[Intro: Eminem]
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I own a mansion but live in a house
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A king-size bed but I sleep on the couch
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Im Mr. Brightside, glass is half-full
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But my tanks half empty, gasket just blew
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[Verse 1: Eminem]
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This always happens
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Thirty minutes from home, gotta lay a log cabin
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Only option I haves McDonaldss bathroom
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In a public stall, droppin a football
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So every time someone walks in the john, I get maddened
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“Shady, what up?” What? Come on, man, Im crappin
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And youre askin for my goddamn autograph on a napkin?
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Oh, thats odd, I just happened to run out of tissue
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Yeah, hand me that, on second thought Id be glad then
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“Thanks, dawg! Names Todd, a big fan”
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I wiped my ass with it, crumbled it up in a wad and threw it back and
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Told him: “Todd, youre the shit,” whens all of this crap end?
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Cant pump my gas without causin an accident
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Pump my gas, cut my grass, I cant take out the fuckin trash
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Without someone passin through my sub, harassin
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Id count my blessings, but I suck at math
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Id rather wallow than bask sufferin succotash
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But the ant-acid, it gives my stomach gas
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When I mix my corn with my fuckin mashed
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Potatoes, so what? Ho, kiss my country bumpkin ass
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Missouri Southern roots, what the fuck is upper class?
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Call lunch dinner, call dinner supper
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Tupperware in the cupboard, plasticware up the ass
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Stuck in the past—iPod, what the fuck is that?
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B-Boy to the core, mule, Im a stubborn ass
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[Chorus: Eminem & Joe Walsh]
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Maybe thats why I feel so strange
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Got it all, but I still wont change
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Maybe thats why I cant leave Detroit
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Its the motivation that keeps me goin
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This is the inspiration I need
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I could never turn my back on a city that made me
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And (Lifes been good to me so far)
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[Verse 2: Eminem]
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They call me classless, I heard that, I second and third that
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Dont know what the fuck Id be doin if it werent rap
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Probably be a giant turd sack
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But I blew, never turned back
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Turned 40 and still sag—teenagers act more fuckin mature, Jack
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Fuck you gonna say to me? Ill leave on my own terms, asshole
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Im goin berzerk, my nerves are bad
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But I love the perks my work has
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I get to meet famous people, look at her dag
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Her nylons are ran, her skirts snagged
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And I heard she drag-races, *burp* swag
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Tuck in my Hanes shirt tag
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Youre Danica Patrick (Yeah?) word, skag
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Wed be the perfect match
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‘Cause youre a vacuum, Im a dirtbag
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My apologies, no disrespect to technology
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But what the hecks all of these buttons?
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You expect me to sit here and learn that?
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Fuck I gotta do to hear this new song from Luda?
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Be an expert at computers?
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Id rather be an Encyclopedia Britannica, hell with
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PlayStation, Im still on my first man on some Zelda
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Nintendo, bitch! Run, jump, punch, stab, and I melt the
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Mozzarella on my spaghetti
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Put in on bread, make a sandwich with Welchs, and belch
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They say this spray butters bad for my health, but
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I think this poor white trash from the trailer
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Jed Clampett, Fred Sanford, and welfare
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Mentality helps to keep me grounded
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Thats why I never take full advantage of wealth, I
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Managed to dwell within these parameters
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Still crammin the shelves full of Hamburger Helper
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I cant even help it, this is the hand I was dealt, a
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Creature of habit, feel like Im trapped in an animal shelter
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With all these pet peeves, goddamn it, to hell, I
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Cant stand all these kids with their camera cellphones
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I cant go anywhere, I get so mad I could yell, the
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Other day, someone got all elaborate
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And stuck a head from a fuckin dead cat in my mailbox
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Went to Burger King—they spit on my onion rings
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I think my karmas catchin up with me
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[Chorus: Eminem & Joe Walsh]
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Maybe thats why I feel so strange
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Got it all, but I still wont change
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Maybe thats why I cant leave Detroit
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Its the motivation that keeps me goin
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This is the inspiration I need
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I could never turn my back on a city that made me
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And (Lifes been good to me so far)
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[Bridge: Eminem]
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Got friends on Facebook all over the world
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Not sure what that means, they tell me its good
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So Im artist of the decade, I even got a plaque
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Id hang it up, but the frame is all cracked
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[Verse 3: Eminem]
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Im tryin to be low-key, hopefully nobody notices me
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In produce, hunched over, giant nosebleed
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Ogre style as I mosey over to the frozen aisle
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By the frozen yogurt this guy approached me
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Embarrassed, I just did Comerica with Hova
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The shows over, Im hidin in Kroger, buyin groceries
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He just had front-row seats
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Told me to sign this poster, then insults me
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“Wow! Up close didnt know you had crows feet!”
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Im at a crossroads, lost, still shoppin at Costcos
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Sloppy Joes, bulk waffles
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Got caught pickin my nose (Agh!)
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Look over, see these two hot hoes
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Finger still up one of my nostrils
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Right next to em, stuck at the light, the fuckin shits
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Takin forever to change, its stuck, these bitches are lovin it
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Rubbin it in, chucklin, couldnt do nothin
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Play it off, “What you bumpin?”
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“Trunk Muzik, Yelawolfs better,” fuckin bitch!
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They want me to flip at the label, but I wont succumb to it
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The pressure, they want me to follow up with
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Another one, after Recovery was so highly coveted
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But what good is a fuckin recovery if I fumble it?
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‘Cause Ima drop the ball if I dont get a grip
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Hoppin out shrubbery on you sons of bitches
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Wrong subdivision to fuck with, bitch
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Quit snappin fuckin pictures of my kids
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I love my city, but you pushed me to the limit—what a pity!
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The shit I complain about
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Its like there aint a cloud in the sky and its rainin out
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Kool-Aid stain on the couch, Ill never get it out
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But bitch, I got an elevator in my house
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Ants and a mouse—Im livin the dream!
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[Chorus: Eminem & Joe Walsh]
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Maybe thats why I feel so strange
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Got it all, but I still wont change
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Maybe thats why I cant leave Detroit
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Its the motivation that keeps me goin
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This is the inspiration I need
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I could never turn my back on a city that made me
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And (Lifes been good to me so far)
