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Eminem's believe
- And I started from the bottom
- Like a snowman—ground up
- Like round chuck, and still put hands on you
- Stayin' wound up is how I spend time (get it?)
- Sucker free, confidence high
- Such a breeze when I pen rhymes
- I just got that air about me like wind chimes (yeah)
- Another day in the life (uh)
- Used to have to scrape to get by (yeah)
- Now my community's gated and I
- Made it and my neighbors say hi (say hi)
- I'm givin' 'em pounds, I'm upscale now
- Guess it means I'm way in the sky (way in the sky)
- But I still remember the days of
- Minimum wage for general labor
- Welfare recipient since a minor
- Look how government assistance has made ya!
- Adversity, if at first you don't succeed
- Put your temper to more use
- 'Cause bein' broke's a poor excuse
- That should only give you more fuel
- Show 'em why you're you
- So close, God, it's like I almost got it
- But close only counts in time, bombs and horseshoes
- So I Unabomb shit—tick, tick, tick—no remorse, pew!
- Screw it, I'm lit, and that attitude I blew up on quick
- That's why they call me firecracker
- I grew up on WIC—wick, wick, wick—with a short fuse
- I got some important news to report to
- Anyone who thought I was done: nah bitch, not quite
- Spotlight's back on, got my faith, where's yours?
- Do you still believe in me?
- Didn't I give everything I had to give you to make you see?
- I'll never forget if you turn your back on me now
- And walk out, I will never let you live it down
- I'll never quit, do you still believe in me?
- Man, I know sometimes
- These thoughts can be harsh and cold as ice
- To me they're just ink blots
- I just fling 'em like slingshots and so precise
- So you might wanna think it over twice (yeah)
- When you retards can roll the dice
- But beef will at least cost you your career
- 'Cause even my cheap shots are overpriced
- But this middle finger's free as a bird
- Nuke warhead at birth, hugest forehead on Earth
- Too short for the verse, studied his formula, learned
- How to incorporate a curse
- Point it towards corporate America
- Stick a fork in and turn
- 'Cause four letter words are more better heard
- The world force fed a turd to me, you're getting yours
- But sometimes I overdo it, but I just get so into it
- I was there consolin' you when no one knew it
- When your situation showed no improvement
- I was that door, you walked over to it
- I'm the light at the end of tunnel
- So people are always lookin' to me as they're goin' through it
- When that tunnel vision is unclear
- Shit becomes too much to bear
- Since "Cleanin' Out My Closet"
- When I was havin' trouble with the snare
- I'm that unrealistic prayer answered
- And I'ma get you jacked up like you're tryna fix a flat, uh
- When you struggle with despair
- That double fisted, bare knuckles coupled with this pair
- Of nuts I'm cuppin', I am your fuckin' switch, nothin' can compare
- Do you still believe in me?
- Didn't I give everything I had to give you to make you see?
- I'll never forget if you turn your back on me now
- And walk out, I will never let you live it down
- I'll never quit, do you still believe in me?
- Started from the bottom like a snowman
- Oh man, put that in your corncob pipe and smoke that
- But my battery's low, I'ma need a boost to my pack
- And I know that I always got Proof at my back
- I called you "Proof" because I knew for a fact
- My ace in the hole, homie, I'm callin' on you
- 'Cause I think I'm slowly startin' to lose faith in it, so
- Give me that apron and mo–
- –tivation to go, Hussein with the flow
- Fake fans left you two faced at the show
- Let heartbeats loop, produce hate in my soul
- Layin' vocals two days in a row
- True statement, hate to go down this road
- But there's only one route to cross this bridge
- So I walk in this bitch with loose change
- 'Cause all my dues paid, but this booth's takin' its toll
- But it's never too late to start a new beginnin'
- That goes for you too, so what the fuck you gon' do?
- Use the tools you're given!
- Or you're gon' use the cards you're dealt
- As an excuse for you to not do shit with 'em?
- I used to play the loser/victim
- 'Til I saw the way Proof was driven
- I found my vehicle and I haven't ran out of gas yet
- And when they stacked decks, turn handicaps into assets
- Fanny packs, hourglasses
- If time was on my side, I'd still have none to waste
- Man, in my younger days
- That dream was so much fun to chase
- It's like I'd run in place
- While this shit dangled in front of my face
- But how do you keep up the pace
- And the hunger pangs once you've won the race?
- When that dual exhaust is coolin' off
- 'Cause you don't got nothin' left to prove at all
- 'Cause you done already hit 'em with the coup de grâce
- Still you feel the need to go full tilt
- That Bruce Willis, that Blue Steel, that true skill
- When that wheel's loose, I won't lose will
- Do you still believe?
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