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Eminem

Performers

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

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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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