Scared of the process of staring at myself through a page and seeing someone that I wasn”t proud of. But I think back to that night: praying on the floor at 2am as Tricia went to the bathroom to take the pregnancy test I”d just purchased from Walgreens. It would make for a far more polished and respectable story. I wish that I could say that I was in a “better place” when I found out the news.
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The tune could catch fire with a lot of new dads who are trying to find their way, just as Macklemore's lyricism is weaving its way to a more humble (if verily simpler) perspective.īelow is the note Macklemore (real name: Ben Haggerty) posted to accompany the song, which is available for free download: As Macklemore says in the post below, “I knew I had to change,” and he's just working through some feelings, delivering them bluntly over a very catchy melody. In short, addressing personal weakness and eliminating overstatement in rap is hard. The subtext here is that Macklemore is trying to “grow up” as he's preparing to help raise his daughter on an unfair planet (“They say girls shouldn't be tough/And moms should raise their kids at home/But baby, I know that that isn't true”), just as he was still grappling with the constrictions and heartache of fame as a rising and yet unsteady star in “Arrows.” “Growing Up” is less like Jay-Z's “Glory,” and more on par with Common's “Retrospect for Life” (featuring Lauryn Hill, amen) or Royce da 5'9″'s “Life”: It's about the reticence of fatherhood, and feeling ill-prepared to raise a child not only because of your own hindrances, but also because of intrinsic racial and gender bias in society. Ed Sheeran's tone-perfect soul croon lifts the weight, along with the moaning and happy horns section.
It's earnest as hell, eventually giving way to a listicle of life lessons like a high school graduation speech. “Growing Up (Sloane's Song)” is an ode to Macklemore's two-month-old baby daughter Sloane - but much like the duo's big hit “Same Love,” the song is just as much about Macklemore as it is about the “message” he's trying to portray.Īnd this is generally OK. Macklemore was a guest star on Fences' “Arrows” single last year, but today marks the first time since the rapper and collaborator Ryan Lewis have released new music since they raked in all those Grammys in 2014.
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