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You're Never Over
Eminem Lyrics


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The days are cold livin' without you
The nights are long, I'm growing older
I miss the days of old, thinkin' about you
You may be gone, but you're never over

If Proof could see me now, I know he'd be proud
Somewhere in me deep down, there's something in me he found
That made him believe in me, now no one can beat me now
You try, it'll be them doors on Dre's Phantom, believe me, clowns
That means suicide, homie, you'll never throw me
Off of this course, blow me
Bitch, I do this all for the sport only
But I want it all, I'm not just talking awards, homie
And the balls in my court and it's lonely
On top of the world when you're the only one with the balls in your shorts
To leave their jaws on the floors with no remorse
'Member that when they get to doggin' your boy, homie
So y'all can just get to bloggin' about bologna
I'm not gonna stop, the saga continues, no stoppin' the force, Obi
I'm moppin' the floors with 'em, I keep tryna pass it
But they keep on droppin' the torch and it won't be long 'til this sport is O-V-
E-R, Just Blaze and me, we are knockin' them doors and no we
Ain't pumpkins on Halloween but we'll show up on your porch, so be
Careful what you say, there ain't no punks over here, so follow me
Through the fog like I'm S-N-double-O-P, let me guide you through the smoke, G
If only I wasn't travellin' down this road by my lonely
No one who knew me like you will ever know me
I don't think you understand how much you meant to me

The days are cold livin' without you
The nights are long, I'm growing older
I miss the days of old, thinkin' about you
You may be gone, but you're never over

And it don't stop, oh
And it don't quit, oh
And it don't stop, oh
And it don't quit, oh
And I miss you, oh
I just miss you, oh
I just miss you, oh
And, homie, I'll never forget you, no

For you, I wanna write the sickest rhyme of my life
So sick it'll blow up the mic, it'll put the "dyna" in "mite"
Yeah, it'll make the dopest MC wanna jump off a bridge and shit his self
Tap dancin' all over the beat, it'll jump off the page and spit itself
Guess it's the best thing I could do right now, Doody, for you is to rep
So I'm gonna fuck 'til I die, yeah, I'ma do it to death
And instead of mourning your death, I'd rather celebrate your life
Elevate to new heights, step on the gas and accelerate, I'ma need two mics
'Cause the way that I'm feelin' tonight, everything I can just do right
There's nothing that I can do wrong, I'm too strong and I'm just too hype
Just finish the rhyme and bust it, excuse the corny metaphor
But they'll never catch up to all this energy that I've mustered
So God, just help me out while I fight through this grievin' process
Tryna process this loss is makin' me nauseous
But this depression ain't takin' me hostage
I've been patiently watchin' this game, pacin' these hallways
You had faith in me always
Proof, you knew I'd come out of this slump, rise from these ashes
Come right back on they asses, and go Mike Tyson on these bastards
And I'ma show 'em, blow 'em out the water, slaughter 'em, homes
I'ma own so many belts, only place they can hit me is below 'em
Homie, I know I'm never gonna be the same without you
I never woulda came in this game, I'm going insane without you
Matter fact, it was just the other night had another dream about you
You told me to get up, I got up and spread my wings and I flew
You gave me a reason to fight, I was on my way to see you
You told me, "Nah, Doody, you're not", layin' on that table, I knew
I was gonna make it, soon as you said think of Hailie, I knew
There wasn't no way that I was ever gonna leave them babies, and Proof
Not many are lucky enough to have a guardian angel like you
Lord, I'm so thankful, please don't think I don't feel grateful, I do
Just grant me the strength that I need for one more day to get through
So, homie, this is your song, I dedicate this to you
I love you, Doody

The days are cold livin' without you
The nights are long, I'm growing older
I miss the days of old, thinkin' about you
You may be gone, but you're never over

And it don't stop, oh
And it don't quit, oh
And it don't stop, oh
And it don't quit, oh
And I miss you, oh
I just miss you, oh
I just miss you, oh
And, homie, I'll never forget you, no

Overall Meaning

The song "You're Never Over" by Eminem is a tribute to his long-time friend and fellow rapper, Proof, who was shot and killed in 2006. The first verse talks about Eminem's sorrowful life without Proof, admitting that it's tough living without him. He misses the good old days and cherishes the memories he has of Proof. Eminem claims that although Proof is gone, he's never over, and will always live on in his heart and memory.


The second verse pays homage to Proof and how he believed in Eminem's rapping talent. Eminem raps about his own greatness in the face of adversity and how he's still fighting for the top. He talks about how people try to bring him down but it only makes him stronger. Eminem is confident about his abilities, saying that he's the only one on top and wants to be there alone.


The third and final verse speaks to Proof in a more direct way, as if he's speaking to him after he's died. It's almost as if Proof is haunting him in his dreams and guiding him through life. Eminem says that Proof gave him a reason to fight, and he's never going to leave the people he loves because Proof wouldn't want him to. He's thanking Proof for being his guardian angel, and dedicates the entire song to him.


Overall, "You're Never Over" is an emotional and touching tribute to the life of Proof and the impact he had on Eminem's life and career.


Line by Line Meaning

The days are cold livin' without you
Life is empty and lonely without you


The nights are long, I'm growing older
Each night seems endless as time passes


I miss the days of old, thinkin' about you
I look back fondly on memories of you


You may be gone, but you're never over
Although you're not here, your memory will always live on


If Proof could see me now, I know he'd be proud
I feel confident that Proof would approve of my progress


Somewhere in me deep down, there's something in me he found
Proof discovered something special in me that I now carry within myself


That made him believe in me, now no one can beat me now
Proof's belief in me has given me the confidence to overcome any opponent


You try, it'll be them doors on Dre's Phantom, believe me, clowns
Anyone who tries to bring me down will face serious consequences


That means suicide, homie, you'll never throw me
Your attempts to harm me will only result in your own destruction


Off of this course, blow me
I won't be deterred from my path, no matter what obstacles come my way


Bitch, I do this all for the sport only
I pursue my passion for music out of love for the art form


But I want it all, I'm not just talking awards, homie
I strive for success beyond just accolades and recognition


And the balls in my court and it's lonely
Being the sole owner of my success can be a lonely burden


On top of the world when you're the only one with the balls in your shorts
I feel triumphant being the only one capable of achieving my goals


To leave their jaws on the floors with no remorse
I aim to impress and shock my audience with my talent


'Member that when they get to doggin' your boy, homie
Remember this when others criticize or belittle me


So y'all can just get to bloggin' about bologna
Let them write what they want; it won't affect me


I'm not gonna stop, the saga continues, no stoppin' the force, Obi
I'm unstoppable, and my journey is ongoing


I'm moppin' the floors with 'em, I keep tryna pass it
I dominate my competition and constantly aim to surpass them


But they keep on droppin' the torch and it won't be long 'til this sport is O-V-
Others can't keep up, and the music industry is on the verge of ending


E-R, Just Blaze and me, we are knockin' them doors and no we
Just Blaze and I are breaking through new barriers


Ain't pumpkins on Halloween but we'll show up on your porch, so be
We're not to be underestimated, so beware


Careful what you say, there ain't no punks over here, so follow me
Think twice before challenging us; we're strong and won't back down


Through the fog like I'm S-N-double-O-P, let me guide you through the smoke, G
I'll be your leader through tough times, like Snoop Dogg in his music


If only I wasn't travellin' down this road by my lonely
I wish I had your support on my journey


No one who knew me like you will ever know me
You understood me in a way no one else ever will


I don't think you understand how much you meant to me
Your impact on my life goes beyond what you'll ever know


And it don't stop, oh
Nothing can hold me back from pursuing my goals


And it don't quit, oh
I won't give up or back down


And I miss you, oh
I feel your absence deeply


I just miss you, oh
All I want is to be with you again


And, homie, I'll never forget you, no
Your memory will always be with me


For you, I wanna write the sickest rhyme of my life
I want to create something incredible in your honor


So sick it'll blow up the mic, it'll put the 'dyna' in 'mite'
My words will be explosive and awe-inspiring


Yeah, it'll make the dopest MC wanna jump off a bridge and shit his self
Even the most talented rappers will be intimidated by my skill


Tap dancin' all over the beat, it'll jump off the page and spit itself
My music will be powerful and dynamic, bringing itself to life


Guess it's the best thing I could do right now, Doody, for you is to rep
Representing you through my music is the best way I can honor you


So I'm gonna fuck 'til I die, yeah, I'ma do it to death
I'll put my all into my career, no matter how long it takes


And instead of mourning your death, I'd rather celebrate your life
I want to focus on joyous memories of you, rather than just feeling sadness


Elevate to new heights, step on the gas and accelerate, I'ma need two mics
I'm pushing myself to achieve excellence, and will need extra equipment to do so


'Cause the way that I'm feelin' tonight, everything I can just do right
I'm motivated and unstoppable, feeling capable of achieving anything


There's nothing that I can do wrong, I'm too strong and I'm just too hype
My confidence and energy are guiding me to success


Just finish the rhyme and bust it, excuse the corny metaphor
I'll complete my music and perform it, even if it feels cheesy or unoriginal


But they'll never catch up to all this energy that I've mustered
Others won't be able to keep up with my drive and determination


So God, just help me out while I fight through this grievin' process
I ask for strength and guidance as I work through my sadness and grief


Tryna process this loss is makin' me nauseous
Dealing with your death is causing me physical and emotional pain


But this depression ain't takin' me hostage
I won't let my sadness consume me and hold me back


I've been patiently watchin' this game, pacin' these hallways
I've been waiting for my chance and preparing for it


You had faith in me always
Your belief in me gave me the strength to keep going


Proof, you knew I'd come out of this slump, rise from these ashes
You always had confidence in me, even when I didn't in myself


Come right back on they asses, and go Mike Tyson on these bastards
I'll come back stronger than ever and dominate my competition


And I'ma show 'em, blow 'em out the water, slaughter 'em, homes
My talent will shock and defeat anyone who doubts me


I'ma own so many belts, only place they can hit me is below 'em
I'll be so successful that my competition won't even be able to reach my level


Homie, I know I'm never gonna be the same without you
Your absence will always be felt in my life


I never woulda came in this game, I'm going insane without you
Without you, I wouldn't have pursued music, and your loss is driving me to madness


Matter fact, it was just the other night had another dream about you
You're always on my mind, even appearing in my dreams


You told me to get up, I got up and spread my wings and I flew
You continue to inspire me and push me towards success


You gave me a reason to fight, I was on my way to see you
Your memory motivates me to keep working hard and achieving my goals


You told me, 'Nah, Doody, you're not', layin' on that table, I knew
Although you've passed away, I feel your support and guidance


I was gonna make it, soon as you said think of Hailie, I knew
Thinking of my daughter gave me the strength to keep going despite your absence


There wasn't no way that I was ever gonna leave them babies, and Proof
I'll always prioritize the people who matter most to me, including my daughter and you


Not many are lucky enough to have a guardian angel like you
I feel blessed to have had you in my life, even if it was cut short


Lord, I'm so thankful, please don't think I don't feel grateful, I do
I'm grateful for the time we had together and for everything you taught me


Just grant me the strength that I need for one more day to get through
I ask for the strength to keep going and carry on your legacy


So, homie, this is your song, I dedicate this to you
This song is for you, and a tribute to your life and memory


I love you, Doody
I love you, and I'll always remember you




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Written by: Marshall Mathers, Mike Mainieri, Gerard McMahon, Justin Gregory Smith

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Honour


on The Real Slim Shady

May I have your attention, please?
May I have your attention, please?
Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Slim Shady please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here

Y'all act like you never seen a white person before
Jaws all on the floor like Pam like Tommy just burst in the door
And started whoopin' her ass worse than before
They first were divorced, throwing' her over furniture (ah)
It's the return of the "ah, wait, no way, you're kidding
He didn't just say what I think he did, did he?"
And Dr. Dre said, nothing, you idiots
Dr. Dre's dead, he's locked in my basement (ha ha)
Feminist women love Eminem
"Chicka, chicka, chicka, Slim Shady, I'm sick of him
Look at him, walkin' around, grabbing' his you-know-what
Flippin' the you-know-who"
"Yeah, but he's so cute though"
Yeah, I probably got a couple of screws up in my head loose
But no worse than what s going' on in your parents' bedrooms
Sometimes I wanna get on TV and just let loose
But can't, but it's cool for Tom Green to hump a dead moose
"My bum is on your lips, my bum is on your lips"
And if I'm lucky, you might just give it a little kiss
And that's the message that we deliver to little kids
And expect them not to know what a woman's clitoris is
Of course they're gonna know what intercourse is
By the time they hit fourth grade
They've got the Discovery Channel, don't they?
We ain't nothin' but mammals, well, some of us, cannibals
Who cut other people open like cantaloupes
But if we can hump dead animals and antelopes
Then there's no reason that a man and another man can't elope
But if you feel like I feel, I got the antidote
Women, wave your pantyhose, sing the chorus, and it goes

I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?

Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records
Well, I do, so fuck him and fuck you too
You think I give a damn about a Grammy?
Half of you critics can't even stomach me, let alone stand me
"But Slim, what if you win, wouldn't it be weird?"
Why, so you guys could just lie to get me here?
So you can sit me here next to Britney Spears?
Shit, Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs
So I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst
And hear 'em argue over who she gave head to first
Little bitch put me on blast on MTV
"Yeah, he's cute, but I think he's married to Kim, hee-hee"
I should download her audio on MP3
And show the whole world how you gave Eminem VD (ah)
I'm sick of you little girl and boy groups
All you do is annoy me, so I have been sent here to destroy you
And there's a million of us just like me
Who cuss like me, who just don't give a fuck like me
Who dress like me, walk, talk and act like me
And just might be the next best thing, but not quite me

'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?

I'm like a headtrip to listen to, 'cause I'm only giving' you
Things you joke about with your friends inside your living' room
The only difference is I got the balls to say it in front of y'all
And I don't gotta be false or sugarcoat it at all
I just get on the mic and spit it
And whether you like to admit it, I just shit it
Better than ninety percent of you rappers out can
Then you wonder, "how can
Kids eat up these albums like Valiums?"
It's funny, 'cause at the rate I'm going, when I'm thirty
I'll be the only person in the nursing home flirting
Pinching nurses asses when I'm jacking off with Jergens
And I'm jerking, but this whole bag of Viagra isn't working
And every single person is a Slim Shady lurking
He could be working at Burger King, spitting' on your onion rings
Or in the parking lot, circling, screaming, "I don't give a fuck"
With his windows down and his system up
So will the real Shady please stand up
And put one of those fingers on each hand up?
And be proud to be outta your mind and outta control
And one more time, loud as you can, how does it go?

I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Slim Shady, yes, I'm the real Shady
All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating
So won't the real Slim Shady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?

Ha ha, I guess there's a Slim Shady in all of us
Fuck it, let's all stand up

Noah


on Remember Me?

Remember me? S executions
Remember me? I have no remorse
Remember me? I'm high-powered
Remember me? I drop bombs like Hiroshima

For this one, they scream "X, you retarded?!"
'Cause I grab the mic and get down like syndrome
Hide and roam into the masses
Without boundaries, which qualifies me
For the term "universal" without no rehearsal
I leak words that's controversial
Like I'm not the one you wanna contest, see
'Cause I'll hit your ass like the train did that bitch
That got banned from TV, heavyweight getup
Hit you, watch your whole head split up
Loco is the motion, we comin' through
Hollow-tips is the lead the .45 threw

Remember me? Throw your guns in the air
Remember me? Slam, slam
Remember me? Nigga, back the fuck up
Remember me? Chka-chka-Onyx

Niggas that take no for an answer get told no
Yeah, I been told no, but it was more like "No! No! No!"
Life a bitch, met her, fuck you if you let her
Better come better than better to be a competitor
This vet is ahead of the shit, it's all redder, you deader and deader
A medic instead of the cheddars and credda
Settle vendetta with metal Beretta from ghetto to ghetto
Evidence, nope, never leave a shred of
I got the soul of every rapper in me, love me or hate me
My moms got raped by the industry and made me
I'm the illest nigga ever, I told you
I get more pussy than them dyke bitches Total
Want beef, nigga? Pfft, you better dead that shit
My name should be Can't-Believe-That-Nigga-Said-That-Shit
Probably sayin' he ain't a killer, but I'm killin' myself
Smoke death, fuck bitches raw on the kitchen floor
So think what I'ma do to you, have done to you
Got niggas in my hood who'd do that shit for a blunt or two
What you wanna do? Cocksuckers, we Glock busters
'Til the cops cuff us, gon' start ruckus and drop blockbusters
Round the clock hustlers, you cannot touch us
I'm gettin' wires, niggas wantin' me dead
Wantin' my head, you think it could be somethin' I said?

Remember me? I just don't give a fuck
Remember me? Yeah, fuck you too
Remember me? I'm low down and I'm shifty
Remember me? I'm Shady

When I go out, I'ma go out shootin'
I don't mean when I die, I mean when I go out to the club, stupid
I'm tryin' to clean up my fuckin' image
So I promised the fuckin' critics
I wouldn't say "fuckin'" for six minutes
(Six minutes, Slim Shady, you're on)
My baby's mom, bitch made me an angry blonde
So I made me a song, killed her and put Hailie on
I may be wrong, I keep thinkin' these crazy thoughts
In my cranium, but I'm stuck with a crazy mom
(Is she really on as much dope as you say she's on?)
Came home and somebody must've broke in the back window
And stole two loaded machine guns and both of my trench coats
Six sick dreams of picnic scenes
Two kids, sixteen, with M-16s and ten clips each
And them shits reach through six kids each
And Slim gets blamed in Bill Clint's speech to fix these streets?!
Fuck that! Pfft, you faggots can vanish to volcanic ash
And reappear in hell with a can of gas and a match
Aftermath, Dre, grab the gat, show 'em where it's at
(What the fuck you starin' at, nigga?)

Don't you remember me?
Remember me?
Remember me?
Remember me? (Slim Shady!)

28Rivals


on Lose Yourself

@elchihuahua420 Damn bro, stay strong "You only get one shot don't miss your chance to blow." Don't let them bring you down in life and keep pushing

Noah


on Till ICollapse

Not Afraid

hope


on The Real Slim Shady

hi

eminem


on Crazy In Love

great song

serenity noble


on Lose Yourself

awesome

serenity noble


on The Real Slim Shady

awesome

serenity noble


on Lose Yourself

i love it
#eminemfan

Mind Space Apocalypse


on ShadyXV

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