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[01:00.44]So this is it...
[01:01.76]This is what I wished for
[01:03.07]Just isn't how I envisioned it
[01:05.04]Famed to the point of imprisonment
[01:07.12]I just thought the shit'd be different
[01:09.14]But something changed
[01:10.14]The minute that I got a whiff of it
[01:12.07]I started to inhale it
[01:13.38]Smell it
[01:13.94]Started sniffin' it
[01:15.05]And it became my cocaine
[01:16.92]I just couldn't quit
[01:18.09]I just wanted a little bit
[01:19.25]Then it turned me (in) to a monster
[01:21.38]I became a hypocrite
[01:22.59]Concert after concert
[01:24.51]I was raking in the dough
[01:25.98]Rolling in green
[01:26.84]Had the game hemmed up
[01:28.20]Like a sewing machine
[01:29.87]But I was losing my freedom
[01:31.44]There was no where for me
[01:32.81]To not go and be seen
[01:34.36]And just go and be me
[01:35.77]And there was no in-between
[01:37.24]You either loved it or hate it
[01:38.91]Every CD critics gave it a 3, then 3
[01:41.75]Years later, they'd go back and re-rate it
[01:44.07]And call the Slim Shady LP the greatest
[01:46.70]The Marshall Mathers was a classic
[01:48.52]The Eminem Show was fantastic
[01:50.69]But Encore just didn't have the caliber to match it
[01:53.46]I guess enough time just ain't passed, yet
[01:55.69]A couple more years, that shit'll be ill-matic
[01:58.58]And eight years later, I'm still at it
[02:00.75]Divorce, re-married
[02:02.01]A felon
[02:02.72]A father
[02:03.33]Sleeping pill addict
[02:04.75]And this is real talk
[02:06.11]I feel like the Incredible Hulk
[02:07.98]My back has been broke, and I can still walk
[02:10.26]So be careful what you wish for
[02:12.35]'Cause you just might get it
[02:14.06]And if you get it then you just might not know
[02:17.16]What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just
[02:19.18]Come back on you ten-fold
[02:21.72]I said
[02:22.07]Be careful what you wish for
[02:23.98]'Cause you just might get it
[02:25.55]And if you get it then you just might not know
[02:28.74]What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just
[02:30.96]Come back on you ten-fold
[02:33.34]I got a letter from a fan, that said
[02:35.21]He's been praying for me
[02:36.93]Every day and for some reason
[02:38.55]It's been weighing on my mind heavy
[02:40.48]'Cause I don't read every
[02:41.97]Letter I get, but something told me to go ahead and open it, but
[02:45.35]Why would someone pray for you when they don't know you?
[02:48.03]You didn't pray for me when I was local
[02:50.25]And as I lay these vocals
[02:51.77]I think of all the shit I had to go through
[02:53.90]Just to get to where I'm at
[02:55.51]I've already told you at least
[02:57.18]A thousand times in these rhymes
[02:58.85]I appreciate the prayer, but I've already got
[03:01.12]God on my side
[03:02.24]And it's been one hell of a ride, hasn't it?
[03:04.41]Just watchin' it from an opposite standpoint
[03:07.14]Man, boy's got to look
[03:08.46]Nuts
[03:09.37]And that's the only word I can think of right now
[03:12.35]On how
[03:13.21]To describe the shit
[03:14.37]This is like a vibe you get
[03:15.69]Go ahead and bob to it
[03:17.15]Just watch what you wish for, 'cause I got the shit
[03:19.99]So be careful what you wish for