At 1st I thought this song was about just rubbish, in order to make money - but I think the intention was to make it seem like that to hide a deeper meaning.
In the chorus:
cause I ain't got no legs - I think this is a metaphor for not being able to walk away
'or no brain, nice to meet you' - so he's been introduced to someone or something and he feels he is getting manipulated by them, he can't think for himself when he's meets him
Hi my name is, I forgot my name' - so when he meets this person, or being, he forgets who he is and wants to be, he's been manipulated and his values are now the values of that person he met with.
'my name was not to become what I became with this level of fame' - so on the stage, the persona he has to carry out as a rapper, he is no longer his true self, he has turned into a persona that he needs to hold onto to keep being famous.
'my soul has been possessed by this devil' - I don't want to believe that this is true, but it could be a metaphor for being owned by the music industry, and you have to be a certain persona, it's like the music industry now owns him - then again he might mean it literally
He then says his name is Rainman - which is reference to a demon who promises wealth and fame, and money, all the drugs they want, fast cars and women as long as they dedicate and worship him instead of God - a lot of rappers refer to this rainman, either as a joke, or because it's fashionable, but I got a feeling that the music industry have a heavy involvement in freemasons, and they use a lot of symbology in the music video, and they make people rich, but in return they have to give back a lot of their wealth back to the freemasons, but they get protected, but they are now owned for life. So in a sense, it might feel to them that they have sold their soul to the devil, but not actually mean it literally, because for most singers and rappers, they would probably prefer to have the religion they were bought into - where it's about compassion peace and love, and not materlisitic gain, but to become famous, they have had to turn their back on it.
A lot of rappers and singers sing about it, and glorify their allegiance to masons, but I think in Eminem's case, he's not actually happy about it, but he does it for the protection and to keep the money coming in which he knows deep down is wrong.
At 1st I thought this song was about just rubbish, in order to make money - but I think the intention was to make it seem like that to hide a deeper meaning.
In the chorus:
cause I ain't got no legs - I think this is a metaphor for not being able to walk away
'or no brain, nice to meet you' - so he's been introduced to someone or something and he feels he is getting manipulated by them, he can't think for himself when he's meets him
Hi my name is, I forgot my name' - so when he meets this person, or being, he forgets who he is and wants to be, he's been manipulated and his values are now the values of that person he met with.
'my name was not to become what I became with this level of fame' - so on the stage, the persona he has to carry out as a rapper, he is no longer his true self, he has turned into a persona that he needs to hold onto to keep being famous.
'my soul has been possessed by this devil' - I don't want to believe that this is true, but it could be a metaphor for being owned by the music industry, and you have to be a certain persona, it's like the music industry now owns him - then again he might mean it literally
He then says his name is Rainman - which is reference to a demon who promises wealth and fame, and money, all the drugs they want, fast cars and women as long as they dedicate and worship him instead of God - a lot of rappers refer to this rainman, either as a joke, or because it's fashionable, but I got a feeling that the music industry have a heavy involvement in freemasons, and they use a lot of symbology in the music video, and they make people rich, but in return they have to give back a lot of their wealth back to the freemasons, but they get protected, but they are now owned for life. So in a sense, it might feel to them that they have sold their soul to the devil, but not actually mean it literally, because for most singers and rappers, they would probably prefer to have the religion they were bought into - where it's about compassion peace and love, and not materlisitic gain, but to become famous, they have had to turn their back on it.
A lot of rappers and singers sing about it, and glorify their allegiance to masons, but I think in Eminem's case, he's not actually happy about it, but he does it for the protection and to keep the money coming in which he knows deep down is wrong.
@dipity123 Oh wow
@dipity123 Oh wow