Nov 14, 2022 Lyrics: I also represent anyone on the receiving end of those jokes you offend I'm the nightmare you fell asleep in and woke up still in I'm your karma closing in with each stroke of a pen Perfect time to have some remorse to show for your sin No, it's hopeless, I'm the denial that you're hopelessly in When they say all of this is approaching its end But you refuse to believe that it's over, here we go all over again Backs to the wall, I'm stacking up all them odds Toilets clogged, Yeah 'cause I'm talking a lot of s--- but I'm backing it all up But in my head there's a voice in the back and it hollas After the track is demolished I am your lack of a conscience I'm the ringing in your ears I'm the polyps on the back of your tonsils Eating your vocal chords after your concerts I'm your time that's almost up that you haven't acknowledged Grab for some water but I'm that pill that's too jagged to swallow I'm the bullies you hate, that you became With every fa---- you slaughtered Coming back on you every woman you insult That, with the double-standards you Have when it comes to your daughters I represent everything, you take for granted 'Cause Marshall Mathers the rapper's persona's half a facade And Matthew and Stan's just symbolic, Of you not knowing what you had until it's gone 'Cause after all the glitz and the Glam, no more fans that are calling your name Cameras are off Sad, but it happens to all of them I'm the hindsight to say, "I told you so!" Foreshadows of all the things that are to follow I'm the future that's here to show you what happens tomorrow If you don't stop after they call you the Biggest laughing stock of rap who can't call it quits When it's time to walk away I'm every guilt trip The baggage you had But as you gather up all your possessions If there's anything you have left to say Unless it makes an impact don't bother So before you rest your case Better make sure you're packing a wallop So one last time, I'm back Before it fades into black and it's all over Behold the final chapter in the saga Trying to recapture that lightning trapped in a bottle Twice the magic that started it all Tragic portrait of an artist tortured Trapped in his own drawings Tap into thoughts Blacker and darker than anything imaginable Here goes a wild stab in the dark As we pick up the last Mathers left off ... d--- bro. The second half of Eminem's "Bad Guy", where his conscious confronts him about his failures and shortcomings. An overlooked lyrical masterpiece. Seriously he destroyed his ego and went off on all the recent critics who say he's not self aware he's somewhat fallen off and knows his time will be up and how he's a hypocrite or whinney etc and the passion and rage is amazing. The beat too. Chills everytime. I got a tear in my eye. Beeautiful. top 10 song
Nov 14, 2022 Wow, I never thought about it this way before. Your analysis of this song is impeccable. Everybody should be in this thread discussing this. Holy s---.
Nov 14, 2022 I mean outside of the cult of Eminem stans, nobody discusses this song. It's a fact. It's severely underrated. The official YT track has decent views (7 mil) but he should have made a music video in the style of Stan and it would have blown tf up and became a huge hit. Only thing that brings it down in quality is the first half's beat kind of gets repetitive and annoying and his voice is a bit grating at times. But the ending... holy s--- I wish that was a whole single.
Nov 14, 2022 This song definitely deserved a music video, it even lends itself to it really. I think the song would’ve done way better if he called it Stan 2 and got Dido to do the chorus. The ending verse evokes rage in me that I didn’t know was possible. I feel his pain.
Nov 14, 2022 Well said. Give it a better first beat and chorus, maybe shorten it a bit make the 2nd part longer, call it Stan 2 or something else and holy f--- imagine the popularity. And yeah that last part was too real. Love it. Em had ego death right there. Beautiful s--- man. I wish he did more like it.
Nov 21, 2022 Not a huge fan of this song. Verse is good. Not great. Good way to close the song. The beginning and 2nd verse of this song is cringe. This did not lead up to expectations of MMLP1 in anyway, shape or form.
