[Chorus: Liz Rodrigues & Eminem] ~#**************#~ I built this castle ~#**************#~ Now we are trapped on the throne ~#**************#~ Im sorry we’re alone ~#**************#~ I wrote my chapter ~#**************#~ Youll turn the page when Im gone ~#**************#~ I hope you’ll sing along ~#**************#~ This is your song ~#**************#~ I just want you to know that I aint scared ~#**************#~ Whatever it takes to raise you, Im prepared ~#**************#~ To do whatever, to do whatever ~#**************#~ Uhh, December 1st, 1995, dear Hailie ~#**************#~ This is your song ~#**************#~ [Verse 1: Eminem] ~#**************#~ Youll be coming out of Mommys stomach soon ~#**************#~ I better do something quick if Ima be able to support you ~#**************#~ I can barely support me, but as long as youre healthy ~#**************#~ Thats all that matters for the time being ~#**************#~ But obviously assuming you will be ~#**************#~ Just thinking ahead, I’ma make it if it kills me ~#**************#~ Let’s see how far I can take it with this music ~#**************#~ Im getting sick of chasing this illusion (Ha!) ~#**************#~ Sorry for sloppy writing ~#**************#~ The pen in my hand is shaking, please excuse me ~#**************#~ Dad’s a little nervous, but at the same time excited ~#**************#~ If I use this same energy while Im saying rhymes and write them ~#**************#~ With the same passion and the same exact enthusiasm ~#**************#~ As Im using in this letter, maybe they can fuel me as Im ~#**************#~ Trying to build these castles out of sand, baby girl ~#**************#~ For you to sit on the throne, I got plans, baby girl ~#**************#~ Welcome to Mom and Dad’s crazy world ~#**************#~ Love, Daddy, maple-flavored kisses, buttered pancakes, and syrup (Haha) ~#**************#~ [Chorus: Liz Rodrigues and Eminem] ~#**************#~ I built this castle (Mm) ~#**************#~ Now we are trapped on the throne (Uhh, shit) ~#**************#~ Im sorry were alone ~#**************#~ I wrote my chapter ~#**************#~ Youll turn the page when Im gone ~#**************#~ I hope youll sing along ~#**************#~ This is your song ~#**************#~ I just want you to know that I aint scared ~#**************#~ Whatever it takes to raise you, Im prepared ~#**************#~ To do whatever, to do whatever ~#**************#~ Ahem, alright, lets see ~#**************#~ December 1st, 1996, dear Hailie ~#**************#~ [Verse 2: Eminem] ~#**************#~ You got your mommas personality, same eyes as I got ~#**************#~ Her beautiful smile, but your ears are the same size as mine are ~#**************#~ Sorry for that, a little minor mishap ~#**************#~ But youll grow into em, baby, Im on the grind now ~#**************#~ Im doing little shows, open mics, all-nighters at studios ~#**************#~ While Im tryna keep the lights on ~#**************#~ Why does it seem like Im so close to this dream, yet so far? ~#**************#~ I just keep steering, Ima turn into someone ~#**************#~ I havent the slightest clue what Ima do if it falls through ~#**************#~ You took your first steps today, youll probably walk soon ~#**************#~ My Infinite CD flopped, too many soft tunes ~#**************#~ Theyre talking bad about Dad, its ticking me off too ~#**************#~ Makes me feel like I dont belong or something, ooh ~#**************#~ I think I might have just stumbled onto something new ~#**************#~ Got a prediction for the future, Im hoping that you ~#**************#~ Open this envelope when youre older and it holds true ~#**************#~ [Chorus: Liz Rodrigues and Eminem] ~#**************#~ I built this castle ~#**************#~ Now we are trapped on the throne ~#**************#~ Im sorry were alone ~#**************#~ I wrote my chapter ~#**************#~ Youll turn the page when Im gone ~#**************#~ I hope youll sing along ~#**************#~ This is your song ~#**************#~ I just want you to know that I aint scared ~#**************#~ Whatever it takes to raise you, Im prepared ~#**************#~ To do whatever, to do whatever ~#**************#~ December 24th, 2007, dear Hailie ~#**************#~ [Verse 3: Eminem] ~#**************#~ Now if you found these letters, I guess I better try to explain ~#**************#~ A lots happened in between them since I rised to this fame ~#**************#~ Ive said your name but always tried to hide your face ~#**************#~ This game is crazy, I wanted to claim my love for you, but dang ~#**************#~ I never knew itd be like this, if I did I wouldnt have done it ~#**************#~ You aint asked for none of this shit, now youre being punished?! ~#**************#~ Things that shouldve been private with me and your mother is public ~#**************#~ I cant stomach, they can take this fame back, I dont want it ~#**************#~ Ill put out this last album then Im done with it ~#**************#~ One-hundred percent finished ~#**************#~ Fed up with it, Im hanging it up, fuck it! ~#**************#~ Excuse the cursing, baby, but just know ~#**************#~ That Im a good person, though they portray me as cold ~#**************#~ And if things should worsen, dont take this letter I wrote ~#**************#~ As a goodbye note, but your dads at the end of his rope ~#**************#~ Im sliding down a slippery slope ~#**************#~ Anyways sweetie, I better go ~#**************#~ Im getting sleepy, love, Dad–shit, I dont know ~#**************#~ [The sound of a bottle of pills being opened is heard. Eminem ingests them and collapses over the floor]