Released: June 1, 2009

Songwriter: Mac Miller

Producer: Mac Miller

[Intro]
DJ Capcom is about to fuck up hip-hop with this joint
(Damn straight)
So all you haters out there, get back
This is a DJ Haze exclusive

[Chorus]
Ayo Mac, what it is?
We wanna know what you sound like, kid
So whatchu sound like? Who you sound like?
How you sound like? Why you sound like that?
Ayo Mac, what it is?
We wanna know what you sound like, kid
So whatchu sound like? Who you sound like?
How you sound like? Why you sound like that?

[Verse 1]
I sound like old (What?), I sound like new (Uh-huh)
I sound like me and I sound like you
I sound like yes, I sound like fresh (Fresh)
I sound like a bird first flyin' out the nest (Haha)
I sound like rap, I sound like rock (Uh)
I sound like every single type of hip-hop
I sound like pain, I sound like fame (Fame)
I sound like water and I sound like flame (Flame)
I sound like cash, you sound like change (Cha-ching)
I sound like style, and I sound like bang (Bang)
Sound like trash, sound like ecstasy
Sound like a harmony on a melody
To determine what I sound like, please come listen (Come listen)
This ain't no ordinary white boy spittin' (Boy spittin')
Mac Miller, here to give you sound bytes (What?)
So why do people wanna know what I sound like?

[Chorus]
Ayo Mac, what it is?
We wanna know what you sound like, kid
So whatchu sound like? Who you sound like?
How you sound like? Why you sound like that?
Ayo Mac, what it is?
We wanna know what you sound like, kid
So whatchu sound like? Who you sound like?
How you sound like? Why you sound like that?

[Verse 2]
I sound like death (Death), I sound like life (Life)
'Cause good things don't come around twice (Uh-huh)
I sound like feathers, and I sound like steel
Yeah, I sound like real
Sound like the next dude up to get a deal (That's me)
Sound hungry like I never had a meal
Sound like heaven, sound like hell (Hell)
And it sound a lot better than it smell (Haha)
And it taste a lot better than it look like (Look like)
So, I'ma make sure it cook right
Sound like Diddy vs. Suge Knight, sound like heat (Heat)
Sound like the suburbs, sound like the streets (Yup)
Sound like a bomb, sound like boom!
Sound like a kid writin' raps in his room (Room)
Don't sound like your everyday rap cat spittin'
You wanna know what I sound like? Listen

[Chorus]
Ayo Mac, what it is?
We wanna know what you sound like, kid
So whatchu sound like? Who you sound like?
How you sound like? Why you sound like that?
Ayo Mac, what it is?
We wanna know what you sound like, kid
So whatchu sound like? Who you sound like?
How you sound like? Why you sound like that?

[Outro]
These mothafuckers know how I sound
I sound like fresh, I sound like the new
I sound like the mothafuckin' future
So if you ain't listenin', then don't ask me what I sound like, haha
But if you know, then you closer to the future
Mac Miller, East End Empire
Sounds right, haha

Mac Miller

Malcolm James McCormick (Jan. 19, 1992 – Sept. 7, 2018), who performed as Mac Miller, was an American rapper and producer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since releasing his first mixtape at just 15 years old, he became one of the leaders of the new school of young and highly talented “weirdos.”

Mac’s credibility in the rap game increased ten-fold and resulted in a slew of quality releases, including 2012’s Macadelic mixtape, his second studio album Watching Movies With The Sound Off, and his critically-acclaimed 2014 mixtape Faces.

He had multiple alter-egos, most notably his producer alias Larry Fisherman and his sick and twisted pitched-up persona (à la Quasimoto,) Delusional Thomas.