try to talkral, about race and systematic oppression and white supremacy in nine minutes is impossibleto start the place of the rally and come from kind of my perspective of showing up to that, not knowing if i can say at the time black lives matter. this is when the term first got introduced to the public. i introduced it coming after the non-indictment of michael brown. do i start there? i'm in my own head. it takes the listener through this protest in different perspectives. charlie: is there an element of your music being socially conscious? macklemore: absolutely. ,f something is on my heart resonating with me on a personal level, i am going to attempt to put that in a song. i read an article my mom sent me about a kid getting bullied in school who committed suicide. i wanted to touch on that. i tried to write from the perspective of that kid. ryan lewis, my producer, said no. that is not your story to tell but you do have a story to tell in this. charlie: and your story was? >> my story was growing up in a gay area of seattle, washington capitol hill. having two gay uncles. i tho