Intro
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Where's my snare?
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I have no snare in my headphones
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There you go, yeah
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yo, yo
[Verse 1]
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Have you ever been hated or discriminated against?
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I have, I've 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 that's 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 I'm breathin'
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Keep kickin' ass in the morning and takin' names in the evenin'
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Leave 'em with the taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth
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See, they can trigger me, but they'll never figure me out
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Look at me now! I bet you're prob'ly sick of me now
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Ain't you, Mama? I'ma make you look so ridiculous now!
[Chorus]
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I'm 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 I'm cleanin' out my closet (One more time!)
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I said I'm 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 I'm cleanin' out my closet (Ha!)
[Verse 2]
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I got some skeletons in my closet
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And I don't 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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I'ma expose it; I'll take you back to '73
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Before I ever had a multi-platinum-selling G#D
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I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple of months
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My faggot father must've 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 don't, on second thought, I just fuckin' wished he would die
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I look at Hailie, and I couldn't picture leavin' her side
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Even if I hated Kim, I'd grit my teeth and I'd try
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To make it work with her at least for Hailie's sake
I maybe made some mistakes
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But I'm only human, but I'm 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 I'da killed 'em, shit, I woulda shot Kim and him both
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It's my life, I'd like to welcome y'all to The Eminem Show
[Chorus]
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I'm 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 I'm cleanin' out my closet (One more time!)
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I said I'm 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 I'm cleanin' out my closet (uh)
[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 someone's always goin' through her purse and shit's missin'
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Goin' through public housing systems victim of Münchausen's Syndrome
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My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't
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'Til I grew up, now I blew up it makes you sick to your stomach, doesn't it?
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Wasn't it the reason you made that G#D 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, you're gettin' older now and it's cold when you're lonely
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And Nathan's growin' up so quick he's gonna know that you're phony
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And Hailie's gettin' so big now, you should see her, she's beautiful
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But you'll never see her-she won't even be at your funeral (ha-ha!)
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See, what hurts me the most is you won't 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 didn't 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?
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Well, guess what, I am dead-dead to you as can be!
[Chorus]
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I'm 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 I'm cleanin' out my closet (One more time!)
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I said I'm 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 I'm cleanin' out my closet
[Outro]
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