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Critics claimed Eminem’s music was a white-washed version of a black music genre, but he understands music has no color. It’s all self-expression, and his mission is to rile up the teens and piss off the parents. Eminem and his D12 brethren later expanded on this topic in “Fight Music.”

Other rappers have paid homage to these lines:

I make rap music for hip-hop kids

  • Masta Ace, “Don’t Understand.”

I don’t do black music, I don’t do white music
I do everyday life music

  • Kendrick Lamar, “Average Joe”.

Eminem originally used these lines in “Turn Me Loose”, a Limp Bizkit collab (before the beef)

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Scoob emphasizes the words Shaquille, oh, and kneel, which can be written differently to spell Shaquille O'Neal. He also say he is as hard as him, so you better kneel

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A pun on the word Hayes (sounds like haze). A reference to:

  1. Music of Isaac Hayes (a musician) who is known for over-the-top love songs.
  2. Haze, which makes things difficult to see (and therefore, confusing).

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J Cole’s mom is addicted to crack, as he has mentioned before (Ex.1) (Ex.2). It’s never good to see your family like that

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