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Mac Miller

Perfecto

Release date: 3rd August 2018

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Mac Miller balances surface composure against interior turbulence on 'Perfecto', a track from his 2018 album 'Swimming'. The chorus sets the terms plainly: 'it ain't perfect but I don't mind', a mantra repeated whilst he admits to 'buggin', makin' somethin' outta nothin''. The production keeps a measured pace, allowing the lyric to carry the weight of someone performing calm whilst privately unravelling. The verses map a familiar Miller territory, borrowed time, the effort of looking fine when the ground feels unstable. He writes about treading water, about needing more even as voices call from the shore. The imagery stays grounded: feet on clouds, head on the ground, the disorientation of holding things together when the centre won't quite hold. It's a portrait of functional anxiety, the kind that lets you move dates and play it cool whilst the internal machinery grinds. The outro shifts briefly into a plea for tenderness, a request to be lifted and not put down, before closing on the blunt acknowledgment that time doesn't care. The song doesn't resolve its tension; it simply documents it, a snapshot of someone managing the gap between what shows and what's felt.

"Perfecto" is a track by Mac Miller, from the album Swimming, released 3rd August 2018. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Mac Miller

Mac Miller

Lyrics

Perfecto

[Intro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

Well, it ain't perfect but I don't mind

Because it's worth it

Who really has the time at all?

It ain't perfect but I don't mind

'Cause on the surface I look so fine

But really I'm buggin', buggin'

Makin' somethin' outta nothin'

[Verse 1]

Yeah, as hard as it gets: cool, calm and collected

Holdin' my breath, this ain't what I expected

Don't argue to death, pull my heart out my chest

The cards is all on the table, I'm callin' it

Don't say it, I swallow it

When livin' off of borrowed time

Often I'm on the fence, on a line

Addin' up what's on my mind

My feet on the clouds, head on the ground

That weed goin' down, bet you know me now

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm treadin' water, I swear

That if I drown, I don't care

They callin' for me from the shore, I need more

[Chorus]

Well, it ain't perfect but I don't mind

Because it's worth it

(Is it? Is it? Is it? Is it? Is It?)

Who really has the time at all?

(Is it? Is it? Is it? Is it? Is It?)

It ain't perfect but I don't mind

'Cause on the surface I look so fine

But really I'm buggin', buggin'

Makin' somethin' outta nothin'

[Verse 2]

Yeah, it feel like the weekend on a Tuesday, I can move dates

"I got somethin' else to do" day, always do hate

If I do say, the D'USSÉ with the homies like it's Kool-Aid

Me? I'm just tryna play it cool, J (Anyways)

Yeah, mind over matter, I'm purer than alkaline

Been stuck on album time, I gotta get out to shine

Fly on the wall, shit, I was buggin'

Miss me like you gettin' withdrawal, I keep that comin', yeah

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm treadin' water, I know

If I stop movin', I'll float

Ain't nothin' new, it—

Just play it cool, baby, just play it cool

You know, cool

[Chorus]

Well, it ain't perfect but I don't mind

Because it's worth it

Who really has the time at all?

It ain't perfect but I don't mind

'Cause on the surface I look so fine

But really I'm buggin', buggin'

Makin' somethin' outta nothin'

[Outro]

Yeah, tell me you love me, spin me around

Pretty please, pick me up in the air and don't put me down

Seen it all unfold, sat back and watched

Knowin' time don't give a fuck about clocks until they stop

Bare feet, runnin' late, her car started

Even though the only thing that she drivin' a hard bargain

More important is I'm kinda sorta out the door, but

She put me back together when I'm outta order

Perfect

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Track details

From Swimming

2018
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Album
Swimming
Swimming
Mac Miller
3rd August 2018
Release year
2018
  1. —Come Back to Earth
    2:42
  2. —2009
    5:48
  3. —Jet Fuel
    5:45
  4. —Dunno
    3:57
  5. —Self Care
    5:45
  6. —Ladders
    4:47
  7. —Hurt Feelings
    4:06
  8. —What's the Use?
    4:49
  9. —Perfecto
    3:35
  10. —Wings
    4:10
  11. —Conversation Pt. 1
    3:30
  12. —So It Goes
    5:13
  13. —2009
  14. —What's the Use?
  15. —Ladders
  16. —Come Back to Earth
  17. —Wings
  18. —Jet Fuel
  19. —Hurt Feelings
  20. —Dunno
  21. —So It Goes
  22. —Perfecto
  23. —Conversation, Pt. 1

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Jon Brion, Mac Miller, Tee-WaTT
Producer
Tee-WaTT
Guitar
Freaky Rob
Additional Production
Jon Brion
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Robin Florent, Scott Desmarais
Congas
Rodrigo Mora
Mastering Engineer
Mike Bozzi
Mixing Engineer
Chris Galland, Manny Marroquin
Programmer
Jon Brion, Tee-WaTT
Recording Engineer
Eric Caudieux, Juan Jarpa, Vic Wainstein
Video Animator
Jon Lutjens, LUTCH.tv
Video Director
Anthony Gaddis, Eric Tilford
Video Director Of Photography
Justin Boyd (Photographer)
Video Producer
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