Otherside
Macklemore / Ryan Lewis Lyrics

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Oh girl, this boat is sinking,
There's no sea left for me,
And how the sky gets heavy
When you are underneath it
Oh, I want to sail away from here
And God
He came down down down down down down down down
And said (down down down down down down down down)

Nothing (down down down down down down down down)

He rolled up asked him what he was sippin' on
Said "Lean, you wanna hit it dawg?"
That's the same stuff Weezy sippin' huh?
And tons of other rappers that be spittin' hard
Yep yep he had five up on
When he passed him that styrofoam
The Easter pink, heard it in a rhyme before
Finally got to see what all the hype was on
And then he took a sip sittin' in the Lincoln
Thinking he was pimpin' as he listened to the system
Little did he know that it was just as addictive as bass
Not the kind of hit from the kick drum
Hot box let the bass bump
Take it to face, gulp
Months later the use went up
And every blunt was accompanied by the pink stuff
But goddamn, he loved that feeling
Purple rain coated in the throat
Just so healin'
Medicine alleviate the sickness
Liquid to fix and it comes with a cost
Wake up, cold sweat, scratchin', itchin'
Try to escape the skin that barely fit him
Gone, get another bottle just get a couple swallows headed towards the bottom
Couldn't get off it
Didn't even think he had a problem
Though he couldn't sleep without getting nauseous
Room spinnin'
Thinking he might of sipped just a little bit too much of that cough syrup
His eyelids closed shut
Sat back in the chair
Clutching that cup
Girlfriend came and a couple of hours later said his name
Shook him, but he never got up

Never got up, never got up
We live on the cusp of death thinkin' that it won't be us
It won't be us, it won't be us, it won't be us
Nah, it won't be us

Oh girl, this boat is sinking,
There's no sea left for me,
And how the sky gets heavy
When you are underneath it
Oh I want to sail away from here
And God
Came down down down down down down down down
And said (down down down down down down down down)
Nothing (down down down down down down down down)

And he just wanted to act like them
He just wanted to rap like him
Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects we have on these kids
Blunt passed
Ash in a tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds
The fact of it is most people that rap like this talkin' about some shit they haven't lived
Surprise, you know the drill
Trapped in a box declined record sales
Follow the formula
Violence, drugs and sex sells
So we try to sound like someone else
This is not Californication
There's no way to glorify this pavement
Syrup, percocet, and an eighth day will leave you broke, depressed and emotionally vacant

Despite how Lil Wayne lives
It's not conducive to being creative
And I know 'cause he's my favorite
And I know 'cause I was off that same mix
Rationalize the shit that I try after I listen to "Dedication"
But he's an alien
I'd sip that shit, pass out or play PlayStation
Months later I'm in the same place
No music made, feeling like a failure
And trust me it's not dope to be twenty-five and move back to your parents basement
I've seen my peoples' dreams die
I see what they can be denied
And "weed's not a drug" that's denial
Groundhog day life repeat each time
I've seen Oxycontin take three lives
I grew up with them, we used to chief dimes
I've seen cocaine bring out the demons inside
Cheatin' and lyin'
Friendship cease, no peace in the mind
Stealin' and takin' anything to fix the pieces inside
Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere
Only motivation for what the dealer's supplyin'
That rush, that drug, that dope
Those pills, that crumb, that roach
Thinkin' I would never do that
Not that drug
Growin' up nobody ever does
Until you're stuck lookin' in the mirror
Like I can't believe what I've become
Swore I was gonna be someone
And growin' up everyone always does
We sell our dreams and our potential to escape through that buzz
Just keep me up, keep me up
Hollywood here we come

Oh girl, this boat is sinking,
There's no sea left for me,
And how the sky gets heavy when you are underneath it
Oh, I want to sail away from here
And God
He came down down down down down down down down

And said (down down down down down down down down)
Nothing

Overall Meaning

The song "Otherside" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis touches on the subject of addiction and the destructive cycle that comes with it. The first verse describes a feeling of hopelessness and being trapped, as if drowning in the ocean. The repetition of "God came down down down down" emphasizes the desperation and lack of response or help from a higher power. The second verse tells the story of a young man who starts using drugs recreationally and gradually becomes addicted, leading to his eventual death. The lyrics highlight the dangers and slippery slope of drug use, showing how addiction can take hold and quickly spiral out of control. The final verse is a reflection on the societal pressure for rappers to conform to certain themes and lifestyles, even if it means glorifying drugs and violence. The lyrics emphasize the responsibility that rappers have in shaping the perception and behavior of their listeners, and the need to break away from harmful patterns.

Line by Line Meaning

Oh girl, this boat is sinking,
The singer is feeling overwhelmed and that they are in a dire situation.

There's no sea left for me,
The singer feels trapped and there are no other options available to them.

And how the sky gets heavy When you are underneath it
The pressure of the situation weighs down heavily on the singer.

Oh, I want to sail away from here
The artist wants to escape their current situation and find a way out.

And God He came down down down down down down down down And said (down down down down down down down down) Nothing (down down down down down down down down)
Religious figures cannot always provide guidance or answers in difficult times.

He rolled up asked him what he was sippin' on Said "Lean, you wanna hit it dawg?" That's the same stuff Weezy sippin' huh? And tons of other rappers that be spittin' hard
The singer is peer-pressured to consume drugs and alcohol by those they look up to and admire.

Yep yep he had five up on When he passed him that styrofoam The Easter pink, heard it in a rhyme before Finally got to see what all the hype was on And then he took a sip sittin' in the Lincoln Thinking he was pimpin' as he listened to the system Little did he know that it was just as addictive as bass Not the kind of hit from the kick drum Hot box let the bass bump Take it to face, gulp
The singer experiments with drugs and becomes addicted to promethazine/codeine syrup.

Months later the use went up And every blunt was accompanied by the pink stuff But goddamn, he loved that feeling Purple rain coated in the throat Just so healin' Medicine alleviate the sickness Liquid to fix and it comes with a cost
The artist becomes increasingly dependent on the syrup and it becomes a costly addiction.

Wake up, cold sweat, scratchin', itchin' Try to escape the skin that barely fit him Gone, get another bottle just get a couple swallows headed towards the bottom Couldn't get off it Didn't even think he had a problem Though he couldn't sleep without getting nauseous Room spinnin' Thinking he might of sipped just a little bit too much of that cough syrup His eyelids closed shut Sat back in the chair Clutching that cup Girlfriend came and a couple of hours later said his name Shook him, but he never got up Never got up, never got up
The artist describes the physical and mental effects of their addiction to the syrup, depicting how it slowly ruined their life until they became trapped in a cycle of addiction.

We live on the cusp of death thinkin' that it won't be us It won't be us, it won't be us, it won't be us Nah, it won't be us Oh I want to sail away from here Came down down down down down down down down
The artist reflects on how we all believe we are invincible and immune to the dangers of addiction, yet it can happen to anyone.

And he just wanted to act like them He just wanted to rap like him Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects we have on these kids Blunt passed Ash in a tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds The fact of it is most people that rap like this talkin' about some shit they haven't lived Surprise, you know the drill Trapped in a box declined record sales Follow the formula Violence, drugs and sex sells So we try to sound like someone else
The singer acknowledges the responsibility of rappers to set proper examples for young fans and how the music industry often promotes negative behaviors.

This is not Californication There's no way to glorify this pavement Syrup, percocet, and an eighth day will leave you broke, depressed and emotionally vacant Despite how Lil Wayne lives It's not conducive to being creative And I know 'cause he's my favorite And I know 'cause I was off that same mix Rationalize the shit that I try after I listen to "Dedication" But he's an alien I'd sip that shit, pass out or play PlayStation Months later I'm in the same place No music made, feeling like a failure And trust me it's not dope to be twenty-five and move back to your parents basement
The artist recognizes the dangers and emptiness of the lifestyle that is often promoted in rap music, and how it can hinder creativity and success.

I've seen my peoples' dreams die I see what they can be denied And "weed's not a drug" that's denial Groundhog day life repeat each time I've seen Oxycontin take three lives I grew up with them, we used to chief dimes I've seen cocaine bring out the demons inside Cheatin' and lyin' Friendship cease, no peace in the mind Stealin' and takin' anything to fix the pieces inside Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere Only motivation for what the dealer's supplyin' That rush, that drug, that dope Those pills, that crumb, that roach Thinkin' I would never do that Not that drug Growin' up nobody ever does Until you're stuck lookin' in the mirror Like I can't believe what I've become Swore I was gonna be someone And growin' up everyone always does We sell our dreams and our potential to escape through that buzz
The singer reflects on the damage and destruction that drugs have caused in their community and how they can ruin lives and dreams.

Just keep me up, keep me up Hollywood here we come And how the sky gets heavy when you are underneath it Nothing
The singer reflects on how drugs can create a false sense of success and how the weight of addiction can bring them down.

Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Benjamin Haggerty, Ryan S Lewis, Christopher Mansfield

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@hansthecreator7172

3y↑3

As Macklemore said "weed is not a drug?! That's denial, groundhogday you repeat each time"

That line is fucking underrated.

I have been smoking weed from 17yo, I am now 25 and I made zero progress in life in that time. Missed on some "once in a life opportunities" as well because of it

Feeling like a failure. I live like a junkie, I can't be bothered to do shit. I made 90 days sober twice, but relapsed each time. Now I am 15 days sober and I will never come back, I can't. Otherwise I will be failure till I die.

Weed isn't destructive to everyone who smokes, but it certainly is for me.

@27RECKY

9y↑17

Wow..I've followed Ben & Ryans work for a long time now & when I heard 'Thrift Shop' I immediately bought 'THE HEIST' I knew I couldn't go wrong!
Then I purchased a few other older songs here & there.
But with money being tight I couldn't buy them all.
& I've heard the hype about this song & thought people were being dramatic how it changed them.

I just listened to this for the first time & I can honestly say it brought tears to my eyes...being a person who struggles with addiction & moderation thinking that it's cool to live like a rockstar with a students wallet! Lost my job to it. I've always needed help, but I've been snakey about it this whole time, I just don't know how to go about getting it.

Thank you Ryan & thank you Ben.
Keep the magic beat going!!

@rickysmith923

3y↑18

This song is an absolutely phenomenal display of storytelling.

First off the hook creates a strong theme, one that links the verses together and sets the tone for the song. It repeats throughout, the feelings of desperation, loneliness, loss and why the song needs to exist, and does so in significantly less words than this paragraph.

The first verse takes a first person perspective and states the issue directly so the audience can connect with it. The issue rises and rises in intensity until a much larger crescendo that is connected to a major theme - death.

The theme is played again which hits harder with the direct context of the first verse.

There is a reflection on the first verse and how the issue has personally affected him. He pre-emptily argues against the criticism that will arise and shows a parallel between the perspective in the first verse. Each sentence rises in intensity - matching the first verse, adding in his own fears.

There’s an opportunity for Macklemore to add a third verse which would have provided a solution to the issue... but there isn’t one. This was the best possible decision. The attempt of the song isn’t to try and answer the crisis but to paint a picture of the issue.

The tone at the end is hallow, and there’s no pullback from the final punch of the theme being played again, now with even more context from his own perspective.

Absolutely well done.

@benfekihzina662

7y↑316

Oh girl, this boat is sinking
There's no sea left for me
And how the sky gets heavy
When you are underneath it!
Oh. I want to sail away from here.
And god. He came down down down down down down down down
And said (down down down down down down down down)
Nothing (down down down down down down down down)

He rolled up, asked him what he was sippin' on
He said lean, You want to hit it, dawg?
That's the same stuff
Weezy's sippin' huh?
And tons of other rappers that be spittin' hard
Yup yup five a bone
When he passed him that Styrofoam the Easter pink, heard it in a rhyme before
Finally got to see what all the hype was on
And then he took a sip, sittin' in the Lincoln thinkin' he was pimpin' as he listen to the system
Little did he know that it was just as addictive as bass
Not the kind of hit from the kick drum
Hot box, let the bass bump
Take it to the face, gulp
Months later the use went up
Every blunt was accompanied by the pink stuff
But Goddamn he loved that feelin'
Purple rain coated in the throat
Just so healin'
Medicine alleviate the sickness
Liquid affix and it comes with a cost
Wake up, cold sweat, scratchin', itchin'
Trying to escape the skin that barely fit him
Gone, get another bottle just to get a couple swallows
Headed towards the bottom couldn't get off it
Didn't even think he had a problem
Though he couldn't sleep without gettin' nauseous
Room spinnin', thinkin' he might've sipped just a little bit too much of that cough syrup
His eyelids closed shut
Sat back in the chair clutchin' that cup
Girlfriend came and a couple hours later said his name shook him but he never got up

He never got up, he never got up
We live on the cusp of death thinkin' that it won't be us
It won't be us, it won't be us, it won't be us
Nah, it won't be us
Oh girl, this boat is sinking
There's no sea left for me
And how the sky gets heavy
When you are underneath it!
Oh. I want to sail away from here.
And god. He came down down down down down down down down
And said (down down down down down down down down)
Nothing (down down down down down down down down)

He just wanted to act like them
He just wanted to rap like him
Us as rappers underestimate the power and the effects that we have on these kids
Blunt passed, ash in a tin, pack being pushed, harassed by the feds
The fact of it is most people that rap like this talkin' about some shit they haven't lived
Surprise, you know the drill
Trapped in a box, declined record sales
Follow the formula violence, drugs, and, sex sells
So we try to sound like someone else
This is not Californication
There's no way to glorify this pavement
Syrup, Percocet, and an eighth a day will leave you broke, depressed, and emotionally vacant
Despite how Lil Wayne lives
It's not conducive to being creative
And I know 'cause he's my favorite
And I know 'cause I was off that same mix
Rationalize the shit that I'd try after I listen to dedication
But he's an alien, I'd sip that shit, pass out or play Playstation
Months later I'm in the same place
No music made, feeling like a failure
And trust me it's not dope to be 25 and move back to your parent's basement
I've seen my people's dreams die
I've seen what they can be denied
And "weeds not a drug" - that's denial
Groundhog Day life repeat each time
I've seen Oxycontin take three lives
I grew up with them, we used to chief dimes
I've seen cocaine bring out the demons inside
Cheatin' and lyin'
Friendship cease, no peace in the mind
Stealin' and takin' anything to fix the pieces inside
Broken, hopeless, headed nowhere
Only motivation for what the dealer's supplying
That rush, that drug, that dope
Those pills, that crumb, that roach
Thinkin' I would never do that, not that drug
And growing up nobody ever does
Until you're stuck, lookin' in the mirror like I can't believe what I've become
Swore I was gonna be someone
And growing up everyone always does
We sell our dreams and our potential
To escape through that buzz
Just keep me up, keep me up
Hollywood here we come

Oh girl this boat is sinking
There's no sea left for me
And how the sky gets heavy
When you are underneath it
Oh, I want to sail away from here
And god. He came down down down down down down down
And said
Nothing

@thickgyal1

29w

All comments from YouTube:

@HaloWarsGameplayX

9y↑666

For those that don't understand the music video:
At the beginning when Macklemore is standing on the pier with the girl, he is saying goodbye to her and his whole life essentially. He drops everything, gets on the boat. The boat represents the "drugs" He is doing all these drugs and eventually he gets to the "Otherside" (the island he arrives on his boat) You see him looking around surprised when he first gets their because he never expected to get their. When he says "the sky gets heavy when your underneath it" he is saying that when your not "high" (above the clouds) on drugs, the world is a very hard/cruel. When Fences says "I want to sail away from here" he is trying to say Macklemore wants to leave the "Otherside" He wants his old life back sober. When Macklemore is running on the island, he is trying to find his boat. He wants to get away and leave. Notice all the tree stumps in the ocean? This represents withdrawl (sort-of) Its very hard to get off drugs because of all the side effects that come with it. These stumps delay him from leaving the island.

This is one of my favorite songs

@waitingday

9y↑5

Good call. Didn't watch the video that closely before.

@trevorbusby3277

9y↑1

Brilliant Ur right

@ELITEACE87

HaloWarsGameplay Fences sings the chorus.

@levievans2964

9y↑1

There*

@dogman9657

Currymuncher Stay strong man.

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@ExileChildGaming

9y↑87

I'm 15, this song effects me as well. My sister did drugs, and my older brother as well. My brother died about a year ago after OD. My sister is locked away currently. My father never really sees me... He's always gone in the military, not ever able to be here to stop any of us from doing drugs or anything. It's more of a fight for yourself thing. My mother's not home until late nights. Majority of the time, it's me and my little sister. And she gets closer and closer to all the stuff she shouldn't be trying to reach for in life. I try explaining it to her in so many ways. It's harder when you have someone you have to carry along. It hurts. You're not alone ***** . I can't tell you how it feels, I am sure you're probably feeling a lot worst than I am. The pain doesn't reach me, hold your head high. I know it's fucked up to say I'm used to it.
In which I'm not.. But it feels like it. Over top of all of this I get bullied at school. There's a whole story about it all. Keep fighting. That's what this song is here to help us do.

@christianbrown5648

9y↑2

I used to have a life revolving around drugs not me but people around me and it isn't fun but Sry

@hollynoel6692

9y↑4

+Exile Child I grew up in a similar situation. Best thing you can do is keep your head on right. laugh, a lot. as much as you can, about things people would think you'd be crazy to laugh about. as insane as it sounds, it can be the one thing that keeps you sane. Find something you like to do and aim go for it, work at it, learn all that you can about it. & when your fall.. (because every success story has some tales of rejection behind it.Everyone experiences failure, remember that..) brush yourself off and keep kicking. don't let failure wash you up or become an excuse to be like those that went before. be the exception. your sister will see this, and she'll want to be like you. an achiever. show her the right way, and help guide her, and when she makes mistakes, don't get mad or feel responsible, help her learn from them. It will work out! you are not alone! Keep your head up, one day all the pain will make sense.

@victorpio667

Than your dad for his service for me I'm sorry abought your brother and sister things will get beder

@clark7807

+Exile Child
Wow...

@mitchbonkowski2139

I'm so sorry I'm also a girl

@jessyriley1736

2y↑516

I can always hold my tears in but this line gets me every time.
"Until your stuck, lookin in the mirror like, I cant believe who I've become."
4 years sober and still cry everytime.

@xenstein4298

2y↑5

hits hard

@infaturexx235

2y↑7

You should be so proud of yourself, stay strong ❤️

@muhammadamien4536

2y↑3

We may never know each other, but I know you're doing such a great thing to save your whole life. Stay strong buddy, I love u ❤

@tooniec1378

2y↑2

This entire song makes me cry everytime

@jessicarivera4962

2y↑3

You are a star . Everyday counts 😊

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@leohmusic8676

35w↑9

The comments on this really show how impactful and deep it is. People talking about their recovery, and people who have never touched a drug. Comments from 10 years ago and 10 weeks ago. Every line has a comment with someone saying its their favorite part of the song. I never noticed but it just occurred to me that when i first heard this song, i had never tried any drugs, just drank. Now im a smoker, use cocaine recreationally, weed the odd time, even mushrooms and mdma a few times a year. Im ashamed and dissapointed to listen to this song all these years later. I swore i was gonna be someone, and growin up everyone always does. I may not be where i want to be, and i wont get there overnight, but i can get better and i will get better. Love to everyone here affected by addiction, because it does affect everyone.

@1243beowulf

9y↑157

This song used to make me tear up and/or cry sometimes. I used to get high every day considered calling my life quits. This song did something to me and when I heard it I felt all the shame and guilt of my past. I was also addicted to the thrill of adrenaline. I lied and stole and never gave back. I found God, believe it or not, after being talked out of suicide by what I thought was an angel.

It was hard, but now I am cleaner. I only smoke weed every once in a while to relieve the stress of life (I consider it the lesser of two evils when compared to cancer sticks or alcohol), but other than that I stopped stealing, stopped denying I was on drugs, and. stopped contemplating my life and whether anyone would care if I disappeared. And now, I can listen to this song and smile.

@kristin5998

9y↑3

way to go

@1243beowulf

thanks

@alyjahperkins8813

9y↑2

That's great dude keep it up :D

@1243beowulf

9y↑1

Thanks. Its been getting better

@edwardburns7000

9y↑3

Great to hear dude!

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@colorado7115

5y↑894

Sitting here crying, was sober for four years and lost it all when the love of my life left. It’s getting dark, I came back to the song which helped me years ago. I swear I was gonna be someone.

@prim34ev

5y↑62

You got this I got nothing but love for you. My girl left me a year ago and I went right back to using adderall everyday. Ungodly amounts a day. I know what you’re feeling. All I can say is just take it a day at a time. You ARE someone now you gotta take the steps to show the world that fact. Chin up, keep strong and keep going. Love.

@michaelpoppe6264

5y↑22

And growing up everyone always does. Stay strong. Be someone.

@benjaminfoskey4138

4y↑8

Don't give up, try again. Jesus loves you.

@bryanzuniga9535

4y↑9

Shit I’m near Denver and I’m tryna kick this fentanyl that’s been flooding the city

@teds4983

4y↑2

@@michaelpoppe6264 he said it right when i read that. Wow

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@althepal_9380

3y↑854

This song kept me alive in 2012, during the worst times of my addiction. Here I am again... finding inspiration from this beautiful peace of art. If you're reading this, it can get better. <3

@DTZM

3y↑6

Great to hear that brother! Keep it up man, god bless

@greatbhakri7111

3y↑6

Thanks Alex, you won’t believe how many people need to know someone else went through what they did

@t3511

3y↑3

Hope you're doing alright man

@brittanybrinkmann6943

3y↑3

Same buddy. Proud of you

@markhubbard1090

3y↑3

Hope you are still doing good

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@Cookie-fe7mn

4y↑126

This was my dad's favorite song, he listened to it all the time.
He loved Macklemore, Allman brothers, led Zeppelin and grateful dead. He wasn't the best dad, he had some pretty bad drug addiction issues, constantly mixing whatever he could find, more worried about his fix than us. I never really understood or liked this song until after I saw my grandpa break open the bathroom door and saw his body on the floor with a needle in the sink. I'm not typing this comment for your false or true sympathy. I'm far past that. But if you're in that place and you're fighting. DON'T STOP. If not for you, for your family, and what it does to them afterwards. Don't stop fighting. Please.

@greenworldwithjoestaples

2y↑1

More of a constant surrender than a fight, just my experience

@maxmarti

2y↑3

More people need to see this.

@justinred6540

2y↑1

People don't have the ability to walk in someone elses shoes anymore and you a strong person for being able to understand that. Wish ya nothin but the best

@sixtrey4368

2y↑1

Your dad loves/loved you to the moon and back I sure love my kids like that but unfortunately addiction is a terrible disease and I don't get to see my kids much anymore these days but they're on my mind every second of the day

@Cookie-fe7mn

@@sixtrey4368 actually just drove by his grave today, needed to hear this thank you

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@ashrivera8432

9y↑5K

I think this is my third comment, but ey I'm 121 days clean

@connorkruithof700

9y↑86

That's amazing! i'm really proud! even tho i don't know you

@dalifemme

9y↑32

Lacey Rivera That's fking awesome.

@thebestaround85

9y↑24

Cant just plus vote it. Good job. Keep doing what youre doing

@andrewhewins4447

9y↑13

Congrats bro keep it up

@copycatmusicchannel

9y↑11

Lacey Rivera Sounds amazing. Keep it up! Congratulation :)

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@josephkruis7441

8y↑967

relapsed and overdosed several times since I was 19. I heard this song right before I went to my 4th treatment now I have been clean since July 4 2014. thank you macklemore for the support.

@xXTigerfinXx

8y↑6

Thats awesome! Keep going ^-^

@akllls617

8y↑8

stay strong congratulations hope I make it

@therealone1014

8y↑2

Good job! Keep it up

@LasagnaAngel

8y↑8

I don't know you, but i'm fucking proud of you. U made yourself a free man.. Stay strong. From a sober friend of QC Canada

@pate7233

8y↑1

👍👋👏🤗

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@michaelwest1558

1y↑35

My wife and I are 821 days clean and we keep music like this playing to remind us to never go back to that fentanyl/meth life again.

@shanelacross6744

47w↑1

Stronger then you’ll ever know🫶

@DrSwoose

39w↑1

You've got this, you've made it so far! You're success is seen and appreciated by those around you!

@SomeOne-ex7hk

26w↑1

Thats big. That's 3 years now. Hope you still are, and if either of you relapsed its okay. Part of the journey. Doesnt mean you should give up, or that you deserve to suffer.

@taylormyers8018

3y↑260

"We live on the cusp of death thinking that it won't be us"
That resonated. So true.

@BrendaAnderson2007

We all do.

@justaname7361

2y↑3

Til it nearly was. Had a bad reaction on the needle. I was alone in a shitty motel room with my eyes and throat swelling shut projectile vomiting into the bathtub and my body on fire from the inside out. And I kept going with it til 16 days ago. That was a year ago. Death was right there knocking all along. But I'm not opening up that door again. Not Til I have to. I refuse to give my power away.

@emkstr

1y↑3

I remember my friend shouting this line out when we went to see Macklemore in 2014. Lost him to alcoholism 4 years later. He knew it all but he just couldn't get it right. Miss him a lot.

@AlyssaSands

40w

We live on the kinde edge of those drugs that give us life. Give us more of Colombians finest while snow and let us prey for immorality.

@gingerroot8802

28w

@@justaname7361 Sounds like you had cotton fever or a histamine reaction from shitty dope. Cotton fever usually happens if you reuse dirty/old filters or cottons.

@InjectMorphineIntoMe

6y↑699

I love reading all the comments about people being clean ! Congrats all of you! I wish I was only here because I like the song not because I lost someone to addiction.

@willflint46

6y↑6

InjectMorphineIntoMe Im sorry for your loss <3

@brittanywhiting8003

5y↑5

im sorry, and finally clean, but damn, your username is funny lol.

@Smd797

5y↑2

Thankyou

@mikewavy6841

4y↑1

This is probably one of his most underrated songs

@arbarchio1304

4y↑2

I am so sorry I lost a girlfriend to overdose and I was an opioid and heroin user but I got clean and now its been four months I am here if you ever need it I lost so much I am 16 btw

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@MetoagaYT

7y↑1.6K

I'm not a drug addict but this song is deep. 'We sell our dreams and our potential to escape through that buzz' goosebumps anyone?

@Bolacha0000

7y↑14

in more ways you can imagine

@georgegrindstaff5890

7y↑11

Filipe Nogueira been there done that be he is so right the words take me back to 1994 with my addiction I love this guy

@joshveros1687

7y↑12

I'm addicted to poppers - weed and tobacco mixed together. It gives you a hardcore headrush a lot of the times you do it. I always live for that rush... wish I could stop.

@abhisheksharma5291

Metin Çinçin

@tps64

UnderScore_Entertainment that's what music does you idiot

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@KrowKnow

4y↑18

Y'all with addiction don't worry. We know you're strong enough to climb out of the hole you stumbled into. Its hard to run on all cylinders and still get shot down, but stay on all cylinders and there will always be people who notice. Life will get better, no matter how many dark thoughts flood you're mind. The good ones are right around the corner stay looking, and you're bound to break through. YOU GOT THIS

@iloveskatemoms69

3y↑22

This used to be one of my favorite songs when I was 15. Just loved everything about it, saw my family and their issues with addiction and always swore it wasn’t gonna be me. 19-23 years old I was addicted to marijuana. (I know it’s “not addictive”) but I wasn’t just smoking at night or whatever from the moment I got up to when I went to bed, gravs, dabs, bongs and blunts 24/7. A lot of money wasted, even more time wasted and dreams and opportunity missed out on. Today I am 6 months off of it and I’ve never felt better. Here and there I just want to have a night where I fire it back up but I know that I can’t just have one night because it’s gonna be a habit again. This is for those who don’t realize it’s an issue, if you can’t live without it then get off of it. See your potential, see who you can become when you’re awake and facing those problems. I know “marijuana addiction” is a tough thing bc most people stigmatize it for not being addictive but it is. Get your shit together, finish that education, travel to that place you want and get get that job. This life is short milk every ounce of life you can out of this. 🖤

@hansthecreator7172

3y↑3

@TheLagGod

2y↑1

Like you I was super into this song when I was 16. Lol. I also had a major marijuana issue from 18-21. Smoked every day. Took Adderall every day. Smoked cigarettes, drank, the whole nine yards.

I quit 4 years ago and haven't touched it since.

@TheLagGod

@@hansthecreator7172 how you holding up

@-neuro

@@hansthecreator7172 We want an update.

@bradleyhall5286

7y↑206

7 years ago I lost my little brother to an accidental overdose. he was only 17 years old and I was 2 years older. he was my best friend. someone gave him something when he was drunk. I lost it after he passed. looking for anything to take away the pain. I didn't care about anything or anyone. lost most relationships I had with anyone who I was close to. I lost about 40 lbs and was very thin. I looked so sick. I became someone I did not know, and definitely did not like. this song helped me through the toughest times.

I am almost 2 years clean now, in the process of starting my own business, found the love of my life, and I am now very healthy. I now feel all emotions again and have begun to except the death of my baby brother. Rest In Paradise Jay <3

I am living proof anyone can beat it.

if I did it, anyone can!

@peterkennedy4011

6y↑3

Good on you man. Keep at it.

@jimmyjanga3342

6y↑3

Bradley Hall hope your doing well.

@rubengivoni6823

6y↑3

Very inspiring, for real.

@melonyblankenship6825

6y↑2

Bradley Hall so proud of you. It's so hard to beat the grief and addiction. Once you do we find peace on the other side of it worth more than any buzz. Keep your head up<33

@nikiperne5891

5y↑2

So proud of you! I lost my brother 4 year's ago to an overdose and I myself am celebrating 10 year's clean. Keep your head up and keep pushing. You got this.

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@masonsims3402

6y↑891

8 months without the needle. This song still chokes me up. Thought id never make it out. It was a hopeless and destructive life. I have this song to thank for a lot of motivation to push through.

@burntpieceoftoast4148

5y↑15

Same.
The needle is hard to kick.
Glad you made it though.
Keep it up!

@kimeyster1602

5y↑13

4 years without the needle

@jessyriley1736

4y↑11

I'm 2 years still chokes me up every time. Nah I cry...

@ceenity

4y↑7

Mason Sims same. keep moving forward. never become stagnant

@EE-jo5pt

4y↑10

Can’t wait for the day I can truly say that I’m sober. Stay strong and know you’re all inspirations to people like me.

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@em6833

44w↑25

This song helped me in my recovery. Coming back to reflect on those who didnt make it with me to 2023. Thanks for the art. Timeless

@lea-rw5cb

41w↑2

This song is so underrated, you have to have been there to understand this song.............. I've been there and seen the effects on others.

@CharlotteJones-jp1so

40w

Song is fucking shit bruv, I nearly gor through my main artery with a butter knife before the first 30secs was up. Get some ket in ya

@erinalbretsen2168

4y↑25

I remember listening to this song about a month into my sobriety. Almost 2 years later and it popped up as a recommended song. June 29th 2018 and counting 🙌🏻 One day at a time y’all!

@moose3693

3y↑1

Stay strong, stay sober, and never stop trying to do your best!

@erinalbretsen2168

3y↑1

@@moose3693 day 872! 🙌🏻

@moose3693

@@erinalbretsen2168 🙌🏻

@mrstrice420

8y↑118

My husband has been sober for 1 year and 9 months. We now work closely with the rehab he attended. The people who get caught up in addiction aren't monsters or bad people. They are people that we love. I pray that everyone gets delivered from whatever holds them in bondage. This song to this day still brings tears to my eyes. To remember that this used to be my life. Shielding our kids from this. Watching my husband's chest while he slept to make sure he was still breathing. Waking up and thinking "is this really my life?"

@carlygoodrich2998

8y↑3

I know this all too well. My significant other and father of our unborn child is still suffering, going to detox as I am typing right now. I'm crying while watching this video. Hardest thing ever to watch the person you love more than ever dying in front of you and there's nothing you can do. Reading all these comments with people who have all this clean time has given me hope. I pray for all who are suffering.

@mrstrice420

We're praying for you and your family! Looking back now, its almost like our memories are other people. I look at my husband now and can't imagine him ever making the decisions he used to make. This will come for you too. I'm believing for a miracle for you guys!

@carlygoodrich2998

8y↑7

+jess.and.company its so true, been living like this for so long. countless times ive watched him OD, having to narcan him 4 or 5 times. hes been to 4 rehabs and 5 detoxes this year. this was the first time i had to walk away and stop enabling. was extremely hard but it allowed him to finally hit his bottom and hopefully work the program and stay clean. thanks for all the prayers and support <3 means more than to anything to me right now. going to sleep well tonight knowing he is safe.

@amylauren1615

8y↑1

praying for you Carly. How is he??

@jrhall8113

6y↑1

My wife had watched me for last 10 years since we got married constantly watching making sure I was still breathing at night she has seen the same things but it had to take me to see what I finally had in front of me after a 2plus year hell I'll be 2 years clean in august anyone struggling think about u r family and get used help I am so thankful I was able to be blessed with a wonderful wife who has went through the hell it's not just addicts the family's need support as much as we do

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@missthing2781

6y↑153

“The fact of it is is that most people that rap like this talkin about some shit they haven’t lived” is My by far all time favorite lyric line I love it sm

@AlyssaSands

40w

You have lived a sheltered life

@stephyfra1243

20w

@@AlyssaSands No need to be rude, that's the last thing people need in these comments. You're better then that.

@user-us2gl1fr2r

4y↑532

Who still listening this song in 2020?

@anilord69

4y↑11

I always do I'm clean 8 days now and this song helps..!

@adolftrump3989

4y↑6

Mighty MOGUN Me, I’m actually one of the few successful codeine users,only because My older sibling is a doctor him self haaaa

@PapaChorizo_

4y↑2

The thought of leaving still lingers amongst it all.

@chrisfebinger5192

4y↑4

I’m off a perc

@melissasmidt222

4y↑3

Just sent this song to my nephew, who's recently begun the path of using.

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@OrganicDolphin

3y↑181

I remember listening to this when my friend showed me it in 2012, when I was a freshman in high school. Now I’m starting medical school soon and I just randomly remembered this. I’ve never been addicted, but I hope that as a doctor I’ll be able to treat people from a different perspective when dealing with addiction than the norm.

@christianmino4073

2y↑2

Thank you. Sincerly.

@inutaro

2y↑6

Thank you. Please share with your colleagues. So many physicians don't know how addiction tears us apart.

@floweuphoria69420

Please do. Be careful because if you piss off the wrong people it wont be good. Ask any pharmacy tech the ratio of opiates to ALL other meds

@AlyssaSands

40w

You shouldn't be on here you fucking know it all. Get some class A's in your system and come back to me, tell me your experience

@stephyfra1243

20w

Please treat addicts good bc a lot of doctors don't from my experience 😞

@eldenboi8354

8y↑2.3K

people can trash on mack but damn this song is powerful

@aydindemir3416

8y↑27

so true. I had goose bumps for the whole duration of the song.

@thepandaplayers5329

8y↑1

+Aydin Demir same

@killinguslow

8y↑42

+Matt Thompson I found this song way back before Mack blew up, and it helped me through a time in which a lot of my friends were falling 'cause of lean, oxy, and xannies. It's one of the most powerful songs I've ever heard, I agree with what you said so fucking much.

@thugger2176

8y↑10

It's a sad song but true

@peytonjean6276

8y↑1

Pyrexity true😔

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@27RECKY

9y↑17

@rickysmith923

3y↑18

@thorenz1341

Your understanding of this song parallels the creaters. This song isn't trying to create a answer it's painting a picture of the problem in hope us as the listeners create our own answer to the problem.

@birizak

3y↑199

Never touched a drug my whole life, this song hits like a truck anyways. Can't imagine for someone with an addiction.

@currahee

3y↑9

please keep it that way. i’m not religious but the devil does still exist on this earth and his name is amphetamine

@frozenrosesz

3y↑6

Happy to hear youve never touched it, it really isnt explainable to someone whos never touched it so take it from those like me who made mistakes and now have to face the consequences and struggle daily getting clean. So please keep it that way and never touch it

@sethborne

3y↑1

Odds are very high that you have had a drug of some sort, many foods have compounds that have bioactivty. Coffee/tea/soda (often) contains caffeine. Turkey always contains tryptophan, which is an endogenous drug. Still a drug. Eggplant and green Tomatoes contain nicotine. Nutmeg contains myristicin, which is a very powerful dissociative at high doses. All animal meat contains various endogenous hormones. If you eat a cow, or drink milk, you are consuming their naturally occurring hormones (drugs). These are only a small portion of the examples of commonly eaten foods which contain drugs, many of which are controlled substances.

@Michaelbierlarczyck

3y↑1

Your smart haha

@anthonygonzalez2897

2y↑12

@@sethborne consider that point missed lol

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@DyingToLive310

10y↑79

Ah man... I forgot rappers make songs like this. It's rare to see in rap. You come across that one song that feels like it was made just for you. Damn. I don't know if its different where other people live but Mack grew up in the same city I'm in right now. A city infested with opiates and oxys. It's a life style only glorified in clubs/rap but the life of an opiate addict is no life at all. I think everyone in my graduating class popped one of these before. Suppliers here get it off the internet so there's never a short supply. Recently kicked it a 5 year addiction and I'm only 26. 7 years actually if you count subutex and methadone. It's no life, the high wears off and it becomes oxygen to you. Only taking it cause you need it to feel normal or to fight off withdrawal. Withdrawal... that's a word I never want to fear again. Its no joke and its not all your head, its real enough to kill. Rock bottom is also another addict term, cause its something every addict will face. Rock bottom should always be a wake up call to quit but quitting is not like quitting cigarettes. It's a long, painful process starting off with your body dying from withdrawal symptoms for not having the chemical in your system anymore. That last for a long time, its painful and agonizing. A pain that will not be numbed or ignored no matter what you do. Muscles twisting and feel like they're on fire forcing you to constantly move and shake hoping to stop it. Sleep... forget about it, you ain't sleeping till the withdrawals are over. And the mental pain is the worst, every horrible act you committed during the addiction, every day spent wasted to the addiction, every person you left for the sake of the drug will all flash before your eyes on loop till you break down. Anxiety and depression sinks in... and knowing that all this will go away with one more pill, just one more and it will melt away like a bad dream. This will plague your mind till you get over it or eventually give in and relapse.

My roommate in rehab died 1 year after graduation from rehab relapsed and due to a heroin withdrawal, he had a seizure fell over and hit his head on the steps of his front porch. Heard he moved to the needle cause pills weren't working anymore. Overdose is another word addicts hear, mostly when they hear a friend died. If you overdose from oxys and live you're the luckiest person on the planet. I think from my graduating year of all the high schools in Seattle a dozen 2006 class graduates have overdosed in the past 9 years. Two of them didn't even make it to graduation, I know cause one of them was a childhood friend who lived and died 6 houses down my block. Dealer had the nerve to show up to his funeral even though the mother knew who the dealer was... her reaction to him being there was tragic. It ain't blame so much as these are the hands that delivered the cause of death to her child. The city is infested with this garbage and addiction is becoming the number one killer to young adults and teens. Macklemore just became my new favorite musical artist and if this comment at least keeps 1 person from trying it... I'd die happy knowing my dumbass mistakes in life prevented it from happening to someone else. And I hope this song with 34 million views does that on a much wider scale. And if its already taken you know this, quitting is possible... you just have to commit. Things will get better, trust me.

@thomasjansen9866

10y↑8

Congrats man, I respect you and although i haven't been through those hardships i empathize. You've inspired at least someone on this earth, remember that. peace

@DyingToLive310

10y↑1

***** Thank you

@mynameisbob12341234

10y

Respect dude, i know you will help at least one person from your story

@BOXisBAD

10y↑1

From seattle as well... I really needed this. it's too fucking easy to give in.. I can do this..

@jonathan1102

10y↑1

couldnt agree more

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@sydneya5209

9y↑2.2K

And people say that rap isn't an art

@Knowledgeabovetheory

9y↑92

This is an exception to the new age rap. Sorry but new age rap is far from art. its repetitive lyrics with an autotuner. Macklemore is an artist because he can capture the essence of a song. The 90s rap..that's art. They took time to write their lyrics and most used their own lives for inspiration. Now with the ghetto being glorified many rappers just talk about money hoes and toting guns. This is art though

@thatree4157

9y↑10

Knowledgeabovetheory Newschool Hip Hop is crap. Oldschool hip Hop is art.

@lowkeyrari2806

9y↑3

+Tha Tree this IS new hip hop

@thatree4157

9y↑4

LowkeyRari
But not newschool

@AntonST100

9y↑9

+Knowledgeabovetheory I appreciate the old school rap that you're talking about (tupac, nas, etc) and I listen to it from time to time...but i cant relate to that in any way, the same way I cant relate to most of the shit the majority of today's rappers sing about. but with
Macklemore... I've always had him close to my heart.

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@BallietBran

1y↑7

I relate to this song so much.

Love Macklemore and as a Washington-born citizen, I've akways been proud he grew up in this area.

Such a gem. 💎

@alicecrocker7960

2y↑42

3 months clean, this song has helped me so much, I listened to this for years whilst I was getting high and finally realised that all of this is true, couldnt be an hour where I wasnt thinking about it. this song is an eye opener for anyone and everyone

@Jarhink

2y↑1

Keep it up!!

@TylerHigginsLawrence-vj3so

44w

Well done bro, 4 months clean it's not easy well done 💯

@abrupt96

9y↑992

im 1 year and 3 months clean. this song hits me

@carloowotton8810

8y↑8

+KRZ Congratulations, i'm proud of you and i'm sure many others are, keep up the good work!

@arcticskateapparel

8y↑1

+Khray May I ask, clean from?

@abrupt96

8y↑6

ArcticSkateApparel nothing extreme. don't feel like saying it on the internet tho, I don't want to start a controversial argument.

@arcticskateapparel

8y↑2

Alright, well good job man!

@holbreak2867

8y↑2

+Khray good job men!!!!!!

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@ibrahimjobran1042

8y↑117

macklemore is legend, he raps while still imposing a good impression and messages to viewers🙌

@kelanthompson-andrews2498

8y↑1

so true

@MrMonkeyBall2

8y↑1

Yeah he does it is almost impossible to do.

@uitham

you must not listen to a lot of rap

@ljiljanamaric7414

8y↑1

+Takkenrakker you didnt listen to enough of macklemore

@uitham

8y↑1

uros maric people are acting like macklemore is the only rapper imposing a good impression and messages to people

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@brydenanderson5500

3y↑13

This helped me stay off it. Thanks for everything Macklemore. I hope you go further than you’ve ever dreamed possible. I swore I was going to be someone. So I will be.

@S_Lancaster_222

Reminds me of what my Son is going through right now. I’ve been in recovery ❤️‍🩹 myself twice now & always just blessed for another day at life-& to be alive living and loving life on life’s terms.
I must admit I’m going through some tough things though- I will be heading to some Alan-on/Coda meetings as when I give in to my oldest Son it just does him no good in the end bc he takes advantage & I can’t afford to lose my place. I am able to see my codependency issues clearer now. I was a teen mom.. My Son & I practically grew up together. Been through hell & back both of us. My 2nd and youngest son is 14 years younger than the older Son & a normy. Has his life more together than my oldest Son….& that is painful for my oldest Son I kind of believe? My oldest Son is a father now but his problems are keeping him from going to visit his son on the other side of the state. The baby (my Gbaby just turned 1 & I’ve only seen him once. Sadly. My Son only twice seen him twice. He has paid his child support and wants to be good daddy but also the mother is making that hard on him. He needs to believe in himself, go to meetings and stay sober as well. This song really hit home with me. I could go on & on but I’ll end it with this ~ So glad more musicians today are in recovery ❤️‍🩹 and singing and rapping about the truths of it and life! I pray 🙏🏼 Macklemore’s songs will help many people! Proud that he is from Seattle~ good guy!! Good filming here too!

@kelvarnsen1749

10y↑28

I've listened to his music since 2009. When this came out in the end of 2010 I remember watching it at 200,000 views and it hit home. Thinking why doesn't he have more views, I tried to spread the news about him in the following years at school, but nobody listened because he wasn't Eminem and said "we don't care because he probably sucks". You and I were wrong. When he peaked in The Heist album of 2012 they said "this guy is great and why haven't we heard of him before." I just sat back and smiled as they looked like dumbasses knowing that I had more of an impact on myself than others.

But I knew the high off of the assumption that I knew his music long before others would ware off, but maybe it was to late. I never really knew this song would have a deeper meaning to me than ever right now. Some of my closest friends died the other day at the hands of a doped up driver. Now when I look back at this song it makes me never want to talk or take drugs again, in fact it brings a tear to my eye believing I had it rough in the South-suburbs of Chicago, but to others in a big city or small town, the loss of friends due to drugs can be related anywhere. They have the same feeling and twist in into something good. Their funerals are throughout this week and I'll listen to this song every now and then to be a stead-fast reminder never to take drugs and to hold on. To users or people who think it is cool to do drugs, listen to me. Your life is not worth the cost nor the high you get from them : Its worth what it is worth to other people. RIP

@noahnewman8264

10y↑4

Me too I listened to can't hold us since it was released in 2011 and since then I tried to spread the word but no one would listen it's really fricken annoying that no one would listen until thrift shop.

@kyliegongas9003

10y↑7

Exactly ! People are just so mainstream now and won't think something's good unless everyone else likes it.

@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl

9y↑169

I've Seen Oxy and Codeine take many of my friends and families lives. My mom won't admit it, but she's ruled by that drug, She had back surgery and it fucked her up more now she lives by that bottle . Sadly, now I have to take these pills for my own pain management cause of a car accident. I'm so scared to take them, cause I don't wanna be like them. I don't wanna have to be scared of not having them or the fear of withdrawing . I don't want to live that life , i've seen it on repeat since 17.

So I keep the bottles and pretend I take them , but really I just suffer in pain, cause the thing that can relieve it can cause me more pain down the road. Damned if I do, damned if I don't. But, I rather be damned in pain then damned and mentally ruled by a drug.

@karlyjoy86

9y↑2

+Snow Anaya (NeoWaste) I would do the same thing. Those pills are very dangerous. I know so many people addicted to them.

@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl

9y↑1

Karly Mignault I know , I don't take them. They give me Tramadol as well and I still don't want it. I rather weight train, becoem stronger . I don't want these pills to ruin me. I've seen it kill and ruin so many of my friends. I refuse to be one of them.

@krystalpringles7344

9y↑1

Im sorry about the situation but you can honestly use this as a poem, solgan, in a contest, etc it sounds really good

@SnowAnayathatweirdgirl

9y↑1

Krystal Pringles That's so sweet thank you. I just looked back on my words . All of it came from the heart. This song just made me think of everyone i've lost and everyone i know that's losing their fight to these drugs.

@krystalpringles7344

9y↑1

Snow Anaya
Np...Just remember stories like yours and the stories like the people you lost can prevent others from having to same stories.... share this with as many people as you can so we can help stop the cycle 😉💙💜

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@ethanyates9309

4y↑5

I’ve been reading the comments and wanted to say congratulations to the people who are now sober. I know it is a dark journey and I pray that you find peace and use your past as motivation for yourself and others! God bless!!!!

@jaguaroscoobyfan7132

23w↑3

Only partially related to this song specifically but I need to write this story somewhere, just to get it off of my chest. In 2020 I made the worst mistake of my life. I feel under the undeniable power of addiction. No matter how many times I tried to quit, and no matter how hard I worked to set up plans to stop it, I never could. I tried listening to this song to convince me to stop, it worked a couple times, but not forever. I always found my way back to the same exact spot: the relapse. 3 years of secret pain later, I met a girl. I realized that if I wanted a chance with this girl, I was going to need a breakthrough. I decided to work out as much as possible, all I thought about was how much I wanted to overcome my addiction not for myself, but for her. Everytime I almost relapsed, I pushed through. Everytime I thought about relasping, I asked myself if she would want to date an addict. 4 weeks later and I’ve never felt better. The pain is gone, the urges are gone. I can never tell anyone about what I’ve been through. I can never tell the girl what’s she’s done for my life. Even if my plans to date her don’t work out, I will never forget the impact she has made on my life, and she will never know. But girl if you ever somehow read this and realize who I am, thank you so much, you saved me.

@Lost1nTranslation

21w↑1

Proud of you, friend. Keep pushing forward.

@mckenziegrace6124

8y↑550

7 months and 2 weeks clean :)

@eleanordavidson6213

8y↑2

+mckenzie grace proud of you, congrats

@mckenziegrace6124

+Eleanor Davidson Thank you

@ornaurtes

8y↑1

Proud of u :P keep going!

@mckenziegrace6124

8y↑1

Thank you

@karlsaba2681

awesome!! keep going

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@RenovaVidea

8y↑1.2K

clean for 15 years

@drewlipsey-ib8ue

8y↑24

Good job, keep it up

@thereptiledude7247

8y↑19

Vladimír_Růžička (Old Channel) keep it up bro. I'm a year and a half off heroin

@emirguven2964

7y↑3

Keep it up man really

@anab5099

7y↑2

keep up the work.

@enzoc304

7y↑4

MrVladimir03 are you 15 years old?! I had 6 years clean, but then I drank at six.. lol

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@Case_12

50w↑2

I remember when I used to listen to this song as a teenager and a young adult. It was always with a bowl in hand or a pack of triple c's by my side. Thinking yeah this song and these drugs go together so well.
19 I was introduced to AA and very unwilling to change but able to gather time. But always under a year. Until this year. I was finally able to understand the path I was going down. An early grave. I was finally able to accept I have no other choice but recovery. It was recovery or the other two options overdose or suicide.
I gave up, I said goodbye to drugs and alcohol, and I surrendered. It was time to go down a new path and get to the other side.
One where I see a new freedom and a new happiness. A warmth in my chest, a glimmer in my eyes, and a smile on my face.
I say this all so you know even if you're a chronic relapser or you're just starting fresh you to can get to the otherside 🙂

@Case_12

50w↑2

Celebrated a year on January 21st, 2023. I now celebrate each day one day at a time. You can be the change you want to be.

@booshady6248

35w↑1

9 years sober tomorrow. If it wasn’t for otherside, I never would’ve made it.

@COULDbWORSE1

8y↑243

"seen cocaine bring out the demons inside" I've seen that many times. Seen the demons come out of some good people. That line couldn't be more true.

@juanmurguia7808

7y↑1

Go ahead and hate! My friend murdered my friend while high on coke. Friendsships ceased

@laurencollier2024

This is so agreeable

@xaPePx

7y↑1

juan murguia damn.. How? And why?

@mayorfabulous8347

6y↑7

ha "that LINE couldn't be more true"

@davidtryon1205

6y↑2

Hell yea it brought a monster out in me that I never want to see again

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@RKDTheGAME

7y↑21

14 Days Sober, been in and out of the program for 5 Years. Relapsed Heavily after getting 1 Year Sober, Life is a Blessing. I Love Macklemore.

@colton6742

Hey man hope it stays all good

@sippingthatsoda

2y↑41

this song hits so hard. had to come back a decade later and respect the friends Ive lost along the way <3

@bignasty8490

2y↑1

RIP to the great ones we’ve lost & nothing but love & prayers for the ones still with us. Love, peace, chicken grease.

@guillermokersh7270

same

@AlyssaSands

40w

Proper gay mush

@lvl1000crook

4y↑1

I love that the comment section is full of people talking about their roads to recovery. As someone who is a family member of a recovering addict, I just want all of you going through it that your family may not know how to let you know, but they’re so proud of you, we all love you and while we can’t understand what you’re going through, we know it’s the hardest thing you’ve ever done. Keep at it! You can do this no matter what you think!

@dr.mdhahahaha2720

10y↑157

In the beginning the girl walks away from him, this is like her saying she can't go down this path with him. The boat represents the drugs and the farther he gets the more the effects of his drug addiction affect his life. After he gets in the tub he reaches the island this represents the "Otherside" like spiritual transcendence. Him running back to the boat says that he still wants to live and will change his ways if he can make it back in time. Took me awhile but I finally get it:-)

@safiyasheikh832

10y

ikr lol

@StPablo-gg4tc

10y↑6

Mother of god...............................

@BelgiumLB

10y↑3

thank you for enlightening us.

@dr.mdhahahaha2720

10y

Jacob Henderson no problem

@felixdamajiccat

10y↑9

snaps... this nigga be deeeep. thanks brah. I get my 3 months clean in 7 days :) and I can say your interpretation definitely represents addiction.

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@demetriusmccray1574

4y↑222

Came here after pimp c, came here after peep, came here after Mac, now I’m here after Juice Wrld. Damn man. Damn. Damn. We have to Stop doing drugs man. Just stop. This part of the culture is killing us. R.I.P
They were gone too soon.

@jwood8769

4y↑4

Pimp C died years before this song ever came out, but I get your point.

@KiberaKid

Rip Mac Miller

@jmatter1996

RIP too everyone who died from drug addiction not just these celebs👌🏻

@channertaptube

3y↑1

man i still miss Peep so much.

@alexiscardenas1012

3y↑2

First step, stop thinking of it as culture.

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@jemiiam

1y↑60

August 28th 2017 was my first day in rehab and we did musical reflection where we all got to pick a song and this was the song that I picked and as I sit here typing this today I have over 5 years clean and this song speaks to me every time I hear it still

@krb0123

1y↑3

Fuck yeah man that’s awesome! Congratulations

@stephengilmartin8312

1y↑1

👍💚🇮🇪

@jemiiam

24w

6 years clean and counting! If I can do this then anyone can...just hope you make it out the trenches of addiction to see the greatness in living ❤️

@user-sk5fv6nl9q

29w↑6

Listened to this as a sober teen. 11 years later I’m an alcoholic and I’m in tears bc this just came up …. I swore I would someone!!!

@DirtySteve426

29w↑1

In the same boat, man. I listened to this back in 2012. I was young, sober, in the Army. Now I'm an alcoholic whose life hasn't been the same since I left the Army.

@Jacksonvilla

19w

I get it too. Don't give up brothers

@messiah_iv

6y↑150

A lot of people think macklemore is a joke because he made thrift shop, but honestly he is one of the best. Convince me otherwise.

@the_bottomfragger

4y↑16

I would say he's decent at the skill of rapping but gets a lot of hate just because his style is different. The content and lyrics of some his songs are insanely good though.

@literallystingy2858

4y↑4

@ahmermirza

2y↑5

Lol thrift shop has made billion views. And its a fun song! 😉💖

@beanbag884

2y↑2

Got us in the first half

@JoJo-xz5rb

2y↑4

Just been listening to macklemoor. You don't need convincing.

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@erinc8795

5y↑360

3 years clean today. 4 years ago I thought I'd die a heroin addict. It gets me emotional.

@michsza1978

4y↑4

Respect

@sandrawest5149

4y↑6

Erin C how are you doing?

@lpxqu5180

4y↑1

respect

@erinc8795

4y↑11

Thanks guys! 4 years next month

@tiagogoncalves8045

4y↑1

Stay stronge brother 💜

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@andershancock246

19w↑4

Coming up on four years, third year of law school. Thank you, Macklemore, for this masterpiece.

@blubluntz444

1y↑1

I loved this song since the day it came out, and I've been addicted to many drugs I still think alcohol is the worst because then you get your other drugs from Big pharma so feeding all into the same addiction but I saw a Macklemore perform before I even tried my first drug and this was when I was 15 he was performing at Red rocks and he wasn't exactly who we went there for cuz we went to go see Major Lazer and just go to Red rocks of course and Macklemore literally as no idea how beautiful he is doing things that are changing the world because one thing about drug addiction is that it's a shameful thing that pushes people to commit suicide and whatnot but we're in the age of information and my passion that I gave up for drugs was dance, put the beauty inside I never went to rehab never did anything but learned the hard way and survived through every single possible outcome because I've never been addicted to any of those drugs the way that I'm addicted to music and love. The drugs were my attempt at feeling love when I realize that that's always been free, and that I'm not alone because music saved me. Well a few hours ago I got a call from a girl that was an amazing dancer and she's much younger than me but she was one of my students before I ruined my career and she knows I've been sober for 2 years on my own, currently also knocking down my medications I've been taking forever, and she always asked me for advice but she wasn't calling me for advice she told me that I should listen to this song and when she said Macklemore I already knew it was this because I've always wanted to choreograph adult content type of lyrical but very very powerful dances, and she said that she wanted to know if I would choreograph music that our teacher wouldn't let her dance too and she's 21 now so she told me she's always looked up to me and always wanted to be just like me only she's going to listen to me. That's what I did with people I admire I listened to the wise ones, the problem with the drugs is that it made me forget that people actually used to listen to me, and that life is so short, I don't even drink or smoke or anything at concerts anymore because it's almost like wasting my money too make something go by so fast, I savor every moment. Because as everyone knows it's easier to remember the bad times and they seem like they last too long, but in reality time is man-made it's just how you appreciate it and respect it. It took time for my career to come full circle, but I'm really excited to say that I've already got a whole playlist and I'm going to post videos of the choreography that I'm going to create because it's going to be next level by this time next year someone please whoever is reading this 2023 the end of the year even just January of 2024, like my comment or remind me that I wrote this comment. Because I will most likely not let myself down I never do

(I've been in denial because I am going blind so if you find any weird punctuation marks or lack thereof it's because I have to use text to speech please don't correct me on my grammar LOL) I'm 28 and my grandma went blind at 34 yet she never let it slow her down. She made sure her nurse made her match everyday, so she would still have color. She met the love of her life at 80, she died two days after her 90th birthday. And I saw her the day after and then I left but the day after I asked her how she was feeling after her party and she shrugged and said '16'. I don't need site to enjoy life. Or be successful. She worked her entire life and then she was so poor that she never used paints until she turned 30, and I have all of her paintings and she's the best oil painter in the f**** universe, lol she also wrote a book about slang words, made her own headstone to make sure it said that she wasn't author poet all these things. Her book is actually called 'slanguage' :)
But got me clean for good is knowing that it's speeding up my time doing anything and I want to enjoy what I can see while I'm still young.
Love to you all

@alexandratumlinaon6784

6y↑3.4K

Clean for 2 days. Gotta start somewhere.

@mpnl21

5y↑86

Alexandra, how are you? Keep going :)

@janetsailors6355

5y↑81

hope your still sober living stay strong.

@BT1919

5y↑157

You can't have two weeks clean without two days. You can't have two months clean without two weeks...

@moneymonkey1646

5y↑45

Every minute is a success keep that in mind. Much love. Started 3years ago best move I've ever made hands down

@colton6742

5y↑10

Good luck man

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@alliethomas6813

7y↑267

'Drug Dealer' brought me back here.

@hikarissanctuary

7y↑3

me too...and my like playlist. hugs.

@kristinaadams7968

7y↑3

Allie Schuyler same here. drug dealer is awesome and all but this one really hits me in the feels

@mikeymoonie4373

7y↑1

Kristina Adams I know for me at least, I like both, but the ONLY reason this is a lil better than DrugDealer is because of the chorus. This one is more musical or melodic, but Drug Dealer hits home a lot harder for me.

@natalianickalai9159

Allie Thomas same..Ive just sent both to a friend of mine who's just had their leg amputated below the knee..they're screaming they're in pain..I totally think its valid but we were heavily in our addiction together I've got 7 years clean and I sent both songs to remind them to keep their head above water and to remember the friends we've buried and don't get in deep again.

@cibinaugustine7005

Allie Thomas what???

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@austinhendry2039

2y↑3

Man this song always hits me in the feels. One of the realest addiction songs out there.

@Lorbabyp

grew up watching my mom and dad thru addiction save my mom from a overdose be home alone for days praying she was okay while my dad was in prison not understanding what addiction was really like but always said i’d never do anything until now i’m 15 started smoking weed at 11 never listened to the gateway shit til i wanted to try more now i cant get off fucking heroin cause these withdrawals n depression that won’t stop never has this bipolar where i swear i will but the next day can’t stand i’m beautiful but all these drugs are killing me n i cant fucking stop no matter how hard i try facing aton of boy girl n fent distribution charges all cause i couldn’t get a ride home one night when i wanted get high i love football n i swear i’m a beast but now i can’t even go to school cause this court shit fuck addiction i just wanna be a normal kid not of grown up so fast not be a fucking junkie i just hope this shit don’t kill me it’s already destroyed relationships i could get straight as but the motivations nowhere n im just killing myself day by day addiction is the devil itself i just needa find god i guess

@chcldrop

6y↑904

15yrs clean

@oof-rr5nf

5y↑2

Awesome!!!!

@aaroncarr6941

Oh yeah

@Smd797

Congratulations

@braydendavidson8973

5y↑6

Get right back on the blow

@landofmagic9767

Congrats!

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@matthewstreet845

7y↑175

Im genuinely depressed from looking t the comments section. To everyone who has a drug addiction problem: Yes. You can.

@dravonjones996

4y↑3

Honestly i didnt realize how deep and inspiring macklemore really is i feel like this artist needs more attention than he gets

@matteogarwacki4947

Macklemore, you saved lives. You saved people from addiction, depression ,and just lost. Thankyou macklemore. Not a lot of people recognize you for what you did but I know you do. Thankyou.

@Harpersmama

5y↑159

3 years clean... My sister played this for me on a ride to a detox. She passed away a year after that car ride from natural causes. I will never forget the tears as she was trying to save me. And this song will always be a heartfelt memory. This is art!

@PastLight

2y↑2

Keep on the clear path, make your sister proud

@ImNikoBellic

1y↑4

6 YEARS NOW??? HOPE SO IF SO IM SURE YOUR SISTER IS SO PROUD ALOND WITH ME AND OTHERS, IF NOT ITS OKAY. DONT GIVE UP AND KEEP TRYING. EVERYONE HAS FALLBACKS. GET BACK UP AND OUSH THRU. HOPE TO HEAR BACK WITH HOW YOUR DOING.

@Harpersmama

1y↑8

I just came on to listen and seen my own comment but realizing it was me that made that comment! 6 fucking years still miss her every fucking day

@AlyssaSands

40w

Well, looks like the wrong sister died now doesn't it.

@stephyfra1243

20w

@@AlyssaSands Another rude comment? You need the most help out of everyone here. Whatever pain you're going through there is no need to knock people down, when they're already broken. I don't know how you can say that when someone is talking about a family member dying. God don't like ugly and neither do I. Get some help. All the hate you have will come right back to you, enjoy.

@Louis-qs9ss

9y↑45

I see macklemore as more of a poet. He's so passionate in his words

@john2975

9y↑10

And then there is the penis song also by him

@Louis-qs9ss

9y↑5

Haha yeh then that xD

@thomaspitman6836

3y↑9

I still listen to this to keep me on the straight and narrow

@markdavis5176

2y↑3

I used to listen to this song when I was on amps, it was a dark time in my life as a kid., this song has probably saved so many, you're words speak so much truth and is so relevant to this day.

@Mr46ser

8y↑349

Macklemore is an extremely talented artist, i hope drugs won't destroy his life.

@matt9464

8y↑4

M. Dieng what are you saying? He doesn't do drugs.

@josephwashington2961

8y↑78

this is about how he over came his addiction

@Mr46ser

8y↑38

Unfortunately, it's unclear whether or not he's overcome his drug problems completely...he relapsed again some time around 2014 and later said he was taking things day by day.

@delrayrhoan02

7y↑16

Mack does a good Ted talk that addresses this. It's a great video, very motivating.

@Erica-qo5ky

7y↑19

M. Dieng I think that now he's clean for his daughter Sloane... He loves her so much

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@sydneycurtis5818

8y↑475

About a year ago I was sent to an inpatient treatment for eating disorders, I was diagnosed with anorexia with bulimic tendencies. At the same time the only thing that was keeping me going and living was my cough syrup and oxycotton...I was only 15. I'm 16 now and free I've never been happier than I am now. I'm healthy and can proudly say that I do love myself. This song was my motivator in treatment I used to listen to it every night before I'd fall asleep. Thank you macklemore.

@ourfuzzyfamily7135

I'm so glad you recovered. I'm 12 years old and I can't walk without collapsing. My period stopped and I cry about EVERYTHING. I see no hope in the future and I want to die. My veins are purple and sticking out of my neck and face. It's disgusting. I've lost 47 pounds in two months and I feel ill all the time. Oh well

@sydneycurtis5818

8y↑5

@OurFuzzyFamily listen hun I promise you everything will be okay this doesn't last forever that's how I was for the longest time until my best friend ended up telling my mother because I refused to. But darling talk to your parents I know you don't want to but I also know that there is a tiny tiny part of you that knows you need to get help. Its okay not to be okay. Because now you have my support and if you ever need to talk I'll always be here because I want to help you. My Instagram is @sloreslotter if you would like to chat more about it.

@phathergabe

8y↑12

People say Macklemore is trash but he and Ryan Lewis write well about things that matter. God speed, and fast recovery.

@vanderclick4009

7y↑2

Sydney Curtis I've gotta say, thank you got letting us know about this. My girlfriend is struggling with the same problems right now, fortunately she's not anorexic yet and I've helped her get away from Bulimia (Thank God.), we've made so much progress and it's such a horrible disease, many a night has been spent crying or worrying about her and whether she's alright, comments like yours give us both strength. Thank you so much for not giving in and getting your life back together <3 Much love and appreciation.

@sydneycurtis5818

Edward TotallyARealLastNameson I'm glad I can help. And I understand how hard it is to see someone you love and care about be in so much pain. But you need to always remind yourself that pain is only temporary. If you ever need help or someone to talk to just message me on my twitter. @sydneycurtis2

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@nicholaschristianson9259

2y↑42

100 days clean today, some nights I’m so close to relapsing but every time I put your song on and remember to stay strong. Words can’t describe how much this song has helped me on my journey of becoming sober. Thanks for this timeless piece of art that has helped thousands make it to the other side.

@jimmyisawkward

1y↑4

How are you doing? I hope you’ve made it to a year ❤

@heyfamfam3004

46w↑1

Stay clean. Trust me. Life has so much to offer.

@CharlotteJones-jp1so

40w

Relapse. Relapse hard and strong and don't look back. Its the ride of your life

@CharlotteJones-jp1so

40w

@@RFlagg true ledge bruh, hit me up yea

@FunnyDinosaur-uj2dr

Heart❤

@douglasedmondson5941

4y↑2

This is one of my favorite songs, I love it.
If you comment about being clean, I’m so happy to hear that, congrats!!!

@TheAndye90

5y↑75

im 7 years sober, madness.

All those that are sober congrats, all those that are trying, god bless you have my prayers!!

@beigew

5y↑1

Congrats!!

@beigew

@Takedown II good luck to you !!

@TheAndye90

5y↑1

@Takedown II good luck you have the power to change, all it takes is dedication, your not a failure if you have asked for help and are trying to make a change, you can do this!!

@kanyescousin4359

Great job bro. Hope you still didn’t gave up

@fahadsiddiqui1318

Thank you brother.

@EddieGTV

10y↑41

im supremely picky with songs and i couldnt say i could repeat any of my most favorite songs in my opinion, except for this one, i could replay this 100 times and not get tired of it

@samueltaylor6557

10y↑9

me 2 dude

@dr.mdhahahaha2720

10y↑4

Same here

@ellis1034

4y↑48

“Swore I was gonna be someone”

@sarahwaters386

4y↑5

That hit me hard. Growing up with addict parents I swore I'd never ever touch a drug or smoke. I was gonna be different and better than that. Unfortunately started smoking at 14 and my dad let me he bought me a carton for my 15th birthday. Pisses me off that I let my childhood dreams go for nothing

@GreaseMonkey097

4y↑1

@@sarahwaters386 I'm here to say do something about it. Run the Table. I'm from the exact home. Dad died of a coke overdose when I was 13. Mom is still somewhere an addict. Tunnel Vision. You got this. ❤

@sarahwaters386

@@GreaseMonkey097 already have in a way. Watching my parents chose crack over toilet paper having no electricity all the time. My mom committed suicide when I was 3 my dad remarried and went in a downward spiral. I moved out when I was 16 went to college got my associates and bachelors in psychology the first one and only one in my family to even graduate high school and go to college. Have my own house now and I'm 8yrs clean myself. My brother however died from a heroin overdose he never seemed to her out of the trap of that house.

@sarahwaters386

@@GreaseMonkey097 when you grow up how we did you sit in and look out a window at night with all of the noise surrounding you from the partying and you dream of faraway places and swear to yourself that you'll never be like that. That you'll never touch a drug or a cigarette bc you're better than that you're better than them and you'll show them. But in reality most of us grow up to do exactly what we swore we wouldnt :(

@seldane3218

4y↑1

Grew up in a great home both parents were MDs wanted to go to meet school went to best high school in the state and one of the best college got busted my freshmen year with heroin and got suspended had been using H since I was 16 IV since I was 17 it can happen to anyone

@neko3607

3y↑10

Battled addiction for nearly 6 years. Finally 8 months clean and going strong. This song hits home and keeps me strong

@lewis9355

7y↑251

Never been addicted to drugs, but this song is incredible

(Edit)

Still listen to this song 2 years later...

@jsefan152b2

7y↑3

Lewisdenim03 agreed

@scubagrace

7y↑3

Lewisdenim03 same

@laurencollier2024

7y↑8

So glad you've never had to experience the pain, I hope that you never have to. Strength though.

@blackhawkfreddy

5y↑515

May 19th made 2 years that I been clean

@Mr-fy6zb

5y↑2

itsyoboii Savage congrats bro

@jessevenge2252

5y↑3

Congrats, homie! Im proud of you! ❤

@TTTTFlopz

5y↑1

happy for you. a goal i hope to reach

@jonw1998

4y↑1

May 18th is my birthday

@tpotshax8703

4y↑1

Almost 3 now

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@travisandissac123

49w↑3

my buddy who passed away... this was one of his favorite songs... now i just sit here broken screaming in tears at his picture.... please come back man...

@user-bg5jb6vn6f

39w

Well your bud had the most jank taste in music ffs, and why you screaming at a picture? The fuck is wrong with you? You asking for the party coats to rock up you jut job. You belong with your mate

@YoItsMillerTime.

2y↑1

Almost 3 years clean. Came back to this song after about 3 years of not listening. Just reminds me of how far I’ve came and that I’ve got so much to lose if I go back. If you’re struggling just remember you can get passed it. You just really have to want it for yourself! Worry about yourself before anyone else. You’ll have plenty of time to give back to others later!

@monstertim4

10y↑161

Teens react

@TheawesomeGuy0710

10y↑12

yep

@ashleyharris2082

9y↑83

6 months clean today and this song is still such a motivator for me, so real

@nickjenks100

9y↑2

Proud of you man!

@boazboazboaz321

9y↑1

Ashley Harris Go on! you can do it.

@eemunchua6643

9y↑1

Ashley Harris Congrats ! Keep it up :)

@fifilovesemin1884

9y↑1

Congrats👏🏼

@mezziisgone13

2y↑1

that last verse really be one of hip hops most emotional

@curveusa512

Classic man always come back to this even years to come from now thanks Macklemore for being in my memories with your music one love ❤️

@benfekihzina662

7y↑316

@diegoquezada5763

6y↑2

Thx

@jimmyjanga3342

6y↑1

Ben Fekih Zina yeah thaanks..

@D.AbyssMusic

you are a good man

@yosobro2140

9y↑81

7 days clean. I've got a long way to go but hey, I'm proud of myself

@dismalthoughts

9y↑3

+yosobro2140 As well you should be! That first week or so can be the hardest. I should know, I went through the first week of sobriety probably a hundred times :p I'm at 7 months, now, and life continues to vastly improve. You can do it! Good luck, mate

@HeroinChrist

Keep going.

@mikmel9525

Congrats. Any sobriety is something to be proud of, stick with it.

@mikenike40

+yosobro2140 my advice to you.... is one day at a time.... dont worry about yesturday dont worry about tomorrow it makes it alot easier to live in the moment and realise if you take it one day at a time you always feel better the next day it gets better and better each day trust me... i was sober off opiates for a whole year after a 3 year battle... turned 21 that was the hardest part of my recovery... then my nextdoor neighbor whom i grewup with got a bad batch of heroin and died.... and that was it i went and baught md 20/20 just remember 1 day at a time

@Chris-xn9xe

+mikenike40 deep shit

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@cassidylangel8562

1y↑4

MOREEE MUSIC LIKE THIS .NO ARTISTS EVER REALLY SING ABOUT HOW ADDICTION REALLY GOES ..THANK YOU!!!

@Mystikwizrd666

30w

$uicideboy$

@thickgyal1

29w

@carsonjane6567

7y↑43

was about to relapse then this song came on thanks macklemore for saving me from my demons

@lilh4lo

Cool Cool Yo😹😹😹

@RunFromHumanContacts

6y↑1

Hope ur still going strong!

@tylerc4745

8y↑180

I am crying.. physically and mentally. I'm so tired of having to take 200+ mgs of oxycodone everyday just to feel normal, depending on this stuff to be happy... Why can't the world just love unconditionally, there wouldn't be any problems, no suffering and no depression. I would burn for 10,000 years if it meant that everyone and everything else in this place could live in that world I envision.

@matt9464

8y↑7

Tyler C you can get off it. Keep trying.

@amylauren1615

8y↑6

Walk into a clinic. STEP 1..you CAN do this!!

@elisjames6205

8y↑2

no diagnosis because my counselors don't see anything wrong but its there. I hide it, i know how you feel man, you just want to be normal and taking that medicine brings it closer but even the act of taking the medication is an obstruction to the stability. "I would burn for 10,000 years" we burn anyway, even though nothing becomes of it. We jut got to know that. I don't even know, if i did i wouldn't be in this shit. At least we have the community of hell, where we can burn together.

@teebagyourmom402

8y↑1

keep trying man, you got it

@elisjames6205

8y↑1

tee bagyourmom Wow, shit man. I expected this comment to be buried amongst all the other. I never thought I would be noticed, that really means a lot. I am all ways amazed by human decency, I guess that's why it hurts so much to be without it, and why it is so infuriating when people don't exercise it.

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@blairwxtchbitchx

4y↑1

My mom lost her sister and one of her closest friends to suicide & addiction. Her sister in the 90's. Her best friend when I was 10. February 9th, 2020 my mom took her own life after a 40+ year battle with alcoholism. We weren't talking before she died because of how bad her drinking had become, and that brings me so much pain I can't even put into words. For 10 years I just watched her drink herself to death and I just couldn't handle it anymore. I feel like I just keep reaching for something that just isn't inside me anymore, so I keep chasing any high that will just make me feel numb for a while. I'm fighting everyday to get through this, but there's this unbelievable emptiness without my mom here. This shit kills, man.. and i'm tired of it fucking taking the people I love most.

@nickgarrett191

3y↑2

i don’t know your story or struggles, but something tells me you’re here for a reason. Keep pushing and keep fighting, don’t sell your potential and your dreams for a temporary comfort. I believe in all of you who are struggling. You got this❤️

@ekaav

6y↑339

Clean for 1 year&6 months and living life like ive never lived it before.

@yaribins5754

5y↑1

still clean?

@VeiledVoices98

5y↑2

1 year n around 2 months! looking forward! 😍😍 we got esch other's back bro!! bless you!

@sandrawest5149

Are you still clean?

@novemberflower7027

4y↑1

Hanzel & Mia
YES- waking in morning with JOY for first time in years now. Have things to do in this life...amazed I made it out. The fear is what I’d feared the most...finally faced it and made it through to the other side (just happened to be before Covid) was higher power I believe that signaled to me through dreams and I made a commitment I knew was for sure...knew I was done with the HELL of hydromorphone. ❤️Love to all in the struggle.

@hayley8715

@@novemberflower7027 Congrats, that's great news😘!!

@sebastianstewart9925

6y↑51

R.I.P to those that died because of this

@stoepomenokefalaio1321

You what what this song does for me? Keeps me going to work, keeps me getting up and I don’t even listen to it everyday it’s embedded I’m my heart. I can’t be this person that he’s talking about. We as individuals need to strive for the better of our selves before we can stick a hand out for anyone else. And to break that down a bit I personally have a time problem around loved ones... time doesn’t exist when we are around. And unfortunately this world runs on money. You are gonna strongly dislike it maybe even hate it but work will be worth the time sacrificed in the end. And one last thing. Life never happens how you expect or want it to 99% of the time. I love you all have a great day.

@Wiiilliam

2y↑4

I listened to this song way before I was an addict and it’s crazy because I loved this song but didn’t realize the true meaning. Now I’m 24 and 42 days sober, god bless

@haoirdg6854

dude too similar... u got this bro i can tell you have people close to you that care opiate addiction n wds are no joke

@majorvader1316

8y↑1.7K

3 years clean :)

@Dwalimz

8y↑4

+Major Vader How'd you do it?

@just1Kenny

8y↑9

Keep coming back!!! 4 for me in a month.

@evanwilson437

8y↑18

14 days

@AB-fz5qu

8y↑21

6 days

@UrbanLetsPlay

8y↑6

Good job man

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@chirsramirez

6y↑399

Man 2018 anyone this is still a hit for me

@lukeastunt7088

5y↑5

2019

@EtatPurMedivh

5y↑1

@@lukeastunt7088 Come from the futur, still a hit in 2020 !

@martymcnally1560

300th like

@AK-vi6bv

2019 and still listening! Love this song

@mitcheljordan2512

5y↑1

2019 and still a hit brother. stay well friends

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@Genji1155

3y↑7

Every year I come revisit this song and cry, I've struggled with addiction my whole entire life. Sometimes I feel it'll never end, no matter what I'm do I'm still that addictive monster will take anything I can. Thank you Macklemore for making a song that speaks to addiction, it has helped me greatly.

@AlyssaSands

38w

It will never end, you are fucked for life mate. May you wonder the earth forever high as a kite and free as a bird from reality. Peace

@JohnDoe-hj9xh

4y↑17

Haven't took pills for over 4 years thanks to prison. Unfortunately my baby brother didn't make it. He overdosed 2 months before I got out and I can't help but feel guilty and every time I listen to this song I cry...miss you bro wish I could have helped you get sober