
Date of issue: 25.02.2016
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: Macklemore
Song language: English
Need To Know |
Washing out cigarettes in the bathroom |
Should probably only give my opinion when I’m asked to |
I’m really good at telling the half truth but usually only when I have to |
The money doesn’t work, the chain doesn’t work |
Something broken in my brain, got me praying in the dirt |
Got me stranded in my bed like I’m laying in the hearse |
And the grass is always greener when you play on astroturf |
Wonder why my generation poppin' pills and poppin' percs |
And got some weed and got some purp |
And got some bars and got some syurp |
And got some Jordan’s on my feet, I went and matched them with my shirt |
And I just instagrammed them both to show you that I got them first |
Got a Louis duffel bag, I got my girl a purse |
I’m tryna find God through a purchase, I’m not tryna go to church |
Amen, satan told me not to serve, I only think about myself, I only think about |
my work |
I only think about my come-up, capitalism |
Look at where we come from, we are what we run from |
We are why we smoke some, so numb, so numb, so numb |
I’m a tell you what you need to know |
I’m a tell you what you need to hear |
Cause the truth would be too much |
Yeah the truth would be, yeah the truth would be |
I’m a tell you what you need to know |
I’m a tell you what you need to hear |
Cause the truth would be too much |
Yeah the truth would be, yeah the truth would be |
I cry when she smile with her eyes closed |
I’m already afraid to tight clothes |
I want all her best friends to be white folks |
I scratched out this line so many times, I can’t forget it |
It’s fucked up, I almost say it every time that I edit |
I swear rapping make it easy to lie |
But secrets don’t make it easy to write |
I met the devil in Manhattan, quickly ended discussion |
I don’t need a thing, he warned of repercussions |
But I know he come in all forms, that won’t be his last visit |
Time is moving fast and I’m running with a pair of scissors |
Looking in the mirror like, «Damn that ain’t my dad, is it?» |
He handed the torch but he ain’t hold my hand did it? |
I spent a plenty penny on microphones, many midis |
Any of those cities, I put the indie in Windy City |
Indian giver, Black father, White liar |
Right next to Yeezy like Mike Myers |
Stare at the cue cards, take out the juke parts |
Take out the God references, just leave the cool parts |
I remember opening for Ben, wasn’t no liquor at the show |
And now the white girls call me nigga at my show |
I wish that I could open twice, sit down at the open mic |
Go back to the day before I became famous over night |
I wish that I could open twice, sit down at the open mic |
Go back to the day before I became famous over night |
I’m a tell you what you need to know |
I’m a tell you what you need to hear |
Cause the truth would be too much |
Yeah the truth would be, yeah the truth would be |
I’m a tell you what you need to know |
I’m a tell you what you need to hear |
Cause the truth would be too much |
Yeah the truth would be, yeah the truth would be |
I’m a tell you what you need to know |
I’m a tell you what you need to hear |
Cause the truth would be too much |
Yeah the truth would be, yeah the truth would be… okay |
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Artist lyrics: Macklemore
Artist lyrics: Ryan Lewis
Artist lyrics: Chance The Rapper