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Rock Bottom Lyrics

Ah yeah, yo!
This song is dedicated to all the happy people
All the happy people who have real nice lives
And who have no idea whats it like to be broke as fuck

Verse One:

I feel like I'm walking a tight rope, without a circus net
I'm popping perkasets, I'm a nervous wreck
I deserve respect; but I work a sweat for this worthless check
Bout to burst this tech, at somebody to reverse this debt
Minimum wage got my adrenaline caged
Full of venom and rage
Especially when I'm engaged
And my daughter's down to her last diaper
That's got my ass hyper
I pray that god answers, maybe I'll ask nicer
Watching ballers while they flossing in their pathfinders
These overnight stars becoming autograph signers
We'll all gone blow up and leave the past behind us
Along with the small fry's and average half pinters
While playa haters turn bitch like they have vaginas
Cause we see them dollar signs and let the cash blind us
Money will brainwash you and leave your ass mindless
Snakes slither in the grass spineless

Chorus: repeat 2X

That's Rock Bottom
When this life makes you mad enough to kill
That's Rock Bottom
When you want something bad enough you'll steal
That's Rock Bottom
When you feel you have had it up to here
Cause you mad enough to scream but you sad enough to tear

Verse Two:

My life is full of empty promises
And broken dreams
I'm hoping things will look up
But there ain't no job openings
I feel discouraged hungry and malnourished
Living in this house with no furnace, unfurnished
And I'm sick of working dead end jobs with lame pay
And I'm tired of being hired and fired the same day
But fuck it, if you know the rules to the game play
Cause when we die we know were all going the same way
It's cool to be player, but it sucks to be the fan
When all you need is bucks to be the man
Plus a luxury sedan
Too comfortable and roomy in a six
They threw me in the mix
With all these gloomy lunatics
Walk around depressed
And smoke a pound of ses a day
And yesterday went by so quick it seems like it was just today
My daughter wants to throw the ball but I'm too stressed to play
Live half my life and throw the rest away

Chorus

There's people that love me and people that hate me
But it's the evil that made me this backstabbing, deceitful, and shady
I want the money, the women, the fortune, and the fame
That Means I'll end up burning in hell scorching in flames
That means I'm stealing your checkbook and forging your name
Lifetime bliss for eternal torture and pain
Right now I feel like just hit the rock bottom
I got problems now everybody on my blocks got 'em
I'm screaming like those two cops when 2pac shot 'em
Holding two glocks, I hope your doors got new locks on 'em
My daughter's feet ain't got no shoes or sock's on 'em
And them rings you wearing look like they got a few rocks on 'em
And while you flaunting them I could be taking them to shops to pawn them
I got a couple of rings and a brand new watch you want 'em?
Cause I never went gold of one song
I'm running up on someone's lawns with guns drawn

Chorus
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Cover art for Rock Bottom lyrics by Eminem

One of my favorite song of his. I think he really captures the mindset of poverty-stricken urban life.

Cover art for Rock Bottom lyrics by Eminem

This song is truly for anyone who's ever been in shit in their life. One of the best songs in the album, just cause its one of the realest song eminem ever wrote.

Cover art for Rock Bottom lyrics by Eminem

this is a tight song, which come straight from the mind one of his greatest songs

Cover art for Rock Bottom lyrics by Eminem

I agree, the meaning is pretty self-explanitory, but this is pretty much from the heart and I love it, I can totally relate with the whole,

Especially when I'm engaged And my daughter's down to her last diaper That's got my ass hyper I pray that god answers, maybe I'll ask nicer

I dunno, that line just speaks to me, I can totally relate and although theres a lot of stuff Eminem does that I really don't agree with or like, I can't deny that he does rap from the heart on tracks like this... This is my favorite Eminem song

Cover art for Rock Bottom lyrics by Eminem

This is the old skool Eminem that I miss... This and "If I Had" are his most emotional songs. He doesn't make them like this anymore, mainly because he's not poor and anything anymore. The lines that stuck out most to me were part of the chorus actually: "That's Rock Bottom... When you feel you have had it up to here Cause you mad enough to scream but you sad enough to tear"

Definitely a song from the heart. This is one of his best.

Cover art for Rock Bottom lyrics by Eminem

Great song that captures how he felt before he made it big. I'm sure a lot of people can really relate to this. I'm glad that he doesn't do songs like this anymore, though, because that would seem so fake and he'd look like a total poser now that he's so successful.

Cover art for Rock Bottom lyrics by Eminem

This song comes from the heart, i love it, its really good; wicked good lyrics "I feel like im walkin a tight-rope without a circus net."

Cover art for Rock Bottom lyrics by Eminem

this is one of his best songs, i really like it. This is one thing eminem does which no other rappers can do, they r goin on about niggas and thugs in da club smokin weed or whatever and eminem is writing quality songs like this from the heart that hit a note and sells millions, perhapps they could learn something

Cover art for Rock Bottom lyrics by Eminem

he tells shit like it is. gotta give credit to him. he's himself, and he could careless if ppl love him or hate him. and i dig that. his so...genius.

Cover art for Rock Bottom lyrics by Eminem

its songs like these that proves eminem is the greatest rapper by far, and not just raping about his 24" rims and bling bling chains, he raps about real matter that mean something to him and he really portrays the emotion well through his songs.