Featured In
Top Songs By Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Similar Songs
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
KRS-One
Vocals
DJ Premier
Scratches
Macklemore
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ryan Lewis
Songwriter
Ben Haggerty
Songwriter
Buster Harding
Songwriter
Cab Calloway
Songwriter
Joshua Robert Rawlings
Songwriter
Chris Martin
Songwriter
Lawrence Parker
Songwriter
Palmer
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Stephen Hogan
Engineer
Dave Kutch
Mastering Engineer
Jon Castelli
Mixing Engineer
Ryan Nasci
Mixing Engineer
Ryan Lewis
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I used to work at Subway
Seven bucks an hour wasn't much money
But I be rapping and kicking it on my lunch break
Like I'ma make it out this motherfucker one day
I was in the back, back seat of the bus before a bluetooth
Got the boombox and a blunt, bootlegger deuce-deuce
H on my crew, we get drunk, a little coo-coo
Type of dudes who square up and knock a tooth loose
[Verse 2]
Quick to the basement, the-the, the basement
That is the window I'm planning to vacate with
Pops put on bars just in case somebody breaks in
That's not gonna stop me from getting to the pavement
Shh, meeting Jerome at the bus stop
I got the bigger roll, paranoid buck cops
And all my city's know for grunge, flannel, buck rock
And a bunch of Sub Pop, I was on that Buckshot
[Verse 3]
Window to window and wall to wall
Can of Krylon and we out to bomb
Buckshot, four in the morning, I'm with the squad
There we go, there we go, there we go, there we go
Window to window and wall to wall
Can of Krylon and we out to bomb
Four in the morning, I'm with the squad
There we go, there we go, there we go, there we go
[Verse 4]
Just copped that new Boot Camp tape
The neighbors keep complaining about too much bass
Bang bang, let me do my thing
Give me two cans and you gon' know my name
You don't want to get involved
You know I be on these overpasses burning bridges, dawg
You know I be dipping through these alleys tryna diss the law
Sixteen with Adidas on
[Verse 5]
I'm too speedy for police, I'm chiefing through these streets I'm gone
I got game, don't need to talk anymore
Boppit-bo, tippity-toppity, I pop me some more
I was underground where he come from and he pop out a hole
Cracked the top back on the flat back aerosol
I woke up in the morning and I had a vision
These suit and ties got the nerve to call it vandalism
They hella mad, say my art is really bad for business
But I'ma paint a better world until the cans are empty
Now let it drip, let it drip
If they catch me doing dirt I'll plead the fifth
I pop a top, up on the block
Speakers bumping, I was on that Buckshot
[Verse 6]
Window to window and wall to wall
Can of Krylon and we out to bomb
Buckshot, four in the morning, I'm with the squad
There we go, there we go, there we go, there we go
[Verse 7]
Chill-chill-chill-chilling with the crew
Just writing my name in graffiti on the wall
Who-who, who is he?
Knowledge reigns supreme
Got the world following the
[Verse 8]
Turn up the CD or turn up the TV
Turn up your t-a-p-e, turn your phone up, crank up the PC
See my boys are really PC if you're talking graffiti
See we call it aerosol art when we splatter the city
I got twenty five cans in my nap-sack
Crossing out the wick-whack
T-O-I-S's ain't even get that
Fat tips and black books, yo, we rep that
149th street bench is where we slept at
Clap clap, clap clap, clap clap, clap clap
Those are not my words, the spray can said that
Where them reds at, or them green turquoise?
Where my real graf writers? make some noise
[Verse 9]
Chill-chill-chill-chilling with the crew
Just writing my name in graffiti on the wall
Who-who, who is he?
Macklemore
Got the world following the
Bu-bu-bu-bu-bu-bu
Buckshot, shot...
Written by: Ben Haggerty, Buster Harding, Cab Calloway, Chris Martin, Jack Palmer, Joshua Robert Rawlings, Lawrence Kresone, Lawrence Parker, Ryan Lewis