Macklemore

Released: December 12, 2019

Featuring: Dan Caplen

Songwriter: Nicolas Rebscher Pablo Bowman Tyler Dopps Budo Dan Caplen Macklemore

Producer: Budo Tyler Dopps

[Chorus: Dan Caplen and Macklemore]
Oh, I wish it was '99, when I was a kid at Christmas time
Couldn't go to bed that night
Santa Claus sliding, snow in the driveway
Under the lit-up Christmas tree with my crazy-ass family
Singing, oh, oh oh, oh (I got it)
Wish I was a kid at Christmas again (Alright)

[Verse 1: Macklemore]
Now, fill up the gas in the SUV
Spent way too much time tryna pick out our tree
The ceiling ain't as tall as we thought, I see
Gotta cut a couple inches off the top to proceed
And now we stringing the lights up
Five hours later, we stringing the lights up
Listenin' to Bing Crosby by the fire
Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Mariah
Turn off that Michael Bublé
Turn on that one movie about the kid
Who licked the telephone pole on the Blu-ray
Red Ryder BB-Gun, stayin' up all night
Jimmy Stewart, It's A Wonderful Life, now am I right?
The collar's puffy, the beard is long
The belly's tubby, but the reindeer are strong
It's Santa Claus
It's Christmas time!

[Chorus: Dan Caplen]
Oh, I wish it was '99, when I was a kid at Christmas time
Couldn't go to bed that night
Santa Claus sliding, snow in the driveway
Under the lit-up Christmas tree with my crazy-ass family
Singing, oh, oh oh, oh
Wish I was a kid at Christmas again

[Verse 2: Macklemore]
Now, I wrap presents like a kid wearing mittens
Blindfolded, with a pair of left-handed scissors
Janky, but the gift inside? Ridiculous
Better than whatever it is you had on your wishlist
Dig in, then whip up the Bisquick
Go outside, and throw 'round the pigskin
I'm a dad now, but still feel like a big kid
Best time of year, can I get a "amen"? (Amen)
The Almond Roca, the hottest cocoa
The track around the tree with the locomotives
I wanted a Jordan poster to measure my growth spurt
Starter logo, Georgetown Hoyas
I'm going off of the head, y'all
Homemade cookies that I dip in the eggnog
I wanna take a second, and shoutout my dead dog
Toby, he's dead

[Chorus: Dan Caplen]
Oh, I wish it was '99, when I was a kid at Christmas time
Couldn't go to bed that night
Santa Claus sliding, snow in the driveway
Under the lit-up Christmas tree with my crazy-ass family
Singing, oh, oh oh, oh
Wish I was a kid at Christmas again

[Outro: Dan Caplen]
Oh, I wish it was '99, when I was a kid at Christmas time
Couldn't go to bed that night
Santa Claus sliding, snow in the driveway
Under the lit-up Christmas tree with my crazy-ass family
Singing, oh, oh oh, oh
Wish I was a kid at Christmas
Oh, oh oh, oh
Wish I was a kid at Christmas again
It's Christmas time!

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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