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Sentimental value is when you’ve had something for many years, and you become attached to it for no real reason. Eminem’s exaggerating for comic effect, suggesting that Britney’s been holding the pill for so long without taking it that she’ll develop feelings for it, and have nostalgia for it once she’s eventually taken it.
In other words, he’s telling her to stop hesitating and take the pill already.
From a technical view, it’s worth mentioning that ‘value’ is one of those few English words that can’t be rhymed, such as ‘orange.’ Talented lyricists prove that there are exceptions to these rules, just as we see here.
"Yes, you do! You're gonna regret it later," — no, I won't Eminem – My Darling
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Eminem wasn’t after the fame or the limelight, only ever wanting recognition from his peers. His private life became public (due to stans fans, the paparazzi and the media in general), stripping him of the freedom to live a normal life and be a normal father.
These lines echo his thoughts from his MMLP track “The Way I Am”.
My soul is possessed by this devil
My new name is... Rain Man Eminem – Rain Man
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Em had rapped about selling his soul for fame on “Say Goodbye Hollywood”.
And later in his career he’d go into more detail on how fame turned him into a “monster” on “Careful What You Wish For”.
This is yet another reference to the 1988 movie Rain Man. Also notice how Em pronounces “Rain Man” just like the title character does in the movie.
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Had one of those 25-cent stickers on my refri-gerator
Right next to Darth Vader
And Darth must've put a hex on him for later
I feel like it's my fault, 'cause of the way that
I stuck him up in between him and Lex Luthor
I killed Superman, I killed Super—
Man, and how ironic
That I'd be the bad guy, kryptonite, the green chronic Eminem – Rain Man
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Eminem is a comic book fan and Superman is one of his favorites. Christopher Reeve was an actor that played the character in the first three movies.
Lex Luthor is Superman’s archenemy, but because of the way Em arraigned his stickers, the two are separated by the Star Wars villain, Darth Vader. Em believed the positioning led to him indirectly killing Superman, thus he is Kryptonite, the only element that can harm the character.
“The green chronic” refers to high-quality marijuana, which some might call “kryptonite” as it is green and overpowers them.
They heard a rumor that you got a new gun
Um, I know it's probably not true
But I just need to talk to you about that
So, um, gimme a call Eminem (Ft. Paul Rosenberg) – Paul (Skit) [2004]
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Eminem blew up very quickly to become the best selling artist of the 2000s. He is the highest selling rap artists of all time. The Marshall Mathers LP is the fastest selling album by a solo artist in the first week ever.
The Marshall Mathers LP is the highest selling rap album of all time with 11 million sold copies.
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Eminem has frequently bad-mouthed his mother throughout his songs, so much that she sued him (but got barely anything out of it)
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Marijuana is a recreational drug used as medicine to treat glaucoma, cancer, and other diseases. But also, it is used to get high.
The tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in the marijuana gets you high. The THC is the small white crystyals
Rough approximation. yes, you will find the highest concentration of THC in the trichomes (little white crystals), but THC is found in varying concentrations across all parts of the cannabis plant. also, trichomes don’t just contain THC, they contain other cannabinoids (CBD, CBV, CBG, etc), as well as terpenes which give each strains its unique smell and taste.