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The Black Slim Shady

The Black Slim Shady is a diss track by The Game targeting Eminem. The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

Released2022
Annotated15
ExplicitYes
Addressable transcript

Lyrics & breakdown

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  1. 01

    [Interlude 1: Uber Driver]

    02

    Hey, grandma

    03

    Yeah, I'm still out makin’ my Uber runs

    04

    I'll be home soon

    05

    I just got one more pick up, kinda close to 8 Mile

  2. 06

    Okay, okay, love you too

  3. 07

    [Intro: The Game]

    08

    G-G-G-G, Shady (G-G)

    09

    Shady Aftermath (Yeah)

    10

    Me and Hit-Boy back on our shit, let's go

    11

    Yeah (G-G)

  4. 12

    [Chorus: The Game]

    13

    I don’t think they know who they fuckin' with

    14

    Pull that truck around, niggas is duckin' clips

    15

    Hi, I'm the Black Slim Shady

    16

    I unpack the heat with my oven mitts

  5. 17

    I tip-toe around in my Chucks and shit

    18

    Hi, I'm the Black Slim Shady

  6. 19

    [Verse 1: The Game]

    20

    It's Game, sick in the brain

    21

    Sick as the day that I came

    22

    Hennessy runnin' through my veins, I load up the clip and aim

    23

    Sick of you niggas talkin' like you won’t get wet in the rain

  7. 24

    Now I’m singin' Frank Ocean, and you get hit with this Novacane

    Multi-line diss block
    25

    Sick and tired of niggas, bitches, and critics, they all the same

    26

    Lame games they playin’, lyin', tryin' me for my name

    27

    I stick my dick in your podcast

    Block noteUses gendered or sexual humiliation

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “I stick my dick in your podcast,” The Game uses gendered or sexual language to question Eminem's masculinity or humiliate the target in front of the audience. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. The tactic tries to trigger an emotional reply and damage Eminem's public image, even though the framing itself can reproduce homophobic or sexist stereotypes.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  8. 28

    Shallow bitch on the show, just to lick the tip it's ridiculous, she watchin’ it grow

    29

    Cross eyed-ed, crosshairs on my enemies

    30

    If you cross the street, you run into me, you crash in to a light bolt

    31

    Now you crawlin' out the driver side like a centipede

  9. 32

    And me, I'm finna be on a jet to the Phillipines

    33

    Spill the beans, kick the Kool-Aid, overtell, God don't intervene

    34

    While I'm smashin' Saweetie pussy to smithereens

    35

    It's the G-A-ficky-ficky-M, paint my face, I'm him

  10. 36

    Puttin' this big black dick in your Skims

    Multi-line diss block
    Block noteUses gendered or sexual humiliation

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Puttin' this big black dick in your Skims,” The Game uses gendered or sexual language to question Eminem's masculinity or humiliate the target in front of the audience. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. The tactic tries to trigger an emotional reply and damage Eminem's public image, even though the framing itself can reproduce homophobic or sexist stereotypes.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  11. 37

    [Chorus: The Game]

    38

    I don't think they know who they fuckin' with

    39

    Pull that truck around, niggas is duckin' clips

    40

    Hi, I'm the Black Slim Shady

    41

    I unpack the heat with my oven mitts

  12. 42

    I tip-toe around in my Chucks and shit

    43

    Hi, I'm the Black Slim Shady

  13. 44

    [Verse 2: The Game]

    45

    I killed Dr. Dre in my basement last night

    46

    I was wasted last night, I went ape shit last night

    47

    Chopped his body up, and forgot where I placed it last night

    48

    Had a slice of humble pie, I couldn't taste it last night (Hahaha)

  14. 49

    Lost my taste and my smell, I got Omarion

    50

    Me and Dr. Fauci went to Crazy Girls and then we got our party on

    51

    So fee-fi-fum, I'm with 40 goin' dumb

    52

    Not E-40, the other 40, I'm with Canadians in Drake's house

  15. 53

    (Havin' a stakeout)

    Multi-line diss block
    54

    And I'm so tired of orderin' takeout, what's beef?

    55

    Beef is when you tell the chef to bring them steaks out

    56

    So let's play house with the Dracos and the AR

    Block noteForces the dispute into a direct contest

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Beef is when you tell the chef to bring them steaks out,” The Game addresses Eminem as an opponent who must prove the claims being made rather than rely on reputation. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. The challenge narrows the argument to performance under pressure, where refusing or failing to answer can itself be presented as a loss for Eminem.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  16. 57

    Stay the fuck up off of Stanley grass and take a shit in they yard

    58

    And my dick stay hard, when I see Lizzo on the internet

    59

    (Here it is another BBL)

    60

    And my dick get little on the internet

  17. 61

    My intellect is NFTs and Cryptos, I can never be a Crip though

    62

    I tip-toe with my red rag around six O's

  18. 63

    [Interlude 2: Uber Driver & The Game]

    64

    Chuck?

    65

    Yeah

    66

    Hey, man, let's get you out the rain

    67

    Good lookin', how's your night goin', bro?

  19. 68

    I'm cool, man, you don't need that mask

    69

    Nobody cares about that shit anymore

    70

    You got a charger up there with you?

    71

    Yeah, for sure, it reaches all the way back there too

  20. 72

    Good lookin', homie

    73

    Ayo, I really fuck with that starter cap, that shit hard as fuck

    74

    Crazy story behind it, my brother Stan, rest in peace

    75

    What?

  21. 76

    He gave me this hat twenty-two years ago

    77

    Damn

    78

    It's my favorite

    79

    Can I see that shit for a minute?

  22. 80

    Uh, yeah, sure

    81

    Oh, shit, this motherfucker autographed and everything

    82

    Who signed it for you?

    83

    Eminem

  23. 84

    He used to be like this rap God

    85

    Man, me and my brother praised him

    86

    Back when I was little, I don't really like any of his new stuff

    87

    Woah, wait, I know where we're goin', wait, why do you have a gu—?

  24. 88

    Yo, shut the fuck up

    89

    Ayy, man, I'm drivin', I'll get you there, wait

    90

    I'll take you, I'm a fan, it's cool

    91

    Stop lookin' back, stop lookin' back here

  25. 92

    It's cool, dude, man, you don't need to do this

    93

    Focus on the fuckin' road

    94

    Okay

    95

    Yo, come on, man

  26. 96

    Alright

    97

    Drive

    98

    Alright, alright

    99

    Drive

  27. 100

    We'll go, we'll go

    101

    Shut the fuck up

    102

    Alright

  28. 103

    [Verse 3: The Game]

    104

    Ask Dre

    105

    All I got is my word, my dick and my MAC 10

    106

    One thing you can never have is my motherfuckin' Black, skin

    107

    This ain't no suit that I wore

  29. 108

    This ain't a mansion, a hangin' plaque, this ain't no stupid award

    109

    So, oh, he goes platinum

    110

    And, oh, I'm on the 'Math with him

    111

    He got all the Blackest friends

  30. 112

    He wants to be African, me

    113

    Left for dead on the Doctor's Advocate

    114

    Dre never executive-produced it, I just imagined it

    115

    Oh, here goes the magic tricks

  31. 116

    Candy shops and the magic stick

    Multi-line diss block
    117

    DeAngelo Bailey got in shape to whoop your ass again

    118

    You depressed, you just maskin' it

    119

    You pop a Adderall, a Vicodin, and a Aspirin

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “DeAngelo Bailey got in shape to whoop your ass again,” The Game converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Eminem. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Eminem as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  32. 120

    But the math wasn't mathin' in

    121

    So pass me the torch 'cause the torture in my mind

    122

    With the voice that defied rhymes will force the blind eye

    123

    To see that I was in the white Rolls Royce with five .9's

  33. 124

    When you was pretendin' to be the white Royce da 5'9"

    125

    I just crossed a fine line

    126

    Might just force the white guy to call D12 so he can be the pork they grind, swine

    127

    And the biggest rapper in Detroit, that award is Sean Don

  34. 128

    So uncork the Chardonnay and stick my fork in white wine

    129

    I never heard you in a club, I never heard you in a bar

    130

    Eleven albums and ten never got played inside of my car

    131

    I'd rather listen to Snitch9ine like sixty-nine times

  35. 132

    And participate in sixty-nines with sixty-nine nuns than listen to you

    133

    You're a Karen, call the cops, tell 'em it's a Black man on your block

    134

    With a Glock and he got it cocked

    135

    And the tattoos on his face is a star and a teardrop

  36. 136

    He standin' on a teal drop and he says he can feel 'Pac in the air

    137

    Like Phil Collins, listen to him, he still wildin'

    138

    (Ah, Epstein chased me around Epstein island)

    139

    So silence, I'm—, I'm thinkin', uh, mm, yeah

  37. 140

    Nothin' rhymes with orange

    Multi-line diss block
    141

    So ficky-ficky Slim Shady, please, stand up

    142

    Shoot the fade with me, I'd love to put these hands up

    143

    I could 40 Glocc you, unarmed

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “So ficky-ficky Slim Shady, please, stand up,” The Game addresses Eminem directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. Naming or plainly addressing Eminem removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  38. 144

    Drop the world on your head with one arm

    145

    Dear Slim, Hailie's with me and she's unharmed for now (Dad, I'm really scared)

    146

    These are the deepest secrets, I keep and I be on defense

    147

    'Cause G's ain't supposed to fold up

  39. 148

    With all the facades I hold up inside of my mind, I froze up

    149

    I'm cold as COVID, Ebola, the Spanish flu, and Corona

    150

    The Zika virus, pneumonia is deep inside my persona

    151

    On each side of my shoulders is demons chasin' Jehovah

  40. 152

    The renegade or the soldier, I really gave it to Hova (How it feel?)

    Multi-line diss block
    153

    Twenty-three years, still ain't penetratin' the culture

    154

    You are not, top five, in mine, B.I.G or 'Pac eyes

    155

    No André, no Nas, stop tellin' white lies

    Block noteContests who deserves the top position

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You are not, top five, in mine, B.I.G or 'Pac eyes,” The Game turns rank, legacy, or leadership into the issue and argues that Eminem's claim to the position is undeserved. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. 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 Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  41. 156

    Sniff a white line, this the right time

    157

    I Suge Knight Vanilla Ice, I'm not Mr. Nice Guy

  42. 158

    [Bridge: The Game]

    159

    I'm crazy (I'm crazy, I'm crazy)

    160

    I'm crazy (I'm crazy, I'm crazy)

    161

    I'm not Mr. Nice Guy

    162

    I'm crazy (I'm crazy, I'm crazy)

  43. 163

    Dre know

    164

    I'm crazy (I'm crazy, I'm crazy)

    165

    Way to fuckin' go

  44. 166

    [Verse 4: The Game]

    167

    You done pissed off Jimmy, Universal, and Interscope

    168

    Know, I got Jimmy, Slim, 50, and Universal in a scope

    169

    ('Cause I'm shady) Shadier than him

    170

    (I'm crazy) Crazier than Kim

  45. 171

    So when the Bat signal goes up in the clouds above the buildings

    Multi-line diss block
    172

    I hope you live long enough to see heroes turn into villains

    173

    Oh, you think I'm a Joker? Well, riddle me this

    174

    You love your mother?

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “You love your mother?,” The Game brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Eminem, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Eminem and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  46. 175

    Well, I'm cleanin' out your closet for you and your half-brother

    176

    And I told you when I was in Detroit, I wanna go to 8 Mile

    177

    'Cause when I was little to get some M&M's, I had to walk eight miles

    178

    But you wouldn't leave the studio, your life is on loop

  47. 179

    That's why I'm doggy in style, 'cause niggas rather bump Snoop

    180

    And I'm a lyrical .50 cal

    181

    Leave his brain all thin, wind, the games all endin'

    182

    The chainsaw, vrin, vrin

  48. 183

    Hello? Hello?

    184

    Pagin' Dr. Dre?

    185

    He ain't got a lot to say

    186

    But since Curtis always do, let him write the rhymes for you

  49. 187

    Tell him to clip the wings on my butterfly tatt' and force 'em back in the cocoon

    188

    Now does he still rap or did he have a change of heart too?

    189

    The chick on the show wasn't pickin' me and Mariah wasn't pickin' you

    190

    So the cannons is blam-blammin' and if it jam then I unjam it

  50. 191

    And wipe down my stripper pole with the hair grease from your bandana

    192

    You wish you was Santana or Cam in them 10 J's

    193

    Durag for ten years and never had one wave

    194

    And I was that runaway slave, that they buried in that one grave

  51. 195

    And some say he would back to haunt Slim Shady one day

    Multi-line diss block
    196

    Now I'm here, hope you ready, this is not mom's spaghetti

    197

    This your dad was twenty-two when he ate lil' Debbie

    198

    He takes the cake

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “This your dad was twenty-two when he ate lil' Debbie,” The Game brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Eminem, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Eminem and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  52. 199

    'Cause she was only fifteen, so how could one not sympathize with her havin' you as a teen?

    Multi-line diss block
    200

    She had to lose herself in the moment, give up her dreams

    201

    Just to see her son out here lookin' like a wigger in jeans (Yeah)

    202

    Little Marshall Mathers

    Block noteMakes the confrontation explicit

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Little Marshall Mathers,” The Game addresses Eminem directly and makes the situation described in the quoted line the point of confrontation. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. Naming or plainly addressing Eminem removes the safety of a subliminal and makes the quoted claim something the target can either answer or leave standing.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  53. 203

    Mad 'cause nobody thinks that little Marshall matters

    204

    That sentiment's hard to gather

    205

    Let's get this shit all together, the picture was ripped, I fixed it

    206

    But none with me, you, and 50, let's stitch this shit all together

  54. 207

    You like it, Slim?

    208

    I made it just for you

    209

    I even kidnapped Stan's brother and baited him here for you

    210

    But you would just say, "No"

  55. 211

    Probably leave us in the blistering cold

    212

    God made you damn near perfect, he just missed your soul

    213

    You ain't the shell of who you used to be

    214

    And after you, it's me, on the Uzi spree like it's two of me

  56. 215

    And Matthew's dead now, it's just you and me

    Multi-line diss block
    216

    The sweatpants, the dad hat, durag and no jewelry

    217

    Umm, is that cultural appropriation?

    218

    Ask Paul if it's even appropriate for me to make that statement, rude of me

    Block noteImagines the battle as physical destruction

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “And Matthew's dead now, it's just you and me,” The Game converts lyrical defeat into death, shooting, burial, or bodily harm directed at Eminem. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. The violent image makes the response sound final: instead of proposing an endless exchange, the artist depicts Eminem as unable to return for another round.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  57. 219

    How your day went?

    Multi-line diss block
    220

    Did you re-dye your beard or get another face lift or do shrooms in your mom's basement

    221

    Until you nod and see spaceships

    222

    And the aliens inside it come and tell you your talent's wasted

    Block noteMakes the feud personal through family

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Did you re-dye your beard or get another face lift or do shrooms in your mom's basement,” The Game brings a relative or family boundary into the exchange with Eminem, moving the dispute beyond music and into private life. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. Family references explain why the conflict feels personal: they raise the emotional cost for Eminem and make the line more consequential than a routine comparison of rap skill.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  58. 223

    Then you wake up and you ain't shit

    Multi-line diss block
    224

    I know you fiendin' for a Dr. Dre bass hit

    225

    How ironic, an addict in a basement

    226

    And now I chronic, 'cause I done had it with the fake shit

    Block noteMakes the rejection unmistakably direct

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Then you wake up and you ain't shit,” The Game drops any pretense of a subliminal and rejects Eminem in blunt, unqualified language. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. The direct wording removes plausible deniability: listeners are not left guessing whether Eminem is part of the dispute or whether a response is being invited.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  59. 227

    You never understood ebonics or a cadence

    228

    I press everything like a weight bench

    229

    And every time the plate hits, you off another playlist

    230

    Sorry, it ain't workin' out

  60. 231

    Niggas shootin', Billy Blanks (It's my winner's speech)

    232

    While I'm here, I should really thank MGK, UGK, Tech N9ne, Uzi spray

    233

    My other twelve personalities wasn't really in the mood today

    234

    Hi, kids, here's somethin' funny, let's all say, "Nigga" once

  61. 235

    Crashed the car, hit and run

    Multi-line diss block
    236

    Jumped out, hid the gun

    237

    Your fans want a rap god, well, fuck it, I'ma give 'em one

    238

    I came to put Slim in a box but he already live in one

    Block noteChallenges the target's public standing

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Your fans want a rap god, well, fuck it, I'ma give 'em one,” The Game questions whether Eminem's attention, audience, or reputation reflects genuine respect. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. Visibility can be mistaken for victory, so the artist recasts Eminem's recognition as temporary, manufactured, or disconnected from credibility.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  62. 239

    [Outro: The Game]

    Multi-line diss block
    240

    Mr. Shady, don't be shady

    241

    Pick that pen up, don't be lazy

    242

    Call up Dre and get that Dre beat

    243

    Jump off stage if shit get crazy

    Block notePoints to a claimed failure or contradiction

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Mr. Shady, don't be shady,” The Game treats the refusal, inability, or contradiction named in the lyric as evidence against Eminem's public position. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. The wording tests Eminem's image against a specific action; the gap between the two is what the audience is being asked to remember.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.

  63. 244

    Mr. Shady, don't be shady

    Multi-line diss block
    245

    Pick that pen up, don't be lazy

    246

    Call up Dre and get that Dre beat

    247

    Jump off stage if shit get crazy

    Block notePoints to a claimed failure or contradiction

    TargetEminem

    MeaningWhat it means: In “Mr. Shady, don't be shady,” The Game treats the refusal, inability, or contradiction named in the lyric as evidence against Eminem's public position. Why it was said: The Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities. The wording tests Eminem's image against a specific action; the gap between the two is what the audience is being asked to remember.

    ContextThe Game challenges Eminem in an extended 2022 diss released after months of public comments comparing their careers and abilities.