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So Bad by Eminem

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Eminem

So Bad

Release date: 17th June 2010

From Recovery
Track 13
5:25
Hip-Hop/RapMusicHardcore RapRap
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About This Track

'So Bad' is the thirteenth track on Eminem's seventh studio album 'Recovery', released in June 2010. Produced by Dr. Dre alongside Mark Batson, Dawaun Parker, and others, the song was recorded during the same Hawaii sessions that yielded 'On Fire' and 'Ridaz', sessions originally intended for the scrapped 'Relapse 2' before Eminem pivoted toward the different sound that became 'Recovery'. The track finds Eminem adopting a self-consciously sleazy persona, the lyrics cycling through boastful come-ons and crude seduction scenarios delivered with a twisted sense of humour. He credits his father for the 'pimpin' genes', calls himself 'the American dream' and 'the definition of white trash ballin'', and works through a series of escalating propositions that veer between swagger and deliberate provocation. The chorus hinges on paradox: the claim to be 'so good that I'm so bad', a guarantee framed as irresistible certainty. The production carries the brash confidence of the lyric, built for the kind of unapologetic performance Eminem was reclaiming after the darker introspection of 'Relapse'. It remains one of the more polarising moments on an album that otherwise leaned toward recovery and resolve.

"So Bad" is a track by Eminem, from the album Recovery, released 17th June 2010. The track is 5:25 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

So Bad

Yeah, yeah (Heh)
You feel that baby (You feel that baby)?
Yeah, I feel it too (Yeah, I feel it too)
Damn (Damn)
You know (You know)
I'm so glad we could spend this time together
See (See), I'm not as crazy as you thought I was

I'm the American dream
I'm the definition of white trash ballin'
I'm right back on 'em with the rchicka, rchicka, rchicka
I can't call it, same shit different toilet, oh, ya got a nice ass darlin'
Can't wait to get you into my Benz, take you for a spin
What you mean we ain't fuckin', you take me for a friend?
Lemme tell you the whole story of Shady's origin
You'll be sorry if you slam my Mercedes door again, now

It all started with my father
I musta got my pimpin' genes from him
The way he left my mama, I'm a rollin' stone just like him
Word to Johnny Drama, keep my entourage with me
Baby, I make a promise, there ain't nobody as bomb as
Me, I'm calm as the breeze, I'm the bee's knees, his legs and his arms
I'm a superstar, girl, I'm ready for yo mama
Why you think the only thing I got on is my pajamas?

So bad (So bad), I'm so good that I'm so bad
I guarantee I'll be the greatest thing you ever had
'Cause you ain't never met nobody like me
And you ain't gonna want to fuck nobody else again

So bad (So bad), I'm so good that I'm so bad
I guarantee I'll be the greatest thing you ever had
'Cause you ain't never met nobody like me
And you ain't gonna want to fuck nobody else again

I'm the equivalent to a shot of Cuervo
First I kiss your navel, work my way down
Baby you can lay down on the table
But you may want to find some 'em more stable
I told you I ain't foolin' from the gate, this ain't the first day a-April
But thank you for staying, April
I'mma make you learn to appreciate me, differentiate me
From these phony little fishy and sissy fake G's
Skip over the huggie bear and all the kissy face, please
Initiate phase three, missy now service me
Take another shot of Jager, shake it so nervously
Take your time baby, ooh you're the bomb baby
Ooh, you're doing that even better than your mom, lady

I told you I'm Shady, you didn't listen now, did ya?
Relax woman, you know that I'm only kiddin' with ya
Got a twisted sense of humor, it's war but I didn't hit ya
I think you're finally startin' to get the picture, I'm just

So bad (So bad), I'm so good that I'm so bad
I guarantee I'll be the greatest thing you ever had
'Cause you ain't never met nobody like me
And you ain't gonna want to fuck nobody else again

So bad (So bad), I'm so good that I'm so bad
I guarantee I'll be the greatest thing you ever had
'Cause you ain't never met nobody like me
And you ain't gonna wanna fuck nobody else again (Chicka-chicka)

Call me dynamite, ohhh (Chicka-chicka)
Dynamite, ohhh (Chicka-chicka)
Dynamite, so, so

Call me dynamite, ohhh (Chicka-chicka)
Dynamite, ohhh (Chicka-chicka)
Dynamite, so, oh (Chicka-chicka)

I can hold you in the mornin'
But in the evenin' I gotta go, a-whoa (Chicka-chicka)
'Cause I'm on to the next girl, and the next girl I kinda like, oh, oh

I got you caught up in the rapture
Make you recapture the feelings you had for your last boyfriend
Before he slapped ya
You never wanted someone so bad, ya
Sweatin', but if I'm what you wanted why'd you panic when I grabbed ya?

Girl don't be so frantic I'm just a hopeless romantic
Don't try to fight the feelin' of some 'em that's so organic
You can't ignore it so don't, just stand before it
Just drop them panties to the floor, let's get the cam 'cordin'

Damn shortie, I told you this is bound to happen
Soon as you wrote your number on a napkin I was bound to
Work a number on your back and throw your spine out of alignment
My love has got you so blinded
You couldn't pick Amy Winehouse out of a lineup
So stop at the store and pick a pint up
Let's get the Pineapple Schnapps goin'
No one will knock 'cause I'mma hang a sign up sayin' don't disturb
Shorty I'm so superb
I say the right things, don't I spit the dopest words?

So bad (So bad), I'm so good that I'm so bad
I guarantee I'll be the greatest thing you ever had
'Cause you ain't never met nobody like me
And you ain't gonna want to fuck nobody else again

So bad (So bad) I'm so good that I'm so bad
I guarantee I'll be the greatest thing you ever had
'Cause you ain't never met nobody like me
And you ain't gonna want to fuck nobody else again (Chicka-chicka)

Call me dynamite, ohhh (Chicka-chicka)
Dynamite, ohhh (Chicka-chicka)
Dynamite, so (So)

Call me dynamite, ohhh (Chicka-chicka)
Dynamite, ohhh (Chicka-chicka)
Dynamite, so-oh (Chicka-chicka)

I can hold you in the mornin'
But in the evenin' I gotta gooo (Chicka-chicka)
'Cause I'm on to the next girl, and the next girl I kinda like, oh oh

(Yeah) So bad (So bad), I'm so good that I'm so bad
I guarantee I'll be the greatest thing you've ever had (Dr. Dre)
'Cause you ain't never met nobody like me (2010)
And you ain't gonna want to fuck nobody else again (Light years ahead of us)

Aww, aww, aww (Ho! Oh-ah-oh)
Aww, aww, aww (Oh-oh-oh)
Aww, aww, aww (Ohhh)
Aww, aww, aww
Aww, aww, aww (Ohhh)
Aww, aww, aww (Oh-oh-oh)
Aww, aww, aww (Ohhh)
Aww, aww, aww (Ohh-ah-oh)
Aww, aww, aww

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Track details

From Recovery

5:252010
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Album
Recovery
Recovery
Eminem
18th June 2010
Track number
13
Release year
2010
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  • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Dawaun Parker, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Mark Batson, Nick Brongers, Sean Cruse, Trevor Lawrence Jr.
    Producer
    Dr. Dre, Nick Brongers
    Guitar
    Sean Cruse
    Keyboards
    Dawaun Parker, Mark Batson, Trevor Lawrence Jr.
    Vocals
    Eminem, Sly Pyper
    Assistant Engineer
    Joe Strange, Robert Reyes
    Mastering Engineer
    Brian Gardner
    Mixing Engineer
    Dr. Dre
    Production Coordinator (Management)
    Larry Chatman
    Recording Engineer
    Mauricio Iragorri, Mike Strange
    Saxophone
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