Macklemore

Released: September 19, 2017

Featuring: Ben Abraham

[Verse 1: Macklemore]
I don't got time for meditation, nah
Don't got time to have a conversation with God
Don't got time for the congregation now, ah
I'ma put off liberation 'til tomorrow
Lord knows that I'm stuck in my ways
Out here expecting the rays
And do the same thing every day
Then expect it to change, yeah

[Chorus: Ben Abraham]
I used to say
I was never gonna change
But it rain
Water carry me away
Change
River is gonna run
Why am I afraid?
What am I hiding from?

[Verse 2: Macklemore]
Can't take in the church, if I don't show up
If I don't do my job, I don't get the bonus
Don't wanna appear weak, if I don't know some
Can't find self if I'm afraid to no one
Can't critique the world if I can't take a critique
Can't blame my neighborhood if I don't clean my own street
Can't blame the drugs if I put the drugs in me
Can't expect others to change if I don't change me
Lord knows I ain't perfect
But 'til I put the work in
Success isn't destined, it's determined
By what you sacrifice for your purpose
But what's the purpose?
But what's the purpose?
Until they close the curtain
Put the work in

[Chorus: Ben Abraham]
I used to say
I was never gonna change
But it rain
Water carry me away
Change
River is gonna run
Why am I afraid?
What am I hiding from?

[Chorus: Ben Abraham]
I used to say
I was never gonna change
But it rain
Water carry me away
Change
River is gonna run
Why am I afraid?
What am I hiding from?

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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