Downtown - Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

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[Verse 1: Macklemore]


I went to the 

moped store sa

id fuck it
             
Salesman like 

      
"What up, what

's your budget

?"
        
And I'm like "

Honestly, I do

n't know nothi

ng about moped

s"
             
He said "I got

     
 the one for y

ou, follow me"

Oh, it's too r

eal

             
Chromed out mi

      
rror, I don't 

need a windshi

eld

But on a seat,

 how can it be

 on two wheels
             
Eight hundred 

      
cash, that's a

 hell of a dea

l


[Interlude 1: Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee & Melle Mel]

           
I'm headed Dow

ntown, cruisin

g through the 

alley
             
Tip-toeing in 

     
the street lik

e Dally

Pulled up, mop

ed to the vall

ey
             
Whitewalls on 

    
the wheels lik

e (mayonnaise)
            
Dope, my crew 

             
is ill, and al

             
l we need is t

wo good wheels
    
Got gas in the

 tank, cash in

 the bank
             
And a bad litt

              
le mama with h

   
er ass in my f

ace

I'mma lick tha

t, stick that,

 break her off

, (Kit-Kat)
             
Snuck her in b

          
ackstage, you 

don't need a w

ristband

Dope


[Verse 2: Macklemore]


Killing the ga

me 'bout to ca

tch a body
             
Passed the Har

     
ley, Dukie own

 a Ducati
            
Timbaland, Kha

              
led, Scott Sto

     
rch, Birdman
              
God damn man, 


everybody got 

Bugattis

But I'mma keep

 it hella 1987
              
Head into the 

              
dealership and

             
 drop a stack 

              
and cop a Kawa


saki

I'm stunting o

n everybody, h

ella raw, pass

 the wasabi
             
I'm so low tha

     
t my scrotum's

 almost draggi

ng on the conc

rete

My seat is lea

ther, alright,

 I'm lying, it

's pleather
             
But girl, we c

           
ould still rid

e together

You don't need

 an Uber, you 

don't need a c

ab
             
Fuck a bus pas

             
s, you got a m

oped man
        
She got 1988 M

ariah Carey ha

ir
             
Very rare, mom

       
 jeans on her 

derriere
         
Throwing up th

e West Side as

 we tear in th

e air
             
Stopping by pi

              
pe place, thro

     
wing fish to a

 player


[Hook: Eric Nally]


Downtown, down

town (Downtown

)
             
Downtown, down

      
town (Downtown

)
           
She has her ar

             
ms around your

    
 waist
           
   With a bala

              
nce that could

 
 keep us safe
          
  Have you eve

              
r felt the war

        
m embrace
           
   Of the leat

             
her seat betwe

                    
en your legs
          
Downtown   You

              
 don't want no

       
 beef, boy
            
Know I run the

        
 streets, boy
              
Better follow 

   
me towards
           
Downtown, what

             
 you see is wh

           
at you get gir

l
          
Don't ever for

    
get girl

Ain't seen not

hing yet until

 you're

Downtown


[Interlude 2: Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee & Melle Mel]

Dope

Cut the bull

Get off my mullet
      
Stone washed, 

so raw
             
Moped like a b

ullet

 It can't catc

h me
             
A po-po can't 

     
reprimand me
         
I'm in a B-Boy

 stance, I'm n

ot dancing
             
I got your gir

              
l in the back 

      
doing tandem
            
Because I'm to

o damn quick, 

I'm too damn s

lick
             
Whole downtown

              
 yelling out "


who that is?"


[Verse 3: Macklemore]

     
It's me, the M

, the A-C, the

 K
             
Stunting like 

              
a French pimp 

     
from back in t

he day
              
I take her to 

 
(Pend Oreille)

 and I watch h

er skate
             
I mean, water 

              
ski, ollie oll

   
ie oxen free
    
I'm perusing d

own fourth and

 they watching

 me
             
I do a handsta

              
nd, an eagle l

     
ands on my sea

t
     
Well hello, bu

t baby, the ki

ckstand ain't 

free
             
Now do you or 

              
do you not wan

   
na ride with m

e
      
I got one girl

, I got two wh

eels
             
She a big girl

             
 but ain't a b

ig deal
         
I like a big g

irl, I like 'e

m sassy
              
Going down the

             
 backstreet li

           
stening to Bla

ckstreet

 Running aroun

d the whole to

wn
             
Neighbors yell

              
ing at me like

   
, "you need to

 slow down"
      
Going thirty-e

ight, Dan, chi

ll the fuck ou

t
             
Mow your damn 

              
lawn and sit t

   
he hell down
            
If I only had 

              
one helmet I w

              
ould give it t

             
o you, give it

    
 to you
            
Cruising down 

              
Broadway, girl

              
, what a wonde

             
rful view, won

       
derful view
            
There's layers

              
 to this ish p

             
layer, Tiramis

         
u, Tiramisu
            
Let my coat-ta

              
il drag but I 

              
ain't tearing 

             
my suit, teari

      
ng my suit


[Hook: Eric Nally]

          
Downtown,   do

              
wntown (Downto

   
wn)
         
Downtown,   do

    
wn - town
           
She has her ar

             
ms around your

    
 waist
           
   With a bala

              
nce that could

 
 keep us safe
          
  Have you eve

              
r felt the war

        
m embrace
           
   Of the leat

             
her seat betwe

                    
en your legs
          
Downtown   You

              
 don't want no

       
 beef, boy
            
Know I run the

        
 streets, boy
              
Better follow 

   
me towards
           
Downtown, what

             
 you see is wh

           
at you get gir

l
          
Don't ever for

    
get girl

Ain't seen not

hing yet until

 you're

Downtown