This line attaches psychotic qualities to this very sarcastic persona of his, after all the track is called bad influence
Graves are renowned for dead people; however slim commits a murder but uses the grave to bury himself, which touches upon why he is a GRAVE danger to his health!
Just to add, this is a rhetorical question and since it is so absurd to bury oneself alive this question rightly has no justification or answer
No; the line is reinforcing and justifying what he says in the line before'I don’t pray cos god isn’t listening' — because of this he connects God with the characterization of obliviousness. Also, I think it’s clear he isn’t a believer these lines clearly reflect an atheist — considering also that the main theme of this song is disbelief and hopelessness, my interpretation is pretty valid
This can be looked at as a double entendre:
Eminem’s flourishing prosperity and popularity led to him leading a life where he cannot partake in humanly conventions. Perhaps walking to a shop without being bombarded by attention Or as previously said in ‘The way I am’ taking a shit without somebody standing by it. All of this has ostracized him from normal things in life making him feel cocooned in his own world.
On the other hand, Eminem has been in trouble with the law a few times relating to gun charges and his diabolical abuse of drugs. Therefore this imprisonment can be taken literally.
This is a double entendre
Eminem is going to continue bringing prosperity to his name until he is out of the limelight and no longer able to ‘milk’ any further fortunes and success in his career.
This line is also a throw back to the idiomatic expression Don’t cry over spilt milk This meaning is reinforced as he talks of carrying on without letting any mistakes harm his mentality in the following line. ALSO the obvious connection between milk and cows are made here consolidating this meaning; ultimately illustrating a relentless determination to strive for success
It’s an Oxymoron this is when a line appears to contradict itself but doesn’t really. Since Eminem declared “Cause you know your stinking ass too fat to try to outrun me” Followed by ‘I gotta catch her first’ — This implies he has to get to her, not necessarily that this fictional overweight female has eluded Em’s presence.
Aside from slim being gravitated to attacking prostitutes using a roll of quarters to brass knuckle effect; notice the word play!
The word Hookers is enunciated closely with the word hook which in boxing is a solid punch coming from the side.
WORD PLAY!
been through hell is a common phrase which figuratively denotes the experience of hardship and misfortune.
Shut the hell up also is a frequent phrase, this is usually said with anger, demanding a person to be silent.
With both phrases juxtaposed together, a literal twist can be seen
Considering his experience through hell a place where the devil is thought to inhabit, it seems convenient he has built a relationship with him; leading to the following line. Shut the Hell up can infer his accessibility of going through hell all the time.
Here the literal and figurative sense is almost interchangeable.
This Line is an OXYMORON the word mobile signifies movement, however he remains stagnant, in other words stationary because he is financially struggling.
Eminem profoundly uses internal rhymes here; perhaps the ‘dash, kardash, ass’ rhyme being emphasized appends to a quicker pace which reflects the actual motion set in the line, ie. A hundred-yard dash.
Notice the wordplay on Kims second name ‘Kardash’ being juxtaposed with glass remnants from a car, this elevates the value of the line to a further extent as it foreshadows Nick Hogan’s vehicle accident.
This is wordplay!
Notice the cold and brutal aura slim has already conveyed in this song. Thus once the icepick makes contact with his victims heart it figuratively denotes of being ‘cold-hearted’.
Furthermore to ‘pick apart’ is a phrase which means to express criticism to a person, which is the purpose of this track; the phrase also links with the icepick
The term Gravy train refers to situations wherein money can be generated with minimal effort (easy money)
Soul khan is inidcating how he wouldn’t mind going for the green (as we all do need money, lets not act like we don’t!) but more significantly khan in the following line explains how he wouldn’t allow the money to change him ie. GREED.