Downtown by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Eric Nally, Grandmaster Caz, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Kool Moe Dee)
Downtown by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Eric Nally, Grandmaster Caz, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Kool Moe Dee)

Downtown

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis & Kool Moe Dee & Eric Nally & Grandmaster Caz & Grandmaster Melle Mel * Track #2 On This Unruly Mess I’ve Made

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Downtown by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (Ft. Eric Nally, Grandmaster Caz, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Kool Moe Dee)

Release Date
Thu Aug 27 2015
Performed by
Macklemore & Ryan LewisKool Moe Dee & Eric Nally & Grandmaster Caz & Grandmaster Melle Mel
Produced by
Ryan Lewis & Jake One & Budo & Tommy Swish
Writed by
Josh Rawlings & Ryan Lewis & Darian Asplund & Tim Haggerty & Evan Flory-Barnes & Jake One & Budo & Eric Nally & Macklemore & Tommy Swish
About

“Downtown” is the second song released from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’s follow-up to 2012’s breakout album The Heist. The track features Eric Nally of Foxy Shazam on vocals, along with rap figures (as well as hip-hop pioneers) Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, and Grandmaster Caz. The track premiered throug...

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Downtown Lyrics

[Verse 1: Macklemore]
I went to the moped store, said "Fuck it"
And salesman's like "What up, what's your budget?"
And I'm like "Honestly, I don't know nothing about mopeds"
He said "I got the one for you, follow me"
Ooh, it's too real
Chromed out mirror, I don't need a windshield
Banana seat, a canopy on two wheels
Eight hundred cash, that's a hell of a deal
I'm headed...

[Verse 2: Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee & Melle Mel]
Downtown, cruising through the alley
Tip-toeing in the street like ballet
Pulled up, moped to the valet
White walls on the wheels like mayonnaise
Dope, my crew is ill, and all we need is two good wheels
Got gas in the tank, cash in the bank
And a bad little mama with her ass in my face
I'ma lick that, stick that, break her off, Kit-Kat
Snuck her in backstage, you don't need a wristband
Dope

[Verse 3: Macklemore]
Killing the game, 'bout to catch a body
Passed the Harley, Dukie on the Ducati
Timbaland, Khaled, Scott Storch, Birdman
Goddamn, man, everybody got Bugattis
But I'ma keep it hella 1987
Head into the dealership and drop a stack and cop a Kawasaki
I'm stunting on everybody, hella raw, pass the Wasabi
I'm so low that my scrotum's almost dragging up on the concrete
My seat is leather, alright, I'm lying, it's pleather
But girl, we could still ride together, oh
You don't need an Uber, you don't need a cab
Fuck a bus pass, you got a moped, man
She got 1988 Mariah Carey hair
Very rare, mom jeans on her derriere
Throwing up the West Side as we tear in the air
Stop by Pike Place, throwing fish to a player

[Pre-Chorus: Eric Nally]
Downtown, downtown (Downtown)
Downtown, downtown (Downtown)
She has her arms around your waist
With a balance that will keep her safe (Downtown)
Have you ever felt the warm embrace (Downtown)
Of a leather seat between your legs
Hey, hey-oh-ey-ey
Hey, hey-oh-ey-ey
Hey, hey-oh-ey-ey
Hey, hey-oh-ey-ey

[Chorus: Eric Nally]
Downtown
You don't want no beef, boy
Know I run the streets, boy
Better follow me towards
Downtown
What you see is what you get, girl
Don't ever forget, girl
Ain't seen nothing yet until you're
Downtown

[Verse 4: Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee & Melle Mel]
Dope
Cut the bullshit, get off my mullet
Stone washed, so raw, moped like a bullet, oh, yee-ow
You can't catch me, a po-po can't reprimand me
I'm in a B-Boy stance, I'm not dancing
I got your girl on the back going tandem
Cause I'm too damn quick, I'm too damn slick
Whole downtown yelling out "Who that is?"

[Verse 5: Macklemore]
It's me, the M, the A-C, the K
Sounding like a French pimp from back in the day
I take her to Pend Oreille and I water skate
I mean, water ski, ollie, ollie, oxen free
I'm perusing down Fourth and they watching me
I do a headstand, the eagle lands on my seat
Well hello, but baby, the kickstand ain't free
Now do you or do you not wanna ride with me?
I got one girl, I got two wheels
She a big girl, but ain't a big deal
I like a big girl, I like 'em sassy
Going down the backstreet listening to Blackstreet
Running around the whole town
Neighbors yelling at me like, "You need to slow down"
"Going thirty-eight, Dan, chill the fuck out
Mow your damn lawn and sit the hell down"
If I only had one helmet, I would give it to you, give it to you
Cruising down Broadway, girl, what a wonderful view, wonderful view
There's layers to this shit, player, tiramisu, tiramisu
Let my coat-tail drag but I ain't tearing my suit, tearing my suit

[Pre-Chorus: Eric Nally]
Downtown, downtown (Downtown)
Downtown, downtown
She has her arms around your waist
With a balance that will keep her safe
Have you ever felt the warm embrace
Of a leather seat between your legs

[Chorus: Eric Nally]
Downtown
You don't want no beef, boy
Know I run the streets, boy
Better follow me towards
Downtown
What you see is what you get, girl
Don't ever forget, girl
Ain't seen nothing yet until you're
Downtown

[Outro: All]
You don't want no beef, boy
Know I run the streets, boy
Better follow me towards
Downtown
What you see is what you get, girl
Don't ever forget, girl
Ain't seen nothing yet until you're
Downtown

Downtown Q&A

Who wrote Downtown's ?

Downtown was written by Josh Rawlings & Ryan Lewis & Darian Asplund & Tim Haggerty & Evan Flory-Barnes & Jake One & Budo & Eric Nally & Macklemore & Tommy Swish.

Who produced Downtown's ?

Downtown was produced by Ryan Lewis & Jake One & Budo & Tommy Swish.

When did Macklemore & Ryan Lewis release Downtown?

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis released Downtown on Thu Aug 27 2015.

What inspired Macklemore & Ryan Lewis to make a Moped anthem?

Ryan [Lewis] made a beat on the road called “Moping Around.” I got the beat, I thought it said Moped. Coincidentally we had both purchased Mopeds for being on the road so we could go around, leave the venues that we were performing at, and I wrote a song about Mopeds, which now a year and a half lat...

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What has Ryan Lewis said about the song?

I would say for the first portion of this year I was hitting the point as a producer where I was like “I don’t really think this is going to be able to work,” so a huge portion of that time was making all these songs within a song and getting those to feel what you want to feel.

And what took forev...

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What has Macklemore said about the song?

I was listening to Backspin on XM Radio and hearing these older rappers' cadences and vocal tones and I was like, “This is so dope, nobody’s doing this anymore.” Ryan was like, “Yo, you gotta flip something like that for the new album. People aren’t doing these old school type cadences.” And so I me...

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