The Warning Lyrics

Lyric discussion by rmyg87 

Cover art for The Warning lyrics by Eminem

First off, its "A blow below the ribs", as in a low shot or a cheap shot, not "A blubba load ribs".

Secondly, this is a great rip on Maria and really shows how clever some of eminem's lyrics are. He obviously doesn't have a problem coming right out with the raunchy, offensive lyrics; but he also mixes in a few veiled lines with more of a hidden meaning. My favorite example:

"I can describe areas of your house that you wouldn't find on an episode of Cribs"

On Maria's episode of cribs, if I recall correctly, she didn't let the cameras in to see her bedroom claiming that area was for her only, or something like that. This is the area that eminem refers to, since he is claiming he and Maria shagged, he would have seen her bedroom obviously.

Another lyric correction: "I was gonna stop at 16. THAT WAS 32." Bars is a measure of time in music, kinda like a line.

bars are pills.... i agree with everything tho haha

HAHAHA YOU THINK THAT BARS MEANS PILLS IN THIS SONG? That he was gonna stop at 16 pills but now it's 32? HAHA YOU DUMB SHIT This is the bars he's referring to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar_(music) You probably won't understand a shit tho. The song goes in 4/4 and every four beats is one bar. He means that he only was gonna do 16 bars of rhyming (it might also be 16 bars of music, with rhyming on top of it, meaning pauses in his rhyming is included) but he's already sung 32 bars.