holy mother of pearl...im catching insane lines every listen

[mrjizzbomber]

This shit is metaphor heavy, and i agree that general rap fans wont pick up on it.

I think Eminem makes it very, very clear he is packing many many metaphors into this song. Even the most casual fan will be alerted to perk his ears up for them.

[goblue418]

“brain dead rims… yeah stupid wheels”

“don’t make me introduce you to my power tool, you know the fuckin drill”

“how you douche bags feel, knowin you’re disposable?”

“I gave bruce wayne a valium and sais settle your fuckin ass down… im ready for COMBAT MAN (CALM BATMAN)”

“girl shake that ass like a donkey with Parkinson’s”

“need I remind you, that I don’t need the fuckin swine flu, to be a sick pig”

“im the longest needle around here, need a fix huh, im the big shot… get it?”

“does a word search get circles wrapped around it like you do when I come through”

“the fork was in the road, I took the psychopath”

“Posion Ivy wouldn’t have me thinkin rash”

[Heffernan]

there ya go


your addicted im dope.....
i forgot the rest of that line...but its awesome

[EminemBase]

The only ones that are decent are:

"Don't make me introduce you to my power tool, you know the drill."
"Fork was in the road, took the psycho path."

These lines are decent because they're actually double meanings (although the 2nd one barely makes it).

Lines like "I'm the longest needle around, I'm a big shot" are fucking retarded because they're not even double meanings. You have one meaning, that he's a big shot (duh) and the other literal meaning... that he's a fucking needle. Not a human being.

It's as retarded as something like "I cut cheese into shreds, yeah, I'm grater than most rappers"

Not true at all.

Big shot = Big shot in the sense you picked up on also in the sense of a big hit, needle injection is sometimes referred to as a 'shot'. Longest needle around here = big shot as I am a big needle giving you a big shot / also a big shot.

Then you have... "Shake that ass like a donkey with parkinson's". Ass is another name for a donkey but also obviously a name for your butt. So shake that ass like a donkey with parkinson's = Parkinson's makes you shake and a donkey is an ass so if the donkey is shaking, it's a shaking ass. And he's telling you to shake your ass. Double meaning there too.

Batman line is double meaning by the way he pronounces the words combat man / calm bat mat. He's making it have two meanings by pronounciation and linking them through situation / metaphor. Another double meaning.

You also have... Well, even the ones OP mentioned. Cash registers shit their draws / draws is slang name for boxer shorts but is obviously using the word draws there in the literal sense too as in the draw in a cash register. Also got "I'm an uncooked slab of beef laying on your kitchen floor / other words I'm off the meat rack" - Off the meat rack, general saying to imply one is insane like but also using in the literal sense... Similar too... "I'm so god dam off the wall I may as well be a painting smashed on the floor".

Every other line is a double meaning. Seriously man if you're going to bash a song for a lack of something, at least make sure you understand it all first.

[RapName]

The only ones that are decent are:

"Don't make me introduce you to my power tool, you know the drill."
"Fork was in the road, took the psycho path."

These lines are decent because they're actually double meanings (although the 2nd one barely makes it).

Jeez, didn't expect that from you. Shameful really

[EminemBase]

^ Yeah I realize that but how else do you expect him to link things lmao.

He's purposely emphasizing situations to make very visual metaphors time after time. Like the feeligns / fillings / teeth / crown / capped thing on "Not Afraid".

Still takes skill to link them in the way he did. Shake that ass like a donkey with Parkinson's is perfect. And the psycho path / poison ivy line is one of his best lines in a long while.

As for the meat line you said about rappers emphasizing raw. That's not really the main point of that line, he says he's uncooked meat on the Kitchen floor / in other words he's off the meat rack (insane). I think that's a very nice line.

[Rabbi]

You're addicted, I'm dope, I'm the longest needle around here
Need a fix oc? I'm the big shot, get it dick snots?
You're just small pokes, little pricks

Also what does he mean by this?

And they say that it never strikes twice in the same place
Then how the fuck have I been hit six times
On three different locations on four seperate occasions?

[MackBook]

youre so negative, holy mother of god

Amen, he'll never be satisfied and end up a lonely man because "no one understands him"

[EminemBase]

You're addicted, I'm dope, I'm the longest needle around here
Need a fix oc? I'm the big shot, get it dick snots?
You're just small pokes, little pricks

Also what does he mean by this?

And they say that it never strikes twice in the same place
Then how the fuck have I been hit six times
On three different locations on four seperate occasions?

Because he's saying he's a big needle, a big shot (like a needle shot), also in the slang sense. Then says 'you're just small pokes' as in small needle pokes, little pricks. Prick as in the insult / word for dick and word for needle prick like a small needle prick that pricks the skin.

Then with the lightning line he's just saying how has he been hit six times if lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

[Kez]

youre so negative, holy mother of god

Amen, he'll never be satisfied and end up a lonely man because "no one understands him"

[Kez]

^ youre just feeding this flame shit even more

hypocrite.

Yeah i have little else choice to be honest; if i lock the thread, asshurt morons will complain about "freedom of speech". Not that i'd let that stop me, but right now i can not be arsed.

[slimsoxshady]

vintage Amadeo

[MackBook]

^ youre just feeding this flame shit even more

hypocrite.

Yeah i have little else choice to be honest; if i lock the thread, asshurt morons will complain about "freedom of speech". Not that i'd let that stop me, but right now i can not be arsed.

Then do your job and issue a warning, dont preach extinguising the fire as your pouring gasoline on it

[MackBook]

youre so negative, holy mother of god

Amen, he'll never be satisfied and end up a lonely man because "no one understands him"

nice attempt @ a personal attack there. why do you get so upset by people's opinions.

Thanks it's still a little early in the am for me, i'm not offended by your opinion at all, but in a few threads you have such a negative and pessimistic view, im not offended im just glad i dont go through life with such a viewpoint

[walend]

I actually worry that these metaphors are too complicated for a lot of rap fans that arent necessarily a big Eminem fan and wont really read into the lyrics so closely, so they'll just think he's talkin shit

yep your right.... like me i have to concentrate with the lyrics in front of me and even then i only catch maby 50 % of wordplay & methapors.... !!

but i'm not saying this is a bad song


"""""my methapors are so complicated it takes six minutes to get applause""""