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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 cock block the drums
Let the snare knock the air right out of your lungs
And those words be the oxygen
Just breathe
Hey man, regardless I'ma 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 ants
Ten thousand ants, they carry me
Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand ants
Ten thousand ants, 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'ma be him
Put the gloves on, sparring with my ego
Everyone's greatest obstacle, I beat him, 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
Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand ants
Ten thousand ants, they carry me
Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand ants
Ten thousand ants, they carry me
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
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Full Lyrics and Meaning
Genius Lyrics
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Ten Thousand Hours
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“Ten Thousand Hours,” the album’s opening song, is largely based on Malcolm Gladwell’s 2008 book Outliers: The Story of Success. In the book, Gladwell puts forward the “10,000-Hour
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Ray Dalton) – Can't Hold Us
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[Intro: Macklemore] / Hey, hey, hey / Good to see you / Come on, dude, let's go / Yeah, let's go / Hahaha, alright / Alright, okay / Uh, alright, okay / Alright, okay / [Verse 1
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Eighty4 Fly) – Gold
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Macklemore explains how his perfect world would look like. What would he take away, what would he add to this world to make it better.
Note: This album, “The Heist,” went gold at
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Ab-Soul) – Jimmy Iovine
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Jimmy Iovine is a music producer and the chairman of Interscope Records. This song is about how Macklemore was so desperate to get signed to a major record label only to find out
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. The Teaching) – BomBom
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Ryan Lewis is the producer and instrumentalist for the duo. This track is solely him showing his contribution to the group and his talent.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Ben Bridwell) – Starting Over
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On the The Heist’s second to last track, Ben emotionally explains the sobriety he has often talked about working towards, most notably on the duo’s popular track “Otherside”. In
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Evan Roman) – A Wake
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User macdaddyj pointed out an interesting play on words in the title of this track, “A Wake”.
Throughout the song, Macklemore emphasizes his spiritual “awakening” after a
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Make the Money
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In this song, Macklemore discusses his status in the rap game as an independent artist, and how he can affect the way people see the big labels.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Mary Lambert) – Same Love
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The third single from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s debut album The Heist, “Same Love” is a powerful song about marriage equality for same-sex couples, and has played a big part in
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Wing$
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“Wings” (stylized as “Wing$”) explores the consumerism that Macklemore feels plagues not only the youth but everyone in American Society: The idea that your worth as a person is
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Victory Lap
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This song appears on the deluxe edition of The Heist as a bonus track and is Macklemore’s contribution to the 2012 XXL Freshmen Mixtape (on both the album and the mixtape, it is
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Buffalo Madonna) – Thin Line
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This song chronicles the battle Macklemore and other Hip Hop artists face. The battle is between their relationships with other people and their relationship with the rap game
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Macklemore (Ft. Reignwolf) – Firebreather
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“Firebreather” is rap and rock – Macklemore changes the tone of the album to a rock sense to show that his music is versatile, and also to show that he doesn’t care. He raps over a
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Cowboy Boots
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[Intro: Macklemore] / 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 / We're city kids, you get what you ask for
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Allen Stone) – Neon Cathedral
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Macklemore has struggled with alcoholism. (see “Otherside”.) This is another song in which he expresses his struggle with addiction.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Castle
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Macklemore’s alter ego, Raven Bowie, invites all within earshot to party with him in his “Castle”. This track is yet another classic Macklemore party song.
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Genius Q&A
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Q:When did Macklemore & Ryan Lewis release “Ten Thousand Hours”?
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released “Ten Thousand Hours” on October 9, 2012.
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Genius Artists
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis are a hip-hop duo from Seattle, Washington, comprised of rapper Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis which formed in 2008. Together they have made two studio
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Ryan Lewis
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Ryan Lewis (born 1988) is an American music producer, musician, music video director, photographer, graphic designer and DJ based in Seattle. Along with producing his own album
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Ryan Lewis Songs
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Ryan Lewis has 121 songs with the most popular being Thrift Shop, Can't Hold Us and Same Love.
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MusixMatch Lyrics
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis - Ten Thousand Hours Lyrics
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Songtext zu Ten Thousand Hours von Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis. I hope that God decides to talk through him
That the people decide to walk with him
Regard...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Ten Thousand Hours translation in Italian
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Italian translation of lyrics for Ten Thousand Hours by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. I hope that God decides to talk through him
That the people decide to walk with him
Regard...
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Macklemore lyrics
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All Macklemore lyrics sorted by popularity, with video and meanings.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Irish Celebration Lyrics
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Lyrics for Irish Celebration by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. I′m an Irishman
Leather weathered Irish skin
Beard orange as the sunset over the flag
In t...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Hollis & ScHoolboy Q - White Walls (feat. ScHoolboy Q & Hollis) Lyrics
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Lyrics for White Walls (feat. ScHoolboy Q & Hollis) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Hollis & ScHoolboy Q. I wanna be free, I wanna just live
Inside my Cadillac, that is my shit
Now throw it up (ma...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Ab-Soul - Jimmy Iovine (feat. Ab-Soul) Lyrics
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Lyrics for Jimmy Iovine (feat. Ab-Soul) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Ab-Soul. I put my life on the line
I roll the dice and I′m fine
Cuz all I ever dreamt about was mak...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Eighty4 Fly - Gold (feat. Eighty4 Fly) Lyrics
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Lyrics for Gold (feat. Eighty4 Fly) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Eighty4 Fly. Everything is gold, everything is equal
Posted on the porch just chillin′, me and my peopl...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Ben Bridwell - Starting Over (feat. Ben Bridwell) Lyrics
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Lyrics for Starting Over (feat. Ben Bridwell) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Ben Bridwell. One, two, now
Those three plus years, I was so proud of
And I threw ′em all away for two ...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Wing$ Lyrics
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Lyrics for Wing$ by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. I was seven years old, when I got my first pair
And I stepped outside
And I was like, momm...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) Lyrics
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Lyrics for Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Ray Dalton. Hey, hey, hey
Good to see you
Come on, dude, let′s go
Yeah! Let's go!
Ha-ha-ha-ha alright
...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Mary Lambert - Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert) Lyrics
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Lyrics for Same Love (feat. Mary Lambert) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Mary Lambert. When I was in the third grade, I thought that I was gay
′Cause I could draw, my uncle was,...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Wanz - Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) Lyrics
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Lyrics for Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Wanz. Hey, Macklemore, can we go thrift shopping?
What? What? What? What?
What? What? What? What...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Cowboy Boots Lyrics
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Lyrics for Cowboy Boots by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. And we drink and get older
And some of us even try to get sober
Now here′s to the assholes...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) Lyrics
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Songtext zu Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton) von Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Ray Dalton.
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Make The Money Lyrics
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Lyrics for Make The Money by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Now, this is my job, I will not quit it
Pulled me out the depths when I thought that I was...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Wanz - Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) translation in French
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French translation of lyrics for Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Wanz. Hey, Macklemore, can we go thrift shopping?
What? What? What? What?
What? What? What? What...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Victory Lap Lyrics
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Lyrics for Victory Lap by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. And they say, "Don′t forget where you come from
Don't die holding on to your words
Cause y...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Wanz - Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) translation in Italian
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Italian translation of lyrics for Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Wanz. Hey, Macklemore, can we go thrift shopping?
What? What? What? What?
What? What? What? What...
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Letra de Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) de Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Wanz
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Letra de Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz) de Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Wanz. Hey, Macklemore, can we go thrift shopping?
What? What? What? What?
What? What? What? What...
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Evan Roman - A Wake (feat. Evan Roman) translation in Spanish
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Spanish translation of lyrics for A Wake (feat. Evan Roman) by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Evan Roman. I need love
You need love
Give me love
And I′ll give you my love
They say thirty is the n...
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Genius Albums
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The Heist by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
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The Heist is the debut studio album by Seattle-based hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, released independently through Macklemore LLC on October 9, 2012. This record won the
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AZ Artists
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Macklemore Lyrics
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(with Ryan Lewis). Macklemore - The Heist album cover. Ten Thousand Hours · Can't Hold Us · Thrift Shop · Thin Line · Same Love · Make The Money · Neon ...
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