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Eminem

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EminemVocals
PolinaAdditional Vocals
Luis RestoAdditional Keyboards

Produced by

Emile Haynie

Mixed byEminem, Mike Strange

Written byEminem, Emile Haynie, Polina, David Brook

ReleasedNovember 5, 2013

Aftermath Records Aftermath Records

Words from Eminem

I always try to make my music relatable to the kid people said, “He ain’t shit,” or bullied. It felt like one of those self-empowerment songs. Everybody, I believe, wants to show the world that, “One day I’m gonna be this. One day I’m gonna be that.” Everybody has goals, aspirations, or whatever, and everyone has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them. So it was about incorporating that idea into my legacy — what I leave behind when I’m gone. I always looked up to other rappers for the words they gave me. There are many, many songs that got me through a lot of shit. […]

I don’t know if anyone will get this, like this is super-nerdy, but the rhyming words in that song never change. And that’s just one of the things that I do to try to challenge myself. I wanted to try to make a whole song where the rhyming words never changed.

— Eminem, Rolling Stone, 2013

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