A lot of things in this song are funny (yeah, the anthrax lyric is "pure eminem" as someone said), but it's also a very melancholy and touching song...
The thing I love about it (and about a lot of Eminem's music), is it isn't nearly so mindless as some of the rap you hear where they're just pure "sex fuck bitch whores ima gangsta woo drugs"
There are actual meanings and stories behind his lyrics, and real feelings, and the sounds within the songs give his music a huge touch of personality. (This is partially in response to the person who disagrees with this music btw) Even if some people might take the music "seriously," it is unfortunately because they're too stupid to listen to it closely, and that is something that is unavoidable with any medium (and I don't think that a stable person will actually imitate what they hear in this music anyway). As far as bad treatment of women in his music, yes, it is unfortunate, but it isn't bad treatment of women, and a lot of his songs are really mocking more than anything. (And he does seem to love his daughter and care for her greatly, which implies that it is more that he's jaded, than that he's just inherently an asshole, especially what with bitterness at his mother and his wife, etc etc)
Anyway, regarding this song specifically: it isn't just about hating on women, really. At least, I think it's more about encountering all these fake, whorish women (and perhaps he just attracts them, or it's partially because of his outlook, but nonetheless). It's basically the outpouring of a very very hurt individual who has put a barrier. The lyric "maybe I'll love you one day, maybe we'll some day grow" is very important in this, as well as the lyrics when the girls are talking about being unfazed, in which they're portrayed as trying to prove they can be trusted, even though they more likely just want to hump the guy (and again, vice versa ... eminem obviously feels the same way)
It's just a statement of his state of mind saying that relationship(s?) have fucked him over and he's just too sick of it to care anymore - for now.
A lot of things in this song are funny (yeah, the anthrax lyric is "pure eminem" as someone said), but it's also a very melancholy and touching song... The thing I love about it (and about a lot of Eminem's music), is it isn't nearly so mindless as some of the rap you hear where they're just pure "sex fuck bitch whores ima gangsta woo drugs" There are actual meanings and stories behind his lyrics, and real feelings, and the sounds within the songs give his music a huge touch of personality. (This is partially in response to the person who disagrees with this music btw) Even if some people might take the music "seriously," it is unfortunately because they're too stupid to listen to it closely, and that is something that is unavoidable with any medium (and I don't think that a stable person will actually imitate what they hear in this music anyway). As far as bad treatment of women in his music, yes, it is unfortunate, but it isn't bad treatment of women, and a lot of his songs are really mocking more than anything. (And he does seem to love his daughter and care for her greatly, which implies that it is more that he's jaded, than that he's just inherently an asshole, especially what with bitterness at his mother and his wife, etc etc) Anyway, regarding this song specifically: it isn't just about hating on women, really. At least, I think it's more about encountering all these fake, whorish women (and perhaps he just attracts them, or it's partially because of his outlook, but nonetheless). It's basically the outpouring of a very very hurt individual who has put a barrier. The lyric "maybe I'll love you one day, maybe we'll some day grow" is very important in this, as well as the lyrics when the girls are talking about being unfazed, in which they're portrayed as trying to prove they can be trusted, even though they more likely just want to hump the guy (and again, vice versa ... eminem obviously feels the same way) It's just a statement of his state of mind saying that relationship(s?) have fucked him over and he's just too sick of it to care anymore - for now.