{"id":23968,"date":"2026-09-24T13:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/?p=23968"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:54:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:54:28","slug":"swimming-a-mac-miller-blog-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/2026\/09\/24\/swimming-a-mac-miller-blog-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming: A Mac Miller Blog (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hi guys! As we ALL know, Sarah is OBSESSED with Mac Miller. Like obsessed. Since we have a longer word count, I decided to write something I love to talk about, so get ready for this yap session\u2026 (There’s nothing meaningful in this blog, it’s just lyrics and me glazing MM.) Mac Miller, if you don\u2019t know, is an American rapper and producer. In 2018, he passed away from a mix of cocaine, fentanyl, and alcohol. When he was alive, he was SUCH a bright soul. His goal was always to spread positivity and love in dark times. He stood up for what he believed in, and honestly, I think without him, I wouldn\u2019t be who I am today.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I\u2019m not going to go over every single song on his album Swimming, but I am going to leave you guys with a few quotes and song recommendations. My best friend, McCarley, told me a few days ago that \u201cit takes trained ears to listen to Mac Miller, and mine aren\u2019t trained.\u201d I strongly disagree with her. I think no matter your favorite genre of music, or how trained your ears are, you will still like Mac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first lyric of the first song of the album, Come Back to Earth, Mac sings \u201cMy regrets look just like text I shouldn\u2019t send.\u201d This is, unfortunately, a bar. He follows this by saying \u201cI got neighbors, they\u2019re more like strangers, we could be friends. I just need a way out of my head. I\u2019ll do anything for a way out of my head.\u201d What????? Like Mac\u2026. you’re killing me. This immediately sets the whole tone for the song. I definitely recommend this one for anyone trying to get a vibe of who Mac is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Directly after this song comes Self Care. I won\u2019t speak on the music video, but trust it is beautiful. There are two points of this song that really stick out to me. The lyric \u201cTurn your power off and get your water from the spring.\u201d What a beautiful lyric. A recurring theme in his music is him talking about how fame isn\u2019t what he dreamed of at all. I will bring this back up soon. The other lyric of the song that stands out to me is \u201cI been going through it, you just go around it. But it\u2019s really not that different when you think about it. I\u2019m always sayin\u2019 I won\u2019t change but I ain’t the same.\u201d Dang Mac\u2026 I feel like sometimes he\u2019s speaking directly to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m going to skip a few songs on the album and talk about Small Worlds. This song became popular on tiktok a while back so most of everyone knows it, but I don\u2019t think people talk about the lyrics enough. This might be a long one. \u201cNobody told me being rich was this lonely, oh well, hard to complain from this five star hotel.\u201d OHHH MY GOOSHHH!!! And then read these bars: \u201cNo need for shame, I get more peace at slow speeds. Go beat the game, young control freak\u2026 don’t wanna grow old so I smoke just in case.\u201d okay okay, one more quote from this song and then I\u2019m forcing myself to move on. \u201cOoh, I\u2019ve been a fool but it’s cool that’s what human beings do; keep your eyes to the sky, never glued to your shoes. Guess there was a time when my mind was consumed, but the sun’s coming out now, the clouds start to move.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Okay the last song on the album I want to quote is 2009. \u201cAnd she don\u2019t cry no more. She tells me that I get her high cause a angel supposed to fly.\u201d WHHHHAAAAT! Literally Shakespeare’s brother. \u201cYou gotta jump in to swim. My life was dim in this life of sin. Now everyday I wake up and breathe. I don\u2019t have it all but that\u2019s alright with me.\u201d Hellooooo? \u201cSometimes I wish I took a simpler route, instead of having demons that\u2019s as big as my house.\u201d Genuinely, what do you mean?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This blog is actually just me fan girling so I’m cutting myself off\u2026 I\u2019ll see yall next week with hopefully a more\u2026 meaningful blog! Bye!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi guys! As we ALL know, Sarah is OBSESSED with Mac Miller. Like obsessed. Since we have a longer word count, I decided to write something I love to talk about, so get ready for this yap session\u2026 (There’s nothing meaningful in this blog, it’s just lyrics and me glazing MM.) Mac Miller, if you … Continue reading “Swimming: A Mac Miller Blog (Again)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23968"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23968"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23974,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23968\/revisions\/23974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.msabrookhaven.org\/literary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}