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And that's not a stab at Michael
That's just a metaphor, I'm just psycho Eminem – Just Lose It
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In reference to his previous line, he’s saying he has touched on (spoken on) everything to do so except children (pun intended).
The previous lines may have sounded like a stab at Michael, because Michael Jackson was accused of child molestation. In fact, Eminem avoided getting sued because of the ‘that’s not a stab at Michael’ line. {citation needed}
“Michael” could also allude to the psychotic serial killer from Halloween, Michael Myers. Relate the meanings of “stab at” and “psycho” to catch the wordplay.
Furthermore, there is a wordplay on “but” and “butt”, another reference to child molestation.
It doesn't take a bunch of takes or me to stand here in this booth all day Eminem – Big Weenie
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Eminem is very well known for his freestyle abilities and by saying that he doesn’t need to “look at no paper” means that he doesn’t need to write his rhymes, he can just freestyle an awesome diss. Whereas for Benzino it would take him many takes to make a song.
This can also be taken to mean that even though The Source keeps giving Eminem bad reviews, he keeps rapping. So he doesn’t need to see The Source’s magazines or… PAPERS.
There's no tower too high, no plane that I can't learn how to fly Eminem (Ft. Hailie Jade) – My Dad's Gone Crazy
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There is nothing too difficult or costly that Eminem wouldn’t do for his daughter, Hailie Jade. These emotions could possibly be influenced by the cocaine he is heard inhaling during the intro. A regular side effect of cocaine is “feelings of invincibility”.
Em is also clearly referencing 9-11 in this lyric, notice the specific use of words that relate to that event?
no tower too high
no plane that I can’t learn how to fly
Eminem humorously implies with this lyric that he was the one behind 9/11. He “learned how to fly” that plane and there was “no tower too high” for him to fly it into. Not even the twin towers. Pretty ballsy move considering the closeness of this album’s release to the actual tower attacks but it’s so cleverly disguised many likely missed it at the time. This trope of placing himself as the man behind famous tragedies ran through all his early work. He raps about being the one behind Nicole Simpson’s murder and how he “smeared blood on the White Bronco” on The Slim Shady LP and raps about being the Columbine shooter on the MMLP. But his reference to 9/11 is noticeably less direct and more nuanced, a reflection of his growing artistic maturity and improvement as a lyricist up to this point in his career
Witnessed me strapped with MAC's, knew I wouldn't play that 2Pac – Against All Odds
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I walk right up to Kim and kiss her, tell her I miss her Eminem – When I'm Gone
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Supposed to be on crashes and burns to ashes Eminem – When I'm Gone
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Second track on Get Rich or Die Tryin' to feature Eminem with the addition of G-Unit young gun Lloyd Banks.