The Way I Am

Eminem

Tom: C

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I sit back with this pack of Zig Zags and this bag
Of this weed, it gives me the s*** needed to be
The most meanest MC on this on this Earth
And since birth Ive been cursed with this curse to just curse
And just blurt this berserk and bizarre s*** that works
And it sells and it helps in itself to relieve
All this tension, dispensin these sentences
Gettin this stress thats been eatin me recently off o this chest
And I rest again peacefully
But at least have the decency in you
To leave me alone when you freaks see me out
In the streets when Im eatin or feedin my daughter
To not come and speak to me
I dont know you and, no, I dont owe you a motherf***in thing
Im not Mr. NSync, Im not what your friends think
Im not Mr. Friendly, I can be a prick
If you tempt me, my tank is on empty
No patience is in me and if you offend me
Im liftin you 10 feet in the air
I dont care who is there and who saw me destroy you
Go call you a lawyer, file you a lawsuit
Ill smile in the courtroom and buy you a wardrobe
Im tired of all you
I dont mean to be mean but thats all I can be is just me
And I am whatever you say I am
If I wasnt, then why would I say I am
In the paper, the news, every day I am
Radio wont even play my jam
Cause I am, whatever you say I am
If I wasnt, then why would I say I am
In the paper, the news, every day I am
I dont know its just the way I am
Sometimes I just feel like my father, I hate to be bothered
With all of this nonsense, its constant
And oh, its his lyrical content
The song Guilty Conscience has gotten such rotten responses
And all of this controversy circles me
And it seems like the media immediately points a finger at me
So I point one back at em, but not the index or pinkie
Or the ring or the thumb, its the one you put up
When you dont give a f***, when you wont just put up
With the bulls*** they pull cause they full of s*** too
When a dudes gettin bullied and shoots up his school
And they blame it on Marilyn and the heroin
Where were the parents at and look where its at
Middle America, now its a tragedy
Now its so sad to see an upper class city
Havin this happenin
Then attack Eminem cause I rap this way
But Im glad cause they feed me the fuel that I need for the fire
To burn and its burnin and I have returned
And I am whatever you say I am
If I wasnt, then why would I say I am
In the paper, the news, every day I am
Radio wont even play my jam
Cause I am, whatever you say I am
If I wasnt, then why would I say I am
In the paper, the news, every day I am
I dont know its just the way I am
Im so sick and tired of bein admired
That I wish that I would just die or get fired
And dropped from my label and stop with the fables
Im not gonna be able to top on My Name Is..
And pigeon-holed into some poppy sensation
To cop me rotation at Rock & Roll stations
And I just do not got the patience
To deal with these cocky Caucasians who think
Im some whigger who just tries to be black cause I talk with an accent
And grab on my b***s, so they always keep askin the same f***in questions
What school did I go to, what hood I grew up in
The why, the who, what, when, the where, and the how
Till Im grabbin my hair and Im tearin it out
Cause they drivin me crazy, I cant take it
Im racin, Im pacin, I stand and I sit
And Im thankful for every fan that I get
But I cant take a s*** in the bathroom without someone standin by it
No, I wont sign your autograph
You can call me an a******, Im glad
Cause I am whatever you say I am
If I wasnt, then why would I say I am
In the paper, the news, every day I am
Radio wont even play my jam
Cause I am, whatever you say I am
If I wasnt, then why would I say I am
In the paper, the news, every day I am
I dont know its just the way I am