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As one reflects on their own past, one will realize some of the foolish things they became obsessed with just to fit in. “So much more than just a pair of shoes / Nah, this is what I am / what I wore, this is the source of my youth / this dream that they sold to you.” People become so convinced that these shoes define who one is as a person that the show can start to drastically change ones life. By buying a pair of expensive shoes a person feels like they are buying a new life in a sense because shoes are used for walking and by buying new shoes, it is like were buying a new path for life. In the sixth stanza Macklemore starts to reflect back to when he was a kid and his obsession with his image.

That group dictates what is cool or not, and if he is to fit in, he has to follow along. “My movement told me be a consumer and I consumed it / they told me to just do it / I listened to what that swoosh said.” Macklemore is recognizing the fact that he is an individual, but his individuality is designed and shaped by the larger group of people he identifies with. The movement shows that many individuals are following this pattern of buying the most expensive things, instead of what they want. “I’m an individual, yeah, but I’m part of a movement.” The obsession with social status has created a movement. Exclusivity implies there is a sense of irony in exclusivity trying to get what others have to feel special, when specialness implies uniqueness and individuality. “Got to show ’em, so exclusive / this that new shit.” Not only do products have to be expensive, they have to be exclusive. Society makes one feel the need to have the most up to date product on the market to feel “cool” so that they can fit in and feel comfortable. “So expensive, damn, I just got to flaunt it.” By using the words “expensive” and “flaunt” Macklemore shows that he is proud of his expensive shoes and he wants to show them off to the other kids, so they think he is cool. Children today compete with each other by flaunting their material possessions at one another. In the fourth stanza Macklemore talks about the struggle to fit the exclusive and expensive mold of society’s expectations. At the beginning of the song Macklemore is convinced that because he has these new shoes he will finally be considered “cool,” but by the end of the song, he realizes that they are only just a pair of shoes and society makes them out to be much more than they really are. Throughout the song, Macklemore talks about a pair of Nike sneakers that he bought when he was a kid.

Watching this video fills me with that inspirational feeling we shared watching it happen: I'm still cleaning dust around my desk, but it only makes me smile.The song “Wings” by Macklemore is about trying to fit in with society’s definition of “cool” even though it means going against personal beliefs or personal opinions about how someone should dress or talk. But this Tiny Desk Concert didn't end there: The live, sweet, soulful sounds of singer Ray Dalton belting, "Like the ceiling can't hold us" had Macklemore standing on my desk and shaking the dust off the ceiling tiles.

The contrast in these songs, "Same Love" and "Thrift Shop," makes the levity all that much memorable as producer, Ryan Lewis is a master at the hook and clever with the melody. Ben Haggerty) sings about wearing a velour jumpsuit and some house slippers, "grandpa style." The song is about equality, specifically gay rights, with an unambiguous message: "It's human rights for everybody / There is no difference." Then, in a flip of a backing-track beat, Macklemore (a.k.a. The first time I heard "Same Love," it brought tears to the eyes of a roomful of people, myself included. Tears and laughter in the span of about 15 minutes - that's what's so astonishing about these Macklemore & Ryan Lewis songs.