Demi Lovato is an artist who is known to regularly memorialize deceased loved ones in song. So it is with “Dead Friends”, with Demi doing so in her own special way, i.e. wondering how she survived a journey “through...
Mac Miller’s “Colors and Shapes” commences with a spoken word sample of the words of one Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary was a 20th century psychologist/writer. And if you were to google his name, one of the...
Donald Trump was actually quite famous for decades before he became President of the United States. And he was known as an astute businessman alright but also largely as a millionaire playboy. Indeed Chris Rock once...
Mac Miller on “Ayye” begins by stating he is drunk and it’s a bad idea to speak. Considering the subsequent lyrics, it is clear that being under the influence caused the rapper to spill...
Mac Miller’s “Floating” is a fantastical track in that the lyrics are obviously not intended to be taken literally. The song is ethereal in nature, and it finds Mac singing of a state that lies...
According to Thundercat, “Fair Chance” is intended to be an ode to the late Mac Miller. And such a sentiment is sort of relayed in the chorus. Here it is pretty obvious that the addressee is...
In “Hand Me Downs”, Mac Miller is addressing a romantic interest. This is made most evident in the first verse and chorus, with the latter being recited by Baro Sura. And based on the chorus especially...
“Hands” is the one song on Mac Miller’s “Circles” album which reads the most like a traditional rap. And the lyrics are based on two different storylines, so to speak. In the chorus, Mac, as...
“That’s on Me” is featured on a project that actually came out about a year and-a-half after Mac Miller (1992-2018) died. So arguably the lyrics may not have been complete in his eyes. That is...
If you’re familiar with the works of Mac Miller, then you have probably have already correctly deduced that what he is applying the titular characteristic to is life itself. As such, this song is centered...
