Almost Famous
Eminem ☜♡☞ Lyrics


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I can almost taste it
This shit makes no sense to me
What is it all mean
I can almost taste it
I can almost tame it

This shit makes no sense to me
What is it all mean
I can almost taste it

Yeah, can't stop now
(I can almost taste it)
This maybe the last time I get,
(I want to be famous)

You dream of trading places
I have been changing faces
You can not fill these shoes
There is too much to lose
I wake up behind these trenches
You run around defenseless
There is too much to lose
You can not fill these shoes
I just wanna be famous, but
Be careful what you wish you for

I stuck my dick in this game like a rapist
They call me Slim Roethlisberger
I go bezerker than a fed-up post-office worker
A merk her with a Mossberg
I'm pissed off get murdered
Like someone took a ketchup squirter
Squirted a frankfurter
For a gangster you shoulda shit your pants
When you saw the chainsaw get to waving
Like a terrible towel
I faced her around
But his fangs come out
Get your brains blown out
That's what I call blowing your mind
When I come back
Like nut on your spine
I'm a thumb tack
That you slept on son
Now here I come screaming attack like I just stepped on one
Low on the totem till he showed 'em
Defiance, giant scrotum
He don't owe them bitches shit
His bridges, he out grow'd em
He's so out cold he's knocked out of the South Pole
And nobody fucks with him
Rigamortis and post-mortem
He's dying of boredom
Take your best rhymes, record 'em
Then try to flaunt 'em
He'll just take your punch lines and snort 'em
Shit stained drawers
You gon' fuck with a guy who licks the blades of his chainsaws
While he dips 'em in P.F. Chang's sauce
Game's up, homie, hang it up like some prank calls
You think I'm backing down you must be out of your dang skulls
I'm almost famous

You dream of trading places
I have been changing faces
You can not fill these shoes
There is too much to lose
I wake up behind these trenches
You run around defenseless
There is too much to lose
You can not fill these shoes
I just wanna be famous, but
Be careful what you wish you for

I'm back for revenge
I lost a battle that ain't happening again
I'm at your throat like strep
I step, strapped with a pen
Metaphors wrote on my hand,
Someone distorted my mint
Read some I wrote on a napkin
I do what I have to to win
Pull at it all stops, any who touch a mic prior's
Not even Austin Powers, how the fuck are they Mike Meyers
And tell that psycho to pass the torch
To the whack before I take a shit in his Jack-O-Lantern
And smash it on his porch
Now get off my dick
Dick's too short a word for my dick
Get off my antidisestablishmentarianism, you prick
You call me the champ, call me the space shuttle destroyer
I just blew up the challenger, matter fact I need a lawyer
I displaced my clause with enough plaster
To make a cast beat his ass naked and peed in his corner like Verne Troyer
You're the Eminem backwards, you're mini-me
See he's in a whole 'nother weight class
He smokes your BB's you beat back bullets
You're full of it, you were just in his C-D's
Laugh at infinite, now he's back like someone pissed in his Wheaties
No peace treaties, he's turned into a beast
His new Slim Shady E-P's got the attention of the mighty D-R-E
He is almost famous

You dream of trading places
I have been changing faces
You can not fill these shoes
There is too much to lose
I wake up behind these trenches
You run around defenseless
There is too much to lose
You can not fill these shoes
I just wanna be famous, but
Be careful what you wish you for

Now there he goes in Dre's studio cuppin' his balls
Screaming the wood off the panel
And cussing the pain off the walls
Spewing his hate to these haters, showing no love for these brauds
He ain't given them shit, he says he'll pinch a penny so hard
He'll leave a bruise on the LeBron so dark you can see the mark
With the scars, till Abraham Lincoln is screaming out ah
These metaphors and similes ain't similar to them, not at all
If they don't like it, they can all get fucked instead of sucking him off
They can get a belt or neck tie, to hang themselves by
Like David Carradine they can go fuck themselves and just die
And eat shit while they at it
He's fucking had it, he's mad at the whole world
So go to hell and build a snowman girl
The bullies become bullied, the pussies get pushed
Then they better pull me, take me back to 9th grade to school me
Cause I ain't looking back, only forward, this whole spot blowing
Who coulda known he'd grow to be a poet and not know it
And while I'm being poetic let me get a stoic and raise the bar
Higher than my opinion of these winners and lords
So bare witness to some biblical shit




As a cold wind blowing this world ain't gonna know what hit it
He did it, he made it, he's finally famous

Overall Meaning

The song "Almost Famous" by Eminem talks about his relentless pursuit of fame and the sacrifices he has made to be where he is today. Throughout the song, Eminem highlights the ups and downs of his career and his determination to be successful despite the challenges he faced. He explains how he stuck his "dick in this game like a rapist," showing his raw and aggressive approach towards achieving success. He also talks about his battle with other rappers and how he had to prove himself time and time again.


The lyrics of the song demonstrate the pressure that Eminem felt to succeed in the music industry. He constantly references other rappers and how he wants to be recognized as the best in the game. This is evident when he says: "You call me the champ, call me the space shuttle destroyer / I just blew up the challenger." He is showing his competitive nature and desire to dominate the rap industry.


Overall, the song "Almost Famous" is a powerful statement about the challenges of achieving fame in the entertainment industry. Eminem's lyrics demonstrate his strength and determination to succeed, showing his fans that nothing can stop him from achieving his dreams.




Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Marshall Bruce Mathers, Khalil Abdul-Rahman, Erik Albert George Alcock, Pranam Injeti, Liz Rodrigues, Daniel Tannenbaum

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