Ian Levy - MACKLEMORE RESPONSE lyrics

Hook: Would K-dot cop a Grammy if Mack was Black? Cause my first track was wack and I still got daps Would K-dot cop a Grammy if Mack was Black? Cause my first track was wack and I still got daps Verse 1: F that, no hi-brow rap Somehow standout rap is now not bad? Count hip hop as guns, d**, paper in stacks Cause the medias makin raters perceive it as that Haters see it as facts that they attribute to blacks Keep the cycle intact by recycling tracks Now the savior of rap is straight white male Who doesn't shop retail or patronize females Oh…and a recovered alcoholic Positioning the culture as some motherf**ing garbage A villain, but we got captain America We buildin, but they controlling the camera So glamour and the glits show the b**hes And their tits, and miss what the others try an spit... Kendrick had an album to generate a switch But we'd rather segregate, with the heist, ya dig? Hook: Would K-dot cop a Grammy if Mack was Black? Cause my first track was wack and I still got daps Would K-dot cop a Grammy if Mack was Black? Cause my first track was wack and I still got daps Verse 2: I started spittin in the cul de sac, lookin back I sorta notice that I focused on a broken past People always spoke as if the words I wrote were hella dope Acting like they didn't know that rappers do much more than smoke Most folks see the culture as joke, but I'm white so they see a shining hope… Oh, so imma go ahead an take courses, make more hits Organize a war against the tourists My goal is showin hip hop as complex It's nonsense that that's not com sense Cause to be honest I'm a novice to the greats Judge a book by its cover or it's jacket by its race If that's the case is the work misplaced Do I benefit my students or perpetuate their fate? Wait, can I ever be great? Or if I do will I vilify the game? Wait, can I ever be great? Or if I do will I vilify the game...