Is this supposed to be a metaphor OR

[RainMan44]

is he saying "Like a half pair of dice" as in...about a half pair of dice? What does "Like a half pair of dice, Life's crazy." mean?.....and even if those two aren't connected, what does "like a half pair of dice" mean?


Catch me in my Mercedes bumpin’ “Ice, Ice Baby,”
Screamin’ Shady ’til I die, a half a pair of dice, life’s crazy

[Elision]

pair of dice/paradise

[RainMan44]

pair of dice/paradise

What's the point, though?

[Trimss]

He's a pimp

[VenomBlackViper]

He's a pimp

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[JUMPDMC]

Eminem is riding in his Mercedes with his car dice, listening to Vanilla Ice’s (white-rap classic) “Ice Ice Baby”

This could also be a triple entendre :

1) Eminem has a ‘pair of dice’ in his Mercedes

2) Em has ‘a paradise’ following off of Royce’s opener of living on an island

3) Set’s up for the literal use of dice in the following lines with ‘Don’t stop me I’m on a roll’

Bravo, you are now officially my favorite person on this forum.

[FreeSpeech]

Screamin’ Shady ’til I die like a half a pair of dice, life’s crazy

"Dice" is plural. One of them is a die. So, if he's like a half a pair of dice, he'd have to "die".

At youall.

[Satire]

Screamin’ Shady ’til I die like a half a pair of dice, life’s crazy

"Dice" is plural. One of them is a die. So, if he's like a half a pair of dice, he'd have to "die".

At youall.

This. I can't believe no one mentioned it. I was reading through the comments like

[WakeUpShow]

oooooooooooh thanks FreeSpeech. That line is actually pretty sweet lol.

[xxTrigger1989xx]

Others have answered your question, it's simply wordplay. And it's actually dope wordplay, I didn't even catch it until a few more listens. Like, I knew he said pair of dice, but I didn't look at it like "paradise." Makes me appreciate his first verse more. I thought that the correct lyrics were "Screamin' Shady 'til I die, like I have a pair of dice, life's crazy"....that's what I hear, is it actually "like a half"?

[BumShiv]

Screamin’ Shady ’til I die like a half a pair of dice, life’s crazy

"Dice" is plural. One of them is a die. So, if he's like a half a pair of dice, he'd have to "die".

At youall.

This. I can't believe no one mentioned it. I was reading through the comments like

word me 2

[gutawafang]

He's a pimp

VenomBlackViper likes this.

Me too.

[Atone]

what fuckin song is this from?

[zedzero27]

what fuckin song is this from?

Fast Lane

[Wreckless7]

Eminem is riding in his Mercedes with his car dice, listening to Vanilla Ice’s (white-rap classic) “Ice Ice Baby”

This could also be a triple entendre :

1) Eminem has a ‘pair of dice’ in his Mercedes

2) Em has ‘a paradise’ following off of Royce’s opener of living on an island

3) Set’s up for the literal use of dice in the following lines with ‘Don’t stop me I’m on a roll’

Could even be a QUADRUPLE entendre !

4) “Screamin shady ‘till I DIE, like a half a pair of DICE”

One dice : a Die, pair of dice : two Dice