Lyrics for Cleaning Out My Closet as interpreted by pink_angel016

Cleaning Out My Closet Lyrics
Have you ever been hated or discriminated against?
I have, I've been protested and demonstrated against.
Picket signs for my wicked rhymes.
Look at the times. Sick is the mind of the motha fuckin' kid that's behind,
all this commotion. Emotions run deep as ocean's explodin'.
Tempers flaring from parents, just blow 'em off and keep goin'.
Not takin' nothin' from no one, give 'em hell long as I'm breathin'.
Keep kickin' ass in the mornin', an' takin' names in the evening.
Leav'em with a taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth.
See, they can trigger me but they never figure me out.
Look at me now, I bet ya probably sick of me now.
Ain't you mama, I'ma make you look so ridiculous now.

I'm sorry, Mama.
I never meant to hurt you.
I never meant to make you cry,
but tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet.

I'm sorry, Mama.
I never meant to hurt you.
I never meant to make you cry,
but tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet.

I got some skeletons in my closet, and I don't know if no one knows it.
So before they thrown me inside my coffin and close it,
I'ma expose it. I'll take you back to '73 before I ever had a multi-platinum sellin' CD.
I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple of months.
My faggot father must have had his panties up in a bunch,
cuz he split. I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye.
No, I don't on second thought, I just fuckin' wished he would die.
I look at Hailie and I couldn't picture leavin' her side.
Even if I hated Kim, I grit my teeth and I'd try
to make it work with her at least for Hailie's sake.
I maybe made some mistakes but I'm only human.
But I'm man enough to face them today.
What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb,
but the smartest shit I did was take them bullets out of that gun.
Cuz I'da killed 'em, shit
I would have shot Kim an' him both.
It's my life, I'd like to welcome ya'll to The Eminem Show.

I'm sorry, Mama.
I never meant to hurt you.
I never meant to make you cry,
but tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet.

I'm sorry, Mama.
I never meant to hurt you.
I never meant to make you cry,
but tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet.

Now I would never dis my own mama just to get recognition.
Take a second to listen for you think this record is dissin',
But put yourself in my position.
Just try to envision witnessin' your Mama poppin' prescription pills in the kitchen,
bitchin' that someone's always goin' through her purse and shits missin'.
Going through public housing system, victim of Munchausen's syndrome.
My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't,
til I grew up, now I blew up.
It makes you sick to ya stomach,
doesn't it? Wasn't it the reason you made that CD for me, Ma?
So you could try to justify the way you treated me, Ma?
But guess what, yer gettin' older now and it's cold when you're lonely.
An' Nathan's growin' up so quick, he's gonna know that you're phoney.
And Hailie's gettin' so big now, you should see her, she's beautiful.
But you'll never see her, she won't even be at your funeral.
See what hurts me the most is you won't admit you was wrong,
Bitch, do ya song. Keep tellin' yourself that you was a mom.
But how dare you try to take what you didn't help me to get.
You selfish bitch, I hope you fuckin' burn in hell for this shit.
Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me?
Well, guess what, I am dead. Dead to you as can be.

I'm sorry, Mama.
I never meant to hurt you.
I never meant to make you cry,
but tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet.

I'm sorry, Mama.
I never meant to hurt you.
I never meant to make you cry,
but tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet.

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uncgurl
05-18-2002

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*witnessing your momma popping prescription pills in the kitchen*

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Aerion
05-19-2002

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Really good song. He really dissed his mom on this one.

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mike
05-22-2002

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"Im sorry momma
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
But tonight, Im cleaning out my closet "

Where is this a chorus from?

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grapekiwi338
05-24-2002

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wow. thats powerful. these lines:

"Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me?
But guess what? I am dead
Dead of you as can be!"

almost makes you think you shouldn't be listening to it. very good song, although i feel kinda ashamed to be entertained by it


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daffy
05-25-2002

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And Hailie's getting so big now, you should see her, she's beautiful
But you'll never see her, she wont even be at your funeral
man, if that doesn't make his mother cry i don't know what will. that's some of the most intensely personal stuff ever written, and it's wonderful, this song is kind of a masterpiece


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Trebmal
05-27-2002

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Just got two corrections for this song...which is my favorite off the new CD its very deep.

"Witnessin your momma poppin (?=perscription) pills in the kitchen"

down further
"But guess what? I am dead
Dead TO you as can be! "

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Trebmal
05-27-2002

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lol woops someone corrected that already thats what i get for logging on at 3:15in the morning :-p

peace

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mrclean
05-27-2002

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:| This song is like Kim in a sense that it's so disturbing it's amazing.

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AL_kaline
05-28-2002

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this song fully showes Eminems' true talents as a song writer/rapper...i agree with grapekiwi in feeling somewhat ashamed to be entertained by a song like this because it deals with the downs of Marshall's life...
most powerful line in the song is by far,
"Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me?/ But guess what?/ I am dead/ Dead of you as can be!"


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CarreraGT9
05-28-2002

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hey Mike
You probally heard those lyrics
"Im sorry momma
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
But tonight, Im cleaning out my closet "

is from the trailor to 8Mile
the movie that stars eminem

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linkinpark4ever
05-29-2002

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also he says victim of munchaouesens sydrome, which is the disease his mom had, making her think him and his 1/2 brother nathan were always sick.

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radio_bleeder42
05-29-2002

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how old is nathan?

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uncgurl
05-29-2002

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nathans fifteen, he plays the kid eminem in the video without eminem, and damn hes hot

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uncgurl
05-29-2002

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nathans fifteen, he plays the kid eminem in the talk show in the video without eminem, and damn hes hot

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Freak_like_me
05-30-2002

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*agrees with uncgirl*
wheheh
i think im gonna sing this song to my mother haha
hell......i been raise by eminem
im addicted :D
but,over the song.. i love it !! :)


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eknick
06-03-2002

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great song, love the rythm and the melody, nice sh%t =]

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sycophant213
06-03-2002

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1.THING,ITS,JUST,FUCKIN.WIKERD:P:P:P:P

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Javi
06-05-2002

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Great song. What i really like is the chorus. He's saying I'm sorry, but i just have to tell it like it is. How will his mom react to that? She can't! And that's the worse diss of his momma yet. When she can't retaliate, she's done for...

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disturbed_child
06-06-2002

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nathens his brother

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PepsiCan
06-08-2002

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Correct me if i'm wrong...but isnt munchaouesens sydrome when women harm their own kids to get sympathy or sumthin?

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selbyblink
06-09-2002

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i heard that this song was written because his mom had a disease where she told people that he was sick for attention / sympathy.. which is kind of sick in itself. hence the line, "my whole life i was made to believe i was sick when i wasn't..."

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noreality 123
06-11-2002

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"Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me, well guess what? I am dead, dead to you as can be!"

That line almost made me cry the first time I ever heard it. I was like in awe when I first heard this song. It's intensly personal and disturbing. Makes you understand Eminem a little more.

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shortys_gurl69
06-13-2002

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i really like this song and yea it may be a diss to eminems mom but hey they were doin the same shit as us and look at them his mom seemed like a bitch anyway she sounds like a stuck up bitch i mean c'mon tellin yr kid that when his uncle died u wished it was him... HE has alot of talkent and expressses everyday life

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hoibbes
06-15-2002

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ya know its kinda funny. if his mother wants to sue him for slander again, she has to listen to the song. So either way he's on top.

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the_tormented_one
06-15-2002

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da real deal....i got the cd yesterday...bad it's great
this is my fav...dude, i just think Eminem is beaing truthfull even if he is able to get into "trouble" again.....

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