Eminem - "Houdini" / "Somebody Save Me" | 2024 VMAs

["HOUDINI" PLAYING] # Guess who's back # # Back again # # Shady's back # # Tell a friend # # Guess who's back? # # Guess who's back? # # Guess who's back? # # Guess who's back? # # Guess who's back? # # Guess who's back? # # Guess who's back? # # Da da da da da # # Da-da-da # # Da da da da da # # Now look what the stork brung # # Little baby devil with the forked tongue # # And it's sticking out, yeah, like a sore thumb # # With a forehead it grew horns from # # Still a white jerk pulling up in a Chrysler # # to the cypher # # With the Vics, Percs, and a Bud Light shirt # # Lyrical technician and electrician # # Y'all light work # # And I don't got to play pretend # # because you are make believe # # And you know I'm here to stay, 'cause me # # If I was to ever take a leave # # It would be aspirin to break a feve # # If I was to ask for Megan Thee Stallion # # if she would collab with me # # Would I really have a shot at a feat? # # I don't know, but I'm glad to be back # # Like abra-abracadabra # # Hands up, hands up # # And for my last trick # # I'm about to reach in my bag, bruh # # Abra, abra-cadabra # # Hands up # # Come on # # Come on # # Just like that and I'm back, bro # # Now back in the days of old me # # Right around the time I became a dope fiend # # Ate some codeine as a way of coping # # Taste of opiates, case of OE # # Turned me into smiley face emoji # # My shit may not be age appropriate # # But I will hit an eight-year-old in the face # # With a participation trophy # # Plus I have zero doubts # # That this whole world's about # # To turn into some Girl Scouts # # That censorship bureau's out # # They shut me down # # So when I started this verse, # # It did start out lighthearted at first # # But it feels like I'm targeted # # Mind-boggling how my profit has skyrocketed # # Look what I pocketed # # Yeah, the shit is just like y'all had been light jogging # # And I've been running at full speed # # And that's why I'm ahead by my noggin # # I'm the fight y'all get in when you debate who the best # # But opps, I'm white chalking # # when I step up to that mic # # Cock it then # # Oh my God, it's him # # Not again # # Hands up # # Abra, abra cadabra # # For my last trick # # I'm 'bout to reach in my bag, bruh # # Abra, abra cadabra # # Just like that and I'm back, bro # # Sing it, y'all # # Sometimes I wonder what the old me would say # # If what? # # If he could see the way shit is today # # He'd probably say that everything is gay # # Like happy # # What's my name? # # What's my name? # # Slim Shady # [CHEERING] N/A ["SOMEBODY SAVE ME" PLAYING] # Somebody save me # # Me from myself # # I've spent so long living in hell # N/A # They say my lifestyle # # Is bad for my health # # It's the only thing that seems to help # N/A # Another pill as I start to spiral # # Message to my daughters # # I don't even deserve the father title # # Hailey, I'm so sorry # # I know I wasn't there for your first guitar recital # # Didn't walk you down the aisle # # Missed the birth of your first child # # Your first podcast # # Looking down, sweetie # # I'm so proud of how you turned out # # Sorry that I chose drugs and put 'em above you # # Sorry that I didn't love you enough to give [MUTED] # # And I love you more than a pill # # Looking up to the ceiling from this floor, wonder will # # Somebody save me # # Me from myself # # I've spent so long living in hell # N/A # They say my lifestyle # # Is bad for my health # # It's the only thing that seems to help # N/A # Alaina, sorry that you had to hear # # me fall in the bathroom # # Sorry that I missed your gradu-- # # Wait, Nate, I should just congratulate you # # On being a dad to Carter and Liam # # Look at you # # Little bro, sorry I left you # # Sorry that I'll never get to hold # # or hug my little nephews # # Stevie, I'm sorry I missed you grow up # # And I didn't get to be the dad I wanted to be to you # # Things I wanted to see you do # # This is my song from me to you # # Sorry I gave up, but I'm just so defeated # # God, [MUTED] # # I'm a lost cause # # Baby, don't waste your time on me # # I'm so damaged beyond repair # # Life has shattered my hopes and my dreams # # I'm a lost cause # # Baby, don't waste your time on me # # I'm so damaged beyond repair # # Life has shattered my hopes and my dreams # # Somebody save me # # # [CHEERING] N/A

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