Cleanin Out My Closet lyrics

Song information

Artist: Eminem
Album: Curtain Call: The Hits

Lyrics

Intro:
Where's my snare?
I have no snare on my headphones
There you go
Yeah
Yo yo

Verse 1
Have you ever been hated, or discriminated against?
I have, I've been protested and demostrated against

Picket signs for my wicked rhymes, look at the times
Sick is the mind, of the mothafuckin' kid that's behind

All this commotion, emotions run deep as oceans explodin'
Tempers flarin' from parents just blow 'em off and keep goin'

Not takin' nothin' from no one, give em hell long as I'm breathin'
Keep kickin' ass in the mornin', and takin' names in the evenin'
Leave them with a taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth

See they can trigger me, but they'll never figure me out
Look at me now, I bet ya probably sick of me now
Ain't you mama, I'ma make you look so ridiculous now

Chorus (2x)
I'm sorry mama
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant make you cry
But tonight, I'm cleanin' out my closet

One more time

I said
I'm sorry mama
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant make you cry
But tonight, I'm cleanin' out my closet
Ha!

Verse 2
I got some skeletons in my closet
And I don't know if no one knows it
So before they throw me inside my coffin and close it

Imma expose it, I'll take you back to '73

Before I ever had a multi-platinum sellin' cd

I was a baby maybe I was just a couple of months

My faggot father must have had his panties up in a bunch
'Cause he split, I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye

No I don't, on second thought I just fuckin' wished he would die
I look at hailie, and I couldn't picture leavin' her side
Even if I hated kim, I'd grit my teeth and I try to make it work

With her at least for hailie's sake I maybe made some mistakes
But I'm only human but I'm man enough to face 'em today

What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb

But the smartest shit I did was take the bullets outta that gun
Cause I'da killed 'em, shit I would have shot kim and him both
It's my life, I'd like to welcome ya'll to the eminem show

Chorus (2x)

Verse 3

Now I would never dis my own mama just to get recognition
Take a second to listen for you think this record is dissin'

But put yourself in my position, just try to envision
Witnessin' your mama poppin' prescription pills in the kitchen
Bitchin' that someone's always going through her purse and shit's missin'

Goin' through public housing systems, victim of munchhausen syndrome
My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't
'Til I grew up, now I blew up it makes you sick to your stomach, doesn't
It?
Wasn't it the reason you made that cd for me, ma?

So you could try to justify the way you treated me, ma?
But guess what, your gettin' older now and it's cold when your lonely
And nathan's growin' up so great he's gonna know that your phoney
And hailie's gettin' so big now, you should see her, she's beautiful

But you'll never see her, she won't even be at your funeral *hahaha*
See what hurts me the most, is you won't admit you was wrong
Bitch, do ya song, keep tellin' yourself that you was a mom
But how dare you try to take what you didn't help me to get

You selfish bitch, I hope you fuckin' burn in hell for this shit!
Remember when ronnie died and you said you wished it was me?
Well guess what, I am dead, dead to you as can be!!

Chorus (2x)

[from http://lyrics.doheth.co.uk]

"Curtain Call: The Hits" album track list