The Magic Songtext
von Macklemore

Hey, hey, will you turn that shit off?
Man, that shit is giving me headache, man
Come on, Budo, that beat is distorting, man, please
That′s getting tight, so you should keep that part right there
And then you should, um, you should smooth it out though, you know
And then you like chill

And I remembered the magic, forgot that you can't plan it
It′s always there in front of us, just trust and it happens
And the star dust from the universe of this planet
I just get stressed when I try to understand it

And I remembered the magic, forgot that you can't plan it
It's always there in front of us, just trust and it happens
And the star dust from the universe of this planet
It′s always there, we can′t try to understand it


Now, I don't know why this world is a trip
See, I just float by hoping that I can live
With a pen I′m so high, using this medicine
I got a little bit of it to give
Come on, hear me now
My momma says the trip inside of you gon' hear it, child
We all got it, if you want it gotta get it out
I know you know what I′m talking about
See, it's the music from the magic, got me on top of these clouds, come on

Keep it poppin′ with my favorite song
There's no feeling like the city walking with my walkman on
It gets to me, giving me goosebumps and I'm gone
And when I die, just make sure that I got my pen and headphones on
In good times and upsets
Rain, hail, beats, sand, heat, land, and a lot of damn sunsets
They say that you can never capture the moment
Photograph or record it, but I swear I can when I bump them

As I bear witness to existence, setting in the distance
For a sheer instance I become one with it
Dismeant up to ten when I listen like I was set on this mission
Places I′ve been when I′m with them
I'm feeling the most high when I got my pen and I′m scriptin'
No engines speakin′ as I enter religion
No crosses, pews, prayers, or repentance for sinning
Just the RCA jack, a sentence and a vision


Inside of the gut, time with the cut, right from the plug
That feeling that goes right into us
Instead of bump live, but with eyes wide shut
You got some fire and a lighter, I'ma fire it up
Depending on the month, sometimes I feel high with just pen and pad
If the gab, the light′s within us
I can apply my touch on the mic stand and bust
To the whole planet, and my headphones on

And to the magic, forgot that you can't plan it
It's always there in front of us, just trust and it happens
And the star dust from the universe of this planet
I just get stressed when I try to understand it

And then I remembered the magic, forgot that I can′t plan it
It′s always there in front of us, just trust and it happens
And the star dust from the universe of this planet
It's always there, we can′t try to understand it

Now, have you ever done hallucinogenics?
Children, don't get it twisted, I′m not recommending
But it's not fried brains and hippies and kids jumpin′ off buildings
It can be spiritual epiphanies and medicine
Now I first tried shrooms when I was 16
And the universe became more interesting
I began to contemplate my place in this landscape
And reflect on what it meant to be a human being

What I went through felt as though I dreamt it
Through my experience, became aware of my breath, then
Began to cultivate my art with the intention of the heart
Started to use my sentences as reflections
And what I saw was God was in all of us
And we'd all come to be interconnected
And all that was depended on all of us
And had effects like a domino when you let it

Go with the flow, that the universe holds
Understand that there's more than you expected
I don′t do shrooms anymore ′cause I don't need to explore
All that I was looking for was was the present

I remembered the magic, forgot that you can′t plan it
It's always there in front of us, just trust and it happens
And the star dust from the universe of this planet
I just get stressed when I try to understand it

And I remembered the magic, forgot that you can′t plan it
It's always there in front of us, just trust and it happens
And the star dust from the universe of this planet
I just get stressed when I try to understand it

The music is to me prove that the existence of God
It is so extraordinary, full of magic and
And then the tough time of my life
I can listen to music and it makes substitute