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Not Alike

By Eminem · Targeting Machine Gun Kelly

Not Alike is a diss track by Eminem targeting Machine Gun Kelly. The recording also credits Royce Da 5'9". The record belongs to Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly's 2018 exchange, which escalated through “Not Alike,” “Rap Devil,” and “Killshot.”

Released2018
Annotated4
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Part I]

  2. 02

    [Intro: Eminem & Lil Juice]

    03

    Tay Keith, fuck these niggas up

    04

    Yeah

  3. 05

    [Pre-Chorus: Eminem]

    06

    Brain dead, eye drops

    07

    Pain meds, cyclops (Yup)

    08

    Daybed, iPod

    09

    "May-back", Maybach (Yup)

  4. 10

    Trainwrecks, sidewalks

    11

    Payless, high-tops (Uh)

    12

    K-Fed, iHop

    13

    Playtex, icebox (Yeah)

  5. 14

    [Chorus: Eminem]

    15

    That's how much we have in common (Yeah)

    16

    That's how much we have in common (Woah)

    17

    Up on this mic when we're on it (Yeah)

    18

    That's how much we have in common (Yeah)

  6. 19

    That's how much we have in common (Woo)

    20

    That's how much we have in common

    21

    We are not alike, there's nada like us on the mic (Yeah)

  7. 22

    [Verse 1: Royce Da 5'9" & Eminem]

    23

    I don't do Jordans and Audemars

    24

    I do explosions and Molotovs

    25

    Y'all blowin' smoke as if y'all ain't washed

    26

    I blow the smoke from the car exhaust

  8. 27

    Flyin' to a party I am not invited to, feelin' like the streets need me (What up?)

    28

    I ain't gotta dance long as my Ferrari Spider move like C Breezy

    29

    I don't gotta hire goons, I'd rather try to buy the moon and breathe freely

    30

    The sky's blue, the tires new, the Maserati white and cool like G-Eazy

  9. 31

    Why these dudes tryna figure out how to do a freestyle as fly as me? (Why?)

    32

    I'm confused tryna figure out how to do Kapri Styles and Mya G (Woo)

    33

    Everybody doin' chick joints, prolly rob these little dudes at fist point

    34

    'Member everybody used to bite Nickel, now everybody doin' Bitcoin

  10. 35

    We don't got nothin' in common (No)

    36

    We don't got nothin' in common (No)

    37

    Y'all into stuff like doubled-up Styrofoam cups on 'em uppers-and-downers (Woo)

    38

    I'm into stuff like doublin' commas

  11. 39

    Find me a brother who's solid

    40

    To count this shit up and then bust this shit down

    41

    When the cops hit us up, we can flush this shit down

    42

    We cannot give a fuck, shit, a fuckin' colonic

  12. 43

    Sellin' your cock and your butt for a follow or

    44

    Possible couple of dollars, you powder sniff

    45

    Now you slippin', call it a power trip, a produc' of politics

    46

    Y'all went from profit and toppin' the charts

  13. 47

    To dropped in the park in a pile of shit

    48

    Knowledge is power, but powerless

    49

    If you've got it and you do not acknowledge it

    50

    Y'all music sound like Dr. Seuss inspired it

  14. 51

    Hirin' strippers, prostitute retirin'

    Multi-line diss block
    52

    We can spit it for your advance

    53

    I'm fit to be king, you're cut out to fit in Prince pants

    54

    You niggas—

    Block noteContests who deserves the top position

    TargetMachine Gun Kelly

    MeaningWhat it means: In “I'm fit to be king, you're cut out to fit in Prince pants,” Eminem turns rank, legacy, or leadership into the issue and argues that Machine Gun Kelly's claim to the position is undeserved. Why it was said: The record belongs to Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly's 2018 exchange, which escalated through “Not Alike,” “Rap Devil,” and “Killshot.” The line identifies the prize behind the feud—control of reputation—and asks whose record supports the title rather than whose claim went unchallenged.

    ContextThe record belongs to Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly's 2018 exchange, which escalated through “Not Alike,” “Rap Devil,” and “Killshot.”

  15. 55

    [Pre-Chorus: Eminem]

    56

    Brain dead, eye drops

    57

    Pain meds, cyclops (Yeah)

    58

    Daybed, iPod

    59

    "May-back", Maybach (Yup)

  16. 60

    Trainwrecks, sidewalks

    61

    Payless, high-tops (Uh)

    62

    K-Fed, iHop

    63

    Playtex, icebox (Yeah)

  17. 64

    [Chorus: Eminem]

    65

    That's how much we have in common (Yeah)

    66

    That's how much we have in common (Woah)

    67

    Up on this mic when we're on it (Yeah)

    68

    That's how much we have in common (Yeah)

  18. 69

    That's how much we have in common (Woo)

    70

    That's how much we have in common

    71

    We are not alike, there's nada like us—

  19. 72

    [Verse 2: Eminem]

    73

    You say you affiliated with murderous killers (Ayy)

    74

    The people you run with are thuggin' (Gang)

    75

    But you just a wannabe gunner (Gang)

    76

    Like you was gonna do somethin'

  20. 77

    Actin' like you catchin' bodies (Ayy)

    Multi-line diss block
    78

    And you got juice, lil' youngin', you buggin'

    79

    You ain't never even been charged in connection with battery

    80

    Bitch, you ain't plugged into nothin' (Ah)

    Block noteReduces the target to a dismissive caricature

    TargetMachine Gun Kelly

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Bitch, you ain't plugged into nothin' (Ah),” Eminem replaces Machine Gun Kelly's preferred identity with a degrading label intended to make the opponent look ridiculous or contemptible. Why it was said: The record belongs to Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly's 2018 exchange, which escalated through “Not Alike,” “Rap Devil,” and “Killshot.” The label gives the audience a short, repeatable frame for the feud; repetition of that frame can shape how Machine Gun Kelly is remembered.

    ContextThe record belongs to Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly's 2018 exchange, which escalated through “Not Alike,” “Rap Devil,” and “Killshot.”

  21. 81

    Rap God spit lyrical bullets (Pew)

    82

    And gat's cocked, your partners better tool up

    83

    This has not to do with muscular

    84

    But have guns for sure, you better put a

  22. 85

    Strap on, other words if you're gonna

    86

    Roll up with your (Gang), you gon' need an arsenal

    87

    'Cause this bar is over your head

    88

    So you better have arms if you're gonna pull up (Skrrt)

  23. 89

    Oh, you run the streets, huh?

    90

    Now you wanna come and fuck with me, huh?

    91

    This little cocksucker, he must be feelin' himself

    92

    He wants to keep up his tough demeanour

  24. 93

    So he does a feature, decides to team up with N9na (Yeah)

    94

    But next time you don't gotta use Tech N9ne

    95

    If you wanna come at me with a sub, Machine Gun

  25. 96

    [Part II]

  26. 97

    [Verse: Eminem]

    Multi-line diss block
    98

    And I'm talkin' to you

    99

    But you already know who the fuck you are, Kelly

    100

    I don't use sublims and sure as fuck don't sneak-diss

    101

    But keep commenting on my daughter Hailie

    Block noteMakes the rejection unmistakably direct

    TargetMachine Gun Kelly

    MeaningWhat it means: In “But you already know who the fuck you are, Kelly,” Eminem drops any pretense of a subliminal and rejects Machine Gun Kelly in blunt, unqualified language. Why it was said: The record belongs to Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly's 2018 exchange, which escalated through “Not Alike,” “Rap Devil,” and “Killshot.” The direct wording removes plausible deniability: listeners are not left guessing whether Machine Gun Kelly is part of the dispute or whether a response is being invited.

    ContextThe record belongs to Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly's 2018 exchange, which escalated through “Not Alike,” “Rap Devil,” and “Killshot.”

  27. 102

    I keep on telling motherfuckers but, just in case you forgot really

    103

    And need Ja memories jarred like strawberry or pineapple apricot jelly

    104

    I respond rarely, but this time Shady 'bout to sound off

    105

    Like a fuckin' cocked semi-Glock Demigod

  28. 106

    Let me put a fuckin' silencer on this little

    107

    Non-threatening blond fairy cornball takin' shots at me

    108

    You're not ready, fool, break yourself like Rock Steady Crew

    109

    Obviously, I'm not getting through

  29. 110

    We can get it poppin' like Redenbach, lettin' off like Remy Ma

    111

    Heavy artille—ry (Yeah, uh), Godzilla harsh with a hard shell

    112

    With a motherfucking heart bigger than Bizarre's belly

    113

    Only time you'll ever say I lost

  30. 114

    You'll be talkin' 'bout Fetty Wap, better call Diddy

    115

    Just to try to get me off of ya, better hope I don't call Trick Trick

    116

    Bitch, this shit don't fly in our city

    117

    Punk, you don't disrespect OGs, R.I.P. Prodigy

  31. 118

    Sold Dre my soul and then told him the moment he signed me

    119

    That I'd be the most hated, though made it

    120

    So that there's no shame, it's okay to own it

    121

    'Cause life is a bitch, she's a bow-legged ho

  32. 122

    But now those days are over

    123

    I Harvey Weinstein a bathrobe hangin' open

    124

    My code name is groper, I role play with lotion

    125

    I fuck the whole world then I throw 'way the Trojan

  33. 126

    Old lederhosen with home-made explosives

    127

    I'll blow eighty holes in you

    128

    Don't make me go in, I OJ the flows

    129

    And I'm insult to injury, Rolaids to Goldman

  34. 130

    I'm throat spray and Motrin, I throated Nicole

    131

    As they both there to choke and my whole blade is soakin'

    132

    A double-edge sword, it cuts both ways, I poke and

    133

    I stick and I turn in a rotating motion

  35. 134

    Invisible with the pen, I'm at the pinnacle of sick individuals

    135

    Stick my dick and put the tip in at minimum

    136

    I'm fuckin' these syllables, I let 'em lick on my genitals

    137

    I'm a fuckin' invincible, indefensible, despicable, difficult prick

  36. 138

    A little bit unpredictable, I spit the formidable

    Multi-line diss block
    139

    That you bitches fuckin' with, the original

    140

    I consider me and Nickel identical ('Dentical)

    141

    But not us, the only thing we have in common's I'm a dick and you suck

    Block noteAttacks the target's ability to rap

    TargetMachine Gun Kelly

    MeaningWhat it means: In “But not us, the only thing we have in common's I'm a dick and you suck,” Eminem challenges Machine Gun Kelly on writing, delivery, flow, or command of the microphone rather than relying only on a personal insult. Why it was said: The record belongs to Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly's 2018 exchange, which escalated through “Not Alike,” “Rap Devil,” and “Killshot.” This goes to the qualification that gives Machine Gun Kelly standing in a rap battle; if the craft is weak, the reply loses authority before its other claims are considered.

    ContextThe record belongs to Eminem and Machine Gun Kelly's 2018 exchange, which escalated through “Not Alike,” “Rap Devil,” and “Killshot.”

  37. 142

    Otherwise one has nothin' to do with the other

    143

    None come close to skunk, bug, soldier

    144

    Tongue, shrub, shoulder, one month older

    145

    Sponge, mug, folder, nun, rug, holster

  38. 146

    Lug nut, coaster, lung, jug, roaster

    147

    Young Thug poster, unplugged toaster (Yeah)

  39. 148

    [Chorus: Eminem]

    149

    That's how much we have in common (Yeah)

    150

    That's how much we have in common (Woah)

    151

    Up on this mic when we're on it (Yeah)

    152

    That's how much we have in common (Yeah)

  40. 153

    That's how much we have in common (Woo)

    154

    That's how much we have in common

    155

    We are not alike, there's nada like us—

  41. 156

    [Outro: Eminem]

    157

    Man, fuck this shit

    158

    Let's go