Macklemore - If Only lyrics

[Intro: Grynch] Yeah Once you get a little age and Experience in you You start viewing life from a whole other perspective At least I do haha Its like [Hook: Grynch] Sometimes I sit and think like if only I had everything I wanted life would be bliss for me but You gotta be grateful for what you can get homie Cause somebody don't got nothing at all, Uh yeah Sometimes I sit and think like if only I had everything I wanted life would be bliss for me but You gotta be grateful for what you can get homie Cause somebody don't got nothing at all No nothing at all [Verse 1: C-Nik] Ayo sometimes I sit and I think if only I had everything I wanted life would be sh** for me Cause I wouldn't have to strive to survive I'd sit homie It's the strife, the highlights the high points to life It's a new today tomorrow so I think that I stand on my own two Adjacent with the pavement and sand as I go through My mazes on my path as a man, I can hope to and Blaze on the mic with my gla** hands sh** and I be rocking till' my clocks stop and my block drops To the center of the earth with the hot rocks Yo its a long shot, but I got a long time They said Grynch was a dreamer but he's doing just fine So why should I, wait for my moment of truth While I'm still bathing in the fountain of youth I'm blessed by the lord yes, I thank the skies Everything's out of the question but, can I try? sh** [Hook] [Verse 2: Macklemore] I wanna be signed, I wanna be famous I wanna gleam in those lights that make us So bright that we forget what has shaped us and That's the struggle and the fight for greatness I check the check we state and whatever we survival Go into debt and attempts it lookin' just like our idols Self esteemed marketing, self our self consciously We measure our self worth by other people's property You get it, you got it, you want it - that's the summer life Being in a coffin and waitin' to get my money right It's not sustainable, if you believe in that dream Their selling in HD then homie they're playing you I'm not saying I do get play too But at the end I paint the picture and I get to choose the hue To every time that I forget I come back to that truth And I accumulate it on the pad right to this booth, come on [Hook] [Verse 3: Grynch] Now i'll be honest sometimes I take a lot for granted With out thinking like, what if these seeds had not been planted In my life its like I don't appreciate What I got till its gone I gotta stop for real its wrong These days I'm trying to do right and be a better person And keep my love ones close man I would never hurt them The good things In life they not gon last It's been a hard lesson learned ever since Bob Dog pa**ed, sh** Sometimes I feel like I'm loosing my fate So I sit back and twist a cap on a brew to escape Just tryna find a way out to numb the pain Lost in the wilderness tryna find shelter from the rain But, lately I felt that maybe I'm selfish Sometimes its to the point where I can't even help it Grew up an only child a spoiled brat It coulda stayed that way, but sell dignity foiled that So I'm gonna take this time out to speak for my soul To everyone I know and love there's something I need you to know I ain't ashamed or embarra**ed to say this under my breath It be a motherf**ing crime y'all I love y'all to d**h So when the going gets rough I think it could be worse for me My mother almost died when she was giving birth to me So charish every step, and cherish every breath And maybe one day you'll see one day day that you're very blessed yup [Hook]