Low on the totem til he showed 'em

from Eminem – Almost Famous Lyrics on Rap Genius

Eminem was very low on the social ladder, hence totem (pole), (the Amerindians had totem poles, and the names of those not quite recognized in the society were written right at the bottom of the totem pole), then he decided to defy the norm.

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