| Song | Yellow Brick Road |
| Artist | Eminem |
| Album | Encore |
| [00:01.18] | What we have to do is deal with it when these idividuals are young enough. |
| [00:05.38] | if you will, to be saved, not in a religious sense |
| [00:08.76] | but not to constitute what this country at times calls their throwaway children. |
| [00:15.66] | We seem to be approaching an age of the gross. |
| [00:20.31] | We all have this idea that we should move up a little bit from our parents' nation |
| [00:25.25] | and each generation should do a little bit better. |
| [00:27.99] | |
| [00:28.61] | Come on, let's cut the bullshit enough |
| [00:30.21] | Let's get it started, let's start addressing this issue and open it up |
| [00:33.76] | Let's take this shit back to the basement |
| [00:35.41] | And we can disscuss statements thats made on this tape |
| [00:37.86] | And its whole origin of the music that we all know and love |
| [00:41.23] | The music that we all enjoy the music you all accuse me of tryna destroy |
| [00:45.06] | Let's rewind it to 89 when I was a boy on the east side of Detroit |
| [00:49.06] | Crossin 8 Mile in the border in the hate territory |
| [00:51.95] | I'd like to share a story, |
| [00:53.32] | this is my story and cant no body tell it for me |
| [00:56.39] | You have well-informed me, I am well aware that I don't belong here |
| [01:00.34] | You've made that perfectly clear, |
| [01:01.81] | I get my ass kicked damn near everywhere |
| [01:04.32] | From Bel-Air shopping center just for stopping in there |
| [01:07.48] | From the black side all the way to the white side |
| [01:10.22] | Okay there's a bright side a day that I might slide |
| [01:13.13] | You may call it a past I call it haulin my ass |
| [01:16.02] | Through that patch of grass over them railroad tracks |
| [01:18.79] | Oh them railroad tracks, them old railroad tracks |
| [01:21.50] | Them good old notorious oh well known tracks |
| [01:24.17] | |
| [01:35.55][01:24.56] | Come on lets go back |
| [01:37.04][01:25.92] | Follow the yellow brick road as we go on another episode |
| [01:41.05][01:29.73] | Journey with me as I take you through this nifty little place |
| [01:43.94][01:32.75] | That I once used to call home sweet home |
| [01:46.44] | |
| [01:46.84] | I roam the streets so much they call me a drifter |
| [01:49.67] | Sometimes I stick up a thumb just to hitch hike |
| [01:52.69] | Just to get picked up to get me a lift to 8 Mile and Van Dyke |
| [01:56.69] | And steal a god damn bike from somebody's backyard |
| [01:59.71] | And drop it off at the park that was the half way mark |
| [02:02.56] | To meet Kim, had to walk back to her mama's on Chalmers after dark |
| [02:06.88] | To sneak me in the house when I'm kicked out my mom's |
| [02:09.65] | That's about the time I first met Proof with Goofy Gary on the steps |
| [02:14.03] | At Osbourne, handing out some flyers, he was doing some talent shows |
| [02:17.77] | At Center Line High, I had told him to stop by and check this out sometime |
| [02:21.87] | He looked at me like I'm out my mind |
| [02:24.00] | shook his head like white boys dont know how to rhyme |
| [02:26.80] | I spit out a line and rhymed birthday with first place |
| [02:30.26] | And we both had the same rhymes that sound alike |
| [02:33.34] | We was on the same shit that Big Daddy Kane shit |
| [02:36.34] | with compound syllables sound combined |
| [02:38.86] | From that day we was down to ride |
| [02:40.88] | somehow we knew we'd meet again somewhere down the line |
| [02:43.35] | |
| [02:54.71][02:43.67] | Come on lets go back |
| [02:56.27][02:45.04] | Follow the yellow brick road as we go on another episode |
| [03:00.23][02:48.90] | Journey with me as I take you through this nifty little place |
| [03:03.10][02:51.83] | That I once used to call home sweet home |
| [03:05.62] | |
| [03:05.96] | My first year in 9th grade, can't forget that day at school |
| [03:09.17] | It was cool 'til your man MC Shan came through |
| [03:11.98] | And said that Puma's the brand ‘cause the Klan makes Troops |
| [03:14.76] | It was rumors, but man, goddamn, they flew |
| [03:17.70] | Must've been true because, man, we done banned they shoes |
| [03:20.56] | I had the new ones, the Cool J, Ice Lamb, suede too |
| [03:23.35] | But we just threw them in the trash, like they yesterday's news |
| [03:26.18] | Guess who came through next? X Clan debuted |
| [03:28.99] | Professor X "vanglorious exists in a state of red, black, and green |
| [03:32.76] | With a key, sissies! Now with this being a new trend |
| [03:36.51] | We don't fit in, crackas is out with Cactus albums |
| [03:39.39] | Blackness is in, African symbols and medallions |
| [03:42.38] | Represents black power and we ain't know what it meant |
| [03:45.62] | Me and my man Howard and Butta would go to the mall with 'em |
| [03:49.05] | All over our necks like we're showin 'em off not knowin at all |
| [03:52.83] | We was bein laughed at, "you ain't even half black |
| [03:55.74] | You ain't supposed to have that, homie let me grab that |
| [03:58.46] | And that Flavor Flave clock, we gon' have to snatch that" |
| [04:01.29] | All I remember is meetin back at Manix's basement |
| [04:04.78] | Sayin how we hate this, how racist but dope the X Clan's tape is |
| [04:08.77] | Which reminds me back in 89, me and Kim broke up for the first time |
| [04:12.97] | She was tryna two time me and there was this black girl |
| [04:15.99] | At our school who thought I was cool |
| [04:17.78] | cuz I rapped so she was kinda eyein me |
| [04:20.03] | And oh the irony guess what her name was ain't even gon' say it plus |
| [04:24.80] | The same color hair as hers was and blue contacts and a pair of jugs |
| [04:29.51] | The bombest god damn girl in our whole school if I could pull it |
| [04:33.21] | Not only would I become more popular |
| [04:34.99] | but I would be able to piss Kim off at the same time |
| [04:38.17] | But it backfired I was supposed to dump her |
| [04:40.91] | but she dumped me for this black guy |
| [04:42.92] | And thats the last I ever seen or heard or spoke |
| [04:45.71] | to the oh foolish pride girl |
| [04:47.66] | But I've heard people say they heard the tape and it ain't that bad |
| [04:51.00] | But it was I singled out a whole race and for that apologize |
| [04:55.45] | ‘Cause no matter what color a girl is, she's still a ho |
| [04:59.44] | |
| [05:10.18][04:59.78] | Come on lets go back |
| [05:11.93][05:00.69] | Follow the yellow brick road as we go on another episode |
| [05:15.85][05:04.58] | Journey with me as I take you through this nifty little place |
| [05:18.78][05:07.66] | That I once used to call home sweet home |
| [00:01.18] | What we have to do is deal with it when these idividuals are young enough. |
| [00:05.38] | if you will, to be saved, not in a religious sense |
| [00:08.76] | but not to constitute what this country at times calls their throwaway children. |
| [00:15.66] | We seem to be approaching an age of the gross. |
| [00:20.31] | We all have this idea that we should move up a little bit from our parents' nation |
| [00:25.25] | and each generation should do a little bit better. |
| [00:27.99] | |
| [00:28.61] | Come on, let' s cut the bullshit enough |
| [00:30.21] | Let' s get it started, let' s start addressing this issue and open it up |
| [00:33.76] | Let' s take this shit back to the basement |
| [00:35.41] | And we can disscuss statements thats made on this tape |
| [00:37.86] | And its whole origin of the music that we all know and love |
| [00:41.23] | The music that we all enjoy the music you all accuse me of tryna destroy |
| [00:45.06] | Let' s rewind it to 89 when I was a boy on the east side of Detroit |
| [00:49.06] | Crossin 8 Mile in the border in the hate territory |
| [00:51.95] | I' d like to share a story, |
| [00:53.32] | this is my story and cant no body tell it for me |
| [00:56.39] | You have wellinformed me, I am well aware that I don' t belong here |
| [01:00.34] | You' ve made that perfectly clear, |
| [01:01.81] | I get my ass kicked damn near everywhere |
| [01:04.32] | From BelAir shopping center just for stopping in there |
| [01:07.48] | From the black side all the way to the white side |
| [01:10.22] | Okay there' s a bright side a day that I might slide |
| [01:13.13] | You may call it a past I call it haulin my ass |
| [01:16.02] | Through that patch of grass over them railroad tracks |
| [01:18.79] | Oh them railroad tracks, them old railroad tracks |
| [01:21.50] | Them good old notorious oh well known tracks |
| [01:24.17] | |
| [01:35.55][01:24.56] | Come on lets go back |
| [01:37.04][01:25.92] | Follow the yellow brick road as we go on another episode |
| [01:41.05][01:29.73] | Journey with me as I take you through this nifty little place |
| [01:43.94][01:32.75] | That I once used to call home sweet home |
| [01:46.44] | |
| [01:46.84] | I roam the streets so much they call me a drifter |
| [01:49.67] | Sometimes I stick up a thumb just to hitch hike |
| [01:52.69] | Just to get picked up to get me a lift to 8 Mile and Van Dyke |
| [01:56.69] | And steal a god damn bike from somebody' s backyard |
| [01:59.71] | And drop it off at the park that was the half way mark |
| [02:02.56] | To meet Kim, had to walk back to her mama' s on Chalmers after dark |
| [02:06.88] | To sneak me in the house when I' m kicked out my mom' s |
| [02:09.65] | That' s about the time I first met Proof with Goofy Gary on the steps |
| [02:14.03] | At Osbourne, handing out some flyers, he was doing some talent shows |
| [02:17.77] | At Center Line High, I had told him to stop by and check this out sometime |
| [02:21.87] | He looked at me like I' m out my mind |
| [02:24.00] | shook his head like white boys dont know how to rhyme |
| [02:26.80] | I spit out a line and rhymed birthday with first place |
| [02:30.26] | And we both had the same rhymes that sound alike |
| [02:33.34] | We was on the same shit that Big Daddy Kane shit |
| [02:36.34] | with compound syllables sound combined |
| [02:38.86] | From that day we was down to ride |
| [02:40.88] | somehow we knew we' d meet again somewhere down the line |
| [02:43.35] | |
| [02:54.71][02:43.67] | Come on lets go back |
| [02:56.27][02:45.04] | Follow the yellow brick road as we go on another episode |
| [03:00.23][02:48.90] | Journey with me as I take you through this nifty little place |
| [03:03.10][02:51.83] | That I once used to call home sweet home |
| [03:05.62] | |
| [03:05.96] | My first year in 9th grade, can' t forget that day at school |
| [03:09.17] | It was cool ' til your man MC Shan came through |
| [03:11.98] | And said that Puma' s the brand ' cause the Klan makes Troops |
| [03:14.76] | It was rumors, but man, goddamn, they flew |
| [03:17.70] | Must' ve been true because, man, we done banned they shoes |
| [03:20.56] | I had the new ones, the Cool J, Ice Lamb, suede too |
| [03:23.35] | But we just threw them in the trash, like they yesterday' s news |
| [03:26.18] | Guess who came through next? X Clan debuted |
| [03:28.99] | Professor X " vanglorious exists in a state of red, black, and green |
| [03:32.76] | With a key, sissies! Now with this being a new trend |
| [03:36.51] | We don' t fit in, crackas is out with Cactus albums |
| [03:39.39] | Blackness is in, African symbols and medallions |
| [03:42.38] | Represents black power and we ain' t know what it meant |
| [03:45.62] | Me and my man Howard and Butta would go to the mall with ' em |
| [03:49.05] | All over our necks like we' re showin ' em off not knowin at all |
| [03:52.83] | We was bein laughed at, " you ain' t even half black |
| [03:55.74] | You ain' t supposed to have that, homie let me grab that |
| [03:58.46] | And that Flavor Flave clock, we gon' have to snatch that" |
| [04:01.29] | All I remember is meetin back at Manix' s basement |
| [04:04.78] | Sayin how we hate this, how racist but dope the X Clan' s tape is |
| [04:08.77] | Which reminds me back in 89, me and Kim broke up for the first time |
| [04:12.97] | She was tryna two time me and there was this black girl |
| [04:15.99] | At our school who thought I was cool |
| [04:17.78] | cuz I rapped so she was kinda eyein me |
| [04:20.03] | And oh the irony guess what her name was ain' t even gon' say it plus |
| [04:24.80] | The same color hair as hers was and blue contacts and a pair of jugs |
| [04:29.51] | The bombest god damn girl in our whole school if I could pull it |
| [04:33.21] | Not only would I become more popular |
| [04:34.99] | but I would be able to piss Kim off at the same time |
| [04:38.17] | But it backfired I was supposed to dump her |
| [04:40.91] | but she dumped me for this black guy |
| [04:42.92] | And thats the last I ever seen or heard or spoke |
| [04:45.71] | to the oh foolish pride girl |
| [04:47.66] | But I' ve heard people say they heard the tape and it ain' t that bad |
| [04:51.00] | But it was I singled out a whole race and for that apologize |
| [04:55.45] | ' Cause no matter what color a girl is, she' s still a ho |
| [04:59.44] | |
| [05:10.18][04:59.78] | Come on lets go back |
| [05:11.93][05:00.69] | Follow the yellow brick road as we go on another episode |
| [05:15.85][05:04.58] | Journey with me as I take you through this nifty little place |
| [05:18.78][05:07.66] | That I once used to call home sweet home |