Without Me song Lyrics :

“Without Me” is a song from Eminem’s fourth studio album, The Eminem Show (2002). “Without Me” was released as the album’s lead single on May 13, 2002, and was then re-issued on his greatest hits compilation album Curtain Call: The Hits (2005). “Without Me” is one of Eminem’s most popular singles, peaking at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one in fifteen countries.

 

Without Me song Lyrics :

 

[Intro: Obie Trice]
Obie Trice, real name, no gimmicks (*record scratch*)

[Refrain 1: Eminem]
Two trailer park girls go ’round the outside
‘Round the outside, ’round the outside
Two trailer park girls go round the outside
‘Round the outside, ’round the outside

[Refrain 2: Eminem]
Guess who’s back, back again
Shady’s back, tell a friend
Guess who’s back, guess who’s back
Guess who’s back, guess who’s back
Guess who’s back, guess who’s back
Guess who’s back

[Verse 1: Eminem]
I’ve created a monster, ’cause nobody wants to
See Marshall no more; they want Shady, I’m chopped liver
Well, if you want Shady, this what I’ll give ya
A little bit of weed mixed with some hard liquor
Some vodka that’ll jump-start my heart quicker
Than a shock when I get shocked at the hospital
By the doctor when I’m not co-operating
When I’m rocking the table while he’s operating (Hey!)
You waited this long, now stop debating

‘Cause I’m back, I’m on the rag and ovulating
I know that you got a job, Ms. Cheney
But your husband’s heart problem’s complicating
So the FCC won’t let me be
Or let me be me, so let me see
They try to shut me down on MTV
But it feels so empty without me
So, come on and dip, bum on your lips
Fuck that, cum on your lips and some on your tits
And get ready, ’cause this shit’s about to get heavy
I just settled all my lawsuits, fuck you, Debbie!

[Chorus: Eminem]
Now this looks like a job for me
So everybody, just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy
‘Cause it feels so empty without me
I said this looks like a job for me
So everybody, just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy
‘Cause it feels so empty without me

[Verse 2: Eminem]
Little hellions, kids feeling rebellious
Embarrassed, their parents still listen to Elvis
They start feeling like prisoners, helpless
‘Til someone comes along on a mission and yells, “Bitch!”
A visionary, vision is scary
Could start a revolution, polluting the airwaves
A rebel, so just let me revel and bask
In the fact that I got everyone kissing my ass (*smack*)​​
And it’s a disaster, such a catastrophe
For you to see so damn much of my ass—you asked for me?

Well, I’m back, na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Fix your bent antenna, tune it in, and then I’m gonna
Enter in, and up under your skin like a splinter
The center of attention, back for the winter
I’m interesting, the best thing since wrestling
Infesting in your kid’s ears and nesting
Testing, “Attention please”
Feel the tension soon as someone mentions me
Here’s my ten cents; my two cents is free
A nuisance, who sent? You sent for me?

[Chorus: Eminem]
Now this looks like a job for me
So everybody, just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy
‘Cause it feels so empty without me
I said this looks like a job for me
So everybody, just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy
‘Cause it feels so empty without me

[Verse 3: Eminem]
A tisk-it a task-it, I’ll go tit-for-tat with
Anybody who’s talking “This shit, that shit”
Chris Kirkpatrick, you can get your ass kicked
Worse than them little Limp Bizkit bastards
And Moby? You can get stomped by Obie
You thirty-six year old baldheaded fag, blow me
You don’t know me; you’re too old, let go

It’s over, nobody listens to techno
Now let’s go, just give me the signal
I’ll be there with a whole list full of new insults
I’ve been dope, suspenseful with a pencil

Ever since Prince turned himself into a symbol
But, sometimes, the shit just seems
Everybody only wants to discuss me
So this must mean I’m disgusting
But it’s just me, I’m just obscene
Though I’m not the first king of controversy
I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley
To do black music so selfishly
And use it to get myself wealthy (Hey!)
There’s a concept that works
Twenty million other white rappers emerge
But no matter how many fish in the sea
It’d be so empty without me

[Chorus: Eminem]
Now this looks like a job for me
So everybody, just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy
‘Cause it feels so empty without me
I said this looks like a job for me
So everybody, just follow me
‘Cause we need a little controversy
‘Cause it feels so empty without me

[Outro: Eminem]
Hum, dei-dei, la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Hum, dei-dei, la-la, la-la-la-la-la
La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Kids!

 

Extra Information :

About Eminem :

Eminem (stylized as EMIN̎M) is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer who was born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972. He is considered one of the best rappers of all time and is recognized for having popularized hip hop throughout Middle America. Racial barriers to the acceptance of white rappers in mainstream music are seen to have been broken by his popularity.

He became a symbol of the popular anguish of the American underclass and has been credited with influencing several musicians, despite the fact that most of his transgressive work in the late 1990s and early 2000s made him a controversial figure. His top hits on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 include “Without Me,” “Lose Yourself,” “The Real Slim Shady,” and “Not Afraid.” “Love the Way You Lie” , “The Monster” , “Godzilla” , and “Houdini” .

Following the release of his first album, Infinite (1996), and the extended play Slim Shady EP (1997), Eminem joined Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment. The Slim Shady LP, released in 1999, helped him gain widespread recognition. He went on to make two successful albums, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) and The Eminem Show (2002), both of which were nominated for Grammy Awards for Album of the Year. The latter went on to become the best-selling album globally in 2002.

Eminem took a break following the release of his subsequent album, Encore (2004), primarily as a result of his addiction to prescription drugs.. Recovery (2010) became the world’s best-selling record, while Relapse (2009) marked his comeback to the music business. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013), Revival (2017), Kamikaze (2018), Music to Be Murdered By (2020), and The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce) (2024) were his subsequent U.S. number-one albums.

Eminem has worked with fellow Detroit-based rapper Royce da 5’9″ as part of the duo Bad Meets Evil. He was also a member of the hip-hop groups New Jacks, Soul Intent, Outsidaz, and D12. Eminem played a fictionalized version of himself in the 2002 musical drama film 8 Mile. He was the first hip hop artist to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and his song “Lose Yourself” from the soundtrack topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 12 weeks, the longest for a solo rap single. He also developed his own Sirius XM Radio channel, Shade 45, and co-founded Shady Records, which aided in the beginning of the careers of musicians like D12, 50 Cent, and Obie Trice.

With an estimated 220 million records sold globally, Eminem is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. In the 2000s, he was the best-selling musician in the US, and in the 2010s, he came in third. He has five number-one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the first musician to have ten albums start at the top of the Billboard 200 chart in a row . “Lose Yourself,” “Love the Way You Lie,” “Not Afraid,” The Eminem Show, Curtain Call: The Hits (2005), and the Marshall Mathers LP have all received Diamond or higher certifications from the American Recording Industry Association (RIAA).

15 Grammys, eight American Music Awards, seventeen Billboard Music Awards, a Primetime Emmy, and an MTV Europe Music Global Icon Award are just a few of his many honors. Rolling Stone listed him among the “100 Greatest Artists of All Time” and “100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time,” while Billboard named him the “Artist of the Decade (2000–2009)”. He was admitted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022.

Childhood

The sole child of Marshall Bruce Mathers Jr. (1952–2019), Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, on October 17, 1972. and “Debbie” Deborah Rae (née Nelson): 17 During her 73-hour labor with him, his mother almost passed away: 1 The parents of Eminem were  Before they split up, they performed in a band named Daddy Warbucks at Ramada Inns near the Dakota–Montana border. Eminem was raised in poverty by his mother, Debbie, after his father left them when he was a year and a half old. According to Debbie, all of the letters he wrote to his father were returned with the notation “return to sender”. Later on, Nathan “Nate” Kane Samara, his mother’s kid, was born.

Eminem and his mother moved to 8 Mile Road in Detroit after residing in a number of towns in Missouri and Michigan.
By the time he was twelve, Eminem and his mother were constantly moving between states, rarely being in one residence for more than a year or two at a stretch, and living primarily with relatives resided in Roseville, Michigan; Warren, Michigan; Kansas City; Savannah, Missouri; and St. Joseph, Missouri. prior to relocating to Detroit. Eminem and his mother spent a large portion of their childhood in a predominantly black, working-class area of Detroit. Eminem and Debbie lived on a neighborhood with three white houses, and black teens frequently beat him.

According to a social worker, Eminem’s mother had a “very suspicious, almost paranoid personality” and they often battled: 3 In the song “Brain Damage,” Eminem later recounts (with humorous exaggeration) how a bully called D’Angelo Bailey seriously hurt his head during an assault when he was a youngster . For this reason, Debbie sued the public school in 1982. The following year, the lawsuit was dropped. by a judge in Macomb County, Michigan, who declared the schools exempt from legal action: 2

Before learning about hip hop, Eminem had a passion for telling stories and wanted to work as a comic book artist. On the Breakin’ soundtrack, which was a present from Debbie’s half-brother Ronnie Polkingharn, he heard his first rap song (“Reckless” starring Ice-T). The youngster grew close to his uncle, who later served as a mentor in music. Eminem did not attend Polkingharn’s funeral and ceased public speaking for days after his suicide in 1991.

Eminem and his high school buddy Mike Ruby started rapping when he was fourteen years old. They went by the names Manix and M&M, with the latter eventually changing to “Eminem.”: 4 Eminem and a fellow rapper sneaked into nearby Osborn High School. Evidence of freestyle rap in the lunchroom conflicts.: 119 The Hip-Hop Shop on West 7 Mile Road, which is regarded as “ground zero” for the Detroit rap culture, hosted open mic competitions on Saturdays.

Although he struggled to make a name for himself in a largely black business, underground hip hop audiences liked Eminem. He wanted the majority of the words in his verses to rhyme, so he typed lengthy words or phrases on paper and then worked on rhymes for each syllable underneath. The routine helped Eminem practice sounds and rhymes, even though the words frequently made no sense.

Debbie let fugitive Kimberly Anne “Kim” Scott stay at their house in 1987. Eminem started seeing Scott intermittently a few years later:4. Due to absence and subpar marks, he spent three years in the ninth grade . Eminem is 17 years old. left Lincoln High School early. Despite his love in English, Eminem never studied literature; instead, he preferred comic books, and he detested social subjects and arithmetic.

Later, he says, he earned a GED. In order to support his mother, Eminem worked at a number of jobs, including Little Caesar’s Pizza in Warren. He then said that she frequently threw him out of the house nevertheless, frequently after stealing the majority of his salary. He would make tunes and turn up the sound while she went off to play bingo.

1988–1997: Early career, unemployment, and familial challenges
In 1988, he founded his first group, New Jacks, and recorded a self-titled demo tape with DJ Butter Fingers under the stage name MC Double M Along with rapper Proof and other childhood pals, they joined Bassmint Productions in 1989, which was rebranded as Soul Intent in 1992. In 1995, they issued an EP of the same name, which featured Proof.

Champtown’s song “Do-Da-Dippity” included Eminem’s debut music video cameo in 1992. Together with four other rappers, Eminem and Proof formed The Dirty Dozen (D12) later in 1996. They released their debut album Devil’s Night in 2001 and The Underground E.P. in 1997. Additionally, he collaborated on various albums with Outsidaz, a rap collective based in Newark.

Eminem released his debut album, Infinite, for Jeff and Mark Bass’ independent Web Entertainment label between 1995 and 1996 after signing with their F.B.T. Productions label : 15 The When the album was released in 1996, it was a commercial failure. His battle to raise his newborn daughter, Hailie Jade Scott Mathers, on a meager income was one of the lyrical topics of Infinite.

Eminem’s rhyming style at this time, which was largely influenced by rappers Nas, Esham, and AZ, lacked the humorously aggressive tone that would later come to define him : 16 Eminem created harsher, moodier songs as a result of the criticism he received from Detroit disc jockeys, who mostly ignored Infinite (“Why don’t you go into rock and roll?”).

The neighborhood where Eminem and Kim Scott lived at the time was rife with crime, and their home was looted multiple times. At Gilbert’s Lodge, a family-style eatery in St. Clair Shores, Eminem worked for minimum money as a chef and dishwasher : 14 His previous supervisor explained He worked 60 hours a week for six months following Hailie’s birth, which made him a model employee :

4 “It was, like, five days before Christmas, which is Hailie’s birthday,” he added after being dismissed just before the holiday. I had about forty dollars to buy her a present. His substance misuse and personal issues led to a suicide attempt following the release of Infinite. He stayed with Kim and Hailie in his mother’s mobile home after being sacked from Gilbert’s Lodge for the final time in March 1997 : 4

In 1999, Eminem and Proof performed at Juice Jam in Munich, Germany. Eminem gained notoriety after creating Slim Shady, a aggressive, sadistic alter ego. He was able to vent his rage through lyrics about drugs, rape, and murder thanks to the character : 4 He recorded his first EP, the Slim Shady EP, in the spring of 1997, and Web Entertainment published it that winter.

In addition to exploring the more serious subjects of coping with poverty and marriage and familial issues, the EP, which frequently made references to drug use, sexual activities, mental instability, and violence, also showed his candid, self-deprecating attitude to criticism. In March 1998, Eminem appeared in the “Unsigned Hype” column of hip-hop publication The Source : 81

 

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