right right under those lights
    My city my city childhood that’s right Niehaus
    My oh My come on, my city my city childhood my life that’s right under those lights
    its my city my city childhood my life Niehaus My oh My Rest in peace».

    (My Oh My.)


    «When I was in the 3rd grade
    I thought that I was gay
    Cause I could draw, my uncle was
    And I kept my room straight
    I told my mom, tears rushing down my face
    She’s like, “Ben you’ve loved girls since before pre-K”
    Trippin’, yeah, I guess she had a point, didn’t she
    A bunch of stereotypes all in my head
    I remember doing the math like
    “Yeah, I’m good at little league”
    A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant
    For those who like the same sex had the characteristics
    The right-wing conservatives think its a decision
    And you can be cured with some treatment and religion
    Man-made, rewiring of a predisposition
    Playing God
    Ahh nah, here we go
    America the brave
    Still fears what we don’t know
    And God loves all His children
    Is somehow forgotten
    But we paraphrase a book written
    35 hundred years ago
    I don’t know».


    «And I can’t change
    Even if I tried
    Even if I wanted to
    And I can't change
    Even if I tried
    Even if I wanted to
    My love, my love, my love
    She keeps me warm».


    «If I was gay
    I would think hip-hop hates me
    Have you read the YouTube comments lately
    “”Man that’s gay”
    Gets dropped on the daily
    We’ve become so numb to what we’re sayin’
    Our culture founded from oppression
    Yeah, we don’t have acceptance for 'em
    Call each other faggots
    Behind the keys of a message board
    A word routed in hate
    Yet our genre still ignores it
    Gay is synonymous with the lesser
    It’s the same hate that’s caused wars from religion
    Gender and skin color
    Complexion of your pigment
    The same fight that lead people to walk-outs and sit-ins
    It’s human rights for everybody
    There is no difference
    Live on! And be yourself!
    When I was in church
    They taught me something else
    If you preach hate at the service
    Those words aren’t anointed
    And that Holy Water
    That you soak in
    Is then poisoned
    When everyone else
    Is more comfortable
    Remaining voiceless
    Rather than fighting for humans
    That have had their rights stolen
    I might not be the same
    But that’s not important
    No freedom ‘til we’re equal
    Damn right I support it
    I don’t know».


    «We press play
    Don’t press pause
    Progress, march on!
    With a veil over our eyes
    We turn our back on the cause
    ‘Till the day
    That my uncles can be united by law
    Kids are walkin’ around the hallway
    Plagued by pain in their heart
    A world so hateful
    Someone would rather die
    Than be who they are
    And a certificate on paper
    Isn’t gonna solve it all
    But it’s a damn good place to start
    No law’s gonna change us
    We have to change us
    Whatever god you believe in
    We come from the same one
    Strip away the fear
    Underneath it’s all the same love
    About time that we raised up».


    «Love is patient, love is kind
    Love is patient (not cryin’ on Sundays)
    Love is kind (not crying on Sundays)».

    (Same Love.)


    «I wanna be free
    I wanna just live
    Inside my Cadillac
    That is my shit
    Now throw it up (I throw that up)
    That’s what it is (that’s what it is)
    In my C A D I L L A C bitch (biatch)
    Can’t see me through my tints (nah ah)
    I’m riding real slow (slow motion)
    In my paint wet drippin shinin' like my 24’s (umbrella)
    I ain’t got 24’s (na-uh)
    But I’m on those Vogues
    That’s those big white walls, round them hundred spokes
    Old school like Olde English in that brown paper bag
    I’m rolling in that same whip that my granddad had
    Hello haters, damn y’all mad
    30k on the Caddy, now how backpack rap is that?».


    «I got that off-black Cadillac, midnight drive
    Got that gas pedal, leaning back, taking my time
    I’m blowin’ that roof off, letting in sky
    I shine, the city never looked so bright».


    «Man I’m lounging in some shit Bernie Mac would’ve been proud in
    Looking down from heaven like damn that’s stylish
    Smilin’, don’t pay attention to the mileage
    Can I hit the freeway? I’m legally going 120
    Easy weaving in and out of the traffic
    They cannot catch me, I’m smashing
    I’m ducking, bucking them out here
    I’m looking fucking fantastic, I am up in a classic
    Now I know what it’s like under the city lights
    Riding into the night, driving over the bridge
    The same one we walked across as kids
    Knew I’d have a whip but never one like this
    Old school, old school, candy paint, two seater
    Yea, I’m from Seattle, there’s hella Honda Civics
    I couldn’t tell you about paint either
    But I really wanted a Caddy so I put in the hours
    And roll on over to the dealer
    And I found the car, junior, there's a problem with this geezer
    Got the keys in and as I was leaving I started screaming».


    «Backwoods and dope
    White hoes in the backseat snorting coke
    She doing line after line like she’s writing rhymes
    I had her inhaling my love, tryna blow my mind"
    Cadillac pimpin’, my uncle was on
    14, I stole his keys, me and my niggas was gone
    Stealing portions of his liquor, water in his Patron
    Drivin and smiling like I won the fucking lottery homes
    (fuckin' lottery homes)
    Tires with the spokes on it and the Vogues too
    Mustard and mayonnaise, keeping the buns all on
    My dogs hanging out the window
    Young as whoosh, fuckin like we ball
    Tryna fuck em all, kill the fuckin whips
    See what’s poppin’ at the mall, meet a bad bitch
    Slap her booty with my balls
    You can smoke the pussy, I was tearing down the walls
    I’m motherfuckin’ Awe...
    Some, swear these sights tryna hypnotize
    Grip the leather steering wheel while I grip the thighs
    See the lust stuck up in her eyes
    Maybe she like the ride or did she like the smoke?
    Or does she want it low?
    Give this shit a Coupe de Ville so you’ll never know
    So we cruise for minutes, my nigga fuck the limit
    Got a window tinted for showing gangstas in it
    Slide ‘till the gas is finished».

    (White Walls.)


    «Uh
    I hope that God decides to talk through him
    That the people decide to walk with him
    Regardless of pitchfork cosigns I’ve jumped
    Make sure the soundman doesn’t cockblock the drums
    Let the snare knock the air right out of your lungs
    And those words be the oxygen
    Just breathe
    Amen, regardless I’mma say it
    Felt like I got signed the day that I got an agent
    Got an iTunes check, shit man I’m paying rent
    About damn time that I got out of my basement
    About damn time I got around the country and I hit these stages
    I was made to slay them
    Ten thousand hours I’m so damn close I can taste it
    On some Malcolm Gladwell, David Bowie meets Kanye shit
    This is dedication
    A life lived for art is never a life wasted
    Ten thousand».


    «Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand hands
    Ten thousands hands, they carry me
    Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand hands
    Ten thousands hands, they carry me».


    «Now, now, now
    This is my world, this is my arena
    The TV told me something different I didn’t believe it
    I stand here in front of you today all because of an idea
    I could be who I wanted if I could see my potential
    And I know that one day I’mma be him
    Put the gloves on, sparring with my ego
    Everyone’s greatest Escitaloden
    Celebrate that achievement
    Got some attachments, some baggage I’m actually working on leaving
    See, I observed Escher
    I love Basquiat
    I watched Keith Harring
    You see I study art
    The greats weren’t great because at birth they could paint
    The greats were great cause they paint a lot
    I will not be a statistic
    Just let me be
    No child left behind, that’s the american scheme
    I make my living off of words
    And do what I love for work
    And got around 980 on my SATs
    Take that system, what did you expect?
    Generation of kids choosing love over a desk
    Put those hours in and look at what you get
    Nothing that you can hold, but everything that it is
    Ten thousand».


    «Same shit, different day, same struggle
    Slow motion as time slips through my knuckles
    Nothing beautiful about it, no light at the tunnel
    For the people that put the passion before them being comfortable
    Raw, unmedicated heart no substitute
    Banging on table tops, no subs to toot
    I’m feeling better than ever man, what is up with you?
    Scraping my knuckles, I’m battling with some drug abuse
    I lost another friend, got another call from a sister
    And I speak for the people that share that struggle too
    Like they got something bruised
    My only rehabilitation was the sweat, tears and blood when up in the booth».


    «It’s the part of the show
    Where it all fades away
    When the lights go to black
    And the band leaves the stage
    And you wanted an encore
    But there’s no encore today
    ‘Cause the moment is now
    Can’t get it back from the grave».


    «Part of the show
    It all fades away
    Lights go to black
    Band leaves the stage
    You wanted an encore
    But there's no encore today
    Cause the moment is now
    Can’t get it back from the grave».


    «Welcome to the heist».

    (Ten Thousands Hours.)


    «And on on and on and on we go
    And on on and on and on we go
    We love who we are but now it’s gone
    Let’s leave before we eat each other alive
    Alive».


    «Same city, yeah, we can’t break up
    Nice mask on, wear the same one
    The greatest trick that the devil ever pulled
    Was convincing women that they looked
    Better in their makeup».


    «I wear war paint, fight to the casket
    Too tired to apologize on this mattress
    Emotional detachment – what’s the matter?
    She’s learning that she never should have
    Dated a rapper».


    «I don’t blame her, my mind is gone
    I’m a tenor, check them phone calls
    Texting blogs
    I don’t hear a word, I know nothing at all
    Just concerned about the world
    Memorizing these songs».


    «Goes on and on
    Don’t wanna break you
    But I’m leading you on
    On, on, on, on
    And now it’s gone».


    «You’re the love of my life
    You are the love of my life
    You are the love of my life
    This time we know we know
    It’s over, over».


    «Didn’t believe in love until we fell out
    Gave the keys back, now I’m on the homie’s couch
    Always going out, sleeping ‘round with strangers
    Danger! But you can’t live without her
    Now you’re paranoid, checking on her cellphone
    Making sure she ain’t like you alone
    Haven’t made love with the lights still on
    It’s like you’re hiding something from me».


    «Let’s fake another toast to the good life
    Predict the future, clean slate, blue sky
    Fantasy: I see me husband, you wife
    Lyin’, staring into those two eyes
    And I can’t take it, back to where we came from
    My pavement, past the emotional earthquake foundation
    Yeah, let’s keep swimming in the snake pit
    Get bit, get out then jump back into the suffocation
    Make up and fuck to save us like we got this
    Come on, this is just us baby
    And this is just a fight, this is just love – maybe
    Is it just you or am I fucking crazy?
    I swear to God, I wish that I could Photoshop the scars off
    Cold world and get all my heart throbbed
    And I said it all and never get lock jaw
    Mouth is a saw, a shock at any second could pop off
    How does the truth taste?
    My job comes with complimentary toothpaste
    Lately, I’ve been living up out of my suitcase
    Building trust in that I’m leaving on Tuesday
    Bought a one night stand, just a bootleg
    A duplication of something authentic
    Heart augmented, and it’s so hard to end it
    I said peace before but this time I meant it».


    «Can’t get her out of my head
    This place is a mess
    Holding onto cobwebs
    That has us both on the fence
    She walks that thin line
    In and out of my bed
    Each time I love her less».

    (Thine Line.)


    «Now, this is my job, I will not quit it
    Pulled me out the depths when I thought that I was finished
    Yeah I questioned if I could go the distance
    That’s just the work, regardless of who’s listening, listening
    Listen, see I was meant to be a warrior
    Fight something amongst me, leave here victorious
    Classroom of kids, or a venue performing
    If I'd had done for the money I’d have been a fucking lawyer
    Concrete, vagabond, van telling stories
    Humbled by the road, I’m realizing I’m not important
    See life’s a beautiful struggle, I record it
    Hope it helps you maneuvering through yours and
    That’s why we stay in the lab at night
    I’ve been staring into this pad for over half my life
    A true artist won’t be satisfied
    So I guess that's the sacrifice
    And I say».


    Make the money, don’t let the money make you
    Change the game, don’t let the game change you
    I’ll forever remain faithful
    All my people stay true
    I say...
    Make the money, don’t let the money make you
    Change the game, don’t let the game change you
    I’ll forever remain faithful
    All my people stay true».


    «Forget about the fame, fortune and the mansion
    Sitting and tripping watching myself on a plasma
    Yeah, I start slipping when I’m thinking about that stuff
    Ego won’t swole until the karma catches that up, that up
    I’m my grandma’s number one grandson
    I lost myself to remember who that was
    We start thinking about some kicks, a necklace
    What I really need is a job off craig’s list
    Take away the dot com, name, love
    Fans, twitter followers, and the buzz
    See, you keep the issues but you take away the drugs
    And I had to find out who I really was
    Who I really wasn’t
    So sick of who I was becoming
    Yeah, tired of running
    Time to look at the man in the mirror until I can learn to love him».


    «Of course I want dubs and a candy painted ‘lac
    Watch the videos and get the girls in the back
    But if that’s what I believe in, and the reason that I rap
    Uncle Sam is my pimp when he puts me on the track».



    «Forget about the fame
    I said forget about the fame
    I’ll forever remain faithful
    Stay true, stay true, stay true».

    (Make The Money.)


    «Aha
    Uhm
    1-2
    Round here they sing broken hymns
    They prayers flow better when I’m soaked in gin
    The air is rusty and sits in the corner
    Bad bartender that’ll pickpocket your heart
    And a jukebox that’ll steal your quarter
    Bartender, please give me a confession
    Exchange fear for courage in the form of a well drink
    There’s a heavy current, got a long way to swim
    Closed the Bible a while ago, I need some shots for this sin
    Hail Mary, come with me, feel like Pac when it hits
    Got some fire in my belly and a riot in the gut
    Bushmills for a bandade, the sweet taste of blood
    Then I might actually feel something if I don’t cover it up
    Watch their faces, familiar places
    Even if they didn’t left it by the booth that they stayed in
    The motel next door, a sign that reads vacant
    And a truth that’s so strong I’d be a fool not to chase it
    But yea, I’m a fool and I stay here
    Hope these problems bail themselves, I die in wait here
    One more, four more, bucket a night cap
    Service starts at 5 tomorrow and I’ll be right back».


    «Underneath this fragile fate
    Lives a battle between pride and shame
    But I’ve misplaced that sense of fight
    This crown of thorns is crunched inside my spine
    But listen closely as I testify
    Dependency has been a thief at night
    Thief at night, thief at night».


    «I read the Bible but I forgot the verses
    The liquor store is open later than the churches
    Pure by their imperfections, everything is burning
    To hell with the confessions, oh the Lord immerses
    Blessed in holy water, the sin of Holy Father
    Have you ever smelled bless that smells atmonic vodka
    11 AM in the morning and you can’t get it off yet
    Comment to the preacher but it’s like the pastor isn’t talking
    Until the store opens I can read up on that doctrine
    The people close to me say I’m in need of a doctor
    Think that I got a problem but these are not apostils

    This the drink of the Lord, that’s according to my gospel
    Open to interpretation, if you’re judging it I don’t want it
    I got tins that scole like my throat when I hit the bottle
    And I’m sinking and that’s why I keep on drinking
    I need a refill, bar more than once every weekend
    Sweet Jesus, I’m getting amnesia
    Shaking til I’d get a taste, my faith is having seizures
    Every time I walk away and try to leave it
    Every time I walk away and try to leave it».


    «Wouldn’t miss it for the world
    Baptized in my vices and the bar is my church
    Traded my artist and I conned off the easel
    Spend it all searching for God at the neon cathedral».


    «Dependency has been a thief at night
    Thief at night, thief at night
    Dependency has been a thief at night
    Thief at night, thief at night».

    (Neon Cathedral.)


    «I put my life on the line
    I’m on and bassin’, I’m fine
    Cuz all I ever dreamt about was making it
    They ain’t giving it, I’m taking it».


    «I’m taking it, taking it, I ain’t giving it
    I’m taking it, taking it, I ain’t giving it
    I’m taking it, taking it, I ain’t giving it
    I’m taking it, taking it, I need all that shit».


    «Nobody winnin’ this slogurr
    The police would’ve noticed
    Gotta be strategic, I’m creepin’
    Go and leave with that motive
    Hold up, my plan is stormin’
    All right, casin’ this building
    Watch these rappers step back
    And walk in and leave that with millions
    Cut of that sweater, open that front door
    And it’s gold printed out by the entrance door closes
    Then a metaphor, then I start chorus
    That part, that’s right, meaning shotgun
    Dressed in an uniform, looking like a general
    All blue, jumpsuit, why shoot?
    Bloodthirsty and I’m eatin’ like a bull
    Looking in the eyes of the matador (fuck you!)
    Carrying 2 cans of paint
    Security looks at me awkward
    I say therefore I’m late
    Getting Jimmy out his office
    And my breath ‘bout to fade
    I’m scared to death of these stalks me
    Heart beating so loud you can hear the echo in that lobby
    And see I break it down if I don’t make it out
    Then I’m leaving town with that contract
    And I’m spazzing out, cover the in or out
    This chair and I’m picking them hostages
    I don’t give a fuck, step into the elevator preston
    Now I’m headed up (east)
    Where they don’t know there’s a gram I the paint can
    And I’m ready and willing to bust ‘em, fuck ‘em
    Sprick, stuck in this recession not what you think
    But if I get out my luck is destined
    Might be good, depends on ink
    And secretary at the front of the entrance staring right at me
    I walk out, she whispers go ahead and then gives me a wink».


    «If I pass security, the secretary, the cubicals
    But it’s weird, it’s like this room I’ve walked into is unusual
    Better be styli and beautiful
    Better be alive and like musical
    But it feels like someone died, it’s got the vibe of a funeral
    These numbers on the chalkboard
    See these box, they cardboard
    All these the blocks that got dropped and never got to be sophomores».


    «Nothing goes down, I’m just sitting around
    Waiting for albums that never come out
    Complainin’ the day have nobody in the house
    Wonderin’ within if they hardcore
    I start pickin’, am I in the right place? Just walk towards
    See Glocks on the wall
    Oh yea, and the second dose will be all yours».


    «Finally see an office with a melted sign, heaven sent
    Big block silver letters, read it out loud: President
    This was my chance to grab that contract and turn and jack
    I can feel a cold hand grab on the back of my neck».


    «He said: we’ve been watching you, so glad you could make it
    Your music gets so impressive in this whole bang you created
    You one hell of a bang, we here think you’re destined for greatness
    And with that right song we all know that you’re next to be famous».


    «Now I’m sorry, I’ve had a long day
    Remind me, now what your name is?
    That’s right, Macklemore
    Of course, today has been crazy
    Anyway, you ready?
    We’ll give you a hundred thousand dollars
    After your album comes out we’ll need back that money that you borrowed
    It’s really like a loan, a loan? Come on, no
    1-2, 360 degrees, we will beat your goals
    You’ll get it done in the murks that you sell out on the road
    Along with the third of the money you make when you’re out doing your show
    Manager gets 20, booking agent gets 10
    So shit, after taxes you and Ryan have 7%?
    Just split
    That’s not bad, I’ve seen a lot worse
    None will give you a better offer than us
    I replied I appreciate the offer, though that this is what I wanted
    Rather be a starving artist than succeed at getting fucked».

    (Jimmy Iovine.)


    «I was seven years old, when I got my first pair
    And I stepped outside
    And I was like, Momma, this air bubble right here, it’s gonna make me fly
    I hit that court, and when I jumped, I jumped, I swear I got so high
    I touched the net, Mom I touched the net, this is the best day of my life
    Air Maxes were next
    That air bubble, that mesh
    The box, the smell, the stuffin, the tread, in school
    I was so cool
    I knew that I couldn’t crease ‘em
    My friends couldn’t afford ‘em
    Four stripes on their Adidas
    On the court I wasn’t the best, but my kicks were like the pros
    Yo, I stick out my tongue so everyone could see that logo
    Nike Air Flight, but bad was so dope
    And then my friend Carlos’ brother got murdered for his fours, whoa
    See he just wanted a jump shot, but they wanted a Starter coat though
    Didn’t wanna get caught, from Genesee Park to Othello
    You'd get clowned for those Pro Wings, with the velcro
    Those were not tight
    I was trying to fly without leaving the ground, cause I wanted to be like Mike, right
    Wanted to be him
    I wanted to be that guy, I wanted to touch the rim
    I wanted to be cool, and I wanted to fit in
    I wanted what he had, America, it begins».


    «I want to fly
    Can you take me far away
    Give me a star to reach for
    Tell me what it takes
    And I’ll go so high
    I’ll go so high
    My feet won’t touch the ground
    Stitch my wings
    And pull the strings
    I bought these dreams
    That all fall down».


    «We want what we can’t have, commodity makes us want it
    So expensive, damn, I just got to flaunt it
    Got to show ‘em, so exclusive, this that new shit
    A hundred dollars for a pair of shoes I would never hoop in
    Look at me, look at me, I’m a cool kid
    I’m an individual, yea, but I’m part of a movement
    My movement told me be a consumer and I consumed it
    They told me to just do it, I listened to what that swoosh said
    Look at what that swoosh did
    See it consumed my thoughts
    Are you stupid, don’t crease ‘em, just leave ‘em in that box
    Strangled by these laces, laces I can barely talk
    That’s my air bubble and I’m lost, if it pops
    We are what we wear, we wear what we are
    But see I look inside the mirror and think Phil Knight tricked us all
    Will I stand for change, or stay in my box
    These Nikes help me define me, and I’m trying to take mine, off».


    «They started out, with what I wear to school
    That first day, like these are what make you cool
    And this pair, this would be my parachute
    So much more than just a pair of shoes
    Nah, this is what I am
    What I wore, this is the source of my youth
    This dream that they sold to you
    For a hundred dollars and some change
    Consumption is in the veins
    And now I see it’s just another pair of shoes».

    (Wings.)


    «I need love
    You need love
    Give me love
    And I’ll give you my love».


    «They say thirty is the new twenty
    And twenty is the new thirty shit I guess
    Makes sense, cause fifteen year olds seem twenty
    And twenty five year olds seem ten
    I used to drink away my paycheck
    Celebrate the mistakes I hadn’t made yet
    Our generation isn’t the best on safe sex
    We forget the latex, becoming Planned Parenthood patients
    Synthetic heroin is the new basshead
    So much to escape, fuck a straight edge
    Walk around looking through a fake lens
    Apps this good, whose got time to make friends?
    I wish I didn’t care
    And cynical hipsters with long hair
    Cocaine problems, like my music
    It’s not my issue, I can’t solve it».


    «My flight has finally landed down
    And the ground has stopped moving all around
    Eyes open, awake for the very first time
    We both forfeit this game of crime».


    «They say it’s so refreshing to hear somebody on records
    No guns, no drugs, no sex, just truth
    The guns that’s America, the drugs are what they gave to us
    And sex sells itself, don’t judge her ‘til it’s you
    Ah, I’m not more or less cautious
    The rappers rappin’ ‘bout them strippers up on the pole, copping
    These interviews are obnoxious
    Saying that it’s poetry is so well spoken, stop it
    I grew up during Reaganomics
    When Ice T was out there runners killing cop shit
    Or Rodney King was getting beat on
    And they let off every single officer
    And Los Angeles went and lost it
    Now every month there is a new Rodney on Youtube
    It’s just something our generation is used to
    And neighbourhoods where you never see a news crew
    Unless they’re gentrifying, white people don’t even cruise through».


    «And my subconcious telling me stop it
    This is an issue that you shouldn’t get involved in
    Don’t even tweet, R.I.P Trayvon Martin
    Don’t wanna be that white dude, million man marchin’
    Fighting for our freedom that my people stole
    Don’t wanna make all my white fans uncomfortable
    But you don’t even have a fuckin’ song for radio
    Why you out here talkin race, tryin’ to save the fuckin’ globe
    Don’t get involved with the causes in mind
    White priveledge, white guilt, at the same damn time
    So we just party like it’s nineteen ninty nine
    Celebrate the ignorance while these kids keep dying».

    (A Wake.)


    «Everything is gold, everything is equal
    Posted on the porch just to show it, me and my people
    Iris clothes, gold sun shines on
    The world’s coated in the go of Carla
    Yea, and these days days days
    They never run away
    Gold tints, shades, the blackout, that golden haze
    Take all the gold from the pawnshop that lived behind the case
    And get to give it away».


    «My golden update from volcanos in the heavens
    And every strime that existed in time melted
    Themes open, Dookie Rolls on the bells
    When everything is gold, who cares about the cats?».


    «They say the goats is given to God
    You can’t take the bandade when you’re caught
    I’ll tip over that kiosket of mall
    Cause the sunset falls into tomorrow».


    «That they were feeling like gold, 500 peso
    Sleeping with gold, all fun, here we go
    And we stay fresh, so fresh head to toe
    Ghost slowly faded , 14 karat plated
    So we’re feeling like gold».


    «500 peso
    Slick rick gold, row fun and we go
    Yea we’re feeling like gold
    So fresh head to toe
    Ghost slowly faded , 14 karat plated
    So we’re feeling like gold».


    «Alright now we open up that car door
    Hop out, hope they know it’s us
    To rock society we been locked din that cobra clutch
    More gold bottles, gold bottles never soak but up
    Digsby jeans, that’s in go about trust
    I solemnly swear to wear my cocks in stunts
    Separate myself by sticking out just because
    That’s how you illustrate power and who you’re above
    But nah, tonight we take it, take it, giving it back
    Cracking the vault, read everyone robbing the bank
    Take whatever they want, we party and get banks
    I been rocking gold chains since Pete was in the tank
    You only live once, you only marry once
    Watch Rick Voss give his Jesus piece to a bum
    Cause tonight we ball, we ball, we comin’ up
    Paintin the globe gold, to steppin’ on the sun».


    «Like gold, 500 peso
    Sleeping with gold, all fun, here we go
    And we stay fresh, so fresh head to toe
    Ghost slowly faded , 14 karat plated
    So we’re feeling like gold».


    «Gold coins, gold phone, gold car
    Costs at least 10 racks to get 16 gold bars
    Gold rush, suck on my gold dust stuntin
    Under these gold trunks, that’s 2 golden nugget
    Flyin on the gold eagle, flyes than the rest of ‘em
    Passing space needle, golden shower on pedestrians
    Excuse me, that’s my bad, that’s my ego and he’s chilling off
    My ego got here, that motherfucker got a muller bruh
    And it’s gold, two girls gold brass
    Lounging on the water, even gold sand
    Sipping on Orangina, arms around them both pants
    They’re sipping old English right out of a gold can
    Two girls, those spandex so pretty
    Girl ain’t even gold, she just got golden girl titties
    I’m kidding, everyone is gold in my city
    You paint Betty White gold, even Betty White can get it
    Get it get it get it».


    «That they were feeling like gold, 500 peso
    Sleeping with gold, all fun, here we go
    And we stay fresh, so fresh head to toe
    Ghost slowly faded , 14 karat plated
    So we’re feeling like gold».

    (Gold.)


    «That’s 3 plus years, I was so proud of
    And I threw ‘em all away for 2 Styrofoam cups
    The irony, everyone will think that he lied to me
    Made my sobriety so public, there’s no fuckin’ privacy
    If I don’t talk about it then I carry it daily
    Is there a A? 10-0-A, but now it’s been changed in every..
    When they put me in some boxes that say
    I never was, it’s the false prophet that never came
    And well they think that everything that I written is all that fake
    Oh well I’ll just take my slick to the grave
    Uh, what the fuck are my parents gonna say?
    The success that got his life together and changed him
    And you know what pain looks like
    When you tell your dad to relax then look him directly into his face
    The seep on your shoulder’s the seemingly heavy weight
    I’ve been seeing tears like this on my girl
    In a while the trust that I once built ’s been betrayed
    But I’d rather live telling the truth than be judged for my mistakes
    The falsely held gun, yea them procks love them prays
    I guess I gotta get this on the page».


    «Feeling sick and helpless, lost the compass where self is
    I know what I gotta do and I can’t help it
    One day at a time is what they tell us
    Now I gotta find a way to tell them
    God help ‘em
    One day at a time is what they tell us
    Now I gotta find a way to tell them».


    «We fell so hard
    Now we gotta get back what we lost.. lost..
    I felt you’d go
    But you were with me all along.. along».


    «And every kid that came up to me
    And said I was the music they listened to when they first got clean
    Now look at me, a couple days sober
    I’m fighting demons
    Back of that meeting on the east side
    Shaking swicking, hope that they don’t see it
    Hope that no one is looking
    That no one recognizes that failure under that hoodie
    Was posted in the back with my hands crossed shooken
    If they call on me I’m passing, if they talk to me I’m looking out that door
    But before I can make it somebody stops me and says are you Macklemore?
    Maybe this isn’t the place or time
    I just wanted to say that if there wasn’t for other side I wouldn’t have made it
    I just look down at the ground and say thank you
    She tells me she has 9 months and that she’s so grateful
    Tears in her eyes, looking like she’s gonna cry.. fuck!
    I barely got 48 hours, treat ‘er like I’m some wise monk
    I wanna tell her I relapsed but I can’t
    I just shake her hand and tell her congrats
    Get back to my car and I think I’m tripping yea
    Cuz gyro other side, that pen was in my hand
    I’m just a flawed man, man I fucked up up
    Like so many others I just never thought I would
    I never thought I would, didn’t pick up the book
    Doin’ it by myself, didn’t turn out that good».


    «If I can be an example of getting sober
    Then I can be an example of starting over
    If I can be an example of getting sober
    Then I can be an example of starting over».

    (Starting Over.)


    «And we drink and get older
    And some of us even try to get sober
    Now here’s to the assholes and the last calls
    Well city kids, you get what you ask for».


    «And acquaintances turn to friends, I hope those friends they remember me
    Hold the night for ransom as we kidnap the memories
    Not sure there is a way to express what you meant to me
    Sit around a table and use those ears as the centrepiece».


    «Sounds of the city on Capitol Hill
    Where I question if what I’ve seen here is real
    Cowboy boots doing lines at the bar
    Where the time goes slow when you’re drinking PBR».


    «Hold on to what you were, forget what you're not
    The streets were ours that summer, at least those two blocks
    Reminisce on those days, I guess that's OK, you wonder why
    Some grow up, move on, close the chapter, live separate lives
    The twenty-something confusion before the suit and tie
    Strangers become mistakes but those mistakes make you feel alive
    Hindsight is vibrant, reality: rarely lit
    Memories to collage, paste to the glue that barely sticks
    Good Lord, they broke all my shields
    Locked bathroom doors, graffiti, and high heels
    Until you felt that altitude you don’t know how high feels
    Party mountain, some don’t ever come down from around here
    To be young again, I guess it's relative
    The camera lights, the whiskey rise, sink into the skin
    I fantasize about a second win
    Grow a moustache, pick up another bad habit and let the games begin».


    «So here’s to the nights, dancing with the band
    Strangers into girlfriends form a one night stand
    Brought a little liquor and turn up the Johnny Cash
    You could bring a receipt to Heaven but you cannot take it back
    And this is life, this is real, even when it feels like it isn’t
    I’d be a goddamn liar to say at times I didn’t miss it
    Seduce us, I turn my back as I walk into the distance
    Dip my feet in every once in a while, just to say I visit
    And we hold onto these nights
    Trying to find out way home by the street light
    Over time we figure out this is me, right
    Learn a lot about your friends right around two A.M».

    (Cowboy Boots.)


    «Unicorns and wizard sleeves
    Hammer pants and make believe
    Pirate ships sailing off to sea
    Well you can party with me in my
    Castle, in my castle, in my castle, in my castle».


    «This is for the freaks and for my magicians
    Booty clap and lap dancing technicians
    Dance parties in the name of Great Britain
    And American girls who love the Detroit Piston
    Like Dennis Rodman, I got a rod man (awww yeah!)
    Long wong-dong in a soft hand
    And a ping-pong pink schlong, let’s all dance!».


    «From England to Stockholm
    I’m wearing a cape just like a poncho
    I got a cutey and I’m making a beat on her booty
    Like I was up on the roof beating up on a bongo».


    «I got a bottle of Martin at least I’m jumping in
    I love anybody that’s kicking it in the plateau
    And the name was keep tripping, like I’m in a castle
    Fuck your condo!».


    «You like to party, I am a party-er
    You like to wander, I am a wanderer
    Your thighs are the closet to Narnia
    Is it cool if I go and get lost in that?».


    «I’m the lion, the witch in the wardrobe
    Massaging my lap, I have a sore bone
    Of course cold on the dance floor
    Like an Eskimo’s toes in the North Pole
    With those toes poking out of two holes
    In the Eskimo socks, I’m hot
    Like a cauldron from a warlock
    Wearing sweatpants in a sauna
    Who’s your father? I’m not».


    «I’m motherfuckin’ Raven Bowie and here’s my cock
    Rooster, Cock-a-doodle-doo sir
    Take a hit of the hooka, now make it drop».


    «Girl’s booty was bigger than the stomach of Rick Ross’
    Holy mother mountain of tender tendin’ you get lost in
    Bounce, bounce, that castle booty, that bottom
    Make it wobble, wobbly-wobble ‘till my third leg has to hobble».


    «You don’t want to look back on this night
    And think I should have been freaking on a booty
    Freak-freaking on a booty».


    «This might be the best night that we have ever had
    That-that we have ever had
    That-that we have ever had
    That-that we have ever had together
    Eh, motherfuckin eh».


    «Have you ever killed a coyote in the middle of a party
    In the night, in the middle of a party
    Have you ever killed a coyote in the middle of the night
    In the middle of a party
    Brought it home and threw it on the carpet
    Sit and kill a coyote, I’m starving
    Who wants to eat a coyote?
    Who wants to eat a coyote?
    Who wants to eat a coyote?».


    «Bring my bagpipe, I grab my flute
    ‘Cause drunk King John is still the loo
    Get onto the pole in a birthday suit, our suit
    With them Jay’s, King, and Prince's pants
    And Raven has whatever says».

    (Castle.)


    «And they say, “Don’t forget where you come from
    Don’t die holding on to your words
    Cause you know you got a whole world to change
    But understand who you got to change first”».


    «And I was like “Fuck that”, humility bust back
    I remember the days with nothing but a bus pass
    I was just a little shorty just hoping that I could find a bum to buy a 40 for me
    And have enough for a bud sack
    Yeah, and I dance on that instrumental
    Unorthodox like Basquiat with the pencil
    Give me a microphone and a beat box I could vent to
    Music the only medium that I could find myself through
    Recluse, sipping on some lean I would let loose
    Looking in the mirror, watching myself lose
    Cleaned up in ‘08, got a job making barely minimum wage
    To get into that page
    Hit the road with RL, performing in front of 8 people
    And that shit will check your ego
    About around that time I’m watching our EP go
    From nothing to getting us booked around the country
    I know no limits, life can change in an instant
    8 People turn into sold out shows in a minute
    And I’m watching my pops in the back row grinning
    With his glass up to my mom, toasting this Guinness».


    «And we on, we on
    Good music, it lies in the ambiance
    One day we'll leave here
    But these words live on
    Till then, we keep on making the songs».


    «I remember that Freshman edition
    Last year thinking to myself like
    Yeah, nah, I won’t win it yet
    I probably won't get i, but I’m gonna give it everything
    Play my position
    The next 11 months I gave it all, everything I had left in me
    Left blood, sweat, tears in every god damn city
    No label, no deal, no publicist, indie
    Just music that connected and fans that rode with me
    Throw me a gold mine, and a co-sign
    While you’re riding a couple dope rides
    2 women, both dimes
    Not gonna lie, that shit sounds so nice
    But I got creative control and my souls mine
    I wouldn’t trade it, maybe I'm crazy
    I put on for my city
    Seattle that raised me
    Rule 4080, it’s really not changing
    Nowadays make good music, the people are your label».


    «Oh my god, feels like a victory lap
    Can I have that moment?
    Can I talk my shit?».


    «Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Seattle».

    (Victory Lap.)







    the American dream
    «If it ain’t fresh then you ain’t getting’ play in my tape deck
    Way back, i used to rock the hat with the suede strap at ABC’s
    Bought my food from the Arabs
    Played craps on corners where the OG’s slang at
    Cross colors I’m the boss of the playground
    I hit you on the nuts ‘cause I know how to play house
    The 8-ounce baby from ‘84 to grow up
    Cleaner than my Easter suit was with my shoes buffed
    Don’t step on my new ones
    These Reeboks beat blocks, you give ‘em a few pumps
    Baby while you’re at it too boo boo
    She came from a new school and all I wanna do is my zoom zoom
    My uncle stayed faded like crew cuts
    But I was just too young to know the what’s-what and the who’s-who
    ‘round here, they could give a fuck if you got props
    You get clowned for rockin’ British Nine to the sock hop».


    «The BK stood for “black kids” the hood was crackin’
    And Poison was on everybody’s tracklist
    Spandex was in fashion, back then
    And bad chicks had tracks in that lasted».


    «Before CD’s, and internet the kings was in effect
    You fiends wasn’t getting’ respect
    Before MP3s and CD-J’s we pop in a tape cassette
    Chain on my chest, I’m fresh».


    «Let’s take it back, b-b-b-back to the days of AC/DC Back in Black
    Gimme a mullet, a 1984 Chevrolet
    Alright I’m lyin’ I was listenin’ to rap».


    «OshKosh B’Gosh, stone wash, so hard
    Overalls hung, one strap on, one off
    Eatin’ on my cold lunch, grabbin’ on both nuts
    Mom I want a jerry curl; fuck this bowl cut
    Ice cube’s got one
    Quick in my walkman
    Blowin’ on the cartridge
    Hypercolor: “awesome!”
    Cube’s in my pocket and I’m outta here
    I’m bouncin’ and Sam Goody’s not getting’ shit from my allowance».


    «Day dreamin’ in class, know I’m zonin’ out and
    Rosie Perez’s titties are right where my mouth is
    Who says that white men can’t jump? They were hella wrong!
    A’ight they were right, but I was really good at tetherball».


    «Before the days of getting’ drunk at kegs
    We were bumpin’ some jodicie and dry-humpin’ legs
    That’s right: I was born in the '80s
    Pimpin’, adventure shined upon my babysitter».


    «House party? crackin.
    Humpty dance? crackin.
    Never find the baby: David Bowie, Labyrinth.
    Why don’t you reminisce and bring it back, rap shit
    Dodge caravan, humpin’ in the back: classic».

    (Crew Cuts.)














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    +same love (non amo molto il ritmo, ma ce l'ho particolarmente a cuore per le parole e il significato che ha ♥
    +my life is a cinema QUESTO MASH-UP!!!!

    QUEST'UOMOOOOOO ♥ (Macklemore)
     
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    + fallin'
    +wake up
    +white walls


    okay, diciamo pure che sono completamente andata per quest'uomo.
    veramente non è un cantante, è un poeta! mi sta facendo apprezzare un sacco il rap e facendo comprendere i suoi lati positivi (come le miriadi cose che si possono dire cantando veloce ahahahah).
    Mi piacciono troppo le sue canzoni, ti sanno entrare dentro ♥
    I W A N T M A C K L E M O R E I N I T A L Y !
     
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    CITAZIONE (:swansong @ 2/5/2013, 21:16) 
    + fallin'
    +wake up
    +white walls


    okay, diciamo pure che sono completamente andata per quest'uomo.
    veramente non è un cantante, è un poeta! mi sta facendo apprezzare un sacco il rap e facendo comprendere i suoi lati positivi (come le miriadi cose che si possono dire cantando veloce ahahahah).
    Mi piacciono troppo le sue canzoni, ti sanno entrare dentro ♥
    I W A N T M A C K L E M O R E I N I T A L Y !

    e a distanza di cinque mesi posso dire: my wish became reality. i was there.
    ma non sono qui per fare monologhi sul concerto, ne ho fatti fin troppi (due in realtà ahahah e uno lo devo ancora "pubblicare" ahahahah).

    ho sistemato il topic. ho messo tutte le canzoni di the heist che mancavano. le canzoni in solitaria di macklemore le ho tolte, aprirò poi prossimamennte un topic a parte con gli altri album e gli ep (:

    aaah! e vi allego anche questo "fan video" di una canzone instrumental di the heist.
    BomBom. penso che debba essere ascoltata guardando il video, che secondo me calza a pennello nonostante non sia quello ufficiale. ed è anche la canzone con cui è stato aperto il concerto.

     
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    Ho aggiunto un presunto nuovo album, The American Dream... a detta di angolotesti. L'ho scoperto perché era da un sacco di tempo che mi chiedevo di che album fosse Crew Cuts, dato che non era in The Heist.
    Solo che sono dubbiosa riguardo l'esistenza di questo album perché c'è anche una canzone del primissimo EP di Macklemore, Open Your Eyes; e la canzone in questione è Wake Up (che tra l'altro adoro! ahahahah), magari vuole riproporla... non so ahahahaha #marsconfused
     
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