^25 to Life, it's a jail sentence... Em is associating his relationship with Kim or whoever he is with to being in prison, being trapped. Then at the end he flips it and turns it into a metaphor for his "life sentence" in Hip Hop, it's pretty smooth... like;
"I gave up my life for you, totally devoted to you, while I've stayed
faithful all the way and this is how I fucking get repaid
Look at how I dress fucking baggy sweats, go to work a mess
Always in a rush to get back to you, I aint heard you yet
not even once say you apreciate me I deserve respect."
This can be about a chick or it can be about Hip Hop,
Em' dressed the dress and he stresses himself out tryna
top himself each time to keep fans and industry interested
but he still feels like nobody sees how much rap would suck
"Without Me."
"All i do is rap, I can not moonlight on the side
I have no life outside of that, don't I give you enough of my time?
You dont think, so do you? Jealous when I spend time with the girls"
This can be interpreted both ways, as being the industry bitchin' at him when he
tries to go spend time with Hailey and Laney instead of bein' in the studio writin'
the next single or album, or just a bitch gettin' jealous of Em' givin' other girls attention.
"Why I'm married to you still, man I dont know.
But tonight I'm serving you with papers,
I'm divorcing you, go marry someone else and make 'em famous
and take away there freedom like you did to me.
Treat 'em like you don't need them and they ain't worthy of you."
To me it seems like it's like Em' is sneaking in another "I still love you"
to Kim, it seems like the whole song is aimed at her til you get to this part
and it's not Kim it's rap that he wants to divorce, so he can spend time with
his kids and so he can get his life back...
em is back and reviving his best sound. i think he made his point about ending his romance with hip hop. when he first came in, hip hop was at a pretty woman at her prime, and now he's divorcing the hip hop that's been poisoned by all the crappers like wayne, gucci mane, and drake.
don't leave us em, we won't have a cure for the hip hop cancer that wayne's spreading
em is back and reviving his best sound. i think he made his point about ending his romance with hip hop. when he first came in, hip hop was at a pretty woman at her prime, and now he's divorcing the hip hop that's been poisoned by all the crappers like wayne, gucci mane, and drake.
don't leave us em, we won't have a cure for the hip hop cancer that wayne's spreading
if that's true then why has he done songs with drake and wayne? he's just saying that hip hop has taken over his life that he missed a lot of important things like his daughters growing up
if that's true then why has he done songs with drake and wayne? he's just saying that hip hop has taken over his life that he missed a lot of important things like his daughters growing up
if this is the case and he's giving it up then why write not afraid which clearly says he is not going nowhere and apologises to his fans for taking so long to come back
if this is the case and he's giving it up then why write not afraid which clearly says he is not going nowhere and apologises to his fans for taking so long to come back
"^25 to Life, it's a jail sentence... Em is associating his relationship with Kim or whoever he is with to being in prison, being trapped"??? Really? I dont even know what any one else posted and I JUST stumbled upon this site. Dude....the VERY VERY VERY FIRST TIME i heard it I KNEW it was NOT about Kim or anyone else. It's CLEARLY about him not fully getting the respect he deserves as probably the greatest rapper ever.
"^25 to Life, it's a jail sentence... Em is associating his relationship with Kim or whoever he is with to being in prison, being trapped"??? Really? I dont even know what any one else posted and I JUST stumbled upon this site. Dude....the VERY VERY VERY FIRST TIME i heard it I KNEW it was NOT about Kim or anyone else. It's CLEARLY about him not fully getting the respect he deserves as probably the greatest rapper ever.
No is he retiring? Rachel made a good point saying why make Not Afraid...i highly doubt Em is done, matter of fact I know he's not. He's got songs with Dr Dre and T.I. that were just released But 25 to life has NOTHING to do with Kim or anyone else "serving you with papers"? He's talking about quitting rap man. How ANYONE could hear that song in its entirety and think its about a female is beyond me.
^25 to Life, it's a jail sentence... Em is associating his relationship with Kim or whoever he is with to being in prison, being trapped. Then at the end he flips it and turns it into a metaphor for his "life sentence" in Hip Hop, it's pretty smooth... like;
"I gave up my life for you, totally devoted to you, while I've stayed faithful all the way and this is how I fucking get repaid Look at how I dress fucking baggy sweats, go to work a mess Always in a rush to get back to you, I aint heard you yet not even once say you apreciate me I deserve respect."
This can be about a chick or it can be about Hip Hop, Em' dressed the dress and he stresses himself out tryna top himself each time to keep fans and industry interested but he still feels like nobody sees how much rap would suck "Without Me."
"All i do is rap, I can not moonlight on the side I have no life outside of that, don't I give you enough of my time? You dont think, so do you? Jealous when I spend time with the girls"
This can be interpreted both ways, as being the industry bitchin' at him when he tries to go spend time with Hailey and Laney instead of bein' in the studio writin' the next single or album, or just a bitch gettin' jealous of Em' givin' other girls attention.
"Why I'm married to you still, man I dont know. But tonight I'm serving you with papers, I'm divorcing you, go marry someone else and make 'em famous and take away there freedom like you did to me. Treat 'em like you don't need them and they ain't worthy of you."
To me it seems like it's like Em' is sneaking in another "I still love you" to Kim, it seems like the whole song is aimed at her til you get to this part and it's not Kim it's rap that he wants to divorce, so he can spend time with his kids and so he can get his life back...
em is back and reviving his best sound. i think he made his point about ending his romance with hip hop. when he first came in, hip hop was at a pretty woman at her prime, and now he's divorcing the hip hop that's been poisoned by all the crappers like wayne, gucci mane, and drake. don't leave us em, we won't have a cure for the hip hop cancer that wayne's spreading
em is back and reviving his best sound. i think he made his point about ending his romance with hip hop. when he first came in, hip hop was at a pretty woman at her prime, and now he's divorcing the hip hop that's been poisoned by all the crappers like wayne, gucci mane, and drake. don't leave us em, we won't have a cure for the hip hop cancer that wayne's spreading
if that's true then why has he done songs with drake and wayne? he's just saying that hip hop has taken over his life that he missed a lot of important things like his daughters growing up
if that's true then why has he done songs with drake and wayne? he's just saying that hip hop has taken over his life that he missed a lot of important things like his daughters growing up
if this is the case and he's giving it up then why write not afraid which clearly says he is not going nowhere and apologises to his fans for taking so long to come back
if this is the case and he's giving it up then why write not afraid which clearly says he is not going nowhere and apologises to his fans for taking so long to come back
"^25 to Life, it's a jail sentence... Em is associating his relationship with Kim or whoever he is with to being in prison, being trapped"??? Really? I dont even know what any one else posted and I JUST stumbled upon this site. Dude....the VERY VERY VERY FIRST TIME i heard it I KNEW it was NOT about Kim or anyone else. It's CLEARLY about him not fully getting the respect he deserves as probably the greatest rapper ever.
"^25 to Life, it's a jail sentence... Em is associating his relationship with Kim or whoever he is with to being in prison, being trapped"??? Really? I dont even know what any one else posted and I JUST stumbled upon this site. Dude....the VERY VERY VERY FIRST TIME i heard it I KNEW it was NOT about Kim or anyone else. It's CLEARLY about him not fully getting the respect he deserves as probably the greatest rapper ever.
No is he retiring? Rachel made a good point saying why make Not Afraid...i highly doubt Em is done, matter of fact I know he's not. He's got songs with Dr Dre and T.I. that were just released But 25 to life has NOTHING to do with Kim or anyone else "serving you with papers"? He's talking about quitting rap man. How ANYONE could hear that song in its entirety and think its about a female is beyond me.