Macklemore - City Don't Sleep Lyrics

300th comment! This is a true (Rhythm And Poetry) @Rap!

Real music not that mumble rap like drake and those losers

It being the fact that the government created the ghetto and gave it crack..... almost a decade later, still the realest bar I have ever heard. The Language of My World will always be my favorite work by Macklemore

Song speaks volumes about who we need to be in our society especially now

:V y llego yo :v

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mahboul

this is real music not sh*t like taylor swift what whine about there ex boyfriend seriously theres more things to put music in two than themselves!!

"We don't wanna face it...
and 'it' being the fact
that the government created the ghetto
and gave it crack"

The streets are cold, all alone in the city
Pretty ladies, you're home, what a pity
People pass you by wit' a glance, say, "you're filthy"
But they dunno the pain you been through, no not really.

listen, my world is spinning
one fall one winning
something like airplaine
so ... high  in the air
i swear i will be champion in the end
even if it costs me death ....

something like that but you know my english is not verry good peace man :)

it's"where you lay your head is your home"

does anybody know the song from the last part? or its just there but theres no full version yet.. i like that too..

Seriously Macklemore, The grouch and eligh, cyne, blackalicious, gift of gab, brand nubian, x-clan, the roots, living legends, Eligh, Lost children of babylon, Son of saturn, Binary star, The crest, Chali2na, Bus driver, Common market, Blue scholars, Cunninlynguists, Greyskul, Othello, Lightheaded, Never heard? Well this is the best of the underground movement is offering check then out!

+Chris N Truth!

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@ Kristen Cobb There isn't anything wrong with Thrift Shop. Sure it made him famous, but why is that a reason to hate it? Overplayed, yes. The only song that a lot of people know by him, yes. Regardless of these two factors it is nonetheless a good song.

haha look at the kid so fucking angry at a guy who didnt do SHIT GO FUCK OFF UR A FUCKLING LOSER WITH NO FUCKING LIFE YOU MAKE FUN OF KIDS BECAUSE OF THERE PICTYURE. BTW JUSTIN BIEBER IS MORE STRAIGHT THAN U. U MIGHT EANNA SEE AN ANGER MANAGEMENT THERAPIST TO HELP U. U HAVE ANY FRIENDS OR DID U MKAE FUN OF ALL OF THEM. GO FUCK OFF AND FUCK URSELF HE DID NOTHING BUT COMPLIMENT THIS SONG

ja stimmt genau

Wtf man?

Actually, they are right. In all due respect, you didn't understand the first line of the song. The first line is this; "When I was in the 3rd grade, I thought that I was gay(...) But Ben you loved girls since before pre-K." Macklemore uses the word "THOUGHT" in an interview he claimed that he thought he was gay because he liked his dog. He was never gay, he just supports homosexual marriage. Both of his uncles are gay. That's how he learned respect for them.

I went to the same college as Macklemore did, Evergreen State College. They teach you to open your eyes and see life how it really is. They teach you to not take the government's propoganda as real. They teach you to second guess everything! There is a book we had to read for a class I believe it was called "Inherently Unequal". It explaints this though: about the crack cocaine and gives some evidence that the government did in fact create crack cocaine. There are many other books too!

I went to the same college as Macklemore did, Evergreen State College. They teach you to open your eyes and see life how it really is. They teach you to not take the government's propoganda as real. They teach you to second guess everything! There is a book we had to read for a class I believe it was called "Inherently Unequal". It explaints this though: about the crack cocaine and gives some evidence that the government did in fact create crack cocaine. There are many other books too!

I went to the same college as Macklemore did, Evergreen State College. They teach you to open your eyes and see life how it really is. They teach you to not take the government's propoganda as real. They teach you to second guess everything! There is a book we had to read for a class I believe it was called "Inherently Unequal". It explaints this though: about the crack cocaine and gives some evidence that the government did in fact create crack cocaine. There are many other books too!

I went to the same college as Macklemore did, Evergreen State College. They teach you to open your eyes and see life how it really is. They teach you to not take the government's propoganda as real. They teach you to second guess everything! There is a book we had to read for a class I believe it was called "Inherently Unequal". It explaints this though: about the crack cocaine and gives some evidence that the government did in fact create crack cocaine. There are many other books too!

I went to the same college as Macklemore did, Evergreen State College. They teach you to open your eyes and see life how it really is. They teach you to not take the government's propoganda as real. They teach you to second guess everything! There is a book we had to read for a class I believe it was called "Inherently Unequal". It explaints this though: about the crack cocaine and gives some evidence that the government did in fact create crack cocaine. There are many other books too!

It's a line based on oppression. The government doesn't help the ghetto, but they'll create them. Crack Is a cheaper form of cocaine. Very good line, no pun intended.

you clearly are retarded along with the 2 idiots who thumbs'd that up rofl

Very true, I try and have a conversation with my friends who claim to be fans of his music, but when I ask them about the meaning, I might as well haver asked them if they can draw me a diagram of all the roads on the planet.

ben will confuse most "fans"

Well you clearly didn't understand the meaning of same love...

yea mack is offended by that word he grew up gay n shit,,

So he talks on real stuff here. But mtv only lets him sing gay rights stuff

but that line is true...

ryanator1319

best artist in the game, hands down <3

you're*, not your. you spelled wrong twice.
and fuck you, you're just jealous.

you're*, not your. you spelled wrong twice.
and fuck you, you're just jealous.

Love Macklemore personally but "the government created the ghetto and gave it crack"? Come on man, not your best line haha. Good song though REP SEATTLE

boy, that escalated quickly.

This song is amazing, Ben is such a true artist!

SHUT THE FUCK UP OK? DONT TALK ABOUT JUSTIN BIEBER LIKE THIS , YOU DONT KNOW HIM. AND JUSTIN BIEBER IS NOT THE POINT OF THE VIDEO

I'm glad he's huge now. He's been around for longer than you think and he's amazing. I hate thrift shop tbh but Ben is something else. His songs are just nothing short of amazing. <3

I cry like every time I here this song

sick song

Why do you hate on power rangers? :o

Me too :)

you are lost

Really love you...
Greece

I didnt 'basically' say that at all. Fucking idiot.

u know what, fuck you man

You don't know the meaning of the phrase obviously...

What does that have to do with a low self esteem?

shut up and injoy the song

maklemore deserve all the fame in the world

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

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Wow, that's one really low self esteem...

We can't change the Government. It is too strong/powerful. Anarchy is the only way to avoid homelessness

This needs to feature Jimmy McMillan throwing a "The Rent is TOO DAMN HIGH" in on the chorus.

ikr hes the future of rap

POLSKA PRZEJMUJE TO VIDEO .xD

his music is like jazz even after 10 years we will hear it

he is the 2nd tupac.. his lyrics show the broken world

Because Conseula has 'no more lemon pledge' (get the reference i'm not being racist).

Props for being mature on Youtube and even using proper grammar man. Just wanted to say that after reading your fail back and forth with the troll ;)

I was before they started arguing bro.

How about we shut the fuck up and listen to the song.

Yeah she is actually, cos she's the same age as me. Why you arguing? I did nothing. May be a kid but still spell better than you...

I don't know what your'e thinking, But Macklemore's music is still just as amazing as it was before. Just because he got "big", Doesn't mean he is going to change his music for no one. The Heist is just as good as his other albums and he spent years working on that. Ugh.

Kid, go to sleep. You pass your bed time, don't get your mom too upset or you'll be grounded.

Kid these days... Your girlfriend must be 14 years old, smh....

I've liked rap all my life, You say that about Justin Bieber yet he was with Selena Gomez and she's hot, I don't like him but be honest he could have most girls, I actually have a girlfriend and she's definitely better looking than any girl you'll ever get. You should go out more instead of sitting in starting arguments for no reason, I never directed anything at you all I did was comment. You jealous cos i got top comment or somert? It means nothing so calm down you obese twat.

I miss the old macklemore. The new one sucks.

well that was uncalled for :\

Seriously, I N C R E D I B L E

Coming from the guy with a picture of someone else's YouTube picture, what a scruff.

Wow I didn't know Macklemore was actually good, Thrift Shop gave me completely the wrong impression of him!

Serously, Macklemore is incredible, best rapper ever listened

You're ugly.

haha that is cool this clip is crazy good Oh Btw use this to get it on your pod --> bit.ly/13v9Jk0?=fygsc

If you wanna see change then put your ones to the air
Now point them to yourself 'cause change starts right there

funny how your only taken serious when people think your a joke... macklemore is one of the illest m.cs ever

Ya for real like Macklemore has been around for so long its unfortunate only recently he is getting the recognition he deserves.

♥' (;

A winning way to put it - congratulations.

Macklemore alwa

I dont understand you, wouldn't you find it nice too if Macklemore gets more fame ?

if you listen closely, the lyrics of thrift shop are actually making fun of the mainstream hip-hop culture, it's pretty sick! haha

Found you

inhale deep, fallin', life is cinema, the end, hold your head up, keep marching, my oh my. its actually not hard to find his other songs...

Nothing 'happened with it'. I don't see why people keep seeing him as this different person after that song. It still talks about this delusional consumerism theology society has pushed on us--it's just talking about it through the terms of thrift shopping.

Victory Lap, Castle, 10.000 hours, Otherside, Can't hold us, Make the Money...??

Same Love

mekelmur

this is true hip hop, much respect for mackloemore, but what happend with 'thrift shop' >.<

white walls, jimmy lovine and gold

Can't Hold Us

this shits bacon