Macklemore - Wings

^Em I was seven years old when I got my first pair^C and I stepped outside and I was like, M^Gomma this air bubble right here, it's g^B7onna make me fly I hit that c^Emourt and when I jumped, I j^Cumped, I swear I got so high I touched the n^Get, Momma I touched the net, this is the b^B7est day off my life Air Max?^Em??s were next, that air bubble, that mesh, the^C box, the smell, the stuffin, the tread, In sch^Amool I was so cool I knew that I couldn’t crease ‘em My fr^Giends couldn’t afford ‘em, four^B7 stripes on their Adidas On the c^Emourt I wasn’t the best, but my kicks were like the pros Yo^C, I stick out my tongue so everyone could see that logo,^Am Nike Air Flight but bad was so dope And then my fr^Giend Carlos’brother got^B7 murdered for his Force, whoa

See he just wanted a j^Emump shot but they wanted his Starter coat though D^Cidn’t wanna get caught, from Genesee Park to Othello You could cl^Gown for those Probings with the velcro, those were not thight ^B7I was trying to fly without leaving the ground Cuz, I w^Emanted to be like Mike, right Wanted to be him^C, I wanted to be that guy I wanted to touch the rim,^G I wanted to be cool, and I wanted to fit ^B7in I wanted what he had, America, it beg^Emins

^Em I want to fly, can you t^Cake me far awa^Amy? Give me a star to reach for, t^Gell me what it t^B7akes And I´ll go ^Emso high, I´ll go so high My f^Ceet won´t touch the ground Stitch my w^Amings and pull the strings I bought thes^Ge dreams, that ^B7all fall d^Emown

^Em We want what we can´t have, commodity makes us want it ^C So expensive, damn, I just got to flaunt it G^Got to show ´em, so exclusive, this that new shit ^B7 A hundred dollars for a pair of shoes, I would never hoop ^Emin Look at me, look at me, I´m a cool kid^C, I´m an individual, yeah, But I´m part of a move^Amment, my movement told me to be a consumer and I consumed it They t^Gold me to just do it, I l^B7istened to what that swoosh said ^Em Look at what that swoosh did, see it consumed my th^Coughts Are you stupid, don´t crease ´em, just leave ´em in that box ^G Strangled by these laces, laces I can barely talk^B7, that´s my air bubble And I´m lost if it pop^Ems, we are what we wear, we wear what we are But see I l^Cook inside the mirror and think Phil Knight tricked us all W^Gill I stand for change , or stay in my box These N^B7ikes help me define me but I´m trying to take min^Eme off

^Em` ^{C Am G B7 Em} I want to fly, can you t^Cake me far awa^Amy? Give me a star to reach for, t^Gell me what it t^B7akes And I´ll go ^Emso high, I´ll go so high My f^Ceet won´t touch the ground Stitch my w^Amings and pull the strings I bought thes^Ge dreams, that ^B7all fall d^Emown

^Em They started out with I wear to school That first d^Cay, like these are what make you cool And this p^Gair, this would be my parachute So much m^B7ore than just a pair of shoes Nah, this is what I ^Emam, what I wore This is the source of my youth This dr^Ceam that they sold to you For a hundred d^Amollars and some change Consumption is in the veins And now I s^Gee its just an^B7other pair of sh^Emoes