Macklemore has recently stuck me deep. He is a an American rapper from Seattle, Washington. He is as many would call "underground" because he hasn't exactly hit the scene yet. I believe this guys has a lot of talent and is going to blow people away. He really is a real rapper.
In his song Otherside, he goes so deep in this song. He talks from personal experience so you know this really hits him hard. I know this song hits me hard everytime I listen to it. He knows that rappers now a days feel the need to fall into the typical rapper stereo type of being violent, having lots of sex with random women, smoking weed, drinking and doing other drugs that may be even more damaging.
He metions Weezy (Lil Wayne) in this song at the beginning. He is telling a story in the form of a rap. It is way to strong of a subject for it to not be real. He mentions couch syrup, which is what Lil Wayne has really become a consistant user of. He explains of a friend just trying it because of an image he feels he needs to be to impress people. He thinks that this is cool when really he is only destroying himself.
Kids look up to the celebrities of Hollywood. They see what they are doing or what they are saying and they are thinking maybe if I were to be like that I could get some attention. Many drug users use drugs to try to cover up their problems or to just try and forget them, but we all know throwing our problems under the rug doesn't do anything. Macklemore knows this too. He has seen this for himself... "I've seen oxycontin take three lives, I grew up with them, we used to chief dimes."
Macklemore talks about how back when he was a kid he also said he was never going to try that drug or that no one even does that drug. Then he has a reality check... "Thinkin' I would never do that, not that drug, And growing up nobody ever does, Until your stuck, Lookin' in the mirror like I can't believe what I've become,
Swore I was goin' to be someone, And growing up everyone always does.".
Swore I was goin' to be someone, And growing up everyone always does.".
This guy is really deep and is going to be big some day. I'm calling it now!
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