The central theme of this song is how hard work is the key to his personal journey and every successful great's journey. The title of the song is from Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers, where he describes that every leader in a field put in 10,000 hours of practice into their work. Macklemore is saying that he is fulfilled because he finally completed his 10,000 hours and reached success due to his hard work.
The central theme of this song is how hard work is the key to his personal journey and every successful great's journey. The title of the song is from Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers, where he describes that every leader in a field put in 10,000 hours of practice into their work. Macklemore is saying that he is fulfilled because he finally completed his 10,000 hours and reached success due to his hard work.