(Listen, we don't have anything other than that) (The American dream) (Just think about it, just think about it) It was the third of September That day I'll always remember, yes I will 'Caus...

All I wanted was a skateboard, but all I got was All I wanted was a skateboard, but all I got was All I wanted was a skateboard, but all I got was All I wanted was a skateboard, but all I got wa...

[Eminem] Yo I got an idea Let me go grab Sticky right quick {*sounds of steps*} Hey yo Stick, Stick [Sticky] Yo Slim Shady Yo I just had like a nightmah.. Wait it wasn't like a nightmar...

he song. That's why I call the song "Alic...When my friend and I went up to visit Al... Alice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the church nearby t...Restaurant, in the bell tower with...And livin' in the bell tower like...und all the garbage in there and we decide... of garbage, put it in the back of a red V...got there and there was a big sign and a ...ore, and with tears in ...Road was another fifteen-foot cliff, and at the bottom of the cliff was ...d that one big pile was better than ... ton of garbage and I just wanted to know...And I said, "Yes sir, Officer Obie, I cannot tell a lie. I put that envelope ... Station. So we got in the red VW microbus...Now, friends, there was only one of two thi...tion, and the first was that he could've gi...and the other thing was that he could've ...vin' garbage around in the ...icer Station, there was a third possibility...ounted upon, and we was both immediately ar...Handcuffed, and I said, "Obie, I can't pick up the g...hut up kid, and get in the back of the pat...at we did . . . sat in the back of the pat...I want to tell you 'b...of the crime, there was five police ...ybody wanted to get in the newspaper story...And they was usin' up all kinds ...ficer Station. They was takin' plaster tire... jail. Obie said he was gonna put us in ...He said: "Kid, I'm gonna put you in a cell. I want your wallet an...I said, "Obie, I can understand your wantin' my wallet, so I don't have any ...Money to spend in the cell, but what ...want any hangin's." I said, "Obie, did you think I was gonna ...Obie said he was makin' sure, and, f...Toilet seat so I couldn't hit myself...the toilet paper so I couldn't bend the b...ave an escape. Obie was makin' sure. ...It was about four or five ...In with the twenty-sev...realization that it was a typical case of A...And we was fined fifty dollars and had to pick up the garbage... in the ...But that's not what I'm here to tell you ...I'm here to talk abou...got a buildin' down in New York City calle...I went down and got my physical examination one day, and I walked in, sat ...he night before, so I looked and felt my ...I went in that morning, 'cause I wanted to look like...From New York City. I wanted to feel like . . . I wanted to be the ...from New York), and I walked in, sat down, I was hung down, ...And I walked in, I sat down, they gave...ee the psychiatrist in room 604." ...I went up there, I said, "Shrink, I want to kill. I want to kill! I want to see ... and guts and veins in my teeth! Eat dead, burnt bodies! I ...And I started jumpin' up ...own with me, and we was both jumpin' up and... of stuff that they was doin' to me at the ...There, and I was there for two hours... three hours... four hours... I was ...And I was just havin' a tough time there, and they was inspectin', ...art of me, and they was leavin' no part unt...ceeded through, and I finally came to see the very last man. I walked in, ...le big thing there. I walked up, and I said, "What do ...And I proceeded to tell h...I proceeded to tell h...ere and said, "Kid, I want you to go over...And I walked over to the ...There was all kinds of mean, .... . there was mother-rapers . . ....ext to me! And they was mean ...r of them all . . . was comin' over to me, and he was mean and ...I said, "I didn't get nothin'. I had to pay fifty do...sted for, kid?" and I said, "Litterin'"' ... nasty things, till I said, "And creatin'...oovy things that we was talkin' about on the bench, and everything was ...We was smokin' cigarettes ...ver, had some paper in his hand, held it u...I filled out the Mass...Just like it was and everything was fine. And I put down my pencil, and I ...he other side . . . in ...Side . . . in parentheses . . . c...I went over to the se...Gall to ask me if I've rehabilitated myself! I mean . . . I mean . . . I ...that you send . . . I'm sittin' here on the bench . . . I mean I'm ...you want to know if I'm moral ... friends, somewhere in Washington, enshrined in some little folder,...Study in black and white of ...And the only reason I'm singin' you the s...Somebody in a similar situation...Or you may be in a similar situation, and if you're in a situation like ...f two people do it, in harmony, they may t...fifty people a day? I said FIFTY people a

It was the third of Septem...That day I'll always remember, yes I will ...'Cause that was the day that my dad...I never had a chance ...Mama, I'm depending on you ...Papa was a rolling stone ...ver he laid his hat was his home ...died all he left us was alone ...Yeah, Papa was a rolling stone ...ver he laid his hat was his home ...died all he left us was alone, yeah ... daddy, that's what I'm sayin' ...Down on my knees in tears and I'm prayin' ...So I could feel like the...Before I was born you up and str...Mama was there but you was up in the wind ...As a youth it was hard to wonder why ...But now I'm older and I don't dwell on self...I remember when I used to tell lies ...en people would ask I'd just fantasize ...But the real truth was you was never no good ...People used to say I look just like you ...But rest assured I don't act like you ...I'm more than that, m...ou can best believe I'm much more togethe... never worked a day in his life ...Dealin' in debt and stealin' in the name of the Lor...Papa was a rolling stone (my...ver he laid his hat was his home ...died all he left us was alone (I'm a tellin...Papa was a rolling stone, we...ver he laid his hat was his home ...died all he left us was alone, yeah ...lf missing you when I did ...I can't help but to w...I'm talkin' 'bout an ...But you was too lazy to be that...So I don't doubt it for ...Tomorrow I'll be goin' on abou...I wanna forget the little bit I know ...And make sure that I never sink so low ...'Cause I want my kids to gro...That I was always there because I loved them so ...he least thing that I could do ...t's a lot more than I got from you ...I heard Papa called h...Mama, I'm dependin' on you ...Papa was a rolling stone (we...ver he laid his hat was his home (hey yeah)...died all he left us was alone (I'm a-tellin...Papa was a rolling stone (ye...ver he laid his hat was his home ...died all he left us was alone, lone, lone, ...Papa was a rolling stone ...ver he laid his hat was his home ...died all he left us was alone

The tales that I tell so well... ...I met this girl, her name was Joan ...She loved the way I rocked the micropho...When I met Joan, I took her home ...She was just like a doggy a...I met another girl, her name was Ann ...All she wanted was to freak with a man...When I met Ann, I soked her pans ...he next young freak I met was Red ...I took her to the hou...She likes to freak was all she said ...We jumped in the sheets and we b...I heard she was freakin' for my hom...er to the house and I popped that cherry ...Get her in the bed and the gir...I tell you, homeboy, ...I met this tender, her name was Lori ...winsister, her name was Lisa ...y girlfriend's name was Michelle, I freaked her well ... hotter than flames in hell ...I geed this girl, her name was Tammy ...I didn't want to do it cause the bitch was flammy ...st friend, her name was Jane ...I pulled to the side and I spitted that game ...I met a lot of freaks in my lifespine ...The very next day I saw her with her ma...One week passed and I was in her again ...I had an old tender, her name was Janie ...She was thirty-two and I was only eighteen ... didn't matter when I saw her in jeans ...I want to big freak, ...I kick on back and I watch her mouth ...I met this girl, her name was Betty ...I was tired as hell, I was drippin' sweat ...But I was all up in her tryin' to hold ...Bake and shake us, I met this freak in Vegas ...She said her name was Donna ...She was a pitty little frea...I said I don't pimp or gigol...I'm havin' so much money that I don't need a hoe ...I knew a dick sucker ...girl got freaky and I tell you more: ...She was down on her knees b... are the tales that I tell so well... ...I met this girl, thic...teen, said her name was Linell ...I took her to my house, I could not wait ...Her shit was much tighter than C...I met another girl, said her name was Yvonne ...Once again in the bed I got it goin' on ...I'm Sir Too $hort, co...I try to get funky li...I keep my money, let ...I once met a tender, ...way on the back she was workin' me ... my big beatbox and I was jammin' the beat ...I met this freak name...in' she had is what I get ...Cause I'm Too $hort, baby, I don't play that shi...I met another freak, her name was Rita ...I told her like this,... even go home cause I knew I didn't need her ...Never again I took a second look ...ung freak, her name was Sharon ...kept lookin', well, I kept stairin' ...Her booty was stuffed in the jeans she was wearin' ...I know you all know what I'm talkin' about ...itch, said her name was Grace ...She walked in the door wearin' a ...seen that look that was on my face ...She was twenty years old wi...Her father was rich and the girl was spoiled ...But I rapped her off like I'm lookin' a toy... ...The tales that I tell so well... ...Three weeks ago I met this freak ...I hitted around the c...I grabbed her by the arm and I asked her name ...She said it was Nina and her man's in Santa Rita ...I took her to my home and homeboy, I geed her ...Playboy $hort was ready to play ...I bumped to this girl, her name was Roseanne ...When I took baby home, I freaked her mom ...I knew this tender na...I took her to the hou...Baby was a fan, she loved my...But I wouldn't raise my l...I met this freak name...I was on top and she was up under ...I once had a datewith...She was so fine with big fa...All night long she was actin' shitty ...So i macked on baby like I was Frank Nitti ...I use to roll baby li...I never saw Rose wear...I was ridin' down the street when I met Janet ...Her booty was bigger than the who...Ass everywhere, I just can't stand it...ried to poem it but I could not manage ...I had this freak, her name was Bunny ...Said I was the only man who ev...Everythin' I did to her was funny ...I macked on bunny and I took her money ...She was really short and her hair was curly ...She was so fine I went to get her ear...Shirlie was freakin' like a gir...Her bite was vicious and it sure was fatal ...I knew another freak, her name was Candy ... lips and they came in handy ...I smooth got worked and it was so dandy ...I hooked the brood up...He did me a favor in return ...zard, said her name was Laverne ...Baby got tossed and I got it on ...I grabbed the mic and...So I told him like this:

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Yo I got an idea ...Yo I just had like a nig...It was like a good dreah.....sn't a good.. (What was it?) ...Hey yo I just had a crazy dr...Yo, yo I dreamt I was white! (Ohhh) ...If he was white ...What if he was white? ...What if he was white? ...What - If - He - Was - White? ...What if he was white? ...What if he was ...What if I was white skin the same...I know one thing; pol...(Can I get your autograph?...The yellow cabs in the city would stop...I wouldn't need colla...If I was white, wouldn't matter if I was rich or poor ...Like I'd steal something (...Because I'm black I rob and automatically assume I ain't got no job ...On my own land I feel like an immigr...If I was white I wouldn't of thought O.J. was innocent (He did it...If I was white ...What if he was white? ...What if he was white? (Yo think ab...What if he was white, white, white, white, he was white (for a minute...What if he was white? ...What if he was (What if he was white?) ...(What if he was white?) ...What if he was white? ...What if he was white? ...What - If - He - Was - White? ... white? (what if he was white?) ...What if he was ...If I was white ...If I was white (ummmmmmmm?) What shade would I be? ...Would I be Redneck or Skinh...YOU PROBABLY LIVE IN A TRAILERPARK AND B...In any case that be th...'t dance to a beat, I'd have two left fee...Even if I was white plaque still ...Is it a myth or do I really have a littl...If I was white, I would probably list...r my ears when ever I heard Hip Hop (Ahhh...If he was white ...What if he was white? ...What if he was white? (What if he was white?) ...What if he was white, white, white, white, he was white ...What if he was white? ...What if he was ...(What if he was white?) ...What if he was white? ...What if he was white? ...What if he was white, white, white, white, he was white (ummmmmmmm?) ...What if he was white? (What if you...What if he was ...(What if he was white?) ...Yo, yo, yo, if I was white ...I probably wouldn't e...I'd watch Tennis and ...If I was white ...I couldn't live aroun...I be serice sippin vo...Id live in Long Island instead...If I was white, I probably couldn't d... dreads would think I'm a cop ...If he was white ...What if he was white? ...What if he was white? ...What - If - He - Was - White? (Yo you ca...What if he was white ...What if he was ...What if he was white? ...What - If - He - Was - White? ...What if he was white? ...What if he was ...If he was white? ...What if he was white? ...What if he was white ...What - If - He - Was - White? ...What if he was white? ...What if he was white? ...What if he was white ...Yo, what if I was white? Uhh..

Yo, I know you know a hoe...Lucy, I remember Lucy ...I said, "Miss, can I help you with this?...Please don't diss, I just want to kiss" ... lips just like she was a horse ...I said, "Excuse me, p...I'm not like that, I'm not kinky ...I felt her hands goin...It's a polo, she was so low down ...I coulda swore her knees was on the ground ...I said, "Damn Ma'am, ...started waterin, so I brought her ...In the store, to buy s...Tissue, I said, "Good-bye, I'm gonna miss you" ...She said, "No," I said, "Yo hoe, ho-h...You was a manget, and a girl was a metal filing ...You could say she was disturbing my peace...So I called the police ...This hoe was low down ...I was coolin on the ave, it was a regular day ...for a girlie, cause I wanted to play ...Saw a girl, as I examined her back ...Her butt was bigger than a tripl...s she turned around I had a look at the g...I said, 'nah - chill'...I turned around, I was about to jet off ...When I took a step and bum...It was a girl, she was the sweetest thing ...Yes indeed, she was a meal, she was fit for a king ...I was scopin, but hopin and hopin to rope in ...My desire was up, and my resistance was slopin ...id, "Excuse me, but I was wrong ...Maybe I came on a little bi...I couldn't talk, I couldn't even think...I said, "Well, can I make it up, can I buy your a drink?" ...Yo, to be alone was the suggestion she ...Which was even better, so we ...I brought the wine th...We snuggled up in the couch, yes, we ... to get up, but she was slippin and trippin...ersault, the girlie was flippin ...se, yes, the girlie was strippin ...y pants, the zipper was zippin ...The girl was sweeter than a choc...I called her name out loud, I said, Jodie - oh!" ...I said, "You must be ...I looked around, I saw Jodie just drop...What was the matter, yes, the girl was in shock ... said, "Special Ed, I think it was your - ...But never mind, I be fine, just chill...I said, "That's what ...In a minute the girl r...I then waited till sh...And then I said, "Get the hell...This hoe was low down

It was love that we needed...We needed love (it was love) ...It was love that we needed...It was love (it was love) ...It was love (that we neede...No idea what was happenin' to me ...ter just swelled up in my eyes ...An all I could see was your pretty, pretty...It was love (it was love) ...It was love (that we neede...It was love, it was love, it was love, it was love ...It was love (it was love) ...It was love (that we neede...r, never, never did I know till now ...When just romancin' in the world ...I knew we'd soon disc...ter just swelled up in my eyes ...An all I could see was your pretty, pretty...It was love (it was love) ...It was love (that we neede...It was love, it was love, it was love, it was love ...It was love (it was love) ...It was love (that we neede...(Romancin' in the world) ...(Romancin' in the world) ...It was love (it was love) ...It was love, it was love (that we neede...It was love, it was love, it was love, it was love, it was love ...It was love (it was love) it was love ...(It was all that we needed,...'m so proud of you, I'm so proud of you) ...(All that we needed was love) ...(All that we needed was love)

And I am ...sk me, they ask me, I tell them ...I take my chain, my 1...My money was thinner than Sean P...I'll have a buzz bigger than insects in Texas ...'Til the night I almost killed myself in Lexus ...Now was Kanye the most over...m Kwa-li or Kwe-li, I put him on songs wi...I'm the Gap like Bana...Nice as Bun-B when I met him at the Sour...And I was almost famous, now ...I'm almost Raymond' ...It was straight embarrassi...ar shoppin my demo, I was tryin' to shine ...fucker told me that I couldn't rhyme ...Now I could let these dre...I use it as my gas, so they say that I'm gassed ...But without it I'd be last, so I ought to laugh ...So I don't listen to the...I rocked 20,000 people, I was just on tour, nigga...I'm Kan, the Louis Vu...I ain't play the hand I was dealt, I changed my cards ...I prayed to the skies and I changed my stars ...I went to the malls and I balled too hard ...I turned around and replied, why yes but I prefer the term ...stle, you know what I've been up to ...naise colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips ...eat for Beanie. And I was in the session with hi...I had my demo with me. You know, like I always do ...I play the songs, he'...I'm like "It's me." H...And I'm thinking he's try...named Just Blaze he was messing with ...And um, he was friends with my men...I was all, I dunno if he was gassin' me or not ..."I'll sign you as a pr...I'm like oh shit ...I was messing with, uh, D...But that's how I got in the game. If it wasn't for that, I wouldn't be here ...I was figuring I was gonna do some more ...ping off like that. I was stayin in Chicago ...I had my own apartment, I be doin' like, just...I made this one beat where I sped up this Hal Me...I played it for Hip o...So I went and um, I was listening to Dre Ch...And really I just, like picked t...And that was like, really the first beat of that kind that was on the Dynasty albu...I could say that was the, the resurgence...You know, I got to come in and track the beat,...I was still with my other management. I really wanted to ro...Hip hop, cause I, I just needed some fresh air, you know what I'm ...Saying, cause I been there for a while, I appreciated what th...know there's a time in every man's life wh...level. And that day I ...Came and I tracked the beat and I got to meet Jay-Z a...s verse by the time I got ...think of this." And I heard it, and I was thinking ...Like, man, I really wanted more like of the simple type Jay-Z, I ain't ...icated rhy- or the, in my ...And I was like, "man that shi...You know what I'm saying, man what I'ma tell him? I was on the train ...know. So after that I went back home. And man I'm, I'm just ...In Chicago, I'm trying to do my thing. You know, I got groups. I got ...Acts I'm trying to get on,...e of my homeys that was one ... got signed. But it was supposed to really ...Company. So, like I'm just straight hol...News that dude was tryin' to leave my company. And I got evicted at ...The same time. So I went down and tracked the beats from him, I took ...cked all my shit up in a you-Haul, maybe a...Ten days before I had to actually get out. So I ain't have to deal ...Newark, New Jersey. I hadn't even seen my...I remember I pulled up ...I unpacked all my shit. You know, we went to IKEA, I bought a ...Bed, I put the bed together myself. I loaded up all my eq...The first beat I made was, uh, 'Hear...And Beans was still working on his album at that time, so I came up ...ere to Baseline, it was Beans' birthday, matter of fact, and I ...eats. And, you know I could see he's in the zone ...ats that he wanted, I did nothing like al...But then Jay walked in. I remember he had a G...Hat on. I remember it like, like it was yesterday. And Hip ... beat for him." And I played 'Heart of th...Really I made 'Heart of the City,' I really wanted to gi..."No I think Jay gon' like...And I played another beat, and I played another beat. And I remember that ...OH.' Two days later I'm in Baseline and I seen ...ame didn't know who I was and I was like "yo what's up I'm Kanye." ...You know I ain't talking shit....I'm like "oh shit." And all this time I'm starstruck, man. I'm ...ing 'bout, you know I'm picturing these n...treets is Watching, I'm looking, these were superstars in my ... know. So, Jay came in and he spit all ...These songs like in one day, and in two days, I gotta bring up one ... the story, the day I did the 'Can't be ...ife' beat on track, I remember Lenny S, h...he fly. And Hip hop was there, I think Tata, John ... a bunch of people. I didn't know all the...Time they was in the room, and I said, "yo Jay I could rap." And I ... rap that said, uh "I'm killing y'all nig...naise colored Benz, I push miracle whips." And I saw his ...Eyes light up when I said that line. But...Was like real wack and ...He said "man that was tight." ..."That, that was cool. That was hot." ...That was it. You know, I ain't get no deal t...rst hit single. And I just ...With KwelI I think was one of the best one...tour with him. Man, I appre-- I love him for that. ...This time, you know I didn't have a deal, I had songs, and I had ...They'd call me up, I'd play them some be...iders. Whatever. So I'll play them ...r whatever and then I'll play my shit. I'll ...Be like, "yo but I rap too." Hey, I guess they was lookin' at me crazy...se you know, 'cause I ain't have a jersey... there listen here. I played them 'Jesus ...w what happened, it was some A&R's that fuc...I'm not gonna say not...id". Let's just say I didn't get my deal....The nigga that was behind me, I mean, ...cked everything off was Joe 3H from Capitol...Dame was like, "yo you got a...Then one day I just went ahead and played it, I wanted to ...'cause you know Cam was in the room, Young Gur...Dame was in the room. So I played, actually it...ver hear, but maybe I might use it. So, i..."I go to Jacob with 25...I got eleven plaques ...t bite that chorus, I might still use it....I play that song for ..."I ain't gonna front, ...Like a rapper. And I'm sure Dame figured...I told Hip hop and Hip hop was all, "oh, word?" Ac...That I was still about to take the deal with Capitol 'cause it was ...Know, 'cause I told him I was gonna do it, and I'm a man of my word, I ...Was gonna roll with what I said I was gonna do. Then, you know, I'm ...The day I'm talking about, I planned out everything I was gonna do ...Man, I had picked out clothes, I already started boo...Sessions, I started arranging m...Man I was ready to go. And th...And, you know I told them that Rocafella was interested ...And I don't know if they thought that was just something I was saying ...ice up or whatever. I went up... I ...Called G, I said, "man, you thi

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I was born Jonathon Aaron...steel. I am a Leo, born under the sign of the lion and I was raised in a ...rother Michael whom I love ...dearly. He was five years my senior. My father's nickname was Red which I ...hy because his hair was sandy blond. Nevert... So when my brother was born my father beca...brother Little Red. I should have known from the first time when I ...al connection, that I just didn't fit in to my ...her's plans. And as I grew older the cons...ft little doubt who was the image of perfection in my ...uld do no wrong and I became The ...l 'black sheep' and I soon figured out th...t mix. The beatings I received became mor... to the point where I would ask my father "Am I the orphaned son ..."? But oddly enough I worshipped the grou...My brother and I were a strange mixt...m the same parents. I ...he same father, but I always dismissed th...idea as my mother was far too religious, ...o encourage me. For I was born ... often told me when I was born an angel flew ...one". And I had no idea what 'The one' was, but as I grew older I began to ...too my relationship was different and not f...the good. She was opinionated, uneduc...to religion was over-zealous to say...but she was pretty, very pretty and I would often wonder,...This was a series of characteristics that many times in my life I would ...look back on in bewilderment and the women I sought after when I was older ...e nothing like her. In the pain of youth, ...uld manifest itself in many ways; depressi... control everything I did or was to become. I shall explain ...later in the story about them which I call my Four Doors ... vanity. The mirror was to ...nd my greatness. It was the ...one place I could go to see inside myself, to find love, in an otherwise ...ess household where I could be great, where I could be anything o...anyone I wanted to be - one hundred percent pure escapism until I ...ver dream, at least in my case - all excep...It was my 14th birthday, t... the one person who was my guiding light, my friend, my hero, was ...d by a drunk driver in a head-on collision. He died instantly. I ...s funeral. My agony was so great I ...ear after his death I roamed the streets in a fog barely ...anything or anyone. I discovered alcohol,...and in general a life I had never known which was exciting, frighteni...y dangerous. And it was then as I staggered through a...town city street in one of my drunken rages I stumbled across a s...music shop and in the window stood th...-red six string. It was like I'd known ...I soon found it was the only way I could truly express myself. It was a ...r Doors Of Doom and I found myself going ...rite themselves and I knew ...my destiny was in my music but I was going to have to ge...backwards town I was in if I was ever going to succeed. I was 16 going ...ing my parents knew was 'live, work, die. ' And if I ...stayed there that was exactly what was going to happen to me - I was gonna ...die. So I ran away to the big...persecution I had known for so long. I hitchhiked all the ...suitcase in one hand and my guitar in the other and as I stood at the edge ... magic of the place was incredibly intense. It was to be my ...new home the place I would call the 'Arena Of Pleasure'. I lived and ...struggled in the arena for two years trying to get a break in music and ...ord and that's when I ran across a deligh...ck over more people in the recording industry then he ever could in a ...court of law and he was the president of on...companies in the world. The music business to Charlie was nothing more ...was his record company ...was the music business ...ie. And through him I learned everything I needed to know ...ess and even things I didn't want to know...The big time was calling and I was on my way. He intro...nd kicked it square in the ass. ...e of my first album I was sitting on the steps in ...me if I would like my fortune read and I had never had it done so I was ... tell me of my past in which she went into...tes she stopped and I wanted to know of m...ing vision of where I was going. I told her that I wanted a ...wealth and fame and in the cards she saw a...the King of Mercy". I asked her if ...she was sure of what she ha

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