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Freestyle #1

Freestyle #1 is a diss track by Eminem targeting Rival MCs. The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.

Released2010
Annotated1
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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    It's only fair to warn

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    I was born with a set of horns

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    And metaphors attached to my dang umbilical cord

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    Warlord of rap that'll bash you with a 2 by 4 board

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    And smash into your Honda Accord with a four door Ford

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    But I'm more toward droppin' an acapella

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    To chop a fella to Mozzarella worse than a helicopter propeller

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    Got you locked in a cellar

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    With your skeleton showing

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    Developing anorexia while I'm standing next to ya

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    Eating a full course meal watching you starve to death

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    With an IV in your vein feeding you liquid Darvocet

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    Pumping you full of drugs

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    Pull the plugs on the gunshot victims full of bullet slugs

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    Who were picked up in an ambulance and driven

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    To Receiving with the asses ripped out of they pants

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    And given a less than 20 percent chance of living

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    Have a possible placement as a hospital patient

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    Storing the dead bodies in Grandma's little basement

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    Doctor Kevorkian has arrived

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    To perform an autopsy on you

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    While you scream "I'M STILL ALIVE!"

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    Driving a rusty scalpel in through the top of your scalp

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    And pulling your Adam's apple out through your mouth

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    Better call the fire department

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    I've hired an arson to set fire to carpet

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    And burn up your entire apartment

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    I'm alive to start shit

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    Got your bitch wrapped around my dick

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    So tight you need a crowbar to pry her apart with

    Block noteUses gendered or sexual humiliation

    TargetRival MCs

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Got your bitch wrapped around my dick,” Eminem uses gendered or sexual language to question Rival MCs' masculinity or humiliate the target in front of the audience. Why it was said: The supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent. The tactic tries to trigger an emotional reply and damage Rival MCs' public image, even though the framing itself can reproduce homophobic or sexist stereotypes.

    ContextThe supplied transcript is a competitive battle-rap performance directed at rival MCs rather than one consistently named opponent.