These hoes don't want him no mo', he's cold product He goes home and barely knows his own daughterīut hold your nose 'cuz here goes the cold water Knows he's grown farther from home he's no father, He's known as the globetrotter lonely roads, god only These hoes is all on him coast to coast shows, This world is mine for the taking, make me kingĪ normal life is boring, but superstardom'sĬlose to postmortem, it only grows harder, The soul's escaping through this hole that is gaping This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow You better lose yourself in the music, the moment He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it'sīack to the lab again, yo, this whole rhapsody, He knows that, but he's broke, he's so stagnant that he knows He knows his whole back's to these ropes, it don't matter, he's dope Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked, he's so madīut he won't give it up that easy, no, he won't have it Snap back to reality, oh, there goes gravity He's chokin' how, everybody's chokin' now He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgettin' He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy Would you capture it, or just let it slip? Yo To seize everything you ever wanted in one moment But what are your thoughts on the lyrics? Have you ever seen 8 Mile? Answer in the poll below.Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity There’s more to the lyrics, but those are a few of the most glaring ones that today’s fans of the song might wonder about.
The movie was semi-biographical anyway, and there was “no Mekhi Phifer” on his actual journey. In this section of the song, Em is saying that this is the verse where he wasn’t even talking about the movie anymore, and was instead just talking about his own life and the struggles he had to go through to get to where he was at that time. Mekhi Phifer plays Rabbit’s best friend, Future, in the movie. This is my life and these times are so hard, and it's getting even harder tryna feed and water my seed. And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer. And I can't provide the right type of life for my family, 'cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers. The line goes like this:įact that I can't get by with my nine to five. And if they do know him ( likely from Divergent ), they’ll likely wonder why Eminem is talking about him. Lastly, a lot of younger people might wonder who Mekhi Phifer is. “And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer…” And the mobile home is where he writes his lyrics, as he’s going “back to the lab.” "Back to the lab" is a common saying, with "the lab" being your home, as that’s where the mad science, i.e., the dope lyrics, are created. This plays directly into the plot of the film, as Eminem is working a dead-end job during the daytime at a car factory to help support his family, who is sharing a mobile home together. Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him. That's when it's back to the lab again, yo. He's so stagnant, he knows, when he goes back to this mobile home. It don't matter, he's dope, he knows that, but he's broke. Instead of living alone, though, he’s living with his mother, his little sister, and his mother’s abusive boyfriend, played by Michael Shannon. In the movie, Eminem is living in a mobile home kind of like Frances McDormand in Nomadland. This is another lyric where you could probably just shrug it off, but this actually played a major part in the film as well. “He's so stagnant, he knows, when he goes back to this mobile home…” And no, I won’t be mentioning the famous “Mom’s spaghetti” lyric. So, I’m here to break down some of the lyrics that may fly over the heads of some of the younger hip-hop heads who have never seen the once-popular flick. I think some of the lyrics might actually be lost on a lot of younger listeners though since the song is directly connected to the film. I mean, it’s because he’s never seen the movie 8 Mile, and actually didn’t even know that it existed until I told him about it (which I kind of regret now since the movie is Rated-R). And I don’t mean because the lyrics are above him or anything like that. While my student knows all of the lyrics to “Lose Yourself,” a lot of it is actually lost on him. Not only that, but he can recite every single lyric to the hit song. Seriously, I have a 12-year-old student in my class who calls Eminem the G.O.A.T. That said, even as old as it is, Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” can still be heard blasting from car speakers across America, and probably across the world. 8 Mile, and in turn, the 8 Mile soundtrack, is nearly 20 years old. The Eminem classic, 8 Mile came out almost 20 years ago.