Eminem: Likeness

“Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds, it's like adrenaline: The pain is such a sudden rush for me!”

Eminem

"Stan"
2000s, The Marshall Mathers L.P. (2000)

Pain

“There's no such thing, like a female with good looks who cooks and cleans.”

Eminem

"Business"
2000s, The Eminem Show (2002)

Cooking

“What is life? Life is like a big obstacle, put in front of your optical to slow you down, and every time you think you gotten past it, it's gonna come back around and tackle you to the damn ground. What are friends? Friends are people that you think are your friends, but they're really your enemies with secret identities and disguises to hide their true colors, so just when you're close enough to be brothers, they wanna come back and cut your throat when you ain't looking. What is money? Money is what makes a man act funny. Money is the root of all evil. Money'll make them same friends come back around swearing that they was always down. What is life? I'm tired of life!”

Eminem

"'If I Had" (Track 6).
1990s, The Slim Shady LP (1999)

Life , Money , People , Secret

“Cause sometimes you feel tired, feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up. But you gotta search within you, you gotta find that inner strength and just pull that shit out of you and get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse.”

Eminem

"Till I Collapse"
2000s, The Eminem Show (2002)

Motivation , Bad luck , Feeling , Search

“Smoke weed, take pills, drop outta school, kill people and drink. Jump behind the wheel like it was still legal!”

Eminem

"Role Model" (Track 9).
1990s, The Slim Shady LP (1999)

People , School , Drink

“I like happy things, I'm really calm and peaceful. I like birds, bees, I like people. I like funny things that make me happy and gleeful… like when my teacher sucked my wee-wee in pre-school!”

Eminem

"I'm Shady" (Track 18).
1990s, The Slim Shady LP (1999)

People , School , Peace , Bird

“Music is like magic. There's a certain feeling you get when you real and you spit and people are feelin' your shit."”

Eminem

"Till I Collapse"
2000s, The Eminem Show (2002)

Music , People , Feeling

“I act like shit don't faze me
Inside it drives me crazy
My insecurities could eat me alive
But then I see my baby
Suddenly I'm not crazy
It all makes sense when I look into her eyes”

Eminem

"Hailie's Song"
2000s, The Eminem Show (2002)

Baby , Sense

“I make music to make you sick of fake music — hate music like devil worshippin' Satan music. So say your prayers — your Hail Mary's and Jesuses. Take two sticks, tape 'em together and make a crucifix.”

Eminem

"Devil's Night"
2000s, Devil's Night [with D12] (2001)

Hate , Music

“Kim, KIM! Why don't you like me? You think I'm ugly don't you? (It's not that!) No you think I'm ugly”

Eminem

Kim
2000s, The Marshall Mathers L.P. (2000)

Thinking

“Remember me? I'm the one who burned your house down/But I'm out now/And this time I'm coming back to blow your house up/And I ain't gonna leave you with a window to jump out of!/Give me two fat tabs and three shrooms/And you won't see me like fat people in steam rooms/And when I'm going to hell and I'm getting ready to leave/I'ma put air in a bag and charge people to breathe!”

Eminem

"Bad Meets Evil" (Track 19).
1990s, The Slim Shady LP (1999)

People , Hell , Time , Housing

“I love my fans, but no one ever puts a grasp on the fact I've sacrificed everything I have. I never dreamt I'd get to the level that I'm at. This is whack, this is more than I ever coulda asked. Everywhere I go, a hat, a sweater hood or mask, what about math, how come I wasn't ever good at that? It's like the boy in the bubble who never could adapt. I'm trapped, if I could go back, I never would've rapped.”

Eminem

"Say Goodbye Hollywood"
2000s, The Eminem Show (2002)

Love , Boy

“Since age twelve, I've felt like I'm someone else,'cause I hung my original self from the top bunk with a belt.”

Eminem

"My Name Is" (Track 2).
1990s, The Slim Shady LP (1999)

Age

“These rappers are like Hunger Games/One minute, they're mockin' Jay/Next minute, they get their style from Migos or they copy Drake”

Eminem

"Fall"
2010s, Kamikaze (2018)

Hunger , Game

“I'm beginning to feel like a Rap God, Rap God”

Eminem

"Rap God"
2010s, The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)

God , Feeling

“I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying ‘cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job, but his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom.”

Eminem

"Mockingbird".
2000s, Encore (2004)

Food , Moms , Christmas , Cry

“My rhyming skills got you climbing hills, I'll travel through your mind into your spine like siren drills.”

Eminem

"Infinite"
1990s, Infinite (1996)

Travel

“There's no way I'll back down, like a goddamn coward. I can't, how would I look? As a man bowing to his knees? Like the mad cow disease, let somebody lash out at me, and not lash back out at him.”

Eminem

"Don't Push Me", Get Rich or Die Tryin (2003).
2000s

Disease , Way , Madness

“I maybe made some mistakes, but I'm only human. But, I'm man enough to face 'em today. What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb. But, the smartest shit I did was take the bullets out of that gun. Because I'd have killed them. Shit, I'd have shot Kim and them both. It's my life, I'd like to welcome you all to 'The Eminem Show.'”

Eminem

"Cleanin' Out My Closet"
2000s, The Eminem Show (2002)

Life , Stupidity

“I stuck my dick in this game like a rapist. They call me 'Slim Roethlisberger!'”

Eminem

"Almost Famous"
2010s, Recovery (2010)

Game