LIFE (Introduction)

Lyrics

[Spoken Word: Eminem] I think once I took my first Vicodin, it was just like, this feeling of, "Ahh" You know, like everything was not only mellow, but didn't feel any pain It just didn't–, it just kind of numbed things I don't know at what point exactly it started to be a problem I just remember likin' it more and more People tried to tell me that I had a problem I would say, "Get that fuckin' person out of here, I can't believe they said that shit to me, they know nothin' about my fuckin' life, are they out of their fuckin' mind?" I'm not out there shootin' heroin, I'm not out there fuckin', you know, puttin' coke up my nose, I'm not smokin' crack You're struggling with the argument of "Do you have a problem, or do you not have a problem? Can you control it, or can you not?" And I literally thought I could control it You're taking things that people are giving you that, you don't even know what the fuck they are They look like a pill, and they look– they're shaped like something that you take, so you take it, you know? Xanax, Valium, tomato-tomato You know what I mean? It's th-the same thing, it's all in the same family, fuck it, take it Had I had got to the hospital about two hours later, I would've died My organs were shutting down, my liver, kidneys, everything They were gonna have to put me on dialysis, they didn't think I was gonna make it My bottom was gonna be death, within a month, I had relapsed And shot right back up to the same amount of pills that I was taking I remember just walking around my house and thinking every single day, like, "I'm gonna fucking die," like, I'm-I'm looking at my kids, and I need to be here for this Coming off of everything, I literally was up twenty-four hours a day for three weeks straight And I mean not sleeping, not even nodding off for a fucking minute Like, I was literally just up, like, looking at the TV I had to regain motor skills, I had to regain talking skills It's been a-a learning process, like, it's been, I'm growing I just couldn't believe that anybody could ever be naturally happy, or naturally function, or be just enjoying life in general, without being on something So, I would say that t-to anybody that i-it does get better, you know? It just–, it does [Spoken: The Kid UNKNØWN] You should never give up hope You should never give up on yourself Times are tough, they may get tougher But that's just how life is You just gotta push through Don't give up, never give up Believe in yourself, you can do it At one point I just wanted to give up, I still do But I don't, everybody got they own problems I always put myself down while I put others up I got emotional problems, this is why I show it to the whole world I ain't embarrassed, believe me, I know it's hard, but that should not stop you from giving up Believe in yourself, life is hard, very But as long as you don't give up and keep your head up, you will be okay I won't... [Spoken Word: Juice WRLD & Chelsea Briggs] I never really had nothing to hide, like, it was never really no filter in my head, like, "Would it be not cool to talk about your emotions?" And you know like, it was never nothing in my, in my consience, in my head to tell me not to do that Going through something, music not only is something that kind of helps the situation pass, I also make music talking about certain subjects, because I know that I'm not the only one that's going through, you know, what's happening Me talking about certain things could help somebody else through what they going through, as well as me tryna figure it out myself Uh, you were telling me a little bit about, you know, just how you've struggled with anxiety over the years, do you feel like you touch on that a little bit on this album? Yeah, I do touch on it Mm-hm I do, uhm, that's something that I feel like a lot of people neglect, which is completely and utterly wrong, and me speaking from an African-American man, I know that, that stuff is neglected in, like, our community, you know, you tell your mom or your dad or your auntie, whoever, that you feel like you got anxiety, or like you got depression, you fucking got ADD or whatever, they gon' look at you like you crazy Mm-hm Like, "You don't got that, get out, go, get out of here," like, how you gon' tell me I don't got something? You know, that's not how it should be, but that's how it is and that needs to change, and hopefully I'm one of those people that could bring, yeah, that change, or at least start a chain-reaction for somebody else to come and do it after me [Outro: Juice WRLD] Rex made the beat, so you know I gotta murder it They act all tough, but in person, they be murmuring And mumbling, pull a gun out, they get to stumbling, tumbling And the chopper get to thundering Shitting on all these haters, like, where the plunger at? I'm excited, 'cause now I can throw a party and all the people that hated on me won't be invited True Religion on me like the Buddha, Indian style, I'm enlightened I remember up in kindergarten, the teacher told me I wouldn't be shit And then she saw me play the piano and made all the other kids sea sick Even though I got a couple demons, I'm still screaming out, "I Thank Jesus" Upside down pyramid on me just to compliment the Jesus pieces I was a fan of Yu-Gi-Oh, that's why I pull cards on these stupid hoes Got a arrow, not a bullet, Cupid ho, ha, yeah I pop Perc's to numb all the pain 'cause it hurt to live I gotta take everything 'cause sometimes it hurt to give I make money even though sometimes it don't make sense Speaking of taking everything, it's time to take shits on every single person that said I wouldn't do it Every single person that said I was stupid Every single person that said I was that Netflix special, what's the name of the show? Ah, Clueless But no, I ain't clueless, I got this I'm on top so now nobody can top this Now it's time to change the topic I got a way with words, like I'm running with a phonics book In school I didn't do the homework but I still got the subjects Money ain't the object, money is the objective, gotta admit that I'm successful but I feel like my head sometimes a little dreadful I grew up on rock, rap, heavy metal Now I'm ridin' bikes, pedal to the metal I don't even gotta pedal, it's a throttle, so excuse me These niggas faker than some optical illusions I be looking like, "What the fuck is you doing?" You ain't getting money, you ain't changing shit, you ain't changing the world, you just stupid Talkin' bout you crackin' cards, selling drugs, killing niggas, and going hard Watch a real nigga come up in your car, now you lookin' all scared Finna piss yourself, shit yourself, you gotta admit yourself, you need some help I gotta admit myself, I'm on these drugs, feel like I can't save myself Sometimes I wanna take myself and break myself, so I can reshape myself, huh Nobody ever felt the pain I felt, so I share it Put it out to the whole world, I ain't embarrassed Bunch of these niggas is my sons I apologize to 'em cause I been a bad parent Don't try me 'cause I'm not the one, see I won't even count to two