Ego Lyrics - The Language Of My World - Macklemore

Ladies and gentlemen 

Second Thoughts on the beat 

Big up to Lace Cadence 

Good lookin' out for this one, man 

I love hip hop music 

I just hate the ego 

The politics that follow it 

Getting caught in it can be lethal 

See I love the community 

'Cause a community will embrace you 

But you turn it back the community is the people that will hate you 

See everybody's striving for that same shit 

To get paid and make it 

And I'll be honest, I'm trying to become famous 

When someone makes a move 

Watch that person next to you 

Cause I'll warn ya 

I love Hova but jealousy's The Takeover 

Here come the mean mugs 

"I can't do what he does" 

And where does that lead us? 

To the ego that feeds us 

I wish that I could just do what I do 

But when a door opens for him I'm afraid there won't be enough room 

Comparison's a mother fucker 

Like MLK said, 

"We all want that band leader syndrome and it won't stop" 

This concept makes me wonder 

Is it the commodity of the music or the ego that is killing hip hop? 

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It's the ego 

That makes me not give respect in death 

It's the ego 

That makes me talk shit behind people's back 

You know that it's the ego 

That's constantly polluting my consciousness 

So ingrained in my brain that I can barely even acknowledge it 

It's the ego 

That makes the present moment jet lagged 

I said it's the ego 

That has me trippin about the next man 

You know that it's the ego 

That makes me not go to the front 

Of the show 'cause the performers have exactly what I want 

Photos 

I'm so cool 

F'real? 

No dude, I'm serious spit it different and if you just flow too 

I'll listen lookin for glitches and rip 'em to shove improve 

That my rhythm's a little bit more intricate, just to boost 

My ego 

Is so evil 

Threatened by so many different kinds of people 

It seems that if you're goin' through somethin' and life is feelin' uncomfortable 

The immediate place you go is to your ego to comfort you 

When Boom Bap got signed 

I hated on him 

When Grayskul got signed 

I hated on him 

And that's hard to admit 

But since I'm really bein' honest 

I wanted to be one of the first to make it as a Northwest rap artist 

Instead of takin it as a plus for my region 

I took it as a cut to my dreams of makin' it out of this political scene of Northwest haters 

To be next I guess I'm just like them 

Jealous of who's taking that step 

It's the ego 

That makes me not give respect in death 

It's the ego 

That makes me talk shit behind people's back 

You know that it's the ego 

That's constantly polluting my consciousness 

So ingrained in my brain that I can barely even acknowledge it 

It's the ego 

That makes the present moment jet lagged 

I said it's the ego 

That has me trippin about the next man 

You know that it's the ego 

That makes me not go to the front 

Of the show 'cause the performers have exactly what I want 

Now everybody got one but people tryin' to front 

Claimin that they on the humble but cocky 

Now it comes up when we judge 

Or are threatened by someone 

But everyone still be like 'man that's not me' 

Now let me break it down son 

It's only a lack of love for ourselves 

Cause we're submerged in 'I gotta be' 

The best or number one 

But it's just that we don't trust 

In our heart and that's what stops me 

It's the ego