Read the lyrics of Eminem’s unreleased track “Everything” recorded around 2008. It reflects his reaction to people asking and pressuring him to release a CD, as well as his opinion on the state of rap at the time.
[Intro]
CD’s ain’t selling no more anyways man…
Look at sound SoundScan
I really don’t think it matters anymore…
[Hook]
Everything I do is number 1 that makes you 2
And that spells trouble, for me and you
Cuz that’s how beef starts between crews
And I don’t mind if I debut at number 2
So why do you if we make money
And why can’t you be satisfied with what you do
[Verse]
It’s like our legacy’s pregnant, we’re planting eggs every record
They’re beggin’ me to release a CD every other second
But don’t expect it, because every time I get hit with that question
I just deflect it, get Cashis or 50’s record n’ check it
And buck is out like get these motherfuckers out before I smack ’em
Plus T.I. just dropped an album out go out and get that one
And I got a whole stable of artists who able and fully capable of
holdin’ a label till I figure out when I’m ready to drop
Or maybe or not, Shady look how hot-you were on top, you were
pop, you were so popular, now you’re not, you’re all washed up
aren’t you? But nah how’s it possible? Well it’s not, if you’re little
thick minds woulda caught on but you didn’t
See I don’t rap for the green I mean I ain’t greedy
But also know what it’s like to be needy
And I will never go back to poverty
See it ain’t easy to try to step away from entertainment, separate it from CDs
And every day it just seems like we’re beefin’ even the medias meat
eaters they gotta give you something to read or you won’t buy it,
Believe what you wanna believe, let ’em feed ya the bs, ps peace
to T.I. you gon be ‘aight and we out
[Hook 2 – Fades]
Everything I do is number 1 that makes you 2
And that spells trouble, for me and you
Cuz that’s how beef starts between crews
And I don’t mind if I debut at number 2
So why do you if we make money
And why can’t you be satisfied with what you do
[Spoken Outro]
Peace
Okay [?]
You know how we do what we gonna do
We gon’ touchdown
Back up in the private charter plane
We gon’ touchdown
You know we gon’ get it crackin’ mang
We gon’ touchdown
I told you ain’t no way to keep ’em quiet
With T.I. and Shady, baby
They gon’ make up into riot when we touch down
