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It's Devil's Night, it's Devil's Night, it's Devil Night
Cause I came back to rule this time (it's Devil Night)
Cause I came back to take what's mine (it's Devil's Night) D12 – Devils Night
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Devil’s Night is a term from the Detroit area that is used for the night of October 30th, when people go out and cause random mischief ranging from TP'ing to widespread arson.

The crimes for Devil’s Night were outrageous, and peaked in 1984, when there were 800 fires and countless acts of vandalism. Although the date was known nationally, it seemed like Detroit (where D12) is from, was competing with every other town in the US to be most known for the worst crimes.

On a quick note, Em delivers this hook from the Devil’s perspective.

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and labeled as crazed D12 – Revelation
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The media and parents have labeled Eminem as an insane drug addict as he talks about in “Without Me”. This is either the subject or at least briefly referenced on most of his other songs as well.

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Owned by C.A, State Property
Just like the year fifteen fifty three Ice Cube – Why We Thugs
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Cube is comparing incarceration to slavery, which was legal back in 1553.

America wasn’t a country in 1553, and slavery of African Americans in the colonies didn’t start ‘til 1619
1553 that’s when the “known” records of slaves to America started by the Europeans.

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The truth is that we are all human here.
Discrimination is destroyed. Fuck the KKK and other white Nationalists because I am a tolerant white. Africa invented human kind 80,000 years ago. It says it all on Smithsonian Magazine.

The Great Human Migration — Smithsonian
Seventy-seven thousand years ago, a craftsman sat in a cave in a limestone cliff overlooking the rocky coast of what is now the Indian Ocean. It was a beautiful spot, a workshop with a glorious natural picture window, cooled by a sea breeze in summer, warmed by a small fire in winter.

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I don't rap for dead presidents
I'd rather see the President dead
It's never been said, but I set precedents Immortal Technique (Ft. DJ Green Lantern & Yasiin Bey) – Bin Laden
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Dead presidents can be found on money. So he doesn’t rap for money. He’d rather see president Bush die.
This Eminem parts of the song were actually taken from Eminem’s “We as Americans”.
Eminem probably wanted Bush dead even more after the Secret Service checked for a threat in this specific lyric back in ‘03.

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@randomdudes23 they just replayed dead being played backwards backwards

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“Dead” is censored on all official releases, and when the song first leaked (uncensored), the United States Secret Service actually looked into this line as a potential threat against the president. It’s kinda odd and should be mentioned that in this song the word is stated with no changes.

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And why the fuck I gotta ride the bench coach? D12 – Revelation
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He is asking why he sits out every sport game on the bench because it’s just something else that’s going wrong in his life. He already witnesses some of his friends get shot, and one of his new friends get caught drinking and made fun of.

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And I should've let it known what your government names are
To make sure you Take It Personal like Gang Starr, motherfuckers Masta Ace – Acknowledge
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By giving the rap duo’s full names, Ace would quite literally be making it ‘personal’. This references the Gangstarr song, the lyrics of which echo Ace’s fury

Ace doesn’t mean giving away Gang Starr’s real names. He means he should have “let it known what [their] government names are” most likely by insulting them using their real names. This would ensure the insults were more personal than if he’d insulted them using their rap aliases.

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He’s referencing the High and the Mighty’s government names.

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Is the second explanation saying the same thing as the first necessary? It’s a pretty obvious pun here where Masta Ace utilizes the gangstar track who Ace obviously had respect for, RIP Guru, with the “government names” part which is like what you’re identity is listed on your license/social security or green card. It wouldn’t get any more personal than that, but he isn’t that rude, probably because as he already said they’re not on his level. To me these ½ basic double entendres referencing a hip hop legend are the best a single line can be.

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Don't let me lose you, I'm not tryna confuse you
When I let loose with this Uzi and just shoot through your Isuzu
You get the message? Am I gettin' through to you?
You know what's comin'? You motherfuckers don't even know, do you? 50 Cent (Ft. Eminem) – Patiently Waiting
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A subtle diss is incorproated here: you drive an Isuzu (not exactly balling!). This also alludes to The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Gimme The Loot” – in it, him and his friend see people in an Isuzu and decide to rob them, while shooting through the car.

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