You better lose yourself in the music
The moment, you own it, you better never let it go (Go)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo
Eminem quotes
- Quotes
- 30
- Lyrics
- 26
- Interviews
- 4
- Blog posts
- 5
Struggle is the biggest tag (9 of 30), then confidence (7) and ambition (6). 26 lines are lyrics, led by The Way I Am, 'Till I Collapse, No Love, Just Don't Give a Fuck and Lose Yourself, which give two each. The 4 interviews (Rolling Stone, Interview Magazine) are more personal: trust issues, always improving a track, and how getting clean made him grow up. Some of the lyric lines are battle boasts, but 8 Mile is about feeling like quitting and Stan about waiting for a reply.
And when the cops came through
Me and Dre stood next to a burnt-down house
With a can full of gas and a hand full of matches
And still weren't found out (Right here)
His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface, he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records (Nope)
Well, I do, so fuck him, and fuck you too
I used to be the type of kid that would always think the sky's fallin'
Now I think the fact that I'm differently wired's awesome
I'm breakin' out of this cage
I'm standin' up, I'ma face my demons
I'm mannin' up, I'ma hold my ground
But at least have the decency in you
To leave me alone, when you freaks see me out
In the streets when I'm eatin' or feedin' my daughter
This is your moment, and every single minute you spend
Tryna hold on to it, 'cause you may never get it again
Sometimes I just feel like quittin', I still might
Why do I put up this fight? Why do I still write?
Sometimes it's hard enough just dealin' with real life
Oh, where's Mama? She's takin' a little nap in the trunk
Oh, that smell? Dada must've runned over a skunk
It's like a never-ending cycle that just seems to come full circle
Everybody's gotta be so fuckin' hard
And I'm not excludin' myself, 'cause I been stupid as well
Goin' through public housing systems, victim of Münchausen's Syndrome
My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't
I laugh enough when I am recording them, that’s why I never smile.
You dealin' with a few true villains who stand inside of the booth, truth-spillin'
And spit true feelings until our tooth fillings come flyin' up out of our mouths, now rewind it
getting clean made me grow up. I feel like all the years that I was using, I wasn’t growing as a person.
My name is Marshall Mathers, I'm an alcoholic (Hi, Marshall)
You wacker than the motherfucker you bit yo' style from
You ain't gon' sell two copies if you press a double album
I went from powdered milk and Farina
To flippin' burgers on the grill for some peanuts
At Gilbert's to arenas, call me Gilbert Arenas
Still appeal to the dreamers
If you was really sellin' coke, well, then what the fuck
You stop for, dummy? If you slew some crack
You'd make a lot more money than you do from rap (Ha-ha)
I ain't never giving in again (Yeah)
Caution to the wind, complete freedom
'Til I'm topplin' from the top, I'm not gonna stop
Shady Records was eighty seconds away from the towers
Some cowards fucked with the wrong building, they meant to hit ours
I am phenomenal
But I'll never say, "Oh, it's impossible"
'Cause I'm born to be phenomenal (Freely, no emotion)
Maybe it's beautiful music I made for you to just cherish
But I'm debated, disputed, hated and viewed in America
As a motherfuckin' drug addict, like you didn't experiment?
I always feel that I can improve something until I just get sick of it.
I have trust issues. With women, friends, whatever. You always wonder what their real motives are.
It's been six months and still no word, I don't deserve it?
I know you got my last two letters, I wrote the addresses on 'em perfect
I don't mean to be mean
But that's all I can be, it's just me
Music is like magic, there's a certain feelin' you get
When you real and you spit, and people are feelin' your shit
'Til the roof comes off, 'til the lights go out
'Til my legs give out, can't shut my mouth
'Til the smoke clears out, am I high? Perhaps
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