Artista: Eminem 
Álbum: The Marshall Mathers LP 
Título: The Way I Am 
    
 
[Eminem]
Whatever..
Dre, just let it run
Aiyyo turn the beat up a little bit
Aiyyo.. this song is for anyone.. fuck it 
Just shut up and listen, aiyyo..

I sit back with this pack of Zig Zags and this bag
of this weed it gives me the shit needed to be
the most meanest MC on this -- on this Earth
And since birth Iīve been cursed with this curse to just curse
And just blurt this berserk and bizarre shit that works
And it sells and it helps in itself to relieve
all this tension dispensin these sentences
Gettin this stress thatīs been eatin me recently off of this chest
and I rest again peacefully (peacefully)..
but at least have the decency in you
to leave me alone, when you freaks see me out 
in the streets when Iīm eatin or feedin my daughter
to not come and speak to me (speak to me)..
I donīt know you and no, 
I donīt owe you a mo-therfuck-in thing
Iīm not Mr. NīSync, Iīm not what your friends think
Iīm not Mr. Friendly, I can be a prick
if you tempt me my tank is on empty (is on empty)..
No patience is in me and if you offend me 
Iīm liftin you 10 feet (liftin you 10 feet).. in the air 
I donīt care who is there and who saw me destroy you
Go call you a lawyer, file you a lawsuit
Iīll smile in the courtroom and buy you a wardrobe
Iīm tired of all you (of all you)..
I donīt mean to be mean but thatīs all I can be is just me

Chorus: Eminem

And I am, whatever you say I am
If I wasnīt, then why would I say I am?
In the paper, the news everyday I am
Radio wonīt even play my jam
Cause I am, whatever you say I am
If I wasnīt, then why would I say I am?
In the paper, the news everyday I am
I donīt know itīs just the way I am

[Eminem]
Sometimes I just feel like my father, I hate to be bothered
with all of this nonsense itīs constant
And, "Oh, itīs his lyrical content -
- the song īGuilty Conscienceī has gotteen such rotten responses"
And all of this controversy circles me
and it seems like the media immediately
points a finger at me (finger at me)..
So I point one back at īem, but not the index or pinkie
or the ring or the thumb, itīs the one you put up
when you donīt give a fuck, when you wonīt just put up
with the bullshit they pull, cause they full of shit too
When a dudeīs gettin bullied and shoots up his school
and they blame it on Marilyn (on Marilyn).. and the heroin
Where were the parents at? And look where itīs at
Middle America, now itīs a tragedy
Now itīs so sad to see, an upper class ci-ty
havin this happenin (this happenin)..
then attack Eminem cause I rap this way (rap this way)..
But Iīm glad cause they feed me the fuel that I need for the fire 
to burn and itīs burnin and I have returned

Chorus

[Eminem]
Iīm so sick and tired of bein admired
that I wish that I would just die or get fired
and dropped from my label and stop with the fables
Iīm not gonna be able to top on "My Name is.."
And pigeon-holed into some pop-py sensation
to cop me rotation at rockīnīroll stations
And I just do not got the patience (got the patience)..
to deal with these cocky caucasians who think
Iīm some wigger who just tries to be black cause I talk 
with an accent, and grab on my balls, so they always keep askin 
the same fuckin questions (fuckin questions)..
What school did I go to, what hood I grew up in
The why, the who what when, the where, and the how
ītil Iīm grabbin my hair and Iīm tearin it out
cause they drivin me crazy (drivin me crazy).. I canīt take it 
Iīm racin, Iīm pacin, I stand and I sit
And Iīm thankful for ev-ery fan that I get
But I canīt take a SHIT, in the bathroom
without someone standin by it
No I wonīt sign your autograph
You can call me an asshole Iīm glad

Chorus (except change first word "And" to "Cause")