그에게 붙은 별명이다.
아마 수 많은 사람이 그에게서 사라졌다고 비아냥거리던 'Old Slim Shady'의 모습이기도 하다.
Revival 앨범이 나오고, 별로라는 평이 이어지고 판매량도 줄었다.
그러면서 항상 에미넴을 따라다니던 '도대체 예전의 slim의 모습은 어디에 있는거냐'는 의문이 이번에도 꼬리표처럼 붙어있었는데, 가장 에미넴답게 그 질문에 대답했다고 생각한다.
Bin Laden with a pen, bodyin' again
I begin slaughterin' your men, prolly shoulda been
Ali or the Svengali embodiment of sin
Like a Saudi in the Taliban plotting an event
In the lobby of the Intercontinental with an obvious intent
And I would not even relent
Up on a little like Osama with a bomb under the bin
And down the middle of the Pentagon
And hit a kindergartener with a rental (stop!)
Back and forth, back and forth
Like Jack Kevorkian's ass to court
"Rap mature! Why can't you be like Macklemore?" (huh?)
"Why you always gotta smack a whore?" (huh?)
It's likely the psychiatric ward's a last resort (huh?)
Something's gotta give, that's for sure
Yet you keep comin' back for more
Not as raw as I was, “ 'Walk On Water' sucks”
Bitch, suck my dick!
Y'all saw the tracklist and had a fit 'fore you heard it
So you formed your verdict
While you sat with your arms crossed
Did your little reaction videos and talked over songs (chill!)
Nah dog, y'all sayin' I lost it?
Your fuckin' marbles are gone (wait, Em!)
But nowadays, every flow, every cadence sound the same (skrrt)
Brain's a powder keg, I draw inspiration outta hate
Real pain in the paper, I don't trace
But if I look strange and outta place
It's 'cause I'm an alien, that's why I write 'til the page is outta space
Yeah, from 7 Mile in Novara
To "How can I be down?", all of us tryna pile in the car (yeah!)
We shot for the stars (yeah!)
'Cause we only got so much time in this world (yeah!)
So rewind it to your high school dance to the night before
If you think you're promised tomorrow (yeah!)
Now I'm 'bout to fool again
This tune is sick, it's luminous, the moon is lit
A freakin' lunatic, a human computer chip
And I'm soon to stick a broom in the uterus of your Hooters chick
If I was you, I wouldn't do nothin' stupid due to the mood I'm in
I'm losin' it, you get chewed like a Junior Mint
Show me who to rip, it's time for you to get screwed
Empty the lubricant and put super glue in it (woo!)
How many fuckin' rappers did I go through?
Dispel doubt, but you won't admit I smoked
And you was spellbound, hellbound in my snowsuit
But am I s'posed to sound like everything else out?
'Cause I don't get compared to it, only myself now
And I can see the fair-weather fans and sales down
But the only way I care is if I let myself down
But what the fuck have I woke to?
Time to eat the vocals and shit out Pro Tools
I know you still want me to ill out, don't you?
Hopin' the old Slim's gonna spill out, open
Fire on your whole camp with this spit, I roast you
So chill out, no, you
Hoes couldn't roast me with the shit I wrote you
Then I took a stand, went at Tan-Face and practically cut my motherfuckin' fan base in half and still outsold you
You just called my shit trash?
Thank God, I rap better when the odds are stacked
"Revival's wack, I don't like the 'Zombie' track
And when he's talkin' that garbage psychotic crap
Where's your content at?
What's with all the conscious rap?
P!nk, Beyoncé this and Kehlani that" (yeah!)
I just add it to the fuel in my rocket pack
'Til I'm ready to respond, then I'ma launch it at 'em
Idiotic from the fuckin' embryonic sac
To the body bag, I'll be back
And when I am, I'll be at your fuckin' throat like -
만으로 마흔다섯인 사람이 쓴 가사가 맞나 싶다.
도대체 이런 가사가 어디서 튀어나오는 것인지...
랩이건 노래건 당연히 개개인의 스타일이라는 게 있는 거고, 그 사람의 개성이 가장 두드러지는 방법이 있기 마련이다.
그의 별명을 봐서 알겠지만, 그는 조금 화난 상태에서 랩을 할 때 본인의 장점이 꽤 많이 드러난다고 생각한다.
진지한 Marshall Mathers의 모습도 좋지만, 그의 하이톤인 목소리와 전율을 일게 하는 플로우, 그 속에 눌러 담은 운율들은 보통 그가 화났을 때 그 빛을 발한다.
그런 그가 이렇게 꼭지가 반쯤 돌아간 채로 녹음을 할 기회를 만들어주니, 엠형을 화나게 해준 안티들에게 감사의 인사라도 장문으로 올려야 하나 싶은 심정이다.
가사를 개인적으로 9파트로 나눠봤는데 6번째 파트처럼 비트가 빠지면서 가사를 퍼붓는 건 이제 적응이 될 만도 한데 항상 정신도 못 차릴 지경으로 사람을 끌고 가는 매력이 있는 것 같다.