Ten thousand hours felt like ten thousand hands
Ten thousand hands, they carry me

from Macklemore and Ryan Lewis (Ft. Macklemore) – Ten Thousand Hours Lyrics on Rap Genius

Meaning

Another riff on the Ten Thousand Hours theory: All the hours Mack put into perfecting his technique are finally paying off. Now he’s a master of his craft and every time he raps he can rely on them to carry him along as if each hour he put in is a hand in a crowd holding him aloft.

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