Bolo Tie
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

feat. YG

Produced By: Ryan Lewis

[Verse 1: Macklemore]

I never won the spelling bee

I could read people's energy

Listen to what have been said to me

Heard the voices in elementary

That I wouldn't amount to anything

Ol' girl, she used to beg to me

Like, if we just had a nice house and a mortgage

And a front lawn, and a fucking wedding ring

I danced in Paris, shed my shell

Swam in oceans, felt the scales

Put my CD in Starbucks, it did not sell

Get the CD out the car trunk and did it myself

These piano keys hold some weight

In a bolo tie, I escort my date

She ordered shrimp scampi on a porcelain plate

The accordion played, I put my fork in a steak

Afternoons need a coffee boost

Attitude needs a confidence boost

Yeah, I'm sort of the dude

But where's the self-esteem when the costumes removed?

Thanks for the invite, can't make it

I could blame it on a flight to Vegas

But, truth be told, rather not socialize

And go and waste my time with an acquaintance

These relationships need maintenance

Everybody got expectations

Text back, so impatient

Where were you when I was in in-patient?

[Hook: Macklemore]

Motherfucker, you ain't my accountant

You don't know what I'm doing

Focusing on what I'm giving back

Man, make better music

Fuck preaching on top of the mountain

People can see through it

Keeping my name in your mouth

Just don't bite your tongue while you chew it

[Verse 2: Macklemore]

Exactly, I got the man of the year

Source magazine was like our Vanity Fair

In a mansion, picking out a chandelier

But got a bone to pick with the man in the mirror

Questioning the purchase while I'm standing there

Questioning the purpose of my rap career

Thinking Man, what the hell happened here?

Feels like yesterday in a van packing gear

What am I gonna go and give back this year?

There's a whole lot of struggling rappers here

Want a co-sign and a whole track this year

If you know motherfuckers start acting weird

Lot of backstabbers and some actors here

Lot of has-beens and over-reactors here

I remember laughing and cracking beers

Now I climbed the ladder and you're mad I'm here

[Hook: Macklemore (YG)]

Motherfucker, you ain't my accountant

You don't know what I'm doing

Focusing on what I'm giving back

Man, make better music

Fuck preaching on top of the mountain

People can see through it

Keeping my name in your mouth

Just don't bite your tongue while you chew it

(400)

Motherfucker, I'm gone

[Verse 3: YG]

Judging me off of my past

You don't see what I'm doing

When I got shot that was headline news

Y'all used me for views, I ain't stupid

Cause what about all the good?

The non-profit for the kids in the hood

That ain't got no option in them shelter homes plotting

Shit, I'm just doing what I should

They must want no one to know

Cause they don't put that on the news, bro

They entertained by the culture, they vultures

They suck us like leaches 'til we broke

But I know the game, so I play it like chess

Act like a square, but really be the threat

The next time my name in the press

Talk about how YG gave them kids Christmas

[Hook: YG]

Motherfucker, you ain't my accountant

You don't know what I'm doing

Focused on what I'm giving back

Man, make good music

Preaching on top of the mountain

People can see through it

Keeping my name in your mouth

Just don't bite your tongue while you chew it

Motherfucker, I'm gone

[Outro: Macklemore (YG)]

Fuck, hey, woo

Motherfucker, I'm gone

(Four, four, four...)

Hey where'd he go though?

(400)

Motherfucker, I'm gone

(I am the victim not the motherfuckin' suspect)

And he's gone, gone

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