Careful What You Wish For - Eminem [USUM70967462] (320)
[00:03.77] "Breaking news: Detroit rapper Eminem cancels his sold-out European tour to check himself into rehab after admitting an addiction to sleep medication
[00:12.62] We'll have more on this story as it develops."
[00:15.02] "Shady Records recording artist Obie Trice has apparently survived a gunshot to the head in what appears to be a random drive-by shooting
[00:23.39] Meanwhile, Eminem is rumored to be alienated--"
[00:27.02] "On and off again relationship with..."
[00:29.35] "This just in, a tour bus involving Eminem's bus..."
[00:31.93] "Updating a story we brought you earlier about gunfire at an after-hours club, we've learned that the rapper Proof has been fatally shot"
[00:39.29] "Shady/Aftermath recording artist..."
[00:39.99] "Long-time best friend of Eminem and a member of the rap group D12"
[00:44.77] "D12, back in the news again today..."
[00:46.36] "Is it a sabbatical or the end? The rumors and speculation continue to swirl around Eminem
[00:52.21] He insists he's just taking a break, but doubters believe he's retiring, leaving us all to ask, 'Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?'"
[00:59.82] So this is it...
[01:01.16] This is what I wished for
[01:02.74] Just isn't how I envisioned it
[01:04.49] Famed to the point of imprisonment
[01:06.37] I just thought the shit'd be different
[01:08.49] But something changed
[01:09.46] The minute that I got a whiff of it
[01:11.32] I started to inhale it
[01:12.94] Smell it
[01:13.73] Started sniffin' it
[01:14.54] And it became my cocaine
[01:16.40] I just couldn't quit
[01:17.63] I just wanted a little bit
[01:18.86] Then it turned me (in) to a monster
[01:20.98] I became a hypocrite
[01:22.31] Concert after concert
[01:23.81] I was raking in the dough
[01:25.40] Rolling in green
[01:26.37] Had the game hemmed up
[01:27.97] Like a sewing machine
[01:29.29] But I was losing my freedom
[01:30.90] There was nowhere for me
[01:32.22] To not go and be seen
[01:33.54] And just go and be me
[01:35.15] And there was no in-between
[01:36.73] You either loved it or hate it
[01:38.33] Every CD critics gave it a 3, then 3
[01:40.99] Years later, they'd go back and re-rate it
[01:43.38] And call the Slim Shady LP the greatest
[01:46.04] The Marshall Mathers was a classic
[01:47.89] The Eminem Show was fantastic
[01:50.02] But Encore just didn't have the caliber to match it
[01:52.94] I guess enough time just ain't passed, yet
[01:55.32] A couple more years, that shit'll be ill-matic
[01:57.86] And eight years later, I'm still at it
[01:59.99] Divorced, re-married
[02:01.34] A felon
[02:02.40] A father
[02:02.94] Sleeping-pill addict
[02:04.43] And this is real talk
[02:05.38] I feel like The Incredible Hulk
[02:07.51] My back has been broke, and I can still walk
[02:09.78] So be careful what you wish for
[02:11.85] 'Cause you just might get it
[02:13.15] And if you get it then you just might not know
[02:16.10] What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just
[02:18.77] Come back on you ten-fold
[02:21.06] I said
[02:21.51] Be careful what you wish for
[02:23.54] 'Cause you just might get it
[02:25.13] And if you get it then you just might not know
[02:27.53] What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just
[02:30.52] Come back on you ten-fold
[02:32.55] I got a letter from a fan, that said
[02:34.68] He's been praying for me
[02:36.46] Every day and for some reason
[02:38.04] It's been weighing on my mind heavy
[02:39.90] 'Cause I don't read every
[02:41.23] Letter I get, but something told me to go ahead and open it, but
[02:44.95] Why would someone pray for you when they don't know you?
[02:47.50] You didn't pray for me when I was local
[02:49.62] And as I lay these vocals
[02:50.84] I think of all the shit I had to go through
[02:53.23] Just to get to where I'm at
[02:54.83] I've already told you at least
[02:56.70] A thousand times in these rhymes
[02:58.30] I appreciate the prayer, but I've already got
[03:00.58] God on my side
[03:01.90] And it's been one hell of a ride, hasn't it?
[03:03.76] Just watchin' it from a opposite standpoint
[03:06.69] Man, boy's got to look
[03:08.01] Nuts
[03:08.72] And that's the only word I can think of right now
[03:11.90] On how
[03:12.72] To describe the shit
[03:13.95] This is like a vibe you get
[03:15.43] Go ahead and bob to it
[03:16.77] Just watch what you wish for, 'cause I got the shit
[03:19.44] So be careful what you wish for
[03:21.82] 'Cause you just might get it
[03:23.42] And if you get it then you just might not know
[03:25.70] What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just
[03:28.26] Come back on you ten-fold
[03:30.81] I said
[03:31.51] Be careful what you wish for
[03:33.27] 'Cause you just might get it
[03:34.77] And if you get it then you just might not know
[03:37.43] What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just
[03:40.27] Come back on you ten-fold
