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RAP GODEMEMTRACK 9 ON THE MARSHALL MATHERS LP 2 (DELUXE EDN) PRODUCED BYEMEM & DVLP“RAP GOD” IS EMEM’S BRAGGADOC O TO HIMSELF AND HIS REER. OVER S SIX-MUTE N-TIME, HE REFERENC IC BOOKS, THROWS BACK TO HIS OLD SONGS, AND RAPS CRAZILY… READ MORE OCT. 14, 20135 VIEWERS18.6M VIEWS1921 CONTRIBUTORSTRANSLATNSENGLISHPORTUGUêSITALIANOहिन्दीDTSCHFRANçAISESPAñOLCYMRAEGไทย / PHASA THAIRAP GOD LYRICS[INTRO]"LOOK, I WAS GONNA GO EASY ON YOU NOT TO HURT YOUR FEELGS""BUT I'M ONLY GOG TO GET THIS ONE CHANCE" (SIX MUT—, SIX MUT—)"SOMETHG'S WRONG, I N FEEL " (SIX MUT, SLIM SHADY, YOU'RE ON!)"JT A FEELG I'VE GOT, LIKE SOMETHG'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT. IF THAT MEANS WHAT I THK MEANS, WE'RE TROUBLE, BIG TROUBLE; AND IF HE IS AS BANANAS AS YOU SAY, I'M NOT TAKG ANY CHANC""YOU ARE JT WHAT THE DOC ORRED"[CHOS]I'M BEGN' TO FEEL LIKE A RAP GOD, RAP GODALL MY PEOPLE OM THE ONT TO THE BACK NOD, BACK NODNOW, WHO THKS THEIR ARMS ARE LONG ENOUGH TO SLAP BOX, SLAP BOX?THEY SAID I RAP LIKE A ROBOT, SO LL ME RAP-BOT[VERSE 1]BUT FOR ME TO RAP LIKE A PUTER MT BE MY GENI GOT A LAPTOP MY BACK POCKETMY PEN'LL GO OFF WHEN I HALF-CK GOT A FAT KNOT OM THAT RAP PROFMA A LIV' AND A KILL' OFF EVER SCE BILL CLTON WAS STILL OFFICEWH MONI LEWSKY FEEL' ON HIS NUTSACKI'M AN MC STILL AS HONTBUT AS AND AS CENT AS ALL HELLSYLLABL, SKILL-A-HOLIC (KILL 'EM ALL WH)THIS FLIPPY DIPPY-HIPPY HIP-HOPYOU DON'T REALLY WANNA GET TO A PISS' MATCHWH THIS RAPPY BRAT, PACK' A MAC THE BACK OF THE AC'BACKPACK RAP CRAP, YAP-YAP, YACKETY-YACKAND AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, I ATTEMPT THE LYRIL ACROBAT STUNTS WHILE I'M PRACTIC' THATI'LL STILL BE ABLE TO BREAK A MOTHERFUCK' TABLEOVER THE BACK OF A UPLE OF FAGGOTS AND CRACK HALFONLY REALIZED WAS IRONIC, I WAS SIGNED TO AFTERMATH AFTER THE FACTHOW ULD I NOT BLOW? ALL I DO IS DROP F-BOMBSFEEL MY WRATH OF ATTACKRAPPERS ARE HAV' A ROUGH TIME PERD, HERE'S A MAXI PADIT'S ACTUALLY DISASTROLY BAD FOR THE WACKWHILE I'M MASTERFULLY NSTCTG THIS MASTERPIèCEYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]'CSE I'M BEGN' TO FEEL LIKE A RAP GOD, RAP GODALL MY PEOPLE OM THE ONT TO THE BACK NOD, BACK NODNOW, WHO THKS THEIR ARMS ARE LONG ENOUGH TO SLAP BOX, SLAP BOX?LET ME SHOW YOU MATA' THIS SH A'T THAT HARD, THAT HARDEVERYBODY WANT THE KEY AND THE SECRET TO RAP IMMORTALY LIKE Ι HAVE GOT[VERSE 2]WELL, TO BE TTHFUL THE BLUEPRT'SSIMPLY RAGE AND YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCEEVERYBODY LOV TO ROOT FOR A NUISANCEH THE EARTH LIKE AN ASTEROIDDID NOTHG BUT SHOOT FOR THE MOON SCE (PEW!)MCS GET TAKEN TO SCHOOL WH THIS MIC'CSE I E AS A VEHICLE TO "B THE RHYME"NOW I LEAD A NEW SCHOOL FULL OF STUNTSME? I'M A PRODUCT OF RAKIMLAKIM SHABAZZ, 2PAC, N.W.A, CUBE, HEY DOC, RENYELLA, EAZY, THANK YOU, THEY GOT SLIMINSPIRED ENOUGH TO ONE DAY GROW UP, BLOW UP AND BE A POSNTO MEET RUN–D.M.C., AND DUCT THEMINTO THE MOTHERFUCK' ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMEEVEN THOUGH I'LL WALK THE CHURCH AND BURST A BALL OF FLAMONLY HALL OF FAME I'LL BE DUCTED IS THE ALHOL OF FAMEON THE WALL OF SHAMEYOU FAGS THK 'S ALL A GAME, 'TIL I WALK A FLOCK OF FLAMOFF A PLANK AND, TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THK'?LTLE GAY-LOOK' BOYSO GAY I N BARELY SAY WH A STRAIGHT FACE, LOOK' BOY (HA-HA!)YOU'RE WNS' A MASS-OCCURLIKE YOU'RE WATCHG A CHURCH GATHERG TAKE PLACE, LOOK' BOY"OY VEY, THAT BOY'S GAY!"—THAT'S ALL THEY SAY, LOOK' BOYYOU GET A THUMBS UP, PAT ON THE BACKAND A "WAY TO GO" OM YOUR LABEL EVERY DAY, LOOK' BOYHEY, LOOK' BOY! WHAT YOU SAY, LOOK' BOY?I GET A "HELL YEAH" OM DRE, LOOK' BOYI'MA WORK FOR EVERYTHG I HAVE, NEVER ASKED NOBODY FOR SHGET OUTTA MY FACE, LOOK' BOY!BASILLY, BOY, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BE PABLEOF KEEP' UP WH THE SAME PACE, LOOK' BOY, 'E—[CHOS]I'M BEGN' TO FEEL LIKE A RAP GOD, RAP GODALL MY PEOPLE OM THE ONT TO THE BACK NOD, BACK NODTHE WAY I'M RAC' AROUND THE TRACK, LL ME NASCAR, NASCARDALE EARNHARDT OF THE TRAILER PARK, THE WHE TRASH GODKNEEL BEFORE GENERAL ZODTHIS PLA'S KRYPTON—NO, ASGARD, ASGARD[VERSE 3]SO YOU'LL BE THOR AND I'LL BE ODYOU RONT, I'M OMNIPOTENTLET OFF, THEN I'M RELOAD'IMMEDIATELY WH THE BOMBS I'M TOT'AND I SHOULD NOT BE WOKENI'M THE WALK' AD, BUT I'M JT A TALK' HEAD, A ZOMBIE FLOAT'BUT I GOT YOUR MOM EP-THROAT'I'M OUT MY RAMEN NOODLEWE HAVE NOTH' MON, POODLEI'M A DOBERMAN, PCH YOURSELF THE ARM AND PAY HOMAGE, PUPILIT'S ME, MY HONTY'S BTALBUT 'S HONTLY FUTILE IF I DON'T UTILIZE WHAT I DO THOUGHFOR GOOD AT LEAST ONCE A WHILESO I WANNA MAKE SURE SOMEWHERE THIS CHICKEN SCRATCH I SCRIBBLE AND DOODLE ENOUGH RHYMTO MAYBE TRY TO HELP GET SOME PEOPLE THROUGH TOUGH TIMBUT I GOTTA KEEP A FEW PUNCHLJT SE 'E EVEN YOU UNSIGNEDRAPPERS ARE HUNGRY LOOK' AT ME LIKE 'S LUNCHTIMEI KNOW THERE WAS A TIME WHERE ONCE IWAS KG OF THE UNRGROUNDBUT I STILL RAP LIKE I'M ON MY PHAROAHE MONCH GRDSO I CNCH RHYM, BUT SOMETIM WHEN YOU BEAPPEAL WH THE SK LOR OF MEYOU GET TOO BIG AND HERE THEY E TRY'TO CENSOR YOU LIKE THAT ONE LEI SAID ON "I'M BACK" OM THE MATHERS LP 1 WHEN ITRIED TO SAY I'LL TAKE SEVEN KIDS OM COLUMBEPUT 'EM ALL A LE, ADD AN AK-47, A REVOLVER AND A 9SEE IF I GET AWAY WH NOW THAT I A'T AS BIG AS I WAS, BUT I'MMORPH' TO AN IMMORTAL, ' THROUGH THE PORTALYOU'RE STUCK A TIME WARP OM 2004 THOUGHAND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THAT YOU RHYME FORYOU'RE POTLS AS RAPUNZEL WH FUCK' RNROWSYOU WRE NORMAL? FUCK BEG NORMAL!AND I JT BOUGHT A NEW RAYGUN OM THE FUTUREJT TO E AND SHOOT YA, LIKE WHEN FABOLO MA RAY J MAD'CSE FAB SAID HE LOOKED LIKE A FAG AT MAYWEATHER'S PADSG' TO A MAN WHILE HE PLAYED PIANOMAN, OH MAN, THAT WAS A 24/7 SPECIAL ON THE BLE CHANNELSO RAY J WENT STRAIGHT TO THE RAD STATNTHE VERY NEXT DAY, "HEY FAB, I'MA KILL YOU!"LYRICS ' AT YOU AT SUPERSONIC SPEED (J.J. FAD)UH, SUMMA-LUMMA, DOOMA-LUMMA, YOU ASSUM' I'M A HUMANWHAT I GOTTA DO TO GET THROUGH TO YOU? I'M SUPERHUMANINNOVATIVE AND I'M MA OF BBER SO THAT ANYTHG YOU SAY IS RICHET' OFF OF ME AND 'LL GLUE TO YOU ANDI'M VASTATG, MORE THAN EVER MONSTRATGHOW TO GIVE A MOTHERFUCK' DIENCE A FEELG LIKE 'S LEVATGNEVER FADG, AND I KNOW THE HATERS ARE FOREVER WAGFOR THE DAY THAT THEY N SAY I FELL OFF, THEY'LL BE CELEBRATG'CSE I KNOW THE WAY TO GET 'EM MOTIVATEDI MAKE ELEVATG MIC, YOU MAKE ELEVATOR MIC"OH, HE'S TOO MASTREAM."WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY DO WHEN THEY GET JEALO, THEY NFE "IT'S NOT HIP-HOP, 'S POP,"—'E I FOUND A HELLA WAY TO FE WH ROCK, SHOCK RAP WH DOCTHROW ON "LOSE YOURSELF" AND MAKE 'EM LOSE "I DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE SONGS LIKE THATI DON'T KNOW WHAT WORDS TO E."LET ME KNOW WHEN OCCURS TO YOUWHILE I'M RIPP' ANY ONE OF THE VERS THAT VERS YOUIT'S CURTAS, I'M ADVERTENTLY HURT' YOUHOW MANY VERS I GOTTA MURR TOPROVE THAT IF YOU WERE HALF AS NICE, YOUR SONGS YOU ULD SACRIFICE VIRGS TOO?!UGH, SCHOOL FLUNKY, PILL JUNKIEBUT LOOK AT THE ACLAS THE SKILLS BNG MEFULL OF MYSELF, BUT STILL HUNGRYI BULLY MYSELF 'E I MAKE ME DO WHAT I PUT MY MD TOAND I'M A LN LEAGU ABOVE YOUILL WHEN I SPEAK TONGU, BUT 'S STILL TONGUE--CHEEK, FUCK YOUI'M DNK, SO, SATAN, TAKE THE FUCKG WHEELI'MA SLEEP THE ONT SEATBUMP' HEAVY D AND THE BOYZ, STILL "CHUNKY BUT FUNKY"BUT MY HEAD THERE'S SOMETHG I N FEEL TUGGG AND STGGLGANGELS FIGHT WH VILS AND HERE'S WHAT THEY WANT OM METHEY'RE ASK' ME TO ELIMATE SOME OF THE WOMEN HATEBUT IF YOU TAKE TO NSIRATN THE BTER HATREDI HAVE, THEN YOU MAY BE A LTLE PATIENTAND MORE SYMPATHETIC TO THE SUATNAND UNRSTAND THE DISCRIMATNBUT FUCK , LIFE'S HAND' YOU LEMONS? MAKE LEMONA THEN!BUT IF I N'T BATTER THE WOMENHOW THE FUCK AM I SUPPOSED TO BAKE 'EM A KE THEN?DON'T MISTAKE HIM FOR SATANIT'S A FATAL MISTAKE IF YOU THK I NEED TO BE OVERSEAS AND TAKE A VATNTO TRIP A BROAD, AND MAKE HER FALL ON HER FACE ANDDON'T BE A RETARD—BE A KG? THK NOTWHY BE A KG WHEN YOU N BE A GOD?6.8KEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT

Ltle gay look' boySo gay I n barely say wh a straight face look' boyYou wns' a mass-occurLike you're watch' a church gatherg take place look' boy"Oy vey, that boy's gay", that's all they say, look' boyYou get a thumbs up, pat on the backAnd a "Way-to-go" om your label every day, look' boyHey, look' boy, what you say, look' boy?

“Emem’s ‘Rap God’ is full of homophobic slurs, '” reads a Huffgton Post headle. Maly about the followg l om “Rap God”: Ltle gay-lookg boy / So gay I n barely say wh a straight face-lookg boy / You wnsg massacre like you watchg a church gatherg takg place-lookg boy / ‘Oy vey, that boy’s gay, ’ that’s all they say lookg-boy / You take a thumbs up, pat on the back, the way you go om your label every day-lookg boy.

Earlier, the first verse, Em raps: I attempt the lyril acrobat stunts while I’m practicg that / I’ll still be able to break a motherfuck’ table / Over the back of a uple of faggots and crack half / Only realized was ironic I was signed to Aftermath after the fact So, Emem’s still g homophobic slurs to sult his rap fo and petors.

OLR, WISER EMEM STILL DON'T GET WHY GAY SLURS ARE OFFENSIVE

He’s been gettg trouble for his harsh homophobic imagery for more than a now, and seems not much will change this fall when MMLP2 drops. But other thgs have changed — namely, the state of hip-hop and s newfound termatn to be gay-iendly. Ltle gay-look' boySo gay I n barely say wh a straight face, look' boy (Ha)You're wns' a mass occurLike you're watch' a church gather' take place, look' boy"Oy vey, that boy's gay, " that's all they say, look' boyYou get a thumbs up, pat on the backAnd a "way to go" om your label every day, look' boyHey, look' boy, what you say, look' boy?

RAP GOD (PERFORMED 40 STYL)ANTHONY VCENTPRODUCED BYDVLP, FILTHYAPR. 20, 20151 VIEWER7 CONTRIBUTORSRAP GOD (PERFORMED 40 STYL) LYRICS[INTRO: ANTHONY VCENT]"LOOK, I WAS GONNA GO EASY ON YOU NOT TO HURT YOUR FEELGS.""BUT 'S BEEN WAY TOO LONG SCE THE LAST 20 STYLE SONG.""SO HOW ABOUT I GIVE YOU 40 STYL THIS TIME?""SOME OF YOU DOUBT I N DO , AND IF I PROVE YOU WRONG, WE'RE BIG TROUBLE.""WHY DON'T WE TAKE OM THE FIRST VERSE?"VERSE 1[STYLE 1: EMEM]BUT FOR ME TO RAP LIKE A PUTER MT BE MY GENI GOT A LAPTOP MY BACK POCKETMY PEN'LL GO OFF WHEN I HALF-CK GOT A FAT KNOT OM THAT RAP PROFMA A LIV' AND A KILL' OFF EVER SCE BILL CLTON WAS STILL OFFICEWH MONI LEW-[STYLE 2: MC HAMMER]-SKY FEELG ON HIS (OH-OH)I'M AN MC STILL AS HONT (OH-OH)BUT AS AND AS CENT AS ALL HELLSYLLABL, SKILL-A-HOLIC (KILL 'EM ALL WH) THIS...[STYLE 3: BONE-THUGS-N-HARMONY]...FLIPPY DIPPY-HIPPY HIP-HOPYOU DON'T REALLY WANNA GET TO A PISS' MATCHWH THIS RAPPY BRAT, PACK' A MAC THE BACK OF THE AC'BACKPACK RAP CRAP, YAP-YAP, YACKETY-YACKAND AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, I ATTEMPT THE LYRIL ACROBAT STUNTS WHILE I'M PRACTIC' THATI'LL STILL BE ABLE TO BREAK A MOTHER-FUDG' TABLEOVER THE BACK OF A UPLE OF RABBS AND CRACK HALFONLY...YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[STYLE 4: BEASTIE BOYS]...REALIZED WAS IRONIC, I WAS SIGNED TO AFTERMATH AFTER THE FACT (FACT)HOW ULD I NOT BLOW? ALL I DO IS DROP F-BOMBSFEEL MY WRATH OF ATTACK (ATTACK)[STYLE 5: THE NOTOR B.I.G.]RAPPERS ARE HAV' A ROUGH TIME PERD (OO-OOH)HERE'S A MAXI PADIT'S ACTUALLY DISASTROLY BAD FOR THE WACK (YEAH)WHILE I'M MASTERFULLY NSTCTG THIS MASTERPIECE 'E...CHOS 1[STYLE 6: AEROSMH & RUN D.M.C.]I'M BEGN' TO FEEL LIKE A RAP GOD (RAP GOD), RAP GODALL MY PEOPLE OM THE ONT TO THE BACK NOD[STYLE 7: LOUIS ARMSTRONG]WHO THKS ARMS ARE LONG ENOUGH TO SLAP BOX?LET ME SHOW YOU MATA' THIS A'T THAT HARD[STYLE 8: BJORK]EVERYBODY WANTS THE KEY AND THE SECRETTO RAP IMMORTALY LIKE I GOT (WELL, TO BE...)VERSE 2[STYLE 9: RAGE AGAST THE MACHE]...TTHFUL THE BLUEPRT'SSIMPLY RAGE AND YOUTHFUL EXUBERANCEEVERYBODY LOV TO ROOT FOR A NUISANCEH THE EARTH LIKE AN ASTEROIDDID NOTHG BUT SHOOT FOR THE MOON SCE[STYLE 10: BTA RHYM](HOO!) MCS GOTTA BE TAKEN TO SCHOOL WH THIS MIC'CSE I E AS A VEHICLE TO "B THE RHYME"NOW I LEAD A NEW SCHOOL FULL OF STUNTSME? I'M A...[STYLE 11: 2PAC]...PRODUCT OF RAKIMLAKIM SHABAZZ, 2PAC, N.W.A, CUBE, HEY DOC, RENYELLA, EAZY, THANK YOU, THEY GOT SLIMINSPIRED ENOUGH TO ONE DAY GROW UP, BLOW UP, AND...[STYLE 12: DIE ANTWOORD (YOLANDI & NJA)].. A POSNOM TE VOLDOEN AAN RUN-D.M.C., LEI HULLE IN DIE MOTHERFUCK 'ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAMEALHOEWEL EK DIE KERK SAL LOOP EN 'N VUURVLAM GEBARS HETSLEGS HALL OF FAME EK SAL GEHULDIG WORD IS DIE ALHOL OF FAME (FAME)ON THE WALL OF SHAME (SHAME)[STYLE 13: LL COOL J]YOU GIRLS THK 'S ALL A GAME, 'TIL I WALK A FLOCK OF FLAMOFF A PLANK AND, TELL ME WHAT ARE YOU THK'? (A GAME)[STYLE 14: RAY CHARL]LTLE GAY-LOOK' BOYSO GAY I N BARELY SAY WH A STRAIGHT FACE, LOOK' BOYYOU'RE WNS' A MASSACRELIKE YOU'RE WATCHG A CHURCH GATHERG TAKE PLACE, LOOK' BOY[STYLE 15: SNOOP DOGG & DR. DRE]"OY VEY, THAT BOY'S GAY!"—THAT'S ALL THEY SAY, LOOK' BOYYOU GET A THUMBS UP, PAT ON THE BACKAND A "WAY TO GO" OM YOUR LABEL EVERY DAY, LOOK' BOYHEY, LOOK' BOY! WHAT YOU SAY, LOOK' BOY?I GET A "HELL YEAH" OM DR. 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RHYM, BUT SOMETIM WHEN YOU BEAPPEAL WH THE SK LOR OF MEYOU GET TOO BIG AND HERE THEY E TRY'TO... (HEY)[STYLE 26: BIG PUN].. YOU LIKE THAT ONE LEI SAID ON "I'M BACK" OM THE MATHERS LP 1 WHEN ITRIED TO SAY I'LL TAKE SEVEN KIDS OM COLUM-[STYLE 27: MUDVAYNE]-BE!PUT 'EM ALL A LE, ADD AN AK-47, A REVOLVER, AND A 9SEE IF I GET AWAY WH NOW THAT I A'T AS BIG AS I WAS, BUT I'M[STYLE 28: JT TIMBERLAKE]MORPH' TO AN IMMORTAL, ' THROUGH THE PORTALYOU'RE STUCK A TIME WARP OM 2004 THOUGHAND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE … THAT YOU RHYME FORYOU'RE POTLS AS RAPUNZEL WH FU- RNROWS[STYLE 29: TECH N9NE]YOU WRE NORMAL? 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The rapper's latt sgle, "Rap God, " also ntas echo of an earlier era of hip hop, but 's not a e for celebratn: the track is flood wh homophobic article is om the archive of our partner early taste of Emem's The Marshall Mathers LP 2, lead sgle "Berzerk, " hearkened back to the goln age of hip hop wh big '80s dms and Beasti referenc. The rapper's latt sgle, "Rap God, " also ntas echo of an earlier era of hip hop, but 's not a e for celebratn: the track is flood wh homophobic slurs. And, as he mak abundantly clear a new terview wh Rollg Stone, Em still don't see the problem wh song's send verse, for stance, fds Slim Shady lashg out at "fags" and a "gay-lookg boy" as he boasts himself up: You fags thk 's all a game 'til I walk a flock of flam / Off a plank, and tell me what the fuck are you thkg?

/ Ltle gay-look' boy / So gay I n barely say wh a straight face-look', boy / You wnsg a massacre / Like you watchg a church gatherg take place, look' boy / Oy vey, that boy's gayNone of which is new terrory—Emem's been cricized for flagrantly homophobic lyrics sce the Clton admistratn.

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