Dr. West )
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"Morning, Marshall"

"Morning, Doc"

"So we're discharging you today, how are you feeling?

"Uh, anxious"
"Anxiety?"

"Well, anxious to get home, anxious to get back into the world, nervous"

"Nervous? Come on, Marshall, you're a big boy now, sounding like a bit of a baby
You can do this, you found a sponsor yet?"

"Um, not yet, but I mean, when I get back"

"Well, if you find one, you find one, if you don't, you don't"

"Well, yeah, I mean, I gotta start going to meetings first and
Wait, what?"

"Well, I mean you don't absolutely have to go to meetings
I mean, it's not like like a requirement that they fit into your schedule
I know you're a busy person"

"Well, yeah, but I thought sobriety was the most important thing?"

"So what else are you thinking?"

"Um, well, I know I gotta start practicing the steps
And, I mean, learn 'em, and start being able to apply them"

"The steps?"

"Yeah, the steps"

"There's a lot of them, aren't there?"

"Well, twelve, but"

"Christ, I don't even know them all"

"Really?"

"Anything else?"

"Um, well, I mean the only other question I have is like
What do I do if I find myself in a situation where
Maybe somebody is drinking around me
Or something like that and I get tempted to?"

"Take a drink"

"What?"

"Take a drink and, you know, take the edge off"

"Take the edge off?"
Man, if I have a drink
I already know what that's gonna lead me to"

"What, you mean these?"

"Man, what the fuck?"

"Marshall, what's the matter, darling? (oh, no, no, no, no)
Having some doubts are we? (come on, man)
Marshall, you can't leave me (ah, fuck you, man)
You'll never leave me, Marshall (no, no)
We'll always be together, Marshall
Marshall? Marshall?" (No, no)





"Oh, shit"

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Eminem's song "Dr. West" depict a conversation between the rapper and his psychiatrist, Dr. West, shortly before Eminem's release from a rehabilitation facility. The conversation centers around Eminem's concerns and anxieties about re-entering the world sober and navigating his sobriety journey. While Dr. West encourages Eminem to find a sponsor and attend meetings, he also downplays the importance of those things and even suggests that drinking may help "take the edge off" if Eminem finds himself in a tough situation.


The lyrics highlight the challenges of addiction and the difficulty of maintaining sobriety. Eminem's fears and doubts about being able to stay sober are palpable, and Dr. West's nonchalant attitude towards some of the steps involved in recovery underscores the complex nature of the process.


Overall, the lyrics of "Dr. West" convey the raw emotions and struggles faced by those battling addiction, while also shedding light on the importance of seeking help and support in the recovery process.


Line by Line Meaning

Morning, Marshall
Doctor greets Marshall in the morning


Morning, Doc
Marshall greets the Doctor in the morning


So we're discharging you today, how are you feeling?
Doctor informs Marshall he's being discharged and asks how he's feeling


Anxious
Marshall expresses he's feeling anxious


Anxiety?
Doctor confirms Marshall's feeling of anxiety


Well, anxious to get home, anxious to get back into the world, nervous
Marshall elaborates on his feelings of anxiety and nervousness


Nervous? Come on, Marshall, you're a big boy now, sounding like a bit of a baby
Doctor tries to encourage Marshall to be more confident and less self-pitying


You can do this; you found a sponsor yet?
Doctor asks Marshall if he's found a sponsor for recovering from addiction


Um, not yet, I mean, but when I get back
Marshall admits he hasn't found a sponsor yet


Well, if you find one, you find one; if you don't, you don't
Doctor offers support but doesn't force Marshall to find a sponsor


Well, yeah, I mean, I gotta start going to meetings first and
Marshall says he needs to start attending meetings to find a sponsor


Wait, what?
Doctor is confused by Marshall's statement


Well, I mean you don't absolutely have to go to meetings
Doctor suggests that attending meetings isn't necessary for recovery and sobriety


And it's not like like a requirement that they fit into your schedule
Doctor acknowledges that attending meetings may be difficult for a busy person


I know you're a busy person
Doctor acknowledges Marshall's busy lifestyle


Well, yeah, but I thought sobriety was the most important thing?
Marshall emphasizes the importance of sobriety


So what else are you thinking?
Doctor asks Marshall what else he's thinking


Um, well, I know I gotta start practicing the steps
Marshall acknowledges he needs to start practicing the recovery steps


And, I mean, learning them, and start being able to apply them
Marshall elaborates on his need to understand and apply the recovery steps


The steps?
Doctor asks for clarification on which steps Marshall is referring to


Yeah, the steps
Marshall confirms he's referring to the recovery steps


There's a lot of them, aren't there?
Doctor acknowledges that there are many recovery steps


Well, twelve
Marshall confirms that there are twelve recovery steps


Christ, I don't even know them all
Marshall expresses frustration at not knowing all the recovery steps


Really?
Doctor responds to Marshall's frustration with surprise


Anything else?
Doctor asks Marshall if there is anything else he is thinking about


Um, well, I mean the only other question I have was like
Marshall says he only has one more question


What do I do if I find myself in a situation where
Marshall asks what he should do in a certain situation


Maybe somebody is drinking around me or something like that and I get tempted to?
Marshall describes the situation he is asking about


Take a drink
Doctor suggests that Marshall should take a drink if he's tempted to do so


What?
Marshall is surprised and confused by Doctor's suggestion


Take a drink and, you know, take the edge off
Doctor elaborates on his suggestion for Marshall to take a drink in certain situations


Take the edge off?
Marshall is skeptical of the idea of taking a drink to 'take the edge off'


Man, if I ever take a drink, I already know what that's gonna lead me to
Marshall expresses his conviction that drinking will lead to further addiction and problems


What, you mean these?
Doctor responds to Marshall's reluctance to drink by revealing his own hidden addiction


Man, what the fuck?
Marshall expresses shock and disbelief at Doctor's revelation


Marshall, what's the matter, darling?
Doctor addresses Marshall in a patronizing and condescending way


Having some doubts are we?
Doctor accuses Marshall of having doubts about his recovery


Marshall, you can't leave me
Doctor reveals his own dependence on Marshall and his addiction


You'll never leave me, Marshall
Doctor tries to manipulate Marshall into staying in the recovery program


We'll always be together, Marshall
Doctor continues his manipulative and possessive behavior towards Marshall


Marshall? Marshall?
Doctor calls out to Marshall, possibly trying to bring him back to reality


No, no
Marshall seems to reject the Doctor's behavior and attempt to manipulate him


Oh, shit
Marshall expresses his distress at the situation he's in




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Andre Young, Dawaun Parker, Mark Batson, Trevor Anthony Lawrence, Marshall B Mathers, Michael Elizondo

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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

Greatest of all time

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