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User macdaddyj pointed out an interesting play on words in the title of this track, “A Wake”.
Throughout the song, Macklemore emphasizes his spiritual “awakening” after a difficult time with drugs and alcohol in his own life. Now that he is “awake” to his own and others' foolishness, he is ending his old ways and finally putting his old life to death. This song represents the mourning of his past life, or in other words, a “wake”.
Speaking with The Independent, Macklemore said he was happy to tackle the issue of the color of his skin head on. "You know, I'm a white rapper. I'm gonna get compared to other people. It is who I am." He said regarding the comparisons with other white rappers like Eminem and Asher Roth. "We're human beings, we look at something or somebody and we compare them to what we know and how we can identify them with somebody else. We compare everything in society, so I would expect people to compare me. You know, I think there's times when it makes it harder to be a credible artist, but hopefully the music can speak for itself."
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