Infinite Lyrics

[Chorus]
You heard of Hell, well, I was sent from it
I went to it, servin' a sentence for murderin' instruments

Now I'm tryin' to repent from it, but when I hear the beat
I'm tempted to make another attempt at it
I'm infinite

[Verse 2]
Bust it, I let the beat commence
So I can beat the sense in your elite defense
I got some meat to mince
Some fruit to stomp, and then two feet to rinse

I greet the gents and ladies, I spoil loyal fans
I foil plans and leave fluids leakin' like oil pans

My coiled hands around this microphone are lethal
One thought in my cerebral is deeper than a jeep-full of people
MCs are feeble, I came to cause some pandemonium
Battle a band of phony MCs and stand the lonely one
Imitator intimidator, stimulator
Simulator of data, eliminator

There's never been a greater since the burial of Jesus
Fuck around and catch all the venereal diseases
My thesis'll smash a stereo to pieces
My acappella releases classic masterpieces, through telekinesis
It eases you mentally, gently
Sentimentally, instrumentally
With entity, dementedly meant to be infinite
[Chorus]
You heard of Hell, well, I was sent from it
I went to it, servin' a sentence for murderin' instruments

Now I'm tryin' to repent from it, but when I hear the beat
I'm tempted to make another attempt at it
I'm infinite

[Verse 3]
Man, I got evidence, I'm never dense
And I've been clever ever since
My residence was hesitant to do some shit that represents the MO
So I'm assumin' all responsibility
'Cause there's a monster real in me that always wants to kill MCs
Mic nestler, slammin' like a wrestler
Here to make a mess of a lyric-smugglin' embezzler

No one is specialer, my skill is intergalactical
I get cynical, act a fool then I send a crew back to school
I never packed a tool or acted cool, it wasn't practical
I'd rather let a tactical, tactful track tickle your fancy
In fact, I can't see, or can't imagine
A man who ain't a lover of beats or a fan of scratchin'
So this is for my family, the kid who had a cameo
On my last jam plus the man who never had a plan B
Be all you can be

‘Cause once you make an instant hit, I'm tensed a bit
And tempted when I see the sins my friends commit
I'm infinite
[Chorus]
You heard of Hell, well, I was sent from it
I went to it, servin' a sentence for murderin' instruments

Now I'm tryin' to repent from it, but when I hear the beat
I'm tempted to make another attempt at it
I'm infinite
You heard of Hell, well, I was sent from it
I went to it, servin' a sentence for murderin' instruments

Now I'm tryin' to repent from it, but when I hear the beat
I'm tempted to make another attempt at it
I'm infinite

[Outro: Mr. Porter]
'95 ('95), '96 ('96)
And on, and on, and on, and on (And on)

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About

Genius Annotation

This is Eminem’s first song from his identically titled first album. The title is an ode to scientific concepts, such as “infinity” – the concept of having no limits or boundaries in time, space, extent, or magnitude.

Eminem uses an intricate rhyme scheme throughout this song:

Also notice the heavy presence of Nas throughout the song. Before the rhyming starts, he’s invoked in loose quotations of “One Time 4 Your Mind” and “Represent,” while the beat recalls that of “Half Time”.

As Eminem wrote about this time period in Angry Blonde:

The Hip-Hop Shop was a spot in Detroit where all of the city’s illest emcees would meet. It was a regular hangout for me. Back in the Hip-Hop Shop days, there were verses that I would throw out in the Shop. I would just use them in there. Once I started getting a rep, I actually used one of those verses for an open mic and people were trippin on it so I thought ‘'Fuck it. I gotta finish it’‘. I finished the verses and made them into this song. D-12’s denaun (aka Kon Artis) used to do all my beats and he had the original track. I personally think this was the best song I did on the album. That was 95, 96 – the era of just rhyming for the hell of it. People at one point actually said I sounded like Nas, cause I used all these big words. This is show-your-skill type of shit.

This song was remastered and re-released on November 17th, 2016 on digital (iTunes and Spotify) for the first time.

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Translations
Genius Answer
Was this released as a single?
Genius Answer

On Friday, November 18, 2016, “Infinite” was re-released as a single after being re-produced and re-mastered for the 20th anniversary on Infinite—Eminem’s debut album. The single is available on every major streaming service, as well as iTunes & Amazon.

What's the main sample for the instrumental?
Genius Answer

There are no samples in the song’s instrumental.

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