BEN – AVAILABLE NOW https://macklemore.co/ben
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LYRICS: Ah nah nah Ah nah nah Well I’m an alleycat, some say a dirty rat On my side is my gat but I’m lying about that Still bumping Buckshot Trench coat all in matte black Hat with the curls banging right out the back Facts I dive in Open eyelids, fuck a silence Big pharma rest in piss And get the Heisman Look in my iris, see the trips where I’ve been Anti pill bottle, pro psilocybin Still buying bootleg Gucci from China Donate most but still throw it on consignment Red carpet, Jeff Goldblum’s behind us And they ain’t got a clue that these ain’t real diamonds Don’t turn me back to the old me Backpack, rapping and battling back in Oly I was studying the Carter one right after ‘03 Marinara brick oven on the terrace with the goat cheese You flatbread from Panera, don’t approach me Coasting David Blaine on that beat, floating OGs, don’t make a motherfucker OD That outfit, that’s a no for me If you’re going to do drugs I can suggest some But I wouldn’t spend that much of your money on Codeine I ain’t judging, enjoy your life But that shit is killing people and it’s overpriced Hit the club, get the bag Man I know that’s right But let me teach you youngbloods how to hold the mic I’m older right Never had a poltergeist And still slap a rapper like a white Dolemite, ah Black out, stage dive right into the crowd I never tap out and I ain’t working for a fucking suit so don’t ask now That’s why I always speak my mind and never back down Since Pac was behind Shock up in the background Shh, shh, shh, watch the cops Started to rap because I cannot pop and lock Went from selling nicks in a knot in my sock To selling out arenas where the Knicks throw up shots Goddamn, that’s a hell of a come up European festival money, that’s a hell of a summer I remember they were saying I’d be a one-hit wonder 40 platinum later boy they were wrong about the number Nah nah I’m so focused, the pen is so potent The beachfront look like I own the whole ocean Pull up in that, skrrt skrrt, the door opens The mint coat dragging on the floor I ain’t even notice These rappers so emotive Grown men emoji Face crying all on their socials And I ain’t hating, I guess I’m just old school We suppress feelings and scrapped right after homeroom Old gold, OJ, and some cold shrooms 20oz of Faygo to go with the soul food Look what I made off of Protools Still remind pops “Aw man yeah I told you”
