Paul
Eminem/Paul Rosenberg Lyrics
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This is Paul Rosenberg
Your faithful attorney at law
Listen, I listened to the rough copy of your album
And uh, you know I just gotta be honest with you
Can you tone it down a little bit? Because
There's only so much I can explain
Give me a call
In Eminem's song "Paul," featuring Paul Rosenberg, who is Eminem's attorney, we hear the voice of Rosenberg leaving a message for Eminem, who he is representing legally. Rosenberg has just listened to the "rough copy" of Eminem's new album and is concerned about the content of the lyrics. Rosenberg suggests toning down the explicitness of the content as he fears that he will not be able to explain or defend it in court should it lead to a legal battle. Rosenberg is essentially expressing his concern for Eminem's legal safety and suggests that he be mindful of the lyrics he puts out.
The lyrics in "Paul" are particularly interesting as they embody the relationship between a rapper and his legal representative. The message from Rosenberg suggests the genuine concern for Eminem’s safety in that the explicit nature of lyrics could lead to a legal battle. The lyrics within the song highlight the pressures of a rapper to uphold freedom of speech and liberty of expression, while maintaining a careful balance to avoid ending up in potential legal troubles. Additionally, the song provides an interesting insight into the music industry, particularly the relationship between artists and the individuals who support and guide them.
Line by Line Meaning
Em, what's going on?
Hey Eminem, what's happening?
This is Paul Rosenberg
This is your loyal attorney, Paul Rosenberg
Your faithful attorney at law
I'm your dependable legal representative
Listen, I listened to the rough copy of your album
I heard the unpolished version of your new album
And uh, you know I just gotta be honest with you
I have to be truthful with you
Can you tone it down a little bit?
Can you reduce the intensity of your music a bit?
Because there's only so much I can explain
I can only defend you so much with the extreme content of your music
Give me a call
Contact me when you have a chance
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Marshall B. III Mathers, Paul Rosenberg
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@superdopehiphop
Relapse Refill if you take the best 12 or so best songs on it is🔥! Deja Vu, Stay Wide Awake, My Darling, Careful What You Wish For, Underground, Same Song and Dance, MusicBox, My Mom etc!
Em should put out a mixtape with 1-2 songs unreleased (leaks included) from every year 96-2022 every year!
Also more importantly Eminem needs to make a boom bap album with classic vintage sounding production like Preemo Pete Rock Buckwild Apollo Brown DJ Muggs Statik Nicholas Craven etc etc with features from other ill emcees like Royce Crook Thought Elzhi Ransom RJ Payne Locksmith Diabolic Droog Twista Del Chino XL MC Juice Vakill etc etc.
That Rick Rubin story was 🔥and Paul’s impression was dead on!
Watch a Rick Rubin interview or him interviewing ppl (him and Andre 3000 is great!). He just seems like such a chill hippie who is also a huge hip hop head who is real AF!
Em I love you, but you don’t need to rap fast that offen. Your smooth flow is loved by all! Sprinkle it in like you do, but the skill of the words is most important so super duper fast makes the skill level go down and way harder to hear. It also isn’t as easy on the ears. 96-03 Em was more consistent musically and buttery smooth flow/voice/cadence wise. Still a big fan, but he’s more hit or miss to me musically post 03.
Still incredible emcee and among my 1-7 GOAT tier I just don’t always love his ear for production and know he’s a massive HipHop head who loves 80s/90s/raw sounding ish. He can kill that on some rap ish and it fits him as a battle MC at heart who says funny/technical/braggadocios ish. It will still sell Em I promise! Mix in 1-2 pop songs if Interscope has gun to your head 😂 but still for sure to a classic sounding album. Dark, scratches, samples jazzy or raw whatever. Heads no what I mean😅
Paul defending himself and still mad no drums for Walk On Water😂 (Listen guys that was his fault delivery 😅)
@nitheal95
Relapse was the first album I bought 2009 in highschool and I remember getting home putting the CD on and I tript me alot I was like 12, 13
As I got older and after many years of listening to Relapse and Reading the booklet to understand what eminem was rapping and saying
It fucking blew my fucking mind how he wrote like that I honestly thought for so long he really did sell his soul to the devil because these lines and rhymes where out of this world 🌎
Honestly set the bench mark for me when I write songs now I'm older like fuck Relapse Is Definitely One Of HipHops Artistically Masterpieces
Like he raps so fast as well with such big words it's true incredible
I also believe that CD Contains Like Dark Magic Like It Really Unleashed my inner demons when i was on drugs pumping Stay Wide Awake via 3am in morning like that CD
Seriously Is Evil And I Love It
I done some crazy shit because I imbracened that Masterpiece
@Swa33er
I hate that he hates Relapse so much, because I FUCKING LOVE Relapse... The extended version with 'My Darling' included was godly...
@eslamhassan363
I love my darling too I can see it a video while Iam hear it
@thesixthgodhand
THANK YOU. ITS A FUCKIN MASTERPIECE
@johnhawkes3323
"My darling" is a master piece 👌👍
@dontbesensitive
Had Eminem replaced "Medicine Ball" and "We Made you" with "Mr Darling" and "CWYWF".....Relapse would be his best all time album
I truly believe that!
@djcastano1180
I’ve loved relapse since it dropped and it still holds up. It was essentially a sequel to SSLP. A true slim album and very catchy at that.
@MentalChappie
Relapse is fire. Music box is crazy.
@Bill-ui6rx
Agreed music box is a classic love that . Knock that on max your shake the cars next to u
@malotielemans3863
2:00 "Fack was a masterpiece"
2:13 "Best song I've ever made"
Fucking love Em.
@zerohnutz
facking love em you mean