Macklemore - My Language lyrics

This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language

Check it out, yeah

The risk of blunderin' to rap in front of a
Couple a hundred kids knowin'
My licks is humblin'
Spit the struggle of an addict
To puff in them
Swisher split but the light that was lit
I quickly run from it
I turn away from that source inside
A slicker for happiness
Thinkin' I need a store to buy it
Recordin's priceless but look at
How important ice is
I thought rhyming was forever
Now it's imported diamonds
My point is eyein'
Music that's absorbed my life an'
You glorify guns, they bust sex and drugs of
Course they'll try it
And I can't even front like I didn't
Cause I still do and that's why I'm spittin'
I'm lookin' for this thing called moderation
That I heard some found
The only problem with drugs is
Sometime you gotta come down
I lived half my life numb and bud drowned
And rum, vodka
How many bucks have I spent on dubs now?
I'm 23, look at my lungs now
The amount of THC from the
Swish of sweet blunt count?
I can't even conceive, that's why I run wild
In these streets like I was 13, like fuck now
I make that revolution music
But not for the army
A reminder against the vices that harm me
Cause, I could never see how
Affected my lung is
You only get one shot at life
No ad-libs or punch ins

This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language

Now, my mom once told me
That we're not finished products, only
Authors of a book
And the object is to write it slowly
This is my last 16, I'll go for it
Four years in college and this is all
I have to show for it
I said, this is my last song
So here's my passion 18 tracks
Each one an attempt to take my mask off
Woo! The oral tradition's been passed on
While she ride the rhythm to the
Points that I'm a blast off
And as the music absorbs through
Me to be like Don P hearin'
Beats from my dorm room
XP, It's been a joy and blessin'
My boy 'til my death and my
Step-Cousin with voice from heaven
Yes, Budo! It was you who produced through
I am connected and now our
Friendship is the truth, dude
My last two are for NuNu of course
I dedicate it to you
But this album's already yours

This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
This is my language this is my language
(I wanna be an elk, I wanna be an elk)

I'm proud to say this is my language i'm out
That's it the Language of My World
(This is my Language)
It's been a long journey
And a struggle indeed
And I'm so glad that it's over
Thank you for listening
Until next time, peace and blessings
This is my language