Eminem

thumb|Music is reflection of self. thumb|I rock a beat harder than you could beat it with rocks. Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born 17 October 1972), more widely known by his stage names Eminem and Slim Shady, is an Academy Award-winning actor and Grammy-winning American rapper. Quotes 1990s Infinite (1996) You heard of Hell—well, I was sent from itI went to it, servin' a sentence for murderin' instrumentsNow I'm tryin' to repent from itBut when I hear the beat, I'm tempted to make another attempt at itI'm infinite "Infinite" Caught up in bouts with the root of all evilI've seen it turn beautiful people crude and deceitfulAnd make them do shit illegal for these Grants and JacksonsThese transactions explain a man's actionsBut in the midst of this insanity, I found my ChristianityThrough God and there's a wish He granted meHe showed me how to cope with the stress and hope for the best "It's O.K." I'm usin' smarter tactics to overcome this slumI won't become as dumb as some and succumb to scumIt's cumbersome, I'm tryin' to do well on this EarthBut it's been hell on this Earth since I fell on this Earth "It's O.K." Your ass forgot, so just in case you don't remember meI'll run your brain round the block to jog your fuckin' memory "313" I showered the slang, simple as ABC'sSkip over the D's and rock the microphone with ease (E's) "313" I rock a beat harder than you could beat it with rocks "313" The Slim Shady LP (1999) thumb|What is money? Money is what makes a man act funny. Money is the root of all evil. Money'll make them same friends come back around swearing that they was always down. What is life? I'm tired of life! thumb|I just remembered that I'm absent-minded… Wait, I mean I lost my mind, I can't find it. thumb|Remember me? I'm the one who burned your house down. But I'm out now. And this time I'm coming back to blow your house up! Don't do drugs. "Public Service Announcement" Brain damage ever since the day I was bornDrugs is what they used to say I was onThey say I never knew which way I was goin'But everywhere I go they keep playin' my song "Brain Damage" What is life? Life is like a big obstacle put in front of your optical to slow you down, and every time you think you gotten past it, it's gonna come back around and tackle you to the damn ground. What are friends? Friends are people that you think are your friends, but they're really your enemies with secret identities and disguises to hide their true colors, so just when you're close enough to be brothers, they wanna come back and cut your throat when you ain't looking. What is money? Money is what makes a man act funny. Money is the root of all evil. Money'll make them same friends come back around swearing that they was always down. What is life? I'm tired of life! "If I Had" (imitating Norman Bates) Mother, are you there? I love you!I never meant to hit you over the head with that shovel! "Role Model" I just remembered that I'm absent-mindedWait… I mean I lost my mind, I can't find it "Cum On Everybody" Got bitches on my jock out in East Detroit'Cause they think that I'm a motherfucking Beastie Boy "Cum On Everybody" I want the money, the women, the fortune and fameThat means I end up burnin' in Hell, scorchin' in flameThat means I'm stealin' your checkbook and forgin' your nameThis lifetime bliss for eternal torture and pain "Rock Bottom" Slim Shady, Eminem was the old initials (Eminem = M&M = Marshall Mathers) "Just Don't Give A Fuck" Extortion, snortin', supportin' abortionPathological liar, blowin' shit out of proportionThe looniest, zaniest, spontaneous, sporadicImpulsive thinker, compulsive drinker, addictHalf animal, half man "Just Don't Give A Fuck" I like happy things, I'm really calm and peacefulI like birds, bees, I like peopleI like funny things that make me happy and gleeful…Like when my teacher sucked my wee-wee in pre-school! "I'm Shady" I try to keep it positive and play it coolShoot up the playground and tell the kids to stay in school "I'm Shady" Remember me? I'm the one who burned your house down…But I'm out nowAnd this time I'm coming back to blow your house upAnd I ain't gonna leave you with a window to jump out of! "Bad Meets Evil" I can't change the way I am… but if I offended you, good, 'cause I still don't give a fuck! "Still Don't Give A Fuck" My brain's gone, my soul's worn, my spirit is tornThe rest of my body's still bein' operated on "Still Don't Give A Fuck" 2000s thumb|This world is mine for the taking, make me king! thumb|I tried to show you art, but you just pick it apart. thumb|I don't rap for dead presidents, I'd rather see the president dead. Shove a gerbil in your ass through a tube! "Fack" (featured on the compilation album "Curtain Call", 2005) Okay, I'm done, I already came twice. You ain't gonna make me cum. I'm all outta gas, not so fast. Uh, your finger just went in my ass. Ow, that hurts, take it out now. Oh, wait a minute, aw. Put it back in, in, in, in. This don't mean I'm gay, I don't like men. I like boobs, boobs, boobs. "Fack" (featured on the compilation album "Curtain Call", 2005) Bitch, I ain't no fucking G, I'm a cannibal!I ain't trying to shoot you, I'm trying to chop you into pieces and eat you! "Hellbound" (featured on Yosumi Records' compilation album Game Over, 2000) Maybe it's hatred I spew, maybe it's food for the spiritMaybe it's beautiful music I made for you to just cherish "Renegade" (featured on Jay-Z's Blueprint, 2001) See, I'm a poet to some, a regular modern-day ShakespeareJesus Christ, the king of these Latter-day Saints hereTo shatter the picture in which of that as they paint me asA monger of hate, satanist, scatter-brained atheist[…]While I'm wavin' the pistol at sixty Christians against meGo to war with the Mormons, take a bath with the CatholicsIn holy water, no wonder they tried to hold me under longer "Renegade" (featured on Jay-Z's Blueprint, 2001) Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted, in one moment—would you capture it, or just let it slip? "Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile, 2002) His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavyThere's vomit on his sweater already—Mom's spaghetti "Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile, 2002) You better lose yourself in the music, the momentYou own it, you better never let it goYou only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blowThis opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo! "Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile, 2002) This world is mine for the taking, make me king! "Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile, 2002) Like a flame in the nightLike a ghost in the darkThere's a ray, there's a lightThere's a hope, there's a spark "Stimulate" (from 8 Mile, 2002) But you can't just stand there and try to judgeIt hurts but your jealousy probably tears you up inside as muchAnd it's such a pleasure every button that I touchI treasure every glutton that I punish in my lust "Stimulate" (from 8 Mile, 2002) With every artist comes the image he portrays and the picture that he paints "One Day at a Time" (featured on Tupac: Resurrection, 2003) Oh, no. Not me, not Marshall. You want to see Marshall? I'll show you Marshall!I tried to show you art, but you just pick it apart "Don't Push Me" (featured on 50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin', 2003) They took away my right to bear armsWhat 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 don't rap for dead presidents, I'd rather see the president dead "We As Americans" (2004) Have you ever loved someone so much you'd give an arm for?Not the expression, no, literally give an arm for?When they know they're your heart and you know you are their armorAnd you will destroy anyone who would try to harm her "When I'm Gone" (2005) It hurts but I never showThis pain you'll never knowIf only you could see just how lonely and how cold and frostbit I've becomeMy back's against the wallWhen push come to shove I just stand up and scream: "Fuck 'em all!" "Drop the World" (featured on Lil Wayne's Rebirth, 2009) The Marshall Mathers L.P. (2000) thumb|Will Smith don't got to cuss in his raps to sell records. Well, I do, so fuck him and fuck you too! Yeah, sue me! "Public Service Announcement 2000" And I am whatever you say I amIf I wasn't, then why would I say I am?In the paper, the news everyday I amRadio won't even play my jam "The Way I Am" And all of this controversy circles meAnd it seems like the media immediately points a finger at meSo I point one back at 'em, but not the index or pinky or the ring or the thumbIt's the one you put up when you don't give a fuckWhen you won't just put up with the bullshit they pull "The Way I Am" And Dr. Dre said…Nothing, you idiots! Dr. Dre's dead! He's locked in my basement! "The Real Slim Shady" Will Smith don't got to cuss in his raps to sell recordsWell, I do, so fuck him and fuck you too! "The Real Slim Shady" A lot of people ask me stupid fucking questions. A lot of people think that what I say on records, or what I talk about on a record, that I actually do in real life, or that I believe in it, or if I say that I want to kill somebody that I'm actually gonna do it, or that I believe in it. Well, shit. If you believe that, then I'll kill you. Do you know why? Because I'm a criminal! "Criminal" Devil's Night [with D12] (2001) If I could capture the rage of today's youth and bottle itCrush the glass from my bare hands and swallow itThen spit it back in the faces of you racistsAnd hypocrites who thinks the same shit but don't say shit "Fight Music" I make music to make you sick of fake musicHate music like devil worshippin' Satan musicSo say your prayers—your Hail Mary's and JesusesTake two sticks, tape 'em together and make a crucifix "Devil's Night" The Eminem Show (2002) thumb|I'm trapped; if I could go back, I never would've rapped. thumb|That's why we seize the moment, try to freeze it and own it, squeeze it and hold it, 'cause we consider these minutes golden. thumb|Music is like magic: there's a certain feeling you get when you're real and you spit and people are feelin' your shit. America! Ha ha ha! We love you! How many people are proud to be citizens of this beautiful country of ours, the stripes and the stars for the rights that men have died for to protect, the women and men who have broke their necks for the freedom of speech the United States government has sworn to uphold… or so we're told. "White America" Yeah, you laugh 'til your motherfuckin' ass gets draftedWhile you're at band camp thinkin' that crap can't happen'Til you fuck around get an anthrax napkinInside a package wrapped in saran Wrap wrappin'Open the plastic and then you stand back gaspin'Fuckin' assassins hi-jackin' Amtraks crashin'All this terror, America demands actionNext thing you know you've got Uncle Sam's ass askin'To join the army or what you'll do for their NavyYou just a baby gettin' recruited at eighteenYou're on a plane now, eating their food and their baked beansI'm 28, they gonna take you 'fore they take me "Square Dance" I love my fans, but no one ever puts a graspOn the fact I've sacrificed everything I haveI never dreamt I'd get to the level that I'm atThis is whack, this is more than I ever coulda asked[…]It's like the boy in the bubble who never could adaptI'm trapped, if I could go back I never would've rappedI sold my soul to the devil, I'll never get it backI just wanna leave this game with level-head intact "Say Goodbye Hollywood" 20 million other white rappers emerge, but no matter how many fish in the sea, it'll be so empty without me "Without Me" Entertainment is changin', intertwinin' with gangstersIn the land of the killers, a sinner's mind is a sanctumHoly or unholy, only have one homieOnly this gun, lonely ‘cause don't anyone know me "Sing For The Moment" They say music can alter moods and talk to youWell, can it load a gun up for you and cock it too?If it can, then the next time you assault a dudeJust tell the judge that it was my fault, and I'll get sued "Sing For The Moment" 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 "Sing For The Moment" Music is reflection of selfWe just explain it, and then we get our checks in the mailIt's fucked up, ain't it? How we can come from practically nothingTo being able to have any fucking thing that we wantedThat's why we sing for these kids who don't have a thingExcept for a dream and a fucking rap magazineWho post pin-up pictures on their walls all day longIdolize their favorite rappers and know all their songsOr for anybody whose ever been through shit in their livesSo they just sit up and cry at night wishin' they'd die'Til they throw on a rap record and they sit and they vibeWe're nothing to you, but we're the fucking shit in their eyesThat's why we seize the moment, try to freeze it and own itSqueeze it and hold it, 'cause we consider these minutes goldenAnd maybe they'll admit it when we're goneJust let our spirits live on, through our lyrics that you hear in our songs! "Sing For The Moment" I act like shit don't faze meInside it drives me crazyMy insecurities could eat me aliveBut then I see my babySuddenly I'm not crazyIt all makes sense when I look into her eyes "Hailie's Song" Sometimes you feel tired, feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up. But you gotta search within you, you gotta find that inner strength and just pull that shit out of you, and get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse. "Till I Collapse" Music is like magic: there's a certain feeling you get when you're real and you spit and people are feelin' your shit "Till I Collapse" My song can make you cry, take you by surpriseAt the same time, can make your dry your eyes with the same rhymeSee what you're seeing is a genius at workWhich to me isn't work, so it's easy to misinterpret it at first "My Dad's Gone Crazy" Encore (2004) thumb|We're all we got in this world, when it spins, when it swirls, when it whirls, when it twirls. Let the president answer a higher anarchy, strap him with an AK-47Let him go fight his own war, let him impress daddy that wayNo more blood for oilWe got our own battles to fight on our own soil "Mosh" You find me offensive? I find you offensive, for finding me offensive "Rain Man" We're all we got in this worldWhen it spins, when it swirls, when it whirls, when it twirls "Mockingbird" But then of course everything always happens for a reasonI guess it was never meant to beBut it's just something we have no control over and that's what destiny is "Mockingbird" Relapse (2009) thumb|Nobody asked for life to deal us with these bullshit hands we're dealt. We gotta take these cards ourselves and flip 'em, don't expect no help. If you could count the skeletons in my closet, under my bed and up under my faucetThen you would know I've completely lost itIs he nuts? No he's insane! "Insane" Nobody asked for life to deal us with these bullshit hands we're dealtWe gotta take these cards ourselves and flip 'em, don't expect no help "Beautiful" A lot of people ask me where the fuck I've been at the last few years? Shit, I don't know. But I do know I'm back now! "Underground" Turn Halloween back into a trick-or-treat holidayHave Michael Myers lookin' like a liarSwipe his powers, replace his knife with flowers and a stack of fliersHit Jason Vorhees with a 40Stuck a suppository up his ass and made him tell me a storyGave Hannibal Lector a fuckin' nectarineAnd sat him in the fuckin' fruit and vegetable section and gave him a lectureWalked up Elm Street with a fuckin' Wiffle bat drewFought Freddy Krueger and Edward Scissorhands too "Underground" 2010s I told the world one day I would pay it backSay it on tape, lay it, so that one day I could play it back "I Need a Doctor" (2011) Had a dream, I was king; I woke up, still king "Lighters" (2011) It's too late to start over, this is the only thing I know "Guts Over Fear" (2014) And any fan of mine who's a supporter of his [Trump]I'm drawing in the sand a line, you're either for or againstAnd if you can't decide who you like more and you're splitOn who you should stand beside, I'll do it for it for you with this:Fuck you! The rest of America stand up!We love our military and we love our country, but we fucking hate Trump! "The Storm" (October 2017) Recovery (2010) thumb|Y'all are Eminem backwards: you're mini-mes. This time around it's different, them last two albums didn't countEncore I was on drugs, Relapse I was flushin' 'em out "Talkin' 2 Myself" When it rains, guess it pours—yes, it doesWish there wasn't any pain, but I can't pretend there ain'tI ain't placin' any blameI ain't pointin' fingers, Heaven knows I've never been a saint "Going Through Changes" Like a 'Fuck You' for Christmas, his gift is a curse "Not Afraid" I'd shoot for the moon, but I'm too busy gazing at stars "Not Afraid" They call me Fire Marshall: I shut the shit down "Seduction" Man, get these wack cocksuckers off stage! Where the fuck is Kanye when you need him?Snatch the mic from 'em—bitch, I'ma let you finish in a minute! "No Love" And love is evil ("evol"): spell it backwards, I'll show ya "Space Bound" I poured my heart out to you, let down my guard, swear to GodI'll blow my brains in your lap, lay here and die in your armsDrop to my knees and I'm pleading, I'm trying to stop you from leaving "Space Bound" I fell for this so many times it's ridiculousAnd still I stick with this, I'm sick of thisBut in my sickness and addiction, you're addictive as they getEvil as they come, vindictive as they make 'em "25 to Life" Now get off my dick!Dick's too short of a word for my dick—get off my antidisestablishmentarianism, you prick! "Almost Famous" Y'all are Eminem backwards: you're mini-mes "Almost Famous" You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game "Love the Way You Lie" (2010) The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013) thumb|I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God. So spread the word 'cause I'm promoting my past until I'm passed out "Rhyme or Reason" All my life I was told and taught I am not shitBy you wack fuckin' giant sacks of lyin' dog shitNow you shut up, bitch, I am talkin'Thought I was full of horseshit and now you fuckin' worship the ground on which I am walkin' "Legacy" I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God "Rap God" Summa-lumma, dooma-lumma, you assumin' I'm a humanWhat I gotta do to get it through to you I'm superhuman? "Rap God" I make elevating music, you make elevator music "Rap God" Ma, you're still beautiful to me, 'cause you're my mom "Headlights" I'da flipped every mattress, every rock and desert cactusOwned a collection of maps and followed my kids to the edge of the atlasIf someone ever moved 'em from me "Headlights" They take your heart and steal your lifeAnd it's as though you feel you've died‘Cause you've been killed insideBut yet you're still aliveWhich means you will survive "Beautiful Pain" Revival (2017) thumb|I'm a Rubik's—a beautiful mess. thumb|I'm just a man, but as long as I got a mic, I'm godlike. It's true, I'm a Rubik's—a beautiful mess "Walk on Water" I'm just a man, but as long as I got a mic, I'm godlike "Walk on Water" Got my faith, where's yours? Do you still believe in me?Didn't I give everything I had to give you to make you see? "Believe" It's never too late to start a new beginning "Believe" This love triangle left us in a wreck, tangled [rectangle] "River" She does that thing with her lip, now she's melting meI'm putty in her palms, I'm wrapped around her fingerA yo-yo on a string, she lets me sit there and just dangleUntil something better comes along and she'll just drop me like a hot potato "Tragic Endings" Donald Duck's on, there's a Tonka Truck in the yardBut dog, how the fuck is Ivanka Trump in the trunk of my car? "Framed" I'm packin' up my shit, as much shit in the car as I can fitAnd I'm just drivin' as far as I can getAway from these problems 'til all of my sorrows I forgetWhat's tomorrow like? 'Cause tonight I'm startin' life againGet to the corner and stop, fuck am I goin'?Besides psycho when I fantasize startin' my whole life over "In Your Head" Kamikaze (2018) So finger-bang, chicken wang, w:MGK, Igg' Azae'Lil Pump, Lil Xan imitate Lil WayneI should aim at everybody in the game, pick a nameI'm fed up with bein' humbleAnd rumor is I'm hungry, I'm sure you heard bumblingsI heard you wanna rumble like an empty stomachI heard your mumblin' but it's jumbled in mumbo-jumboThe era that I'm from will pummel you, that's what it's comin' toWhat the fuck you're gonna do when you run into it?I'm gonna crumble you and I'll take a number two and dump on youIf you ain't JoynerIf you ain't Kendrick or Cole or Sean then you're a goner "The Ringer" 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 "Fall" 2020s Music to Be Murdered By (2020) The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (2024) Quotes about Eminem Kept my ear to the streetsSigned Eminem, he's triple platinum, doing fifty a week Dr. Dre, "Still D.R.E." (1999) Hey, Em! You know you're my favorite white boy, right? I owe you for this one. 50 Cent, "Patiently Waiting" (2003) External links http://www.eminem.com/ Category:1972 births Category:Living people Category:People from Detroit Category:Rappers from the United States Category:Singer-songwriters from the United States Category:Actors from Missouri Category:Film producers from the United States Category:Music producers from the United States Category:Autobiographers from the United States Category:Rappers Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Brit Award winners Category:MTV Europe Music Award winners Category:MTV Video Music Award winners