Macklemore's gift, like that of all great songwriters, is his ability to speak on universal experiences in a uniquely personal way. This record is teeming with energy and ambition, serving as a fitting debut for one of this country's most promising young artists.
On his debut album, The Language of My World, Macklemore drafts a lyrical landscape of classic proportions. At his own shows he keeps the audience going, no matter how small the crowd. Other patents pending.īen Haggerty, also know as Macklemore is an emcee from Seattle, Washington that often shows up the larger acts he opens for in the city. Now think about your home, and the place that you sleep,Īnd the homeless, who only have the concrete.Nowhere to call your home, Now look at the homeless rate, and tell me to my face the race,ĭoesn't play an intricate part in your fate in the United States, Like the last 500 years wasn't enough to accomplish that. To oppress immigrants and blacks, and give 'em more of a set back.
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Who now stands downtown walkin' on the block pacin' cause the only way she knows how to make it, is gettin' naked.Īnd it being the fact that the government created the ghetto and gave it crack, Or the young girl who was raped and stripped up, everything sacred. Whatta bout the kid who was an addict the second that his mom was pregnant, We just see dirty clothes and another bum beggin', We don't know what turned 'em to the bottle, or started injectin', Now how can we judge the book when we don't know the beginning. X2Now every face tells a different story, a different message. We got families on the street with no where to go, and the concrete's the only place they have to call home.Nowhere to call your own, To eat and sleep, but we cease to see that our own country is based around war, power and greed. The money the government wastes could provide them with a safe place. We've come to accept the homeless as part of our landscape. When got people on the streets without a roof over their backs. Mr president but I'm a resident and since you've been in office I haven't seen any evidence of things changin' I walk past a man laying in his own vomit, who gets his food and his garments by digging in the garbage. Im not saying everyone is a victim, but the people that I live would treat em more like villains then actual citizens. I see homeless people sleeping and chillin' on the steps to the apartment that I live in. Now everyday that I walk outta my building,
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