My Name Is lyrics by Eminem and Dr. Dre. ‘My Name Is’ Song is one of the craziest and best songs by Eminem aka Slim Shady and here are its lyrics
| Song Title: | My Name Is |
| Singer: | Eminem |
| Song Writer: | Marshall Mathers, Andre Young, Labi Siffre |
| Release Date: | 25 Jan 1999 |
| Length | 4:08 |
| Producer | Dr. Dre |
| Label | Aftermath, Interscope, Web |
| Genre | Comedy hip hop, horrorcore |
My Name Is Lyrics
Hi, my name is, what? My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Hi, my name is, huh? My name is, what?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Hi, my name is, what? (Excuse me) My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
(Can I have the attention of the class for one second?)
Hi, my name is, huh? My name is, what?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
[Eminem & Dr. Dre:]
Hi, kids, do you like violence? (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Wanna see me stick Nine Inch Nails through each one of my eyelids? (Uh-huh)
Wanna copy me and do exactly like I did? (Yeah, yeah)
Try ‘cid and get fucked up worse than my life is? (Huh?)
My brain’s dead weight, I’m tryna get my head straight
But I can’t figure out which Spice Girl I want to impregnate (Oh)
And Dr. Dre said, “Slim Shady, you a basehead” (Uh-uh)
“Then why’s your face red? Man, you wasted”
Well, since age twelve, I felt like I’m someone else
‘Cause I hung my original self from the top bunk with a belt
Got pissed off and ripped Pamela Lee’s tits off
And smacked her so hard I knocked her clothes backwards like Kris Kross
I smoke a fat pound of grass, and fall on my ass
Faster than a fat bitch who sat down too fast
Come here, slut; “Shady, wait a minute, that’s my girl, dawg”
I don’t give a fuck, God sent me to piss the world off
[Eminem:]
Hi, my name is, what? My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Hi, my name is, huh? My name is, what?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Hi, my name is, what? My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Hi, my name is, huh? My name is, what?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
My English teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high (Shh)
Thanks a lot, next semester I’ll be thirty-five
I smacked him in his face with an eraser, chased him with a stapler
And stapled his nuts to a stack of paper (Owwwwwwww!)
Walked in the strip club, had my jacket zipped up
Flashed the bartender, then stuck my dick in the tip cup
Extraterrestrial, running over pedestrians in a spaceship
While they’re screaming at me, “Let’s just be friends”
Ninety-nine percent of my life, I was lied to
I just found out my mom does more dope than I do (Damn)
I told her I’d grow up to be a famous rapper
Make a record about doing drugs and name it after her
(Oh, thank you)
You know you blew up when the women rush your stands
And try to touch your hands like some screaming Usher fans
(Ahh, ahh, ahh)
This guy at White Castle asked for my autograph (Dude, can I get your autograph?)
So I signed it, “Dear Dave, thanks for the support, asshole”
Hi, my name is, huh? My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Hi, my name is, what? My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Hi, my name is, huh? My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Hi, my name is, what? My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Stop the tape, this kid needs to be locked away (Get him)
Dr. Dre, don’t just stand there, operate
I’m not ready to leave, it’s too scary to die (Fuck that)
I’ll have to be carried inside the cemetery and buried alive
(Huh, yup)
Am I coming or going? I can barely decide
I just drank a fifth of vodka, dare me to drive? (Go ahead)
All my life I was very deprived
I ain’t had a woman in years and my palms are too hairy to hide (Whoops)
Clothes ripped like the Incredible Hulk
I spit when I talk, I’ll fuck anything that walks (Come here)
When I was little, I used to get so hungry I would throw fits
How you gonna breastfeed me, Mom? You ain’t got no tits
I lay awake and strap myself in the bed
With a bulletproof vest on and shoot myself in the head (Bang)
‘Cause I’m steaming mad (Grr)
And by the way, when you see my dad (Yeah?)
Tell him that I slit his throat in this dream I had
Hi, my name is, what? My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Hi, my name is, huh? My name is, what?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Hi, my name is, who? My name is, huh?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Hi, my name is, huh? My name is, who?
My name is, chka-chka, Slim Shady
Eminem Lose Yourself Lyrics
My Name Is Lyrics Meaning And Song Review
Eminem was not a worldwide famous rapper when this song was released, he was a virtually unknown artist then.
Though he was already with the hottest hip-hop producer of the era known as Dr. Dre, he also got a label from Interscope Records which is one of the biggest labels of that time.
Many may not know that his first single before this one got flopped, it was featured in a few of the billboard charts, but sadly didn’t get much attention.
So My Name Is song played a role in his introduction to the world, as the title of the Song itself implies.
Controversy
Eminem used many offensive lines in his songs, few of them were against her mother, Debbie Mathers, for which she filed a $10 million Slander lawsuit against him.
He used lyrics that showed her mother was even a bigger drug addict than him – “99% of my life I was lied to, I just found out my mom does more dope than I do”.
Eminem also criticized his mother in the 3rd verse – “When I was little I used to get so hungry I would throw fits/How you gonna breastfeed me, Mom?! You ain’t got no tits!”
This is quite offensive for his mother in my opinion, because Debbie, in her book of 2008, about Eminem, My Son Marshall, My Son Eminem, that ‘this line was dreadful and distressing for her because she was contracted Toxemia-blood poisoning when she gave birth to Marshall and couldn’t breast-feed him because of that.
However, the lawsuit was settled for just $25,000 US dollars, instead of $10 million, in 2001, out of which Debbie got only around $1600 and the rest was settled to Fred Gibson (Debbie’s former attorney), by the order of Judge Mark Switalski.
Eminem then again dissed her back in 2002 with his another song “Without Me” – “I just settled all my lawsuits, fuck you, Debbie!”
Music video
The video first premiered on MTV on 21 January 1999 but it’s also now available on YouTube with millions of views.
The video of this song starts with two toxic-looking couples watching TV and there we see a show starring “Marshall Mathers” which is Eminem’s real name.
In the video, Eminem spoofs many TV shows (parodies). He mimics many personalities, like Bill Clinton, then president of United States then, Johnny Carson, and also acts like a porn star in the video.
We also see a cameo from Dr. Dre, as an actual Dr, in the song video of ‘My Name Is’.
Humor in the Song
Eminem himself said that he considers this song as “Being Funny” and that the lyrics are funny in nature. They are mean to make listeners laugh and as well as narrate Eminem’s story with humor.
In simple words, Eminem means they’re not supposed to be taken personally or seriously (Like her mom did and filed a lawsuit against him).
But that doesn’t change the fact that Eminem has a really poor choice of words when writing the lyrics, It seems like he intentionally wants to piss off the whole world.
He writes lyrics like ‘ripping Pamela Lee’s Ti-ts Off’ and ‘impregnating’ a Spice Girl, he uses terms and slang like Fat Bitch and Slut in his music, and he is well aware that people gonna piss off listening to his music.
This is what gets him into controversies all the time and maybe this is one of the reasons why his many songs were worldwide loved when it was his era.
About Being Famous
In the second half of the song, Eminem talks about being famous, so this is kind of obvious that he had some run-ins with fame previously.
If we decode the meaning of the lyrics more precisely then it sounds like Eminem already knew or predicted that he is going to be pretty famous and he also talks about his direct influence on children as well in one of his lines in the lyrics.
So it’s possible after signing the label and hooking up with Dr. Dre made him feel he has secured his place in the Music-Rap Industry.
Whatever the exact reason could be, one thing’s for sure that he raps about being famous and having an influence and it came out true later.
One odd fact about Eminem’s songs is, artists/singers are often respectful to their female fans but Eminem does it differently, by using much slang against women of society.
Slim Shady
Slim Shady is an alter ego Eminem created in the 1990s, it’s his “Sadistic, Violent after ego” – according to Wikipedia.
We can all see his dark humor in this song of his, he referred to that this is him being funny, but we see a lot of hate slang against his mother, which is kind of funny for him, so yeah he has dark humor.
And the way he puts it out in the lyrics many of the fans would actually find it funny though.
Facts about ‘My Name Is’
Eminem actually doesn’t like this song. In spite of the fame and popularity of the song “My Name Is”, In many live performances, Eminem showed contempt for this song.
He was kind of pissed himself that the Rap he made just for fun and described it as him “Being Funny” got actually more shine than the ones he put his heart into.
Dr. Dre solely produced this song and also had co-written the song track with Eminem and Labi Siffre.
Royce Da 5’9″ described this track as ‘one of those magical moments, he was with Eminem at the studio at the time of this song’s recording.
Eminem was kind of right about her mother because you see she was trying to score a full $10 Million dollars from his famous son.