Half of you assholes ain't strong enough to pick up a spirit
Shit, you fags couldn't shoplift at a thrift shop
But I let the track lift 'em up, boost the energy
Klepto, I'm back to rip shop up, but my thing is this now
Five-finger discount Eminem – ShadyXV
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While most rappers are too weak to even figuratively “lift” (steal) something from a thrift shop, Em is a kleptomaniac whose crazy enough to lift an entire track.
The “five finger discount” is the thieve’s code, meaning that if you have hands you can take an item for free.
Also an allusion to “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore, who he mentions later in the track.
No need for an assumption, here's confirmation
I'm up for the long duration
I'm just looking for something to walk away with
Some pocket change and a little integrity
Though I'll probably be jumpin' across the stage
'Til I'm fuckin' Madonna's age and
Stuck in an awkward place in my life
But I shit you not like I'm plugged up with constipation
That day will come
Before I finally stumble upon some lady that’s… Eminem – Right for Me
Then bump it and knock it shake it
Jumped and got in the way, then disrupted my concentration
I said fuck it and lost my patience
They all woke up from sedation
Ain't none of you Dr. Dre, so then what is it got you thinkin'
You can fuck with this operation?!
(Aftermath) Still running hip-hop amazin' Eminem – Right for Me
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“Came in with scrubs” is a play on words. Scrubs are the light blue outfit worn by doctors and nurses; however ‘Scrubs’ is an insulting moniker for weak competition.
“Lost my patience” is an example of Em’s use of play on words. It could also be perceived as “lost my patients.” Sedation is a practice that doctors used on patients to put them to sleep before surgery. Eminem is saying that his patients woke up from their surgery and ran away.
“Operation” can refer to an actual medical procedure, and if Dre were a real doctor that’s what he would be doing. But in this context “operation” refers to a business – Aftermath Entertainment – that only Em and Dre are capable of running.
Kendrick Lamar who is currently considered one of the greats to come out of the new school is also signed to Aftermath so Em may also be referencing Kendrick helping to run the game as much as he is talking about himself.
I'm not coming to repair your fuckin' electronic computers Eminem – Right for Me
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Eminem isn’t a technology guy, he’s more interested in TECs.
Also Similar to a line by Danny Brown on “Jordan VII”.
Top it off I'm on mushrooms, so fuck all of you! Eminem – Right for Me
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“Lean” is slang for codeine, aka purple drank. It’s a popular drink amongst rappers, especially southern ones. And the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, as you can tell by the name, is slanted because it was built on a weak location.
He pronounces “Pisa” as “Pizza”, thus topping it off with a play on mushrooms, which is also a type of drug. And he makes all of sound like olive, another pizza topping.
Lost in a ball of confusion, it's all an illusion
It's probably the shrooms I'm on
‘Cause I think I started hallucinating, ‘cause I just thought I heard Jay Electronica and Odd Future's new shit Eminem – Right for Me
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Jay Electronica is a devout member of the Nation of Gods and Earth, and a serious dude who raps about issues like Hurricane Katrina. Odd Future is a hip-hop clique led by Tyler The Creator and other talented rappers in their early 20s that enjoy making jokes about anal rape. Both are dope, but yeah, you’re probably hallucinating if you hear them collabing.
This is the second time on this album Em has played off “Roses are red, Violets are Blue.” The first time was in the song “Die Alone” where he says “So violets are blue, roses are red”.
So I bitch about my life then make another song
Vicious cycle ain't it, then wonder why I stay famous
I keep walkin' the line, Eminem – Fine Line
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On songs like “Not Afraid” he uses rap as an outlet to speak on his stress of fame, but at the same time, these songs helps keep him in the spotlight. More from Em on this “vicious cycle” here.
The “I keep walkin' the line” vocal is sampled from “Psychopath Killer”, one of the other songs on this album. Context here!
Won't even get a cab for you and yo' friend
The only fear I have is of loathin'
And I won't even kick in 'til we get to Las Vegas Bad Meets Evil – Vegas
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Royce references the classic book/movie Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas. He also plays on the fare/fear homophone to let these girls know he has no interest in paying their cab fare.
It won’t kick in til we get to Las Vegas ties in with the movie. The characters take a boatload of drugs on the car ride to Vegas and it hits them once they get inside of a casino.
'Cause I will say some ol' inspirational shit in a real way
But still will have a field day with some of the fucked up shit
In the world and tell it to suck on the dick, 'cause I still make fun
Of a sitch someone's in like a son of a bitch at another's expense
I'm fuckin' relentless as fuck when it comes to this pen Eminem – Fine Line
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Like fuck 'em all I'm just ridin'
Like I'm locked up inside of a shot up Bonnie and Clyde car
Uncle Ronnie was driving, 'bout to burst through the side door
Of Arkham Asylum and park in the dining room Slaughterhouse (Ft. Eminem & Yelawolf) – Psychopath Killer
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I tried suicide once and i’ll try it again
that’s why I write songs where I die at the end
Seeing as Eminem has died in his raps before, from 1997’s “Murder Murder” to 2013’s “Bad Guy” – he tends to rap for as long as possible because he wants to get it all out before he “dies” in the song.
Bonnie & Clyde were a crime couple who where shot up in their car. Ronnie is Eminem’s uncle who committed suicide. Ronnie being behind the wheels suggests that Em is already dead by this point. Arkham Asylum is a fictional mental hospital from the DC universe, tying back to the Batman reference.
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Em would like to retire while he’s still on top of his game, but he knows his love of hip-hop is too strong for that. In an likelihood, he’ll probably keep rapping until people are calling him washed up like Madonna, another great talent who overstayed her welcome.
“I shit you not”, is another way of saying he’s not joking, and people who are constipated literally can’t shit.
What so no one noticed “‘Till I’m fuckin’ Madonna’s age and” sounded like “‘Till I’m fucking Maddona’s agent”?
Also, Em says “‘Til I’m fuckin’ Madonna’s age and
Stuck in an awkward place in my life”
I think he is referring to a time when Madonna was pictured in a weird (awkward) looking yoga pose. I can’t find the picture on the internet but she was wearing pink, I think. It was like this:
but both of her legs were wrapped around the back of her head/neck.