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Greatest by Eminem

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Eminem

Greatest

Release date: 30th August 2018

From Kamikaze
Track 2
3:47
Hip-Hop/RapMusicRapHardcore Rap
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About This Track

The second track from 'Kamikaze', produced by Jeremy "Backpack" Miller and Mike Will Made It, 'Greatest' opens with Eminem in full defiant mode, addressing critics who suggest he should quit. The production interpolates Kendrick Lamar's 'Humble' and Playboi Carti's 'Wokeuplikethis', giving the track a contemporary framework for Eminem's barrage of self-assertion and provocation.

The lyrics move through a series of violent metaphors and pop-culture references, some deeply troubling in their invocation of mass-shooting events, before pivoting to industry grievances. Eminem mocks Die Antwoord's Ninja whilst acknowledging his own mispronunciation of the group's name, then turns to the paradox of his commercial standing: platinum sales treated as failure when measured against his own earlier benchmarks. The chorus circles back to the title's claim, delivered with a mix of bravado and self-awareness about the impossibility of maintaining such a position indefinitely.

"Greatest" is a track by Eminem, from the album Kamikaze, released 30th August 2018. The track is 3:47 long. It's filed under Hip-Hop/Rap. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Eminem.

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Eminem

Eminem

Lyrics

Greatest

Motherfuckers talkin' crazy (yeah), sayin' I should quit (yeah)
I fuckin' tell 'em make me (bitch), eat a fuckin' dick (yeah)
I'm feelin' like the greatest (woo), on the beat who ever did it
Mike WiLL the one who made it, it's Shady on the lyrics
I'm somewhat outlandish they say
You say we're cut from the same cloth
But I guess you fabricate, eh?
You better bring more men than the Latter Day Saints
Manic states, Steven Paddock with automatic stay spray
At anything that may stand in they way
As I stand at the bay window with a hand grenade
And a trey eight, at the Mandalay Bay
Common sense, I'm a dollar short and a day late
James Holmes at the Saturday Batman matinee
Must have missed my CAT scan that day
I just threw a Tampax at Dre
Trashcan, Tascam and ashtray
I'm turning back to a madman, can't take
Anymore but I try to get away from the anger and rage
My basal ganglia's an A to the K
Get your ass spayed like bidets breakin' your legs
Eight different ways, aim for the waist, you chumps don't
Even know how to do somethin'
To give goosebumps a day when you say
That somethin' you won't give someone a lump in their throat
If you had 'em choked up you'd be yankin' my chain
Feel like I'm headed for a padded cell, the
Bar for me what I rap isn't fair but
Guess that's the standard I'm held to
But if somethin' like that doesn't tell ya
You set a mark too high when platinum sales are looked at as a failure
Then you better take it back to the shelter
And Hamburger Helper, 'cause damn it I'm still the
Greatest in the world, greatest in the world, greatest in the world
(No lie) I might be
The best to ever do it, the best to ever do it, the best to ever do it
I feel like the greatest, woke up to honkies sounding like me
Never be as good, never be as good
Packing up wife-beaters, white t-shirts, white-
I'm the greatest
So you sold 10 million albums, eh? (What?)
Only problem is, you put out 10 million albums, eh? (Haha)
Wait, what was I just about to say?
Oh yeah, let me get this out the way
I know there's people that are pissed about the way I mispronounced the name
"DIE ANTWOORD!"
Fuck, I still can't say the shit
But how quickly they forget who the fuck I was
Now Ninja try to duck my slugs, you let your girl get fucked by Muggs
I'd like to give a shout to Cypress
This can't be real, you dissed me and I was just tryin' to
Give you a shout, now get the fuck out my rhyme book
No more shiners, already too much time took, and rappers
I hear you talkin' shit, I'm just too big to respond to it
God forbid I forget, go and jump out the window
Somebody better child-proof it
'Cause if I lose it we can rewind to some old Ja Rule shit
And I can remind motherfuckers how I do shit
You don't got the tools, I got my toolkit, I bullshit you not
Y'all fools just forgot that I'm so fuckin' awful with the thoughts
And when I'm hostile and impossible to stop
So you call it a nostril 'cause it's not gonna ever
I'll never let up on the pedal, might as well get the mop
'Cause I'm wipin' everyone up in this genre
'Cause on the mic I feel like I'm the
Greatest in the world, greatest in the world, greatest in the world
(No lie) I might be
Best to ever do it, best to ever do it, best to ever do it
I feel like the greatest, woke up to honkies sounding like me
Never be as good, never be as good
Packing up wife-beaters, white t-shirts, white-
I'm the greatest
Oh yeah, and one more thing I want to mention
Is you're one dimension
I'm a monkey wrench and I can flunk detention
I love contentions so welcome to the gun convention
Muscles flexin', gotta strut like a front suspension
And you just stuck the key up in the ignition
And gave me enough gas to flood my engine (yeah)
Psychopath, Michael's Jack's blowin' up like a raft
I just slapped Vlad with a ISIS flag
Bet you I come back twice as bad (uh)
Revival didn't go viral
Denaun and Royce tell me that I should take the high road
Fuck that, I'm finna hit back
'Til I run out of gun powder and split the scene
Hold the mic similar to pistol, squeeze
And I shoot from the hip when I grip them things
And my lips and the clips got the SIG lit like it's nicotine
Trigger me and Slim gets mean
Bars are like bullets when I spit them schemes
That's why I call the motherfuckers M-16's
Float like a butterfly, I'm gonna sting like a bee, you ain't harmin' a thing
I hit a ding hard as I'm gonna swing
I'm gonna need to put my arm in a sling
But like a wedding band you gotta be diamond to even climb in the ring
An anomaly, I'm Muhammad Ali
'Cause I knew one day I'm gonna be the
Greatest in the world, greatest in the world, greatest in the world
(No lie) I might be
Best to ever do it, best to ever do it, best to ever do it
I feel like the greatest, woke up to honkies sounding like me
Never be as good, never be as good
Packing up wife-beaters, white t-shirts, white-
I'm the greatest

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Track details

From Kamikaze

3:472018
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Album
Kamikaze
Kamikaze
Eminem
31st August 2018
Track number
2
Release year
2018
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    3:47
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    4:05
  3. 5Normal
    3:42
  4. 6Em Calls Paul (Skit)
    0:49

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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Backpack, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Lil Uzi Vert, Mike WiLL Made-It, Pi’erre Bourne, Playboi Carti, Pluss, Top Dawg
    Producer
    Backpack, Mike WiLL Made-It
    Mastering Engineer
    Brian Gardner
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