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