Can't Hold Us
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis F. Ray Dalton Lyrics
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Good to see you, c'mon let's go
Yeah, let's go
Alright, alright, okay, ah, alright, okay
Alright, okay
Return of the Mack', get up, what it is, what it does, what it is, what it isn’t
Looking for a better way to get up out of bed
We get up, fresh out, pimp strut walking
Little bit of humble, little bit of cautious
Somewhere between like, Rocky and Cosby, sweater game
Nope, nope, y'all can't copy that
Bad, moonwalkin', this here, is our party
My posse's been on Broadway, and we did it our way, grown music
I shed my skin and put my bones into everything, I record to it
And yet I'm on, let that stage light go and shine on down
Got the Bob Barker suit game and Plinko in my style
Money
Stay on my craft and stick around for those pounds
But I do that to pass the torch and put on for my town
Trust me, on my I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T shit hustling
Chasing dreams since I was fourteen
With the fourtrack, bussin'
Halfway cross that city with the backpack, fat cat, crush shit
Labels out here, nah, they can't tell me nothin'
We give that to the people, spread it across the country
Labels out here, nah, they can't tell me nothin'
We give it to the people, spread it across the country
Can we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight till it's over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight till it's over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Now, can I kick it? Thank you
Yeah, I'm so damn grateful
I grew up really wanting gold fronts
But that's what you get when Wu-Tang raised you
Y'all can't stop me, go hard like I've got an 808 in my heart beat
And I'm meeting at the beat like you gave a little speed
To a great white shark on shark week, raw
Tell me go up, gone
Gone! Deuces, goodbye, I've got a world to see
And my girl, she wanna see Rome
Caesar make you a believer, nah
I never ever did it for a throne
That validation comes, so I'm giving it back to the people now
Sing that song and it goes like
Raise those hands, this is our party
We came here to live life like nobody was watching
I got my city right behind me
If I fall they got me
Learn from that failure, gain humility
And then we keep marching, I said
Can we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
So we put our hands up
So we put our hands up
(Let's go) Na, na, nana, na, na, nana, na
Aha, hey
And all my people say
Na, na, nana, na, na, nana, na (that's right, feels good)
And all my people say
Na, na, nana, na, na, nana, na
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
And all my people say
Na, na, nana, na, na, nana, na
Mack-le-eh-eh-eh-eh-more
Can we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
The song "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis is an upbeat and motivational tune that encourages listeners to live in the moment and celebrate life with passion and enthusiasm. The song begins with an enthusiastic greeting to a friend or listener and soon after, the rapper encourages the listener to stop relying on the internet for inspiration and instead create their own success story. The song is a call to action, urging people to work hard, chase their dreams, and never allow anyone or anything to hold them back.
The song is also an anthem of self-confidence and pride, with the rapper boasting about his own accomplishments and declaring that no one can stop him. The chorus is a catchy and celebratory call to action, instructing listeners to put their hands up and party like nothing can hold them back. The second verse of the song continues the theme of self-motivation and self-belief, telling listeners to never give up on their dreams and to always strive for success.
Overall, "Can't Hold Us" is an uplifting song that inspires listeners to live life to the fullest, chase their dreams, and celebrate their accomplishments. It is a powerful message that encourages people to push through obstacles and overcome challenges to achieve their goals.
Line by Line Meaning
Ey ey, ey
Informal greeting to someone they know
Good to see you, c'mon let's go
Happy to see you, let's get moving
Yeah, let's go
Ready to start the adventure
Alright, alright, okay, ah, alright, okay
Affirmation of readiness to continue
Alright, okay
Return of the Mack', get up, what it is, what it does, what it is, what it isn’t
A call-to-action for a fresh start and reflection on what has and has not worked
Looking for a better way to get up out of bed
Searching for motivation to start a new day
Instead of getting on the internet and checking a new hit
Avoiding wasting time on distractions
We get up, fresh out, pimp strut walking
Walking confidently and stylishly with a new mindset
Little bit of humble, little bit of cautious
Balancing confidence with humility and caution
Somewhere between like, Rocky and Cosby, sweater game
Combining the determination of Rocky with the style of Bill Cosby
Nope, nope, y'all can't copy that
Uniqueness cannot be imitated
Bad, moonwalkin', this here, is our party
Celebrating personal success and individuality
My posse's been on Broadway, and we did it our way, grown music
Friends have successfully created their own sound on a big stage
I shed my skin and put my bones into everything, I record to it
Pouring passion and soul into music creation
And yet I'm on, let that stage light go and shine on down
Feeling truly alive while performing under the spotlight
Got the Bob Barker suit game and Plinko in my style
Mixing classic style with a unique twist
Money
Celebrating financial success but not losing sight of what's important
Stay on my craft and stick around for those pounds
Continuing to work hard and make good music for monetary gain
But I do that to pass the torch and put on for my town
Using personal success to inspire and uplift the community
Trust me, on my I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T shit hustling
Working hard independently without relying on labels or others
Chasing dreams since I was fourteen
Always pursuing personal ambitions from a young age
With the fourtrack, bussin'
Early music production skills and hard work
Halfway cross that city with the backpack, fat cat, crush shit
Traversing the city with confidence and making things happen
Labels out here, nah, they can't tell me nothin'
Not allowing labels to control personal creativity or narrative
We give that to the people, spread it across the country
Sharing personal success and uniqueness with others
Can we go back, this is the moment
Reflecting on the current positive moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight till it's over
Passionately committing to making the moment last and overcoming all obstacles
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can't hold us
Celebrating the moment and feeling invincible
Now, can I kick it? Thank you
Asking for permission to continue with the unique style and success
Yeah, I'm so damn grateful
Grateful for personal success and hard work paying off
I grew up really wanting gold fronts
Personal aspirations to achieve wealth and success
But that's what you get when Wu-Tang raised you
Influence and inspiration from previous successful artists
Y'all can't stop me, go hard like I've got an 808 in my heart beat
No one can hinder personal drive and passion
And I'm meeting at the beat like you gave a little speed
Working hard and efficiently with a newfound energy
To a great white shark on shark week, raw
Feeling strong and assertive like a predator ready to win on Shark Week
Tell me go up, gone
Encouragement to rise above challenges and move forward
Gone! Deuces, goodbye, I've got a world to see
Moving on from old challenges and adventure waiting
And my girl, she wanna see Rome
Sharing personal success and adventures with loved ones
Caesar make you a believer, nah
Personal success inspired by great historical leaders and figures
I never ever did it for a throne
Not seeking personal glory or pretentious status symbols
That validation comes, so I'm giving it back to the people now
Acknowledging validation from success but giving credit to the community
Raise those hands, this is our party
Encouragement to celebrate personal success and uniqueness with others
We came here to live life like nobody was watching
Living life true to oneself without worrying about external judgement
I got my city right behind me
Community support and pride
If I fall they got me
Trust in the community to offer help and support when needed
Learn from that failure, gain humility
Taking personal failures and setbacks as opportunities for growth and self-awareness
And then we keep marching, I said
Commitment to keeping moving forward and achieving personal success
Na, na, nana, na, na, nana, na
Soulful celebration of success and personal growth
Aha, hey
And all my people say
Acknowledging the community and those who supported personal success
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Soulful celebration continuing
Mack-le-eh-eh-eh-eh-more
Personal shoutout and acknowledgment to Macklemore
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: Ben Haggerty, Ryan Scott Lewis, Raymond A Dalton
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@patsys5357
Hey, hey, hey
Good to see you
Come on, dude, let's go
Yeah! Let's go!
Ha-ha-ha-ha alright
Alright, okay
Uh, alright, okay
Alright, okay
Return of the Mack
Get 'em, what it is, what it does, what it is, what it isn't
Looking for a better way to get up out of bed
Instead of getting on the Internet
And checking on who hit me, get up
Thrift shop, pimp-strut walkin'
Little bit of humble, little bit of cautious
Somewhere between like Rocky and Cosby
Sweater game, nope-nope, y'all can't copy
Yeah, bad, moonwalking, this here is our party
My posse's been on Broadway, and we did it our way
Grown music, I shed my skin and put my bones
Into everything I record to it and yet I'm on
Let that stage light go and shine on down
Got that Bob Barker suit game and plinko in my style
Money, stay on my craft and stick around for those pounds
But I do that to pass the torch and put on for my town
Trust me, on my I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T shit, hustlin'
Chasing dreams since I was 14
With the four-track, bussin'
Halfway cross that city with the backpack
Fat cat, crushing labels out here, nah, they can't tell me nothin'
We give that to the people, spread it across the country
Labels out here, nah, they can't tell me nothin'
We give it to the people, spread it across the country
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Now, can I kick it? Thank you
Yeah, I'm so damn grateful
I grew up really wanting gold fronts
But that's what you get when Wu-Tang raised you
Y'all can't stop me
Go hard like I got a 808 in my heartbeat
And I'm eating at the beat like you gave a little speed
To a great white shark on Shark Week, raw!
Time to go off, I'm gone
Deuces, goodbye, I got a world to see
And my girl, she wanna see Rome
Caesar'll make you a believer
Nah, I never ever did it for a throne
That validation comes from giving it back to the people
Now sing a song, and it goes like
Raise those hands, this is our party
We came here to live life like nobody was watching
I got my city right behind me, if I fall, they got me
Learn from that failure, gain humility
And then we keep marching, I said...
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
And so we put our hands up
And so we put our hands up
Oh, oh, oh, oh (let's go)
Na na na na, na na na na
Hey-ee ay-ee ay-ee ay ay-ee ay-ee, hey
And all my people say
Na na na na, na na na na
Hey-ee ay-ee ay-ee ay ay-ee ay-ee, hey
And all my people say
Na na na na, na na na na
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
And all my people say
Na na na na, na na na na
Mack-le-eh-eh-eh-eh-more!
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
@kajci4307
Lyrics :
Hey, hey, hey
Good to see you
Come on, dude, let's go
Yeah! Let's go!
Ha-ha-ha-ha alright
Alright, okay
Uh, alright, okay
Alright, okay
Return of the Mack
Get 'em, what it is, what it does, what it is, what it isn't
Looking for a better way to get up out of bed
Instead of getting on the Internet
And checking on who hit me, get up
Thrift shop, pimp-strut walkin'
Little bit of humble, little bit of cautious
Somewhere between like Rocky and Cosby
Sweater game, nope-nope, y'all can't copy
Yeah, bad, moonwalking, this here is our party
My posse's been on Broadway, and we did it our way
Grown music, I shed my skin and put my bones
Into everything I record to it and yet I'm on
Let that stage light go and shine on down
Got that Bob Barker suit game and plinko in my style
Money, stay on my craft and stick around for those pounds
But I do that to pass the torch and put on for my town
Trust me, on my I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T shit, hustlin'
Chasing dreams since I was 14
With the four-track, bussin'
Halfway cross that city with the backpack
Fat cat, crushing labels out here, nah, they can't tell me nothin'
We give that to the people, spread it across the country
Labels out here, nah, they can't tell me nothin'
We give it to the people, spread it across the country
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Now, can I kick it? Thank you
Yeah, I'm so damn grateful
I grew up really wanting gold fronts
But that's what you get when Wu-Tang raised you
Y'all can't stop me
Go hard like I got a 808 in my heartbeat
And I'm eating at the beat like you gave a little speed
To a great white shark on Shark Week, raw!
Time to go off, I'm gone
Deuces, goodbye, I got a world to see
And my girl, she wanna see Rome
Caesar'll make you a believer
Nah, I never ever did it for a throne
That validation comes from giving it back to the people
Now sing a song, and it goes like
Raise those hands, this is our party
We came here to live life like nobody was watching
I got my city right behind me, if I fall, they got me
Learn from that failure, gain humility
And then we keep marching, I said...
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
And so we put our hands up
And so we put our hands up
Oh, oh, oh, oh (let's go)
Na na na na, na na na na
Hey-ee ay-ee ay-ee ay ay-ee ay-ee, hey
And all my people say
Na na na na, na na na na
Hey-ee ay-ee ay-ee ay ay-ee ay-ee, hey
And all my people say
Na na na na, na na na na
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
And all my people say
Na na na na, na na na na
Mack-le-eh-eh-eh-eh-more!
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
@ifeelallfidgetyandwarm6098
lyrics
Hey, hey, hey
Good to see you
Come on, dude, let's go
Yeah! Let's go!
Ha-ha-ha-ha alright
Alright, okay
Uh, alright, okay
Alright, okay
Return of the Mack
Get 'em, what it is, what it does, what it is, what it isn't
Looking for a better way to get up out of bed
Instead of getting on the Internet
And checking on who hit me, get up
Thrift shop, pimp-strut walkin'
Little bit of humble, little bit of cautious
Somewhere between like Rocky and Cosby
Sweater game, nope-nope, y'all can't copy
Yeah, bad, moonwalking, this here is our party
My posse's been on Broadway, and we did it our way
Grown music, I shed my skin and put my bones
Into everything I record to it and yet I'm on
Let that stage light go and shine on down
Got that Bob Barker suit game and plinko in my style
Money, stay on my craft and stick around for those pounds
But I do that to pass the torch and put on for my town
Trust me, on my I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T shit, hustlin'
Chasing dreams since I was 14
With the four-track, bussin'
Halfway cross that city with the backpack
Fat cat, crushing labels out here, nah, they can't tell me nothin'
We give that to the people, spread it across the country
Labels out here, nah, they can't tell me nothin'
We give it to the people, spread it across the country
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Now, can I kick it? Thank you
Yeah, I'm so damn grateful
I grew up really wanting gold fronts
But that's what you get when Wu-Tang raised you
Y'all can't stop me
Go hard like I got a 808 in my heartbeat
And I'm eating at the beat like you gave a little speed
To a great white shark on Shark Week, raw!
Time to go off, I'm gone
Deuces, goodbye, I got a world to see
And my girl, she wanna see Rome
Caesar'll make you a believer
Nah, I never ever did it for a throne
That validation comes from giving it back to the people
Now sing a song, and it goes like
Raise those hands, this is our party
We came here to live life like nobody was watching
I got my city right behind me, if I fall, they got me
Learn from that failure, gain humility
And then we keep marching, I said...
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
And so we put our hands up
And so we put our hands up
Oh, oh, oh, oh (let's go)
Na na na na, na na na na
Hey-ee ay-ee ay-ee ay ay-ee ay-ee, hey
And all my people say
Na na na na, na na na na
Hey-ee ay-ee ay-ee ay ay-ee ay-ee, hey
And all my people say
Na na na na, na na na na
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
And all my people say
Na na na na, na na na na
Mack-le-eh-eh-eh-eh-more!
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Can we go back? This is the moment
Tonight is the night, we'll fight 'til it's over
So we put our hands up
Like the ceiling can't hold us
Like the ceiling can't hold us
@rexlmao1947
0% naked girls
0% annoying special effects
100% talent
@alangonzalez2184
Good one
@laurakazzy
Snap Shot Could you have possibly done a more unoriginal comment?
@burtonl7239
Well there was a half naked man and there were a shitload of props including a gaudy ship and a bunch of live animals, which makes it as cringey and fake as special effects. As for talent, well, if it was truly just 100% talent, it would just be a video of naked Macklemore singing as he wouldn't need so many hired actors and props to distract from the fact that he is terrible.
@Alex.500
@@burtonl7239 no
@Pseudynom
0% naked girls,
but what about that topless dude?
@streetsmart.69
Who’s here in 2024?!✨
@jhaber.2024..
2012s-2015s was the best time period.
@MtnDewforever
Me. Hearing this song today..
hits different.
@nostalgiahitsdifferent.
Nostalgia