THE WAY I AM
[Eminem]
Whatever..
Dre, just let it
run
Aiyyo turn the beat up a little bit
Aiyyo.. this song is for anyone..
fuck it
Just shut up and listen, aiyyo..
I sit back with this pack of
Zig Zags and this bag
Of this weed it gives me the shit needed to be
The
most meanest MC on this -- on this Earth
And since birth I've been cursed
with this curse to just curse
And just blurt this berserk and bizarre shit
that works
And it sells and it helps in itself to relieve
All this tension
dispensin these sentences
Gettin this stress that's been eatin me recently
off of this chest
And I rest again peacefully (peacefully)..
But at least
have the decency in you
To leave me alone, when you freaks see me out
In
the streets when I'm eatin or feedin my daughter
To not come and speak to me
(speak to me)..
I don't know you and no,
I don't owe you a mo-therfuck-in
thing
I'm not Mr. N'Sync, I'm not what your friends think
I'm not Mr.
Friendly, I can be a prick
If you tempt me my tank is on empty (is on
empty)..
No patience is in me and if you offend me
I'm liftin you 10 feet
(liftin you 10 feet).. in the air
I don't care who is there and who saw me
destroy you
Go call you a lawyer, file you a lawsuit
I'll smile in the
courtroom and buy you a wardrobe
I'm tired of arguin' (of arguin')..
I
don't mean to be mean but that's all I can be is just me
[Chorus:
Eminem]
And I am, whatever you say I am
If I wasn't, then why
would I say I am?
In the paper, the news everyday I am
Radio won't even
play my jam
Cause I am, whatever you say I am
If I wasn't, then why would
I say I am?
In the paper, the news everyday I am
I don't know it's just
the way I am
[Eminem]
Sometimes I just feel like my father, I
hate to be bothered
With all of this nonsense it's constant
And, "Oh, it's
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 (finger at me)..
So I point one
back at 'em, but not the index or pinkie
Or the ring or the thumb, it's the
one you put up
When you don't give a fuck, when you won't just put up
With
the bullshit they pull, cause they full of shit too
When a dude's gettin
bullied and shoots up his school
And they blame it on Marilyn (on Marilyn)..
and the heroin
Where were the parents at? And look where it's at
Middle
America, now it's a tragedy
Now it's so sad to see, an upper class
ci-ty
Havin this happenin (this happenin)..
Then attack Eminem cause I rap
this way (rap this way)..
But I'm glad cause they feed me the fuel that I
need for the fire
To burn and it's burnin and I have
returned
[Chorus]
[Eminem]
I'm 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
I'm not gonna be able to top on "My
Name is.."
And pigeon-holed into some pop-py sensation
To cop me rotation
at rock'n'roll stations
And I just do not got the patience (got the
patience)..
To deal with these cocky caucasians who think
I'm some wigger
who just tries to be black cause I talk
With an accent, and grab on my balls,
so they always keep askin
The same fuckin questions (fuckin
questions)..
What school did I go to, what hood I grew up in
The why, the
who what when, the where, and the how
'til I'm grabbin my hair and I'm tearin
it out
Cause they drivin me crazy (drivin me crazy).. I can't take it
I'm
racin, I'm pacin, I stand and I sit
And I'm thankful for ev-ery fan that I
get
But I can't take a SHIT, in the bathroom
Without someone standin by
it
No I won't sign your autograph
You can call me an asshole I'm
glad
[Chorus (except change first word "And" to "Cause")]