[00:02.69][Verse 1 - Macklemore:]
[00:04.50]I never won the spelling bee
[00:06.74]I could read people's energy
[00:08.92]Listen to what have been said to me
[00:10.97]Heard the voices in elementary
[00:12.82]That I wouldn't amount to anything
[00:15.01]Ol' girl, she used to beg to me
[00:17.79]Like, if we just had a nice house and a mortgage
[00:19.78]And a front lawn, and a ******* wedding ring
[00:21.58]I danced in Paris, shed my shell
[00:23.77]Swam in oceans, felt the scales
[00:25.87]Put my CD in Starbucks, it did not sell
[00:27.91]Get the CD out the car trunk and did it myself
[00:30.49]These piano keys hold some weight
[00:32.68]In a bolo tie, I escort my date
[00:34.72]She ordered shrimp scampi on a porcelain plate
[00:36.86]The accordion played, I put my fork in a steak
[00:39.26]Afternoons need a coffee boost
[00:41.55]Attitude needs a confidence boost
[00:44.45]Yeah, I'm sort of the dude
[00:45.64]But where's the self-esteem when the costumes removed?
[00:48.13]Thanks for the invite, can't make it
[00:49.87]I could blame it on a flight to Vegas
[00:52.46]But, truth be told, rather not socialize
[00:54.36]And go and waste my time with an acquaintance
[00:56.55]These relationships need maintenance
[00:58.74]Everybody got expectations
[01:00.98]Text back, so impatient
[01:03.33]Where were you when I was in in-patient?
[01:05.48][Hook - Macklemore:]
[01:06.60]************, you ain't my accountant
[01:08.55]You don't know what I'm doing
[01:10.69]Focusing on what I'm giving back
[01:13.13]Man, make better music
[01:14.57]**** preaching on top of the mountain
[01:16.62]People can see through it
[01:19.41]Keeping my name in your mouth
[01:20.75]Just don't bite your tongue while you chew it
[01:22.99][Verse 2 - Macklemore:]
[01:24.24]Exactly, I got the man of the year
[01:25.88]Source magazine was like our Vanity Fair
[01:27.83]In a mansion, picking out a chandelier
[01:29.82]But got a bone to pick with the man in the mirror
[01:32.06]Questioning the purchase while I'm standing there
[01:34.20]Questioning the purpose of my rap career
[01:36.79]Thinking "Man, what the hell happened here?"
[01:38.69]Feels like yesterday in a van packing gear
[01:40.83]What am I gonna go and give back this year?
[01:43.12]There's a whole lot of struggling rappers here
[01:45.26]Want a co-sign and a whole track this year
[01:47.51]If you know ************* start acting weird
[01:49.65]Lot of backstabbers and some actors here
[01:51.99]Lot of has-beens and over-reactors here
[01:54.13]I remember laughing and cracking beers
[01:56.77]Now I climbed the ladder and you're mad I'm here
[01:58.12][Hook - Macklemore (YG):]
[01:59.11]************, you ain't my accountant
[02:01.10]You don't know what I'm doing
[02:03.20]Focusing on what I'm giving back
[02:05.59]Man, make better music
[02:07.08]**** preaching on top of the mountain
[02:09.78]People can see through it
[02:12.02]Keeping my name in your mouth
[02:13.66]Just don't bite your tongue while you chew it
[02:15.96]************, I'm gone
[02:17.51][Verse 3 - YG:]
[02:17.51]Judging me off of my past
[02:19.26]You don't see what I'm doing
[02:21.10]When I got shot that was headline news
[02:22.85]Y'all used me for views, I ain't stupid
[02:25.50]Cause what about all the good?
[02:26.98]The non-profit for the kids in the hood
[02:29.19]That ain't got no option in them shelter homes plotting
[02:31.78]****, I'm just doing what I should
[02:33.92]They must want no one to know
[02:36.21]Cause they don't put that on the news, bro
[02:38.15]They entertained by the culture, they vultures
[02:40.60]They suck us like leaches 'til we broke
[02:42.74]But I know the game, so I play it like chess
[02:44.88]Act like a square, but really be the threat
[02:47.02]The next time my name in the press
[02:49.02]Talk about how YG gave them kids Christmas
[02:50.96][Hook - YG:]
[02:51.56]************, you ain't my accountant
[02:53.65]You don't know what I'm doing
[02:55.89]Focused on what I'm giving back
[02:58.34]Man, make good music
[03:00.18]Preaching on top of the mountain
[03:02.37]People can see through it
[03:04.62]Keeping my name in your mouth
[03:05.87]Just don't bite your tongue while you chew it
[03:08.55]************, I'm gone
[03:10.05][Outro - Macklemore (YG):]
[03:10.90]****, hey, woo
[03:13.34]************, I'm gone
[03:15.09](Four, four, four...)
[03:16.19]Hey where'd he go though?
[03:18.23]************, I'm gone
[03:20.69](I am the victim not the ************' suspect)
[03:22.09]And he's gone, gone