Victory Lap

[00:00.45] And they say, "Don't forget where you come from
[00:02.76] Don't die holding on to your words
[00:05.56] Cause you know you got a whole world to change
[00:08.36] But understand who you got to change first"
[00:10.66] And I was like "Fuck that", humility bust back
[00:13.32] I remember the days with nothing but a bus pass
[00:15.79] I was just a little shorty hoping that I could find a bum to buy a 40 for me
[00:20.33] And have enough for a bud sack
[00:22.05] Yeah, and I dance on that instrumental
[00:24.34] Unorthodox like Basquiat with the pencil
[00:26.98] Give me a microphone and a beat box I could vent to
[00:29.63] Music the only medium that I could find myself through
[00:32.42] Recluse, sipping on some lean I would let loose
[00:35.24] Looking in the mirror, watching myself lose
[00:37.91] Cleaned up in '08, got a job making barely minimum wage
[00:41.28] To get into that page
[00:42.67] Hit the road with RL, performing in front of 8 people
[00:46.32] And that shit will check your ego
[00:48.33] About around that time I'm watching that EP go
[00:50.72] From nothing to getting us booked around the country
[00:53.61] I know no limits, life can change in an instant
[00:56.09] 8 People turn into sold out shows in a minute
[00:58.71] And I'm watching my pops in the back row grinning
[01:01.23] With his glass up to my mom, toasting this Guinness
[01:04.77] And we on (we on)
[01:06.25] Good music, it lies in the ambiance
[01:08.82] When we leave here
[01:10.02] Will these words live on
[01:11.49] Till then, we keep on making the songs
[01:14.09] So put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[01:16.91] So put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[01:19.53] So put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[01:24.76] Put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[01:27.46] So put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[01:30.19] So put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[01:36.62] I remember that Freshman edition
[01:38.38] Last year thinking to myself like
[01:40.28] Yah, nah, I won't win it yet
[01:41.76] Probably won't get it, but I'm gonna give it everything
[01:44.43] Play my position
[01:45.43] The next 11 months I gave it all everything I had left in me
[01:49.04] Left blood, sweat, tears in every god damn city
[01:51.37] No label, no deal, no publicist, indie
[01:53.95] Just music that connected and fans that rode with me
[01:56.69] Throw me a gold mine, and a co-sign
[01:59.28] While you're riding a couple dope rides
[02:00.93] 2 women, both dimes
[02:02.26] Not gonna lie, that shit sounds so nice
[02:04.70] But I got creative control and my souls mine
[02:07.57] I wouldn't trade it, maybe I'm crazy
[02:09.79] I put on for my city
[02:11.01] Seattle that raised me
[02:12.57] Rule 4080, it's really not changing
[02:15.10] Now a days make good music, the people are your label
[02:17.75] So put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[02:20.14] So put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[02:22.66] So put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[02:28.07] Put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[02:30.68] So put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[02:33.34] So put 'em up, up up, up up (so high)
[02:43.17] Oh my god, feels like a victory lap
[02:56.37] Can I have that moment
[02:58.28] Can I talk my shit
[03:00.03] And they say, "Don't forget where you come from
[03:02.23] Don't die holding on to your words
[03:05.08] Cause you know you got a whole world to change
[03:07.76] But understand who you got to change first"
[03:10.22] Put 'em up, up up, up up
[03:12.97] Up, up up, up up
[03:16.12] Up, up up, up up
[03:17.56] Macklemore, Ryan Lewis, Seattle
[03:20.80] Put 'em up, up up, up up
[03:26.17] Up, up up, up up (so high)
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