I was overwhelmed by this song “Ten
Thousand Times” by Macklemore . This is a work of art through lyrics and music.
Macklemore displays his exceptional talent of expressing his emotions through
the rhymes. The overall knowledge he exhibits about the world that we live in
and how he sees it being run is quite special. The bases of his lyrics are
about how he has ended up in his music career and the struggles that he had
through the process. He sums up his journey with his last line of the song, “Welcome
to the Heist”. The word “Heist” here has two connotations I believe, the actual
meaning of the word and also highest, spelled differently. He is telling us
that he has made it to where he dreamed to be. This theme is widely centralized
in the course of the song. He is telling us that hard work is key to success
and that’s the most important element that got him to where he is. The title of
the song “Ten Thousand Hours” comes from a theme in Malcolm Gladwell’s book, “Outliers”.
Malcolm Gladwell explains how every leader in a field puts in 10,000 hours of
practice into their work, through his theme “Ten Thousand Hours”. Macklemore is
utilizing this theme here from Gladwell. He is telling us that he is where he
is now because he put in the hours of hard work, 10,000 hours of work, into practicing
what he loves, which is music. The details of how he went about can be found in
his lyrics. Some highlights of the lyrics are:
“Felt like I got signed the day that I got
an agent”
“Got an iTunes check, shit man, I’m payin’
rent. About damn time that I got up out of my basement”
“Ten thousand hours I’m so damn close I can
taste it”
“Nothing you can hold but everything that
it is Ten thousand”
Pretty impressive sets of rhymes are
displayed here.
Go check it out for yourself. You will be amazed.
Cheers.
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