[ti:Ten Thousand Hours] [ar:Macklemore & Ryan Lewis] [al:The Heist （Deluxe Versin）] [offset:0] [00:01.00]Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Ten Thousand Hours [00:12.00]Uh [00:12.63]I hope that God decides to talk through him [00:15.00]That the people decide to walk with him [00:17.31]Regardless of pitchfork cosigns I've jumped [00:20.00]Make sure the soundman doesn't cockblock the drums [00:22.25] [00:22.88]Let the snare knock the air right out of your lungs [00:25.57]And those words be the oxygen [00:27.44]Just breathe [00:29.06]Amen, regardless I'mma say it [00:31.07]Felt like I got signed the day that I got an agent [00:33.94]Got an itunes check, shit man I'm paying rent [00:36.75]About damn time that I got out of my basement [00:39.44]About damn time I got around the country and I hit these stages [00:42.75]I was made to slay them [00:44.50]Ten thousand hours I'm so damn close I can taste it [00:47.57] [00:48.25]On some Malcolm Gladwell, David Bowie meets Kanye shit [00:51.69]This is dedication [00:52.25] [00:53.83]A life lived for art is never a life wasted [00:55.00] [00:56.38]Ten thousand [00:57.07]Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand hands [01:00.75] [01:02.46]Ten thousands hands, they carry me [01:05.97] [01:07.87]Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand hands [01:11.87] [01:13.68]Ten thousands hands, they carry me [01:17.24] [01:18.18]Now, now, now [01:19.18]This is my world, this is my arena [01:21.12] [01:21.68]The TV told me something different I didn't believe it [01:24.31]I stand here in front of you today all because of an idea [01:27.68]I could be who I wanted if I could see my potential [01:29.93] [01:30.56]And I know that one day I'mma be him [01:32.99]Put the gloves on, sparring with my ego [01:34.63] [01:35.68]Everyone's greatest Escitaloden [01:36.01] [01:37.85]Celebrate that achievement [01:38.36]Got some attachments, some baggage I'm actually working on leaving [01:41.48] [01:42.04]See, I observed Escher [01:43.54] [01:44.11]I love Basquiat [01:44.97]I watched Keith Harring [01:46.10] [01:46.67]You see I study art [01:47.98]The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint [01:50.61]The greats were great cause they paint a lot [01:52.98]I will not be a statistic [01:54.73]Just let me be [01:55.54] [01:56.04]No child left behind, that's the american scheme [01:58.17] [01:58.79]I make my living off of words [02:00.23]And do what I love for work [02:01.61]And got around 980 on my SATs [02:04.48]Take that system, what did you expect? [02:06.86]Generation of kids choosing love over a desk [02:09.48]Put those hours in and look at what you get [02:12.42]Nothing that you can hold, but everything that it is [02:15.11]Ten thousand [02:16.11]Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand hands [02:21.59]Ten thousands hands, they carry me [02:25.15] [02:27.06]Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand hands [02:31.02] [02:32.71]Ten thousands hands, they carry me [02:36.15] [02:39.14]Same shit, different day, same struggle [02:41.20]Slow motion as time slips through my knuckles [02:43.32] [02:43.95]Nothing beautiful about it, no light at the tunnel [02:46.70]For the people that put the passion before them being comfortable [02:48.00] [02:49.74]Raw, unmedicated heart no substitute [02:52.67]Banging on table tops, no subs to toot [02:55.80]I'm feeling better than ever man, what is up with you? [02:58.62]Scraping my knuckles, I'm battling with some drug abuse [03:00.81] [03:01.31]I lost another friend, got another call from a sister [03:04.62]And I speak for the people that share that struggle too [03:07.06]Like they got something bruised [03:08.12]My only rehabilitation was the sweat, tears and blood when up in the booth.. [03:13.74] [03:24.12]It's the part of the show [03:25.56]Where it all fades away [03:26.37]When the lights go to black [03:27.87]And the band leaves the stage [03:29.50]And you wanted an encore [03:30.68]But there's no encore today [03:32.25]Cause the moment is now [03:33.37]Can't get it back from the grave [03:34.93]Part of the show [03:36.56]It all fades away [03:37.43]Lights go to black [03:38.68]Band leaves the stage [03:39.99] [03:41.00]You wanted an encore [03:41.99]But there's no encore today [03:42.68]Cause the moment is now [03:44.75]Can't get it back from the grave [03:45.87] [03:51.87]Welcome to the heist [03:52.93] [04:00.12]Qrc By: QQ.793787861 [04:00.37]Welcome to the heist..