This dream that they sold to you Nike Air Flight, but bad was so dope Going beyond the music, Macklemore collaborated with MTV on the documentary, Prescription for Change, that shed light on America’s opioid epidemic. We are what we wear, we wear what we are Tear no shed That's a cold ass honkey." Consumption is in the veins And I don’t hear no one saying anything about that. If you think I'm dissing Eminem, I know you just read the headline and you're not listening to the song. I'm leaving Heaven (Yeah) What I wore, this is the source of my youth Where I am going (Or maybe I should say, "Thank you") I wear your granddad's clothes I am stuntin' and flossin' and And then my friend Carlos' brother got murdered for his fours, whoa That’s part of the reason I do all my talking with ink Come on people. Follow @genius Hello, hello, my ace man, my Mello They get so upset when I call them both faggots.” So sensitive, those guys. So you better, you better run (Yeah) On “Leaving Heaven,” Eminem reflects on his success and what turned him into the man he is today. The lyrics of the song aren’t jarring when taken in the context of Eminem’s oeuvre. I'm so pumped about some shit from the thrift shop. I'm leaving heaven (You know what? What I'm saying is, there comes a time when the system realizes that, I can sell this white person a lot easier -- it's no conscious person.". The song, six minutes of braggadocio set to a bass beat, is the lead single off of his upcoming album The Marshall Mathers LP 2. You better, you better run (Cocksucker, haha) “Can’t Hold Us” is the third single from Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' The Heist. My first song [sounds] like an Eminem bite. That part of the verse is an observation, me making an observation of culture right now, what's happening.". From that thrift shop down the road (let's go) John Wayne ain't got nothing on my fringe game, hell no Leaving Heaven Lyrics: Yeah (I knew this day was coming) / Sometimes, you gotta come back down (It's all going to hell now, man) / Stoop to someone's level (Yeah) / Five dozen flies buzzin' over your "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); [Chorus: Skylar Grey & Eminem] So the route I went's self-empowerment I touched the net, "Mom I touched the net" "I fast forward 20, 30 years from now, and I see hip-hop being completely white.". If the president is saying that, then who am I to go the other way?”. Is it because there’s certain rappers that do and say the same things that I’m saying? 'Cause they just wind up on their backs The song doesn’t need the words to be provocative, or to carry the same bravado. !function(t,e,r){var n,s=t.getElementsByTagName(e)[0],i=/^http:/.test(t.location)? I'm leaving Heaven I'm digging, I'm digging, I'm searching right through that luggage, One man's trash, that's another man's come-up I knew that I couldn't crease 'em And I felt like, is this because of the color skin? Bummy and grungy, fuck it, man Only got twenty dollars in my pocket I hit that court, and when I jumped, I jumped, I swear I got so high I touched the net, 'Mom I touched the net' - "FRANCHISE" - LYRICS, HOT SONG: Tory Lanez - "Most High" - LYRICS. Dressed in all pink, 'cept my gator shoes, those are green And people are offended. 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Gotta remind myself of it every now and then (Yeah) And I don't want to put Eminem in a category with anybody in terms of skill level. Look at what that swoosh did That first day, like these are what make you cool MTV AND ALL RELATED TITLES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OF VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC, J. Cole Explains What Inspired His 'Fire Squad' Verse About Eminem, Iggy Azalea And Macklemore, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1FqxcfnWi0. What, what, what, what This is the best day of my life (Thank you) Went around the world watching this guy absolutely dominate the stage and captivate crowds of a hundred thousand people like it was a one on one show. Like my earlobe stabbed with a needle for an earring Faggot was, like, it was thrown around constantly, to each other, like in battling, you know what I mean?”, He went on to claim that he’s the one who’s been victimized by the controversy. In its headline, TIME called the track “divine,” predicting that it’s the first of what will be an “immortal recording.” Rolling Stone’s survey of the song’s influences skips over, you know, “bigotry.” MTV News praises its “expertly laid verses.”. He kicked off the sit-down by explaining how he feels capitalism is the root of many of the issues facing our society -- "that's not a system that does it anymore, because it's selfish, and nobody cares about nobody," he said -- before connecting the principles championed by that system to his "Fire Squad" verse and the shifting look and sound of hip-hop. Strangled by these laces, laces I can barely talk As a child, picked on, clowned, been Since a year-old, forty-seven year-old scab yeah! I was five or six the first time I got my hind end kicked We’re tired of it at this point, right? Call me the Grim Reaper, sleep is my cousin [Chorus: Skylar Grey] If I can believe in myself, I could prolly achieve it Can you take me far away Twenty five cents each'd get us a bag of chips By Kevin Fallon. Eminem references Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ same-sex marriage anthem Same Love in track Leaving Heaven, highlighting the pair’s differing upbringings: “Okay, so while Macklemore …