[Verse 1]
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Now, this is my job, I will not quit it
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Pulled me out the depths when I thought that I was finished
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Yeah I questioned if I could go the distance
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That's just the work, regardless of who's listening, listening
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Listen, see I was meant to be a warrior
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Fight something amongst me, leave here victorious
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Classroom of kids, or a venue performing
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If I'd done it for the money I'd have been a fucking lawyer
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Concrete, vagabond, van telling stories
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Humbled by the road, I'm realizing I'm not important
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See life's a beautiful struggle, I record it
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Hope it helps you maneuvering through yours and
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That's why we stay in the lab at night
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I've been staring into this pad for over half my life
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A true artist won't be satisfied
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So I guess that's the sacrifice
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And I say
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[Hook]
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Make the money, don't let the money make you
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Change the game, don't let the game change you
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I'll forever remain faithful
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All my people stay true, I say
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Make the money, don't let the money make you
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Change the game, don't let the game change you
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I'll forever remain faithful
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All my people stay true
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[Verse 2]
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Forget about the fame, fortune and the mansion
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Sitting and tripping watching myself on a plasma
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Yeah, I start slipping when I'm thinking about that stuff
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Ego won't swole until karma catches that up, that up
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I'm my grandma's number one grandson
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I lost myself to remember who that was
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We start thinking about some kicks, necklace
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What I really need is a job off CraigsList
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Take away the dot com, name, love
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Fans, Twitter followers, and the buzz
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See, you keep the issues but you take away the drugs
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And I had to find out who I really was
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Who I really wasn't
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So sick of who I was becoming
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Yeah, tired of running
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Time to look at the man in the mirror until I can learn to love him
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[Hook]
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[Bridge x2]
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Of course I want dubs and a candy painted 'lac
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Watch the videos and get the girls in the back
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But if that's what I believe in, and the reason that I rap
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Uncle Sam is my pimp when he puts me on the track
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[Hook]
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Forget about the fame
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I said forget about the fame
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I'll forever remain faithful
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Stay true, stay true, stay true
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Make The Money
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Macklemore |