- Macklemore Ego - Original 歌詞
- Macklemore
- [Intro: Speaking]
Ladies and gentlemen Second Thoughts on the beat Big up to Lace Cadence Good lookin out for this one, man [Verse 1:] I love hip hop music I just hate the ego The politics that follow it Getting caught in it can be lethal See I love the community Cause a community will embrace you But you turn it back the community is the people that will hate you See everybodys striving for that same shit To get paid and make it And Ill be honest, Im trying to become famous When someone makes a move Watch that person next to you Cause Ill warn ya I love Hova but jealousys The Takeover Here come the mean mugs 'I cant do what he does' And where does that lead us? To the ego that feeds us I wish that I could just do what I do But when a door opens for him Im afraid there wont be enough room Comparisons a mother fucker Like MLK said, 'We all want that band leader syndrome and it wont stop' This concept makes me wonder Is it the commodity of the music or the ego that is killing hip hop? [Chorus:] Its the ego That makes me not give respect in death Its the ego That makes me talk shit behind peoples back You know that its the ego Thats constantly polluting my consciousness So ingrained in my brain that I can barely even acknowledge it Its the ego That makes the present moment jet lagged I said its the ego That has me trippin about the next man You know that its the ego That makes me not go to the front Of the show cause the performers have exactly what I want [Verse 2:] Im so cool Freal? No dude, Im serious spit it different and if you just flow too Ill listen lookin for glitches and rip em to shove improve That my rhythms a little bit more intricate, just to boost My ego Is so evil Threatened by so many different kinds of people It seems that if youre goin through somethin and life is feelin uncomfortable The immediate place you go is to your ego to comfort you When Boom Bap got signed I hated on him When Grayskul got signed I hated on him And thats hard to admit But since Im really bein honest I wanted to be one of the first to make it as a Northwest rap artist Instead of takin it as a plus for my region I took it as a cut to my dreams of makin it out of this political scene of Northwest haters To be next I guess Im just like them Jealous of whos taking that step [Chorus] [Outro:] Now everybody got one but people tryin to front Claimin that they on the humble but cocky Now it comes up when we judge Or are threatened by someone But everyone still be like man thats not me Now let me break it down son Its only a lack of love for ourselves Cause were submerged in I gotta be The best or number one But its just that we dont trust In our heart and that's what stops me It's the ego
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