[Verse 1: Macklemore] Return of the Mack Get 'em, what it is, what it does, what it is, what it isn't Looking for a better way to get up out of bed Instead of getting on the Internet and checking a new hit me, get up Thrift shop, pimp strut walking Little bit of humble, little bit of cautious Somewhere between like Rocky and Cosby Sweater game nope nope y’all can’t copy Yup, Bad, moonwalking This here, is our party My posse's been on Broadway And we did it our way Grown music I shed my skin and put my bones into everything I record to it And yet I’m on Let that stage light go and shine on down Got that Bob Barker suit game and plinko in my style Money, stay on my craft and stick around for those pounds But, I do that to pass the torch and put on for my town Trust me, on my I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T shit hustlin' Chasing dreams since I was fourteen With the four-track, bussing Halfway cross that city with the backpack Fat cat, crushing labels out here Nah, they can’t tell me nothing We give that to the people Spread it across the country Labels out here Nah they can’t tell me nothing We give it to the people Spread it across the country
[Hook x2: Ray Dalton] Can we go back, this is the moment Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us Like the ceiling can’t hold us
[Verse 2] Now can I kick it, thank you Yeah I’m so damn grateful I grew up really wanting gold fronts But that’s what you get when Wu-Tang raised you Y’all can’t stop me Go hard like I got a 808 in my heart beat And I’m eating at the beat Like you gave a little speed To a great white shark on shark week Raw! Tell me go up, gone Deuces, goodbye, I got a world to see And my girl, she wanna see Rome Caesar'll make you a believer Nah, I never, ever did it for a throne That validation comes from giving it back to the people Now sing a song and it goes like "Raise those hands, this is our party We came here to live life like nobody was watching" I got my city right behind me, if I fall, they got me Learn from that failure, gain humility, and then we keep marching, I said
[Hook] Can we go back, this is the moment Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us Like the ceiling can’t hold us
[Bridge x2] Na na na na, na na na na Hey-ee ay-ee ay-ee ay ay-ee ay-ee, hey And all my people say
Na na na na, na na na na Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh And all my people say
Mack-le-eh-eh-eh-eh-more!
[Hook] Can we go back, this is the moment Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us Like the ceiling can’t hold us
[Music Video Ending x2] Let the night come, before the fight's won Some might run against the test But come the triumph, embrace the fight cause Their fears then prove that courage exists