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The Way I Am Lyrics – Eminem

    The Way I Am is a popular song by Eminem from the 2000 album The Marshall Mathers LP. Check words to Eminem The Way I Am Lyrics in English below.

    The Way I Am Lyrics – Eminem 

    [Segue from “Steve Berman (Skit)”]
    …Man, whatever

    [Intro]
    Dre, just let it run
    Ayo, turn the beat up a little bit
    Ayo
    This song is for anyone
    Fuck it, shut up and listen
    Ayo

    [Verse 1]
    I sit back with this pack of Zig-Zag’s and this bag
    Of this weed, it gives me the shit needed to be
    The most meanest MC on this, on this Earth
    And since birth I’ve been cursed with this curse to just curse
    And just blurt this berserk and bizarre shit that works
    And it sells and it helps in itself to relieve
    All this tension, dispensin’ these sentences
    Gettin’ this stress that’s been eatin’ me recently off
    Of this chest and I rest again peacefully (Peacefully)
    But at least have the decency in you
    To leave me alone, when you freaks see me out
    In the streets when I’m eatin’ or feedin’ my daughter
    To not come and speak to me (Speak to me), I don’t know you
    And no, I don’t owe you a motherfuckin’ thing
    I’m not Mr. N’Sync, I’m not what your friends think
    I’m not Mr. Friendly, I can be a prick
    If you tempt me, my tank is on empty (Is on empty)
    No patience is in me and if you offend me
    I’m liftin’ you ten feet (Liftin’ you ten feet) in the air
    I don’t care who was there and who saw me just jaw you
    Go call you a lawyer, file you a lawsuit
    I’ll smile in the courtroom and buy you a wardrobe
    I’m tired of all you (Of all you), I don’t mean to be mean
    But that’s all I can be, it’s just me
    [Chorus]
    And I am whatever you say I am
    If I wasn’t, then why would I say I am?
    In the paper, the news, every day I am
    Radio won’t even play my jam
    ‘Cause I am whatever you say I am
    If I wasn’t, then why would I say I am?
    In the paper, the news, every day I am
    I don’t know, that’s just the way I am

    [Verse 2]
    Sometimes I just feel like my father, I hate to be bothered
    With all of this nonsense, it’s constant
    And, “Oh, it’s his lyrical content
    The song ‘Guilty Conscience’ has gotten such rotten responses.”
    And all of this controversy circles me
    And it seems like the media immediately
    Points a finger at me (Finger at me)
    So I point one back at ’em, but not the index or pinkie
    Or the ring or the thumb, it’s the one you put up
    When you don’t give a fuck, when you won’t just put up
    With the bullshit they pull, ’cause they full of shit too
    When a dude’s gettin’ bullied and shoots up his school
    And they blame it on Marilyn (On Marilyn) and the heroin
    Where were the parents at? And look where it’s at!
    Middle America, now it’s a tragedy
    Now it’s so sad to see, an upper-class city
    Havin’ this happenin’ (This happenin’) then attack
    Eminem ’cause I rap this way (Rap this way) but I’m glad
    ‘Cause they feed me the fuel that I need for the fire to burn
    And it’s burnin’, and I have returned
    [Chorus]
    And I am whatever you say I am
    If I wasn’t, then why would I say I am?
    In the paper, the news, every day I am
    Radio won’t even play my jam
    ‘Cause I am whatever you say I am
    If I wasn’t, then why would I say I am?
    In the paper, the news, every day I am
    I don’t know, that’s just the way I am

    [Verse 3]
    I’m so sick and tired of bein’ admired
    That I wish that I would just die or get fired
    And dropped from my label, let’s stop with the fables
    I’m not gonna be able to top a “My Name Is”
    And pigeon-holed into some poppy sensation
    To cop me rotation at rock ‘n’ roll stations
    And I just do not got the patience (Got the patience)
    To deal with these cocky Caucasians
    Who think I’m some wigger who just tries to be black ’cause I talk
    With an accent and grab on my balls so they always
    Keep askin’ the same fuckin’ questions (Fuckin’ questions)
    What school did I go to, what hood I grew up in
    The why, the who, what, when, the where and the how
    ‘Til I’m grabbin’ my hair and I’m tearin’ it out
    ‘Cause they drivin’ me crazy (Drivin’ me crazy), I can’t take it
    I’m racin’, I’m pacin’, I stand and I sit
    And I’m thankful for every fan that I get
    But I can’t take a shit in the bathroom without
    Someone standin’ by it! (Standin’ by it) No, I won’t sign your autograph
    You can call me an asshole, I’m glad
    [Chorus]
    ‘Cause I am whatever you say I am
    If I wasn’t, then why would I say I am?
    In the paper, the news, every day I am
    Radio won’t even play my jam
    ‘Cause I am whatever you say I am
    If I wasn’t, then why would I say I am?
    In the paper, the news, every day I am
    I don’t know, that’s just the way I am

    [Produced by Eminem]

     

    Writer(s): Eminem (Marshall Mathers), Jeff Bass, Tommy Coster Jr.

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