The Way I Am-Straight Up

[ti:The Way I Am] [ar:Straight Up] [al:Lose Yourself: A Tribute to Eminem] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Way I Am - Straight Up [00:12.88]Dre just let it run [00:15.09]Aiyyo turn the beat up a little bit [00:17.78]Aiyyo this song is for anyone f**k it [00:23.75] [00:24.31]Just shut up and listen aiyyo [00:27.64] [00:28.38]I sit back with this pack of Zig Zags and this bag [00:31.11]Of this w**d it gives me the sh*t needed to be [00:33.75]The most meanest MC on this -- on this Earth [00:36.87]And since birth I've been cursed with this curse to just curse [00:39.37]And just blurt this berserk and bizarre sh*t that works [00:41.97]And it sells and it helps in it'self to relieve [00:44.82]All this tension dispensin these sentences [00:46.96]Gettin this stress that's been eatin me recently off of this chest [00:51.06]And I rest again peacefully （peacefully） [00:53.83]But at least have the decency in you [00:55.97]To leave me alone when you freaks see me out [00:58.66]In the streets when I'm eatin or feedin my daughter [01:01.39]To not come and speak to me （speak to me） [01:03.70]I don't know you and no [01:05.44]I don't owe you a mo-therf**k-in thing [01:07.08]I'm not Mr N'Sync I'm not what your friends think [01:09.70]I'm not Mr Friendly I can be a prick [01:12.38]If you tempt me my tank is on empty （is on empty） [01:15.21]No patience is in me and if you offend me [01:18.05]I'm liftin you 10 feet （liftin you 10 feet） in the air [01:20.75]I don't care who is there and who saw me destroy you [01:23.47]Go call you a lawyer file you a lawsuit [01:26.24]I'll smile in the courtroom and buy you a wardrobe [01:28.97]I'm tired of all you （of all you） [01:31.08]I don't mean to be mean but that's all I can be is just me [01:34.32]And I am whatever you say I am [01:37.23]If I wasn't then why would I say I am [01:39.81]In the paper the news everyday I am [01:43.07]Radio won't even play my jam [01:45.35]Cause I am whatever you say I am [01:48.20]If I wasn't then why would I say I am [01:50.88]In the paper the news everyday I am [01:53.83]I don't know it's just the way I am [01:56.46]Sometimes I just feel like my father I hate to be bothered [01:59.42]With all of this nonsense it's constant [02:01.86]And Oh it's his lyrical content - [02:04.46]- the song 'Guilty Conscience' has gotten such rotten responses [02:06.53] [02:07.57]And all of this controversy circles me [02:09.98]And it seems like the media immediately [02:11.95] [02:12.81]Points a finger at me （finger at me） [02:15.03]So I point one back at 'em but not the index or pinkie [02:18.30]Or the ring or the thumb it's the one you put up [02:20.94]When you don't give a f**k when you won't just put up [02:23.60]With the b******t they pull cause they full of sh*t too [02:26.60]When a dude's gettin bullied and shoots up his school [02:29.23]And they blame it on Marilyn （on Marilyn） and the h****n [02:32.27]Where were the parents at And look where it's at [02:35.05]Middle America now it's a tragedy [02:37.65]Now it's so sad to see an upper class ci-ty [02:40.42]Havin this happenin （this happenin） [02:42.50]Then attack Eminem cause I rap this way （rap this way） [02:45.96]But I'm glad cause they feed me the fuel that I need for the fire [02:48.72]To burn and it's burnin and I have returned [02:51.35]And I am whatever you say I am [02:54.18]If I wasn't then why would I say I am [02:56.69]In the paper the news everyday I am [03:00.30]Radio won't even play my jam [03:02.29]Cause I am whatever you say I am [03:05.23]If I wasn't then why would I say I am [03:07.71]In the paper the news everyday I am [03:11.35]I don't know it's just the way I am [03:13.45]I'm so sick and tired of bein admired [03:15.98]That I wish that I would just die or get fired [03:18.77]And dropped from my label and stop with the fables [03:21.49]I'm not gonna be able to top on My Name is [03:24.43]And pigeon-holed into some pop-py sensation [03:26.94]To cop me rotation at rock'n'roll stations [03:29.88]And I just do not got the patience （got the patience） [03:32.61]To deal with these cocky caucasians who think [03:35.30]I'm some wigger who just tries to be black cause I talk [03:37.86]With an accent and grab on my balls so they always keep askin [03:41.15]The same f**kin questions （f**kin questions） [03:43.08]What school did I go to what hood I grew up in [03:46.52]The why the who what when the where and the how [03:48.99]'Til I'm grabbin my hair and I'm tearin it out [03:51.73]Cause they drivin me crazy （drivin me crazy） I can't take it [03:54.80]I'm racin I'm pacin I stand and I sit [03:57.21]And I'm thankful for ev-ery fan that I get [03:59.93]But I can't take a SH*T in the bathroom [04:02.27]Without someone standin by it [04:03.84]No I won't sign your autograph [04:06.18]You can call me an asshole I'm glad [04:08.08]And I am whatever you say I am [04:10.91]If I wasn't then why would I say I am [04:13.53]In the paper the news everyday I am [04:17.13]Radio won't even play my jam [04:19.21]Cause I am whatever you say I am [04:21.94]If I wasn't then why would I say I am [04:24.65]In the paper the news everyday I am [04:27.60]I don't know it's just the way I am