[Intro]
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Wheres my snare?
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I have no snare in my headphones
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There you go
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Yeah
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Yo, yo
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[Verse 1]
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Have you ever been hated or discriminated against?
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I have, I been protested and demonstrated against
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Picket signs for my wicked rhymes, look at the times
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Sick is the mind of the motherfuckin kid thats behind
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All this commotion, emotions run deep as oceans, explodin
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Tempers flarin from parents, just blow em off and keep goin
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Not takin nothin from no one, give em hell long as Im breathin
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Keep kickin ass in the morning and takin names in the evenin
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Leave em with a taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth
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See, they can trigger me, but theyll never figure me out
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Look at me now! I bet youre prolly sick of me now
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Aint you, Mama? Ima make you look so ridiculous now!
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[Chorus]
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Im sorry, Mama
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I never meant to hurt you
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I never meant to make you cry
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But tonight Im cleanin out my closet (One more time!)
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I said Im sorry, Mama
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I never meant to hurt you
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I never meant to make you cry
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But tonight Im cleanin out my closet (Ha!)
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[Verse 2]
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I got some skeletons in my closet and I dont know if no one knows it
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So before they throw me inside my coffin and close it
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Ima expose it; Ill take you back to 73
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Before I ever had a multi-platinum-selling CD
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I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple of months
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My faggot father mustve had his panties up in a bunch
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‘Cause he split, I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye
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No, I dont, on second thought, I just fuckin wished he would die
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I look at Hailie, and I couldnt picture leavin her side
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Even if I hated Kim, Id grit my teeth and Id try
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To make it work with her at least for Hailies sake, I maybe made some mistakes
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But Im only human, but Im man enough to face em today
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What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb
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But the smartest shit I did was take the bullets out of that gun
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‘Cause Ida killed em, shit, I woulda shot Kim and him both
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Its my life, Id like to welcome yall to The Eminem Show
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[Chorus]
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Im sorry, Mama
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I never meant to hurt you
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I never meant to make you cry
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But tonight Im cleanin out my closet (One more time!)
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I said Im sorry, Mama
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I never meant to hurt you
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I never meant to make you cry
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But tonight Im cleanin out my closet (Uh)
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[Verse 3]
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Now, I would never diss my own mama just to get recognition
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Take a second to listen ‘fore you think this record is dissin
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But put yourself in my position, just try to envision
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Witnessin your mama poppin prescription pills in the kitchen
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Bitchin that someones always goin through her purse and shits missin
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Goin through public housing systems, victim of Münchausens Syndrome
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My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasnt
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‘Til I grew up, now I blew up, it makes you sick to your stomach, doesnt it?
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Wasnt it the reason you made that CD for me, Ma?
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So you could try to justify the way you treated me, Ma?
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But guess what, youre gettin older now, and its cold when youre lonely
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And Nathans growin up so quick, hes gonna know that youre phony
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And Hailies gettin so big now, you should see her, shes beautiful
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But youll never see her, she wont even be at your funeral (Ha-ha!)
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See, what hurts me the most is you wont admit you was wrong
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Bitch, do your song, keep tellin yourself that you was a mom!
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But how dare you try to take what you didnt help me to get?!
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You selfish bitch, I hope you fuckin burn in hell for this shit!
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Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me? (Hehe)
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Well, guess what? I am dead—dead to you as can be!
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[Chorus]
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Im sorry, Mama
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I never meant to hurt you
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I never meant to make you cry
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But tonight Im cleanin out my closet (One more time!)
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I said Im sorry, Mama
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I never meant to hurt you
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I never meant to make you cry
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But tonight Im cleanin out my closet