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But then of course everything always happens for a reason
I guess it was never meant to be
But it's just something we have no control over and that's what destiny is
Encore (2004)
This time around it's different, them last two albums didn't count
Encore I was on drugs, Relapse I was flushin' 'em out
Recovery (2010)
So spread the word 'cause I'm promoting my past until I'm passed out
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
[F]ollow no footsteps; I'm making my own. Only way that I know how, to escape from this 8 Mile Road.
One shot, two shot, three shots, four shots! All I hear is gunshots, this is where the fun stops. Bodies drop; hit the floor. Music's off; party stops. Everybody, hit the door! Somebody's licking shots off!
It hurts but I never show
This pain you'll never know
If only you could see just how lonely and how cold and frostbit I've become
My back's against the wall
When push come to shove I just stand up and scream: "Fuck 'em all!"
These rappers are like Hunger Games: one minute, they're mockin' Jay (Mockingjay)
Next minute, they get their style from Migos or they copy Drake
Kamikaze (2018)
I'da flipped every mattress, every rock and desert cactus
Owned a collection of maps and followed my kids to the edge of the atlas
If someone ever moved 'em from me
The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
When it rains, guess it pours—yes, it does
Wish there wasn't any pain, but I can't pretend there ain't
I ain't placin' any blame
I ain't pointin' fingers, Heaven knows I've never been a saint
Recovery (2010)
Slim Shady, Eminem was the old initials (Eminem = M&M = Marshall Mathers)
The Slim Shady LP (1999)
It's all political; if my music is literal and I'm a criminal, how the fuck can I raise a little girl?
I couldn't, I wouldn't be fit to
The Eminem Show (2002)
And I am whatever you say I am
If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?
In the paper, the news everyday I am
Radio won't even play my jam
The Marshall Mathers L.P (2000)
I like happy things, I'm really calm and peaceful
I like birds, bees, I like people
I like funny things that make me happy and gleeful…
Like when my teacher sucked my wee-wee in pre-school!
The Slim Shady LP (1999)
Got bitches on my jock out in East Detroit
'Cause they think that I'm a motherfucking Beastie Boy
The Slim Shady LP (1999)
And Dr. Dre said…
Nothing, you idiots! Dr. Dre's dead! He's locked in my basement!
The Marshall Mathers L.P (2000)
They took away my right to bear arms
What I'm 'posed to fight with, bare palms?
Yeah right, they're comin' with bombs, I'm comin' with flare guns
We As Americans (2004)
I poured my heart out to you, let down my guard, swear to God
I'll blow my brains in your lap, lay here and die in your arms
Drop to my knees and I'm pleading, I'm trying to stop you from leaving
Recovery (2010)