Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Drop Provocative "White Privilege II" Track: Listen
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have previewed their sophomore LP with "White Privilege II," a sprawling new song featuring Jamila Woods. The track is a sequel to a 2005 solo cut from the Seattle rapper.
At nearly nine minutes, "White Privilege II" explores the idea of a white person joining the Black Lives Matter movement in an effective way, and deals with how the world has "lot of opinions, a lot of confusion, a lot of resentment." Macklemore spends the second verse screaming at himself as an artist who has co-opted black music for his own profit, shouting, "You're Miley, you're Elvis, you're Iggy Azalea"; later, he recounts a mother telling him how she likes his music because it's positive and doesn't focus on real issues.
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