Macklemore Says He Wouldn’t Have The Same Success If he was

[Francesco]

Sticky Fingaz feat. Eminem - What if I was white

[Verse One: Sticky Fingaz]
Yo, yo
What if I was white skin the same color as Eminem's?
Blond hair, blue eyes
The whole shibang
I know one thing
Police wouldn't always be watching me
Pull me over for nothing, constantly jockin me
(Can I get your autograph?)
Yellow cabs in the cities that stop for me
I wouldn't need caladeral to buy property
If I was white
Wouldn't matter if I was rich or poor
SECURITY wouldn't follow me around the store
Like I'd steal something (Maybe he might of stole something)
Because I'm black I rob
And automatically assume I ain't got no job
On my own land I feel like an immigrant
If I was white
I wouldn't thought O.J. was innocent (He did it)

[Verse Two: Sticky Fingaz]
If I was white
It would be a different world for me
[i]If I was white (ummmmmmmm?)
What shade would I be?
Would I be Redneck or Skinhead, prepi or high class?
YOU PROBABLY LIVE IN A TRAILERPARK AND BE WHITE TRASH!
In any case that be L-Slim right? (Yep)
But there's a good and bad out of being white
You can't say the N word without starting a fight
(What's UP MY BROTHER?)
True dance it'll be, I had two left feet
Even if I was white
Plaque still have a ghetto shit(How you doing?)
Is it a minfo
Or do I really have a little dick (Nah, it's true!)
If I was white
I would probably listen to hardcore rock
and covered my ears when ever I heard Hip Hop (Ahhhhhhhhhhhh)

Eminem said the same thing in white America.

But we don't say these things in 2013!!!1!1
Seriously, duh. Why is this a big deal to some people?

I agree with you... Sometimes they are just saying though... & sometimes it's about publicity stunts & all that.

What if Psy was black ?

[EminemBase]

[Shameek]

at least he admits it

[Just Silver]

u cant be a corny black rapper talking about thrift shops

[CrashBand]

inb4 Embase on why Asher Roth gets hard done by

[JamaicanPattlez]

There's tons of black rappers who are just as big if not bigger though with success. Macklemore's immensely popular because he's politically correct (and Same Love... you CAN'T deny that it helped him out like crazy...)

[CrashBand]

There's tons of black rappers who are just as big if not bigger though with success.

Macklemore's indie btw.

And who blew up as big as him from his first release?

[JamaicanPattlez]

There's tons of black rappers who are just as big if not bigger though with success.

Macklemore's indie btw.

And who blew up as big as him from his first release?

I know. And I mean success in general. The point I'm making is, race shouldn't be leverage to sell more records. At least I want to believe it isn't.

[CrashBand]

Racw isn't the only factor to Eminem and Macklemore selling one, but people who don't think it's a factor are kidding themselves.

[Francesco]

There's tons of black rappers who are just as big if not bigger though with success. Macklemore's immensely popular because he's politically correct (and Same Love... you CAN'T deny that it helped him out like crazy...)

You're totally on point but the unique thing here is that Mack & Ryan did all this on themselves without any kinda of label or a machine behind their backs. Like I said in that other thread it was always about the music & the mass appeal even if the color was a factor.