Get Me Gone
Fort Minor Lyrics

Before the first song that you hear me on
Even before I achieved success, people were trying to discourage me from rapping.

There were people already trying to get me gone
Unsupportive individuals were trying to push me out of the music industry.

Telling me to quit rapping
They were specifically advising me to stop rapping.

Just play the keys that
They suggested that I switch to playing a non-rap instrument, like the keyboard.

"My band had a singer", "They didn't need me"
Some even argued that my band didn't require my rapping skills because they already had a singer.

But my band had my back, so we did the tracks
However, I was fortunate enough to have supportive bandmates who stood by me and helped produce the music.

Put out the album and the talk went flat
After releasing our album and proving the doubters wrong, they stopped criticizing us as much.

It was funny at first, but then the humor faded
Initially, the situation seemed humorous or lighthearted, but it became more serious as time went on.

When some magazines printed that our label made us
Some magazines even suggested that our record label was solely responsible for our success and talent.

We were too good to be true
People thought that we were too successful and talented to be genuine or authentic.

Some were saying ghostwriters were writing all that we do
Conspiracy theories even arose suggesting that ghostwriters were responsible for writing our music rather than us.

So we had to disprove it, we spelled it out
To counter these accusations, we had to explain and prove how we actually created our music.

To the detail, how we do it when we're making this music
We went into specific detail about our creative process when making music.

After that I made it a rule:
As a result of these negative experiences, I implemented a new rule.

I only do email responses to print interviews
I will only respond to interview questions via email for print interviews.

Because there people love to put a twist to your words
This is because some reporters like to twist or distort your words for their own purposes.

To infer that you said something ducking fucking absurd
They may take your words out of context and twist them to make it seem like you said something ridiculous or inappropriate.

Oh, did I lose you at 'infer'?
Did I use too complex of a word for you to understand?

Not used to hearing a verse that uses over first-grade vocabulary words?
This level of vocabulary may be considered too advanced for some individuals in the music industry.

People used to infer that we were manufactured
In the past, people used to suggest that our music was fake or manufactured rather than authentic.

Now I've got the interviews on file
I have kept records of all my interviews to refer back to if needed.

Which people said what, which number to dial
My records include who said what during each interview and their contact information.

So now every enemy screaming insanity
As a result of this, anyone who tries to spread false information about me is just acting insane or desperate.

All they're ever gonna be's another big fan of me
In the end, anyone who doubts me or tries to bring me down will just become another fan of my music.

Bitch
A dismissive word to end the song and indicate that the negativity will not affect me.