Can't Hold Us
"Can't Hold Us" is a song by American hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis from their debut studio album The Heist (2012). Featuring singer Ray Dalton, it was released as the second single from the album on August 16, 2011.
The song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their second number-one hit in the United States. It is also their third consecutive number-one single in Australia. It is considered a sleeper hit.
The radio edit cuts out portions of the introduction, as well as the extended bridge section and an alternate beat during the last chorus, replacing them with an introduction from Dalton and a clapping beat. The beat is similar to their live performances of the song. The song is in the key of E minor with a tempo set at 146 beats per minute.
The music video was nominated for Best Music Video at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards in 2014. The song was also listed as "The Most-Streamed Song of 2013" by Spotify.
Critical reception
"Can't Hold Us" was generally well received by music critics. Lewis Corner of Digital Spy gave the song four stars out of five, praising its "infectious, soul-soaked piano line and beats more vibrant than Rio de Janeiro's finest carnival floats". Writing for The Edge, Hannah Mylrea rated the song 9/10 and complemented the duo's dynamism, deeming it "another massive summer hit".AllMusic's David Jeffries also gave it four stars on five and wrote: "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis combine the handclapping, foot-stomping, and propulsive rhythms of old-fashioned gospel music with an infectious, uplifting chorus that could have been ripped straight out of will.i.am's playbook...this motivational, "this is the moment" number is identifiably and lovably Macklemore."
Hold
Hold may refer to:
Holding (aeronautics)
In aviation, holding (or flying a hold) is a maneuver designed to delay an aircraft already in flight while keeping it within a specified airspace.
Implementation
A holding pattern for instrument flight rules (IFR) aircraft is usually a racetrack pattern based on a holding fix. This fix can be a radio beacon such as a non-directional beacon (NDB) or VHF omnidirectional range (VOR). The fix is the start of the first turn of the racetrack pattern. Aircraft will fly towards the fix, and once there will enter a predefined racetrack pattern. A standard holding pattern uses right-hand turns and takes approximately 4 minutes to complete (one minute for each 180 degree turn, and two one-minute straight ahead sections). Deviations from this pattern can happen if long delays are expected; longer legs (usually two or three minutes) may be used, or aircraft with distance measuring equipment (DME) may be assigned patterns with legs defined in nautical miles rather than minutes. Less frequent turns are more comfortable for passengers and crew. Additionally, left-hand turns may be assigned to some holding patterns if there are airspace or traffic restrictions nearby.
Hold (title)
Hold (or Hauld) is a title of nobility, used in Viking Scandinavia and England.
History
Holds were described as "noblemen of exalted rank" in Viking Northumbria by Frank Stenton, with a wergild of 4000 thrymsas, equivalent to a king's high-reeve. Hold is described as a title just below the earl in Oxford Dictionary of Surnames.
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by Macklemore
Can't Hold Us
by: MacklemoreAye! Aye! Aye!
Let's go!
Yupp!
Let's go!
Hahaha!
Alright!
Alright!
Okay!
Uh right! Okay!
Alright!
Okay!
Return of the Mack, get up! What is it, what it does, what is it, what it isn't
Looking for a better way to get up out of bed instead of getting on the Internet and checking a new hit me. Get up!
Fresh out of pimp strut walking, little bit humble, little bit of cautious
Somewhere between like Rocky and Cosby sweater gang nope nope y'all can't copy
Yup. Bad, moonwalking, this here, is our party, my posse’s been on broadway.
And we did it, our way
Grown music I shed my skin and put my bones into everything I record to it
And yet I’m on
Let that stage light go and shine on down.
Got that Bob Barker suit game and plinko in my style.
Money, stay on my craft and stick around for those pounds
But I do that to pass the torch and put on for my town
Trust me, I’m an I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T shit hustler
Chasing dreams since I was fourteen with the four track bussing halfway cross that city with the backpack, fat cat, crushing labels out here
Nah they can’t tell me nothing
We give that to the people
Spread it across the country
Labels out here
Nah they can’t tell me nothing
We give it to the people
Spread it across the country
[Chorus]
Here we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us
Like the ceiling can’t hold us
Here we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us
Like the ceiling can’t hold us
Nah, can I kick it? Thank you. Yeah I’m so damn grateful
I grew up, really wanted gold fronts but that’s what you get when Wu Tang raised you
Y’all can’t stop me, go hard like I got an 808 in my heartbeat
And I’m meeting at the beat like you gave a little speed to great white shark on shark week
Raw. Tell me go up. Gone!
Deuces goodbye, I got a whole world to see, and my girl she wanna see Rome
Caesar make you a believer, nah I never ever did it for a throne
That validation comes from giving it back to the people
Nah sing a song and it goes like
Raise those hands, this is a party
We came her to live life like nobody was watching
I got my city right behind me if I fall, they got me then from that failure gain humility and then we keep marching ourselves
[Chorus]
Here we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us
Like the ceiling can’t hold us
Here we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us
Like the ceiling can’t hold us
[Trumpet Solo]
SO WE PUT OUR HANDS UP
SO WE PUT OUR HANDS UP
Oh oh oh ooh
Oh oh oh ooh
Oh oh oh oooooh
Let’s Go!
Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Ayyyyyyyyeeee and all my people say!
Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Ayyyyyyyyyyyee and all my people say!
Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Ohhhhhhhhhhhh and all my people say!
Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah Nah May Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Ohhhhhhhhhhh
[Chorus]
Here we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us
Like the ceiling can’t hold us
Here we go back, this is the moment
Tonight is the night, we’ll fight till it’s over
So we put our hands up like the ceiling can’t hold us
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