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ICON feat. Rafa'el & Julius Tunstall

by Macklyn

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Lyrics

[Intro]
La la la la,
La la la la,
La la la la,
La la la la la la

Breathe the same air,
Bleed the same blood,
Create a higher standard,
Can’t you see this ain’t love?
Life from a public eye,
Mistakes are then publicized,
Belief in a bunch of lies,
Broke when they compromise, uh,

Swear to God that we know you we vouch and pickett for you,
But you let fame control you and now we don’t support you,
Love your great ability,
Gifted amongst nobility,
Greeted with our civility,
Slipped and it’s our hostility,

We cast stones from out glass house,
We’re unhappy with ourselves so we lash out,
As soon as you act out,
We black out,
And act like,
We don’t know,
You need grace like we do,
Mistakes are a no-go

Please Lord forgive me for not showing mercy,
Unaware that when I judge your kids it really hurts you,
Just imagine if you gave up on my story early,
Humbling that you gave grace to someone so unworthy, I’m only human

[Chorus]
One day we praise you,
The next day we hate you,
All while forgetting,
You’re made in his image,
You’re only human,
You’re only human

Yet we trip still on you, superstar,
Forgetting you got family too,
And a house and dog,
Forgetting that your storms and your drama,
Is public knowledge unlike us,
Remove your twitter you still get the drama from us,
We take your pain make, make it our pleasure,
Laugh at skits of your drug overdose on Jay Leno
But it’s never been a joke for you,
Instead it started with the massages of praises to your oblongata, desire

Now you’re vomiting our cynicism,
Trying to live up to our standards and our expectations, meanwhile,
We just want to be like you,
until we think that you’re a hot mess and ridicule you, mm
It’s a shame,
Cause we all bear his image
Crafted beautifully,
Yet to us you don’t fit in it,
I pray we see past glamour and glits,
And lift you up while on out knees,
As we remember
You’re only human,
One

[Repeat Chorus]
[Repeat Chorus]

credits

released May 13, 2019
Written by Macklyn
Rapping by Rafa'el and Singing by Julius Tunstall
Instrumental by Michael Agren AKA Mike Abstrakt
Mixing by Julius Tunstall
Cover Art by J Rhodan
Copyright May 2019

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Macklyn Durham, North Carolina

Embracing his influences such as PJ Morton, Stevie Wonder and Musiq Soulchild, Macklyn’s music is a blend of R&B/neo-soul and boom bap styled hip hop. His mission is to meet people where they are, so they would know they are loved, seen, heard, known, by God and made in His image. ... more

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