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He is the best but he doesn’t work hard. He doesn’t copy others or even learn from them so Jay-Z doesn’t really ring a bell.

Or he doesn’t own a TV, either one.

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You don’t want to be run over by these guys.

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Nobody cares about you. Jay, on the other hand, is the perfect example of someone with out-of-this-world talent. His raps are so powerful that when he spits them the planet shifts. (Lets hope not literally)

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He is talking to Jay Reaper and it’s just like an intro to the song. Jay responds later.

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As of 2005, when this track was recorded, Jay had released 6 number 1 albums in a row. His third record Vol. 2… Hard Knock Life sold 5 million copies, and by 2008 he’d easily amassed over 30 million records sold.

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This line plays off the saying “give an arm for” which Em used later in his career

Instead, he uses a bit more vital organ, implying that Canibus would give up even more than an arm to be like Em.

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Nothing can stop Eminem

It could also be a response to Canibus' subtle threats in “Draft Me.”

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One interpretation of this lyric is that Em is making fun his “trailer trash” background with a fake accent and talk of square dancing.

Another interpretation, tying the chorus in with the rest of the song, is that he is mocking former President Bush’s Texas accent. Eminem is speaking as American government telling the citizens that everything’s fine, relax, just keep dancing.

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