ft. Tones and I | They told me that I vanished
They told me that I had it
They told me that I'm gone
I told 'em, "Don't panic"
ft. Tones and I | They told me that I vanished
They told me that I had it
They told me that I'm gone
I told 'em, "Don't panic"
When you've done it this long
And you've seen magic
And you know it won't kill you
Even when the whole world doubts it
This is my moment
They can't take my talent
They can't take my stripes
They can't erase my hours
I'm from the underground, anything above ground is a mountain
I'm done tryna impress anybody, but the heavens where I'm headed
You don't get to hold on me your flowers
I am in my zone, eyes on the throne
20k deep, better pull out your phones
Turnin' the arena to believers every time I hit the ceilin'
Ain't nobody ever touchin' my show
Look at where we started, look at where we got to
Almost OD'd that night in the hospital
Wasn't gonna die, more life in the arsenal
Got another shot to pull off the impossible
[Chorus: Tones and I]
There's no need to cry for me, I'm a fighter
Fighter
You can't take my voice from me, I will rise up
Rise up
So what are you waitin' for?
I ain't ready to die yet
The pain is where faith is born
Are you alive yet? Are you alive yet?
Are you alive?
[Verse 2: Macklemore]
On my grave, what quote will be etched in?
Never played the game to be a contestant
Never joined the league to ride benches
The wins hit different when they don't expect it
Yeah, and they ain't gotta like me
Got my own Nikes, no Nike ID
And I ain't tryin' to stunt, man
But my logo went over the Jumpman
I remember all I had was a bus pass
Sellin' CDs to make a couple of bucks back
And now I'm up in meetings and you better believe me
Now that we got the arena, The Sonics makin' a comeback
I'm not a businessman, I got children, man
I treat my city like it is my fam
Til the residency gets a buildin' man
Think I'm playin' 'bout mayor, but that is my plan
You know what fifty thousand feels like
When you question, "Is this real life?"
The money doesn't buy happiness, that's facts
Til you take what you made and decide to give it back like that
[Chorus: Tones and I]
There's no need to cry for me, I'm a fighter
Fighter
You can't take my voice from me, I will rise up
Rise up
So what are you waitin' for?
I ain't ready to die yet
The pain is where faith is born
Are you alive yet? Are you alive yet?
Are you alive?
[Verse 3: Macklemore]
I was supposed to be a one hit ringer
Now I got too many rings and not enough fingers
Keep doing my thing, they keep chasin' the wave
Thinkin' that they're gonna be the one to outpace age
I must got Mick Jagger DNA
Rollin' Stone bags, pre-check, no TSA
I'll be seventy-eight, SM58 in my face
Like, "Who wants to go next?" Nobody's touchin' my stage
Their heads trippin' like a B-Boy head spinnin'
I bench press the industry and I deadlift it
It's been written, I've been runnin', it's been a minute
Been done it, I bet you a hundred that I've been winnin'
The Benz tinted, it's been vintage, yeah, Ben did it
The crib I live in is like Ben Stiller's
An evening at my house, a night at the museum
Trophies, plaques all over and the view's decent
At the end of the day, it's like, "Who needs it?"
Play on, player, I gotta keep competin'
Keep dreamin', won't settle for shit
It isn't sport, it's my life, run the championship, I'm gone
[Chorus: Tones and I]
There's no need to cry for me, I'm a fighter
Fighter
You can't take my voice from me, I will rise up
Rise up
So what are you waitin' for?
I ain't ready to die yet
The pain is where faith is born
Are you alive yet? Are you alive yet?
Are you alive?
[Outro: Tones and I]
Are you alive?
Are you alive?
Waliniambia kuwa nilitoweka
Waliniambia kuwa nilikuwa nayo
Waliniambia kuwa nimeenda
Nilimwambia, "Usiogope"
Wakati umefanya hivyo kwa muda mrefu
Na umeona uchawi
Na unajua haitakuua
Hata wakati ulimwengu wote unatilia shaka
Huu ni wakati wangu
Hawawezi kuchukua talanta yangu
Hawawezi kuchukua kupigwa kwangu
Hawawezi kufuta masaa yangu
Mimi ni kutoka chini ya ardhi, chochote juu ya ardhi ni mlima
Nimemaliza kujaribu mtu yeyote, lakini mbingu ambazo nimeelekea
Huwezi kunishikilia maua yako
Niko katika eneo langu, macho kwenye kiti cha enzi
20k kina, bora toa simu zako
Turnin 'uwanja kwa waumini kila wakati ninapogonga ceilin'
Hakuna mtu aliyewahi kugusa show yangu
Angalia ni wapi tulianza, angalia tulifika wapi
Karibu od'd usiku huo hospitalini
Je! Hakukufa, maisha zaidi katika safu ya ushambuliaji
Nilipata risasi nyingine ili kuvuta haiwezekani
[Chorus: tani na mimi]
Hakuna haja ya kunililia, mimi ni mpiganaji
Mpiganaji
Huwezi kuchukua sauti yangu kutoka kwangu, nitainuka
Simama
Kwa hivyo unasubiri nini?
Siko tayari kufa bado
Maumivu ni pale imani imezaliwa
Je! Uko hai bado? Je! Uko hai bado?
Je! Uko hai?
[Mstari wa 2: Macklemore]
Kwenye kaburi langu, ni nukuu gani itaingizwa?
Hajawahi kucheza mchezo kuwa mgombea
Kamwe hakujiunga na ligi kupanda madawati
Wins ziligonga tofauti wakati hawatarajii
Ndio, na hawapaswi kama mimi
Nimepata Nikes yangu mwenyewe, hakuna kitambulisho cha Nike
Na sijajaribu 'kutuliza, mwanadamu
Lakini nembo yangu ilienda juu ya kuruka
Nakumbuka yote niliyokuwa nayo ilikuwa kupita kwa basi
Sellin 'CD kufanya michache ya pesa nyuma
Na sasa nimeamka kwenye mikutano na unaniamini vyema
Sasa kwa kuwa tumepata uwanja, sonics makin 'kurudi
Mimi sio mfanyabiashara, nilipata watoto, mwanadamu
Ninachukulia mji wangu kama ni familia yangu
Til makazi apate mtu wa Buildin '
Fikiria mimi ni meya wa kucheza '', lakini huo ndio mpango wangu
Unajua jinsi elfu hamsini huhisi
Unapohoji, "Je! Hii ni maisha halisi?"
Pesa hainunua furaha, hiyo ni ukweli
Mpaka uchukue kile ulichofanya na uamue kuirudisha kama hiyo
[Chorus: tani na mimi]
Hakuna haja ya kunililia, mimi ni mpiganaji
Mpiganaji
Huwezi kuchukua sauti yangu kutoka kwangu, nitainuka
Simama
Kwa hivyo unasubiri nini?
Siko tayari kufa bado
Maumivu ni pale imani imezaliwa
Je! Uko hai bado? Je! Uko hai bado?
Je! Uko hai?
[Mstari wa 3: Macklemore]
Nilitakiwa kuwa ringer moja ya hit
Sasa nilikuwa na pete nyingi na sio vidole vya kutosha
Endelea kufanya kitu changu, wanaendelea Chasin 'wimbi
Thinkin 'kwamba watakuwa ndio wa kuzidi umri
Lazima nipate Mick Jagger DNA
Mifuko ya Jiwe la Rollin, kabla ya kuangalia, hakuna TSA
Nitakuwa sabini na nane, SM58 usoni mwangu
Kama, "Nani anataka kwenda baadaye?" Hakuna mtu anayegusa 'hatua yangu
Vichwa vyao trippin 'kama b-boy kichwa spinnin'
Mimi benchi bonyeza tasnia na mimi kufa
Imeandikwa, nimekuwa Runnin ', imekuwa dakika
Imefanywa, nakupiga mia kuwa nimekuwa Winnin '
Benz iliyochorwa, imekuwa zabibu, ndio, Ben alifanya hivyo
Crib ninayoishi ni kama Ben Stiller's
Jioni nyumbani kwangu, usiku kwenye jumba la kumbukumbu
Nyara, bandia kote na heshima ya mtazamo
Mwisho wa siku, ni kama, "Nani anahitaji?"
Cheza, mchezaji, lazima niendelee kushindana '
Endelea Dreamin ', hautatulia kwa shit
Sio mchezo, ni maisha yangu, kukimbia ubingwa, nimeenda
[Chorus: tani na mimi]
Hakuna haja ya kunililia, mimi ni mpiganaji
Mpiganaji
Huwezi kuchukua sauti yangu kutoka kwangu, nitainuka
Simama
Kwa hivyo unasubiri nini?
Siko tayari kufa bado
Maumivu ni pale imani imezaliwa
Je! Uko hai bado? Je! Uko hai bado?
Je! Uko hai?
[Outro: tani na mimi]
Je! Uko hai?
Je! Uko hai?