Macklemore — Lyric Analysis
LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 51 songs across 3 albums by Macklemore. They use 3,695 unique words out of 12,323 (lexical richness MATTR 0.87), with an average of 242 content words per song. Emotional tone: 73% of songs positive, 2% neutral, 25% negative.
Most used words by Macklemore
- know (151)
- one (84)
- back (84)
- life (82)
- see (79)
- need (73)
- said (71)
- love (69)
- make (67)
- right (64)
- shit (60)
- put (57)
- want (54)
- god (54)
- say (52)
- people (52)
- take (47)
- think (47)
- town (47)
- flavor (46)
Signature phrases
- “hip hop” (23)
- “choo god bless” (16)
- “posted corner store” (16)
- “bless choo god” (14)
- “god bless choo” (14)
- “riding town town” (12)
- “town riding town” (12)
- “town town riding” (12)
- “corner store posted” (12)
- “store posted corner” (12)
Colors in the lyrics
- white (24)
- black (11)
- gold (5)
- green (4)
- gray (4)
- red (3)
- brown (3)
- blue (2)
Albums analyzed
- The Language of My World (2005)
- Gemini (2017)
- Ben (2023)