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