Why did we have to wait for Eminem to get angry.

***Warning explicit lyrics!!! I don’t support the language but if you can get past the vulgar “ness” then I hope you can see the message,***

I never would've dreamed in a million years I'd see, So many motherfuckin' people who feel like me, who share the same views And the same exact beliefs, it's like a fuckin' army marchin' in back of me, so many lives I Touch, so much anger aimed, in no particular direction, just sprays and sprays, and straight Through your radio waves it plays and plays, 'till it stays stuck in your head for days and Days, who would of thought, standing in this mirror bleachin' my hair, with some peroxide, Reaching for a t-shirt to wear, that I would catapult to the forefront of rap like this, how Could I predict my words would have an impact like this, I must've struck a chord, with somebody Up in the office, cause congress keeps telling me I ain't causin' nuthin' but problems, and now They're sayin' I'm in trouble with the government, I'm lovin' it

White America, I could be one of your kids, white America, little Eric looks just like this, White America, Erica loves my shit, I go to TRL, look how many hugs I get

Look at these eyes, baby blue, baby just like yourself, if they were brown, Shady lose, Shady Sits on the shelf, but Shady's cute, Shady knew, Shady's dimple's would help, make ladies swoon Baby, {ooh baby}, look at my sales, let's do the math, if I was black, I would've sold half, I Ain't have to graduate from Lincoln high school to know that, but I could rap, so fuck school, I'm too cool to go back, gimme the mic, show me where the fuckin' studio's at, when I was Underground, no one gave a fuck I was white, no labels wanted to sign me, almost gave up

See the problem is, I speak to suburban kids, who otherwise would of never knew these words Exist, whose mom's probably would of never gave two squirts of piss, 'till I created so much Motherfuckin' turbulence, straight out the tube, right into your living room I came, and kids Flipped when they knew I was produced by Dre, that's all it took, and they were instantly hooked Right in, and they connected with me too because I looked like them, that's why they put my Lyrics up under this microscope, searchin' with a fine tooth comb, its like this rope, waitin' To choke, tightening around my throat, watching me while I write this, like I don't like this, Nope, all I hear is, lyrics, lyrics, constant controversy, sponsors working 'round the clock, to Try to stop my concerts early, surely hip-hop was never a problem in Harlem, only in Boston, After it bothered the fathers of daughters starting to blossom, so now I'm catchin' the flack From these activists when they raggin', actin' like I'm the first rapper to smack a bitch, or Say faggot, shit, just look at me like I'm your closest pal, the posterchild, the motherfuckin' Spokesman now for...

Its true would eminem be such a big deal if he were black? Wouldn’t he just blend in to the rap scene, cuz I mean were used to that right “those crazy black people always shooting each other and what not” We as a nation, not talking about individually, are still very racist. We might blame it on the “fact” that most blacks or at least intercity blacks are gangsters. But wow a white guy starts living the life style and makes his way into your living room “straight out the tube, right into your living room” speaking to the white kids “See the problem is, I speak to suburban kids” that “would of never knew these words Exist”, and suddenly people start to get angry.

Well they weren’t mad when black kids were subjected to this kind of material, only when it hit closer to home. When he “was Underground, no one gave a fuck I was white, no labels wanted to sign me, almost gave up” when he wasn’t in the public spotlight no one cared, but once he got some attention people finally got angry. I by no means support the way he is shedding light on urban issues, by subjecting “white kids” to the same thing blacks and all urban kids (that just might not be in the spotlight due to poverty) have to be exposed to. But I must admit he’s effective. It’s a shame he had to bring these issues to the rest of the world's kids to try to get answers but it’s their fault they were too comfortable sheltering themselves and their families from the real problems that other families have to face. What right do we have to not be subjected to this material if they do.

He sheds light on the “people who feel like me, who share the same views And the same exact beliefs, it's like a fuckin' army marchin' in back of me, so many lives I Touch, so much anger aimed, in no particular direction, just sprays and sprays”. so much anger is out theere why can people just ignore the problems, why do we move to better neighborhoods to give our kids a better chance what right do we have to not let our kids be subjected to the same issues and struggles? Money? Does money give you the right? Do you really still believe the terrible myth that minorities choose to live the way they do or are all bad? Cant you see the generational links, lets see one persons parents might not have a lot of money but still get help to get through college then when they have kids because they have been helped and have gotten better jobs and opportunities they are then in a place to help their kids with college. But if you walk off a plantation, or come back from a war, or migrate here looking to escape hardship with nothing to your name and the government not only doesn’t offer you assistance but legalizes polices like redlining “poor” neighbor hoods, which means they draw a line around the area and don’t let anyone get loans or other services(because they are “high risk“), then because they received no privilege they can not help themselves let alone help their kids. So other bad habits come along in the process which I don’t excuse. But, and read this this is my main point, does it make them worse people? What if we switched kids, at birth, privileged families take poor kids and poor families took privileged kids? Wouldn’t the privileged kids end up succumbing to the same issues the traditionally poor kids do? Wouldn’t the poor kids end up going to school and getting the jobs?

Who are we to marginalize people? Who can say with a clear conscious after actually meeting and taking time to talk to a poor or even homeless person and say RETARDED AND UNEDUCATED statements like “most of them choose to be that way” or “its their own fault”. I know I’m supposed to maintain an attitude in which maybe I can educate people who are innocently ignorant but I swear the next person that tells me that, I might not be able to restrain myself.

"True Love Comes Not From Helping Those In Need Out Of Your Resource, But Living Among And Sharing Their Burdens."