(hip hop music)
- Where's my snare?
I have no snare in my headphones.
There you go.
Yeah.
♪ Have you ever been hated or discriminated against ♪
♪ I have, I've been protested and demonstrated against ♪
♪ Picket signs for my wicked rhymes, look at the times ♪
♪ Sick as the mind of the kid that's behind ♪
♪ All this commotion, emotions run deep as oceans explodin' ♪
♪ Tempers flarin' from parents ♪
♪ Just blow 'em off and keep goin' ♪
♪ Not takin' nothin' from no one ♪
♪ Give 'em hell long as I'm breathin' ♪
♪ Keep kickin' ass in the mornin' ♪
♪ And takin' names in the evenin' ♪
♪ Leavin' with a taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth ♪
♪ See they can trigger me, but they'll never figure me out ♪
♪ Look at me now, I bet you're probably sick of me now ♪
♪ Ain't you Mama, I'ma make you look so ridiculous now ♪
♪ I'm sorry Mama, I never meant to hurt you ♪
♪ I never meant to make you cry ♪
♪ But tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet ♪
One more time.
♪ I said I'm sorry Mama, I never meant to hurt you ♪
♪ I never meant to make you cry ♪
♪ But tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet ♪
Ha!
♪ I got some skeletons in my closet ♪
♪ And I don't know if no one knows it ♪
♪ So before they throw me inside my coffin and close it ♪
♪ I'ma expose it, I'll take you back to '73 ♪
♪ Before I ever had a multi-platinum selling CD ♪
♪ I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple of months ♪
♪ My father must've had his panties up in a bunch ♪
♪ 'Cause he split, I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye ♪
♪ No I don't, on second thought I just wished he would die ♪
♪ I look at Hailie and I couldn't picture leaving her side ♪
♪ Even if I hated Kim, I'd grit my teeth and I'd try ♪
♪ To make it work with her at least for Hailie's sake ♪
♪ I maybe made some mistakes, but I'm only human ♪
♪ But I'm man enough to face 'em today ♪
♪ What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb ♪
♪ But the smartest I did was take the bullets outta that gun ♪
♪ 'Cause I'd have 'em, I would've shot Kim and him both ♪
♪ It's my life, I'd like to welcome y'all to the Eminem show ♪
♪ I'm sorry Mama, I never meant to hurt you ♪
♪ I never meant to make you cry ♪
♪ But tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet ♪
One more time.
♪ I said I'm sorry Mama, I never meant to hurt you ♪
♪ I never meant to make you cry ♪
♪ But tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet ♪
♪ Now I would never diss my own Mama just to get recognition ♪
♪ Take a second to listen ♪
♪ Who you think this record is dissin' ♪
♪ But put yourself in my position ♪
♪ Just try to envision witnessing your Mama ♪
♪ Poppin' prescription pills in the kitchen ♪
♪ Bitchin' that someone's always ♪
♪ Goin' through her purse and missin' ♪
♪ Going through public housing systems ♪
♪ Victim of Munchhausen's Syndrome ♪
♪ My whole life I was made to believe ♪
♪ I was sick when I wasn't ♪
♪ Till I grew up, now I blew up ♪
♪ It makes you sick to your stomach, doesn't it ♪
♪ Wasn't it the reason you made that CD for me, Ma ♪
♪ So you could try to justify the way you treated me, Ma ♪
♪ But guess what, you're gettin' older now ♪
♪ And it's cold when you're lonely ♪
♪ And Nathan's growin' up so quick ♪
♪ He's gonna know that you're phony ♪
♪ And Hailie's getting so big now ♪
♪ You should see her, she's beautiful ♪
♪ But you'll never see her ♪
♪ She won't even be at your funeral ♪
♪ See what hurts me the most ♪
♪ Is you won't admit you was wrong ♪
♪ Do your song, keep tellin' yourself that you was a mom ♪
♪ But how dare you try to take ♪
♪ What you didn't help me to get ♪
♪ You selfish, I hope you burn in hell for this ♪
♪ Remember when Ronnie died ♪
♪ And you said you wished it was me ♪
♪ Well guess what, I am dead, dead to you as can be ♪
♪ I'm sorry Mama, I never meant to hurt you ♪
♪ I never meant to make you cry ♪
♪ But tonight, I'm cleanin' out my closet ♪
One more time.
♪ I said I'm sorry Mama, I never meant to hurt you ♪
♪ I never meant to make you cry ♪
♪ But tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet ♪