You know I just don't get it
Last year I was nobody
This year I'm sellin' records
Now everybody wants to come around like I owe 'em somethin'
The fuck you want from me, ten million dollars?
Get the fuck out of here

You see I'm just Marshall Mathers (Marshall Mathers)
I'm just a regular guy,
I don't know why all the fuss about me (fuss about me)
Nobody ever gave a fuck before,
All they did was doubt me (did was doubt me)
Now everybody want to run they mouth
And take shots at me (take shots at me)

Yo, you might see me joggin', you might see me walkin'
You might see me walkin' a dead rottweiler dog
With it's head chopped off in the park with a spiked collar
Hollerin' at him cause the son of a bitch won't quit barkin'
Or leanin' out a window, with a cocked shotgun
Drivin' up the block in the car that they shot 'Pac in
Lookin' for Big's killers, dressin' ridiculous
Blue and red like I don't see what the big deal is
Double barrel twelve gauge thinkin' of Chris Wallace
Pissed off, cause Biggie and 'Pac just missed all this
Watchin' all these cheap imitations get rich off 'em
And get dollars that should of been there's like they switched wallets
And amidst all this Crist' poppin' and wristwatches
I had to sit back and just watch and just get nauseous
And walk around with an empty bottle of Remi Martin
Startin' shit like some twenty-six-year-old skinny Cartman ("God damnit!")
I'm anti-Backstreet and Ricky Martin
With instincts to kill N'Sync, don't get me started
These fuckin' brats can't sing and Britney's garbage
What's this bitch retarded? Gimme back my sixteen dollars
All I see is sissies in magazines smiling
Whatever happened to whylin' out and bein' violent?
Whatever happened to catchin' a good-ol' fashioned
Passionate ass-whoopin' and gettin' your shoes coat and your hat tooken?
New Kids on the Block, sucked a lot of dick
Boy-girl groups make me sick
And I can't wait 'til I catch all you fagots in public
I'm a love it (ha ha ha)

Vanilla Ice don't like me (uh-uh)
Said some shit in Vibe to spite me (yup)
Then went and dyed his hair just like me (he he)
A bunch of little kids want to swear just like me
And run around screamin', "I don't care, just bite me" (nah nah)
I think I was put here to annoy the world
And destroy your little four-year-old boy or girl
Plus I was put here to put fear in fagots who spray Faygo Root Beer
And call themselves "Clowns" cause they look queer
Fagot you to Dope and Silent Gay
Claimin' Detroit, when y'all live twenty miles away (fuckin' punks)
And I don't wrestle, I'll knock you fuckin' fagots the fuck out
Ask 'em about the club they was at when they snuck out
After they ducked out the back when they saw us and bugged out
(Ah!) Ducked down and got paint balls shot at they truck, blaow!
Look at y'all runnin' your mouth again
When you ain't seen a fuckin' Mile Road, south of ten
And I don't need help, from D-12, to beat up two females
In make-up, who may try to scratch me with Lee Nails
"Slim Anus," you damn right, Slim Anus
I don't get fucked in mine like you two little flaming fagots!

'Cause I'm, just Marshall Mathers (Marshall Mathers)
I'm not a wrestler guy,
I'll knock you out if you talk about me (you talk about me)
Come and see me on the streets alone
If you assholes doubt me (assholes doubt me)
And if you want to run your mouth
Then come take your best shot at me (your best shot at me)

Is it because you love me that y'all expect so much of me?
You little groupie bitch, get off me, go fuck Puffy
Now because of this blond mop that's on top
And this fucked up head that I've got, I've gone pop?
The underground just spunned around and did a three sixty
Now these kids dis me and act like some big sissies
"Oh, he just did some shit with Missy,
So now he thinks he's too big to do some shit with M-C Get-Bizzy"
My fuckin' bitch mom's suin' for ten million
She must want a dollar for every pill I've been stealin'
Shit, where the fuck you think I picked up the habit?
All I had to do was go in her room and lift up her mattress
Which is it bitch, Mrs. Briggs or Ms. Mathers?
It doesn't matter you fagot!
Talkin' about I fabricated my past
He's just aggravated I won't ejaculate in his ass (Uh!)
So tell me, what the hell is a fella to do?
For every million I make, another relative sues
Family fightin' and fussin' over who wants to invite me to supper
All the sudden, I got ninety-some cousins (Hey it's me!)
A half-brother and sister who never seen me
Or even bothered to call me until they saw me on T-V
Now everybody's so happy and proud
I'm finally allowed to step foot in my girlfriend's house
Hey-hey! And then to top it off, I walked to the newsstand
To buy this cheap-ass little magazine with a food stamp
Skipped to the last page, flipped right fast
And what do I see? A picture of my big white ass
Okay, let me give you motherfuckers some help
Uh, here, double X-L, double X-L
Now your magazine shouldn't have so much trouble to sell
Ah fuck it, I'll even buy a couple myself

'Cause I'm just Marshall Mathers (Marshall Mathers)
I'm just a regular guy,
I don't know why all the fuss about me (fuss about me)
Nobody ever gave a fuck before,
All they did was doubt me (did was doubt me)
Now everybody want to run they mouth
And take shots at me (take shots at me)

'Cause I'm just Marshall Mathers (Marshall Mathers)
I'm just a regular guy,
I don't know why all the fuss about me (fuss about me)
Nobody ever gave a fuck before,
All they did was doubt me (did was doubt me)
Now everybody want to run they mouth
And take shots at me (take shots at me)



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    Song Meaning:heres the explanation for the icp part in verse 1 if no1 knows it yet.

    heres what he says:
    Plus I was put here to put fear in faggots who spray Faygo Root Beer
    and call themselves "Clowns" cause they look queer
    Faggot2Dope and Silent Gay
    Claimin Detroit, when y'all live twenty miles away (fuckin punks)
    And I don't wrestle, I'll knock you fuckin faggots the fuck out
    Ask 'em about the club they was at when they snuck out
    after they ducked out the back when they saw us and bugged out
    (AHHH!) Ducked down and got paintballs shot at they truck, blaow!
    Look at y'all runnin your mouth again
    when you ain't seen a fuckin Mile Road, South of 10
    And I don't need help, from D-12, to beat up two females
    in make-up, who may try to scratch me with Lee Nails
    "Slim Anus," you damn right, Slim Anus
    I don't get fucked in mine like you two little flaming faggots!

    the first part starts off dissing icp and says that they call themselves clowns cuz they're queer. also, they drink alot of faygo root beer so thats where that comes from.
    next, their names are Shaggy2Dope and Violent J, but he parodies that and sez faggot2dope and silent gay (obvious)
    next part is short and just sez how they "claim" detroit but live so far away
    after that he makes fun of their past wrestling career and says he'd beat the shit out of them
    the next 3 lines is a true story: D12/Eminem chased ICP out of a club and shot their truck w/ paintballs
    next 2 lines talks about how they "claim" detroit again
    after that he straight up calls them females with "Lee Nails"
    and finally, "Slim Anus" was a parody that ICP made of Eminem's hit song "The Real Slim Shady", a poor attempt at a diss.
    Flag qtip2293on February 02, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Slim anus
    Damn right slim anus
    I dont get fucked in my like you two little flaming faggots

    That is the funniest line. My friends could barely hold it together after hearing that line.
    Anyway this is an awesome song.
    The version I have ends with a song called rock that form motergro, i thinks my version is from a radio cut, i can hear the dj saying all this stuff covering up the beginning of the song.
    Flag Glocusteron June 27, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:EMINEM IS A GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    AND HE IS FIT
    Flag annieTLSon May 12, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I think that one part is edited cause it is straight up slander/libel, but what I don't get is why it would matter in this case and not all the other times Em's done the same thing to other people in other songs...same goes for the part about columbine line in "i'm back" (scandor: how'd you almost drive off the road when it's edited out??)

    Anyone know why these lines are exceptions? I'm not buying that Em thinks he crossed any kind of line
    Flag dromanoff37on January 22, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song is sick. Marshall Mathers is the type of person who says what he wants and gives you the middle finger if you have something bad to say about it.

    Much Respect.
    Flag seriouslywtfon October 09, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:funny, the chorus sounds dark though, actually it adds a good part to the song
    Flag gloccusteron June 14, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:"slim-anus? damn right slim-anus, i dont get fucked in mine like you two little flamming faggots.." easily the best line. (icp has a song called slim-anus making fun of em. for those of you that dont understand that) so he definatly just ripped them apart.
    Flag cmdillon July 23, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:what happend to icp???how come you don't hear anything about them anymore???did they stop selling records cause eminem brought them down just like he did to benzino and ja rule.
    Flag acidlyricson February 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:what happend to icp???how come you don't hear anything about them anymore???did they stop selling records cause eminem brought them down just like he did to benzino and ja rule.
    Flag acidlyricson February 27, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:the reason i.c.p. don't like eminem is because when in 1999 eminem dressed up like them and put up flyers saying i.c.p. was do a concert because at that time eminem like them and icp found out that eminem did that i they got mad and thats how the beef started.
    Flag acidlyricson February 27, 2007   Link

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