Misheard Lyrics

[UofLCard]

Hit Me With Your Best Shot:

"I'm the machine that brought Marshall back to life
told him that my ass had to be tight"

[Supershade]

Fight Music:

This kind of music, use it, and you can introduce it

This kind of music, use it, and you get amped to do shit

[Mr Evil]

Crazy in Love - I thought it was: "You fucked yourself so much you barely feel those anymore.
You're only 24 but you've plenty more milk"

It's actually: "you're only 24 but you're plenty more ma--------------ture than those other little hoes...."

[College Dropout]

On "Beautiful Pain" I thought for awhile he was saying "it's like an enormous ass, UGH!" when in reality it's asthma.

Although considering the preceding line about being torn in half, it's not entirely farfetched.

Yeah I thought so as well

Actually, it is "ass". In the clean version it's censored.

[UofLCard]

Talkin' 2 Myself:

"My last song, Michael was still sober" instead of "My sorrow echoes in this hall though". I thought it was in reference to Michael Jackson. or something.

[ShadyxEminem]

Not Afraid:
No more drama from marijunna I promise to focus only on handling my responsibilities as a father

[Mr Evil]

Talkin' 2 Myself:

"My last song, Michael was still sober" instead of "My sorrow echoes in this hall though". I thought it was in reference to Michael Jackson. or something.

I always thought he was saying something about Michael as well

[Solace]

Talkin' 2 Myself:

"My last song, Michael was still sober" instead of "My sorrow echoes in this hall though". I thought it was in reference to Michael Jackson. or something.

Irrelevant to the thread, but I can't stand it the (few) times Eminem adds "though" just to fit the rhyme

"Cause to this day we remain estranged and I hate it though"
"Rightfully maybe so, never meant that far to take it though,"
"And I'm way too old to cry, the shit is painful though"
"All I know is I love you too much to walk away though"

[shadyblogger]

Talkin' 2 Myself:

"My last song, Michael was still sober" instead of "My sorrow echoes in this hall though". I thought it was in reference to Michael Jackson. or something.

Irrelevant to the thread, but I can't stand it the (few) times Eminem adds "though" just to fit the rhyme

"Cause to this day we remain estranged and I hate it though"
"Rightfully maybe so, never meant that far to take it though,"
"And I'm way too old to cry, the shit is painful though"
"All I know is I love you too much to walk away though"

But it rhymes though

[sbolli1]

Talkin' 2 Myself:

"My last song, Michael was still sober" instead of "My sorrow echoes in this hall though". I thought it was in reference to Michael Jackson. or something.

Irrelevant to the thread, but I can't stand it the (few) times Eminem adds "though" just to fit the rhyme

"Cause to this day we remain estranged and I hate it though"
"Rightfully maybe so, never meant that far to take it though,"
"And I'm way too old to cry, the shit is painful though"
"All I know is I love you too much to walk away though"

Yeah I noticed he's been doing that a lot recently.

[OutlawƎ]

"Say bye to the old, 8 SHOT to the new" - cinderella man

"This whole RAP CITY" - lose yourself

[Coulter]

On Never Enough, I originally thought he said, "thankful for the tail that a witch-god gave me!"
Then I listened more and thought it was "tail that in which god gave me!"
Didn't know the actual lyric until a few months ago.

[UofLCard]

Lose Yourself: "I was playing in the beginning, then New York changed"

"This whole RAP CITY" - lose yourself

Same.

[metsfan1121]

You don't get another chance, life is no Nintendo game that you log in

[Amadeo]

Talkin' 2 Myself:

"My last song, Michael was still sober" instead of "My sorrow echoes in this hall though". I thought it was in reference to Michael Jackson. or something.

Irrelevant to the thread, but I can't stand it the (few) times Eminem adds "though" just to fit the rhyme

"Cause to this day we remain estranged and I hate it though"
"Rightfully maybe so, never meant that far to take it though,"
"And I'm way too old to cry, the shit is painful though"
"All I know is I love you too much to walk away though"

I think the "though" is necessary in the third one, but I see your point on the other ones. It's a cheat that most multi-heavy rappers use. They also cheat with "yo" a lot (especially 360).

"So does Nathan, yo!"

"Yo" is actually really flexible in that way. You can place it at the end of any thought and because you're a rapper, it often doesn't sound forced, yo.

"Bro" and "son" are also used often by rappers to cheat. One cheat that seems specific to Eminem is "ho."

I don't mind if a rapper uses any of these cheats if he's using them sparingly or if it doesn't take me out of the mood. They'll appear frequently in a bad writer's verses or in the verses of a good writer attempting to do something difficult (Eminem in Headlights).