Macklemore

Released: October 21, 2000

Songwriter: Macklemore

[Interlude]
Good evening fellow earth people
Tonight I would like to take you on a trip
A trip with our minds
We're going to do something a little unique this evening
Start by just relaxing in your chairs and feel your consciousness
Feel where you are
I think most will find your self awareness
Somewhere up here in the cranium
That's where I dwell, that's where your center of awareness is
Self awareness, mind
Self awareness, mind

[Instrumental]

Cranium
We're going to do something a little unique this evening

[Instrumental]

Self awareness, mind
Cranium

[Instrumental]

[Outro]
That's where I dwell
That's where your center of awareness is
Mind

Macklemore is probably best known for his creative musical endeavor with producer Ryan Lewis which spawned the number one hits “Can’t Hold Us” (six million copies sold, multi-platinum) and “Thrift Shop” (ten million copies sold, multi-platinum, viewed more than a billion times on Youtube) in 2012. But there is more to him than a radio hit and a meme song.

Born June 19, 1983 as Ben Haggerty, the Seattle native of Irish descent has been releasing music independently since 2000. Formerly known as “Professor Macklemore”, he bonded with Ryan Lewis in 2008. The rapper-producer-duo gained a significant online fanbase before making their mainstream breakthrough and gaining international recognition.

Their debut studio album The Heist, released 2012, was a major commercial success, charting #2 on the US Billboard 200 charts, selling 78,000 copies in the first week. It also won a Grammy for best rap album, one which was heatedly debated.

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