The Way I Am
°¢Ä·EMINEM Lyrics

Whatever
I don't care about anything right now

Dre just let it run
Dr. Dre, let the music play

Ey yo turn the beat up a little bit
Hey, turn the volume of the music up a bit

Ey yo this song is for anyone
Hey, this song is for everyone

Fuck it just shut up and listen
I don't care, just listen to what I have to say

Ey yo
Hey

I sit back, with this pack, of zigzags
I'm relaxing with some rolling papers

And this bag, of this weed
I have some marijuana with me

It gives me, the shit needed to be, the most meanest MC on this
It helps me become the best and most aggressive rapper around

On this earth 'cause since birth I've been cursed with this curse to just curse
Since I was born, I've been cursed with the ability to use foul language

And just blurt this berserk and bizarre shit that works
I say crazy things that people like and it works for me

And it sells and it helps in its self to relieve
My music sells well and helps me relieve stress

All this tension dispensing me, sentence is getting it
My stress is being released through my music and words

The stress has been eating me, recently
Lately, stress has been taking a toll on me

Off of this chest and I rest to get peacefully
I'm letting go of this weight off my shoulders and trying to rest peacefully

But at least have the decency in you to leave me alone
Please respect my space and leave me alone

When you freaks see me out in the streets
When you strange and crazy fans see me outside

When I'm eating or feeding my daughter to not come and speak to me
Please don't bother me when I'm eating or taking care of my daughter

I don't know you and no I don't owe you a motherfuckin' thing
I don't know you and I don't owe you anything

I'm not Mr.'N Sync and I'm not what your friends think
I'm not a member of 'N Sync and I'm not who your friends expect me to be

I'm not Mr.Friendly, I can be a prick, if you tempt me my tank is on empty
I'm not a friendly guy, and if you bother me too much my patience will run out

No patience is in me and if you offend me I'm lifting you ten feet
I have no patience, and if you anger me I will attack you

In the air, I don't care who was there and who saw me just jaw you
I'll lift you in the air and hit you, I don't care who's watching

Go call you a lawyer
You can call a lawyer if you want to, but it won't make a difference

File you a lawsuit, I'll smile in the courtroom and buy you a wardrobe
If you sue me, I'll be happy to face you and provide you with nice clothes

I'm tired of all you
I'm sick of all of your nonsense

I don't mean to be mean but it's all I can be, it's just me
I don't want to be mean, but it's just who I am

And I am, whatever you say I am
I am who people say I am

If I wasn't, then why would I say I am?
If I wasn't who I say I am, why would I claim to be?

In the papers, the news, everyday I am
I'm constantly in the news and media

Radio won't even play my jam
The radio stations won't play my music

'Cause I am, whatever you say I am
It's because everyone thinks I am who they think I am

I don't know it's just the way I am
I don't know why, but this is just who I am

Sometimes I just feel like my father, I hate to be bothered
Sometimes I feel like my father, I hate to be bothered

With all of this nonsense it's constant, and "oh it's his lyrical content!"
There's always nonsense happening, and people blame it on my lyrics

The song "Guilty Conscience" has gotten such rotten responses
Many people didn't like my song "Guilty Conscience"

And all of this controversy circles me and it seems
There's always controversy surrounding me

Like the media immediately points a finger at me
The media always blames me for everything

So I point one back at 'em, but not the index or the pinky
So I blame them back, but not in a normal way

Or the ring or the thumb, it's the one you put up when you don't give a fuck
I'm raising my middle finger, to show I don't care

When you won't just put up with the bullshit they pull
When you won't tolerate their nonsense

'Cause they full of shit too
Because they're also full of crap

When a dude's gettin' bullied and shoots up his school
When a kid is bullied and decides to shoot up his school

And they blame it on Marilyn
And they blame it on Marilyn Manson

And the heroin, where were the parents at?
They also blame it on heroin, and question where the parents were during the incident

And look at where it's at
And look at the state of things now

Middle America, now it's a tragedy, now it's so sad to see
It's become a tragedy in Middle America and it's sad to see

An upper class city having this happening
It's happening in an upper-class city

Then attack Eminem 'cause I rap this way
Then they attack me, because of how I rap

But I'm glad 'cause they feed me the fuel
But I'm glad, because they provide me with the motivation I need

That I need for the fire to burn and it's burnin' and I have returned
I need that motivation to fuel my career, and I've come back stronger

I'm so sick and tired of being admired
I'm tired of being admired all the time

That I wish that I would just die or get fired
Sometimes I wish that I would die or lose my job

And drop from my label and stop with the fables
I want to leave the music industry and stop pretending

I'm not gonna be able to top on "My name is"
I won't be able to surpass the success of my song "My Name Is"

And pigeon holdin' to some poppy sensations
I'm being confined to a certain type of music that's popular

They cop me rotation at rock 'n' roll stations
They play my music on rock stations

And I just do not got the patience
I don't have the patience for this anymore

To deal with these cocky Caucasians
I don't want to deal with these arrogant white people

Who think I'm some wigga who just tries to be black
They think I'm trying to act black

'Cause I talk with an accent and grab on my balls
Because I talk with an accent and make vulgar gestures

So they always keep asking the same fucking questions
So they keep asking me the same annoying questions

What school did I go to, what hood I grew up in, the why, the who, what
They ask me which school I went to, which neighborhood I grew up in, why I rap the way I do, and who I am

When and where and the how, 'til I'm grabbing my hair and I'm tearing it out
They keep asking me these same questions, until I can't take it anymore and start pulling my hair out

You've been driving me crazy
You've been making me go crazy

I can't take it, I'm racing, I'm pacing, I stand and I sit
I'm getting anxious and can't sit still

And I'm thankful for every fan that I get, but I can't take a shit
I appreciate my fans, but I can't even use the bathroom without someone bothering me

In the bathroom without someone standing by it
Without someone waiting outside the bathroom for me

No I won't sign your autograph, you can call me an asshole, I'm glad
I won't sign your autograph, and you can insult me all you want, I don't care