Bad One

Lagu ‘Bad One’ adalah track ke-16 dalam album ke-12 Eminem yang berjudul ‘The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)’. Lagu ini menampilkan White Gold dan membahas bagaimana orang menilai diskografi Eminem hanya karena dia memiliki satu lagu yang buruk. Dengan gaya khasnya, Eminem menanggapi kritik dan menunjukkan betapa dia telah mencapai banyak hal dalam karirnya, terlepas dari kesalahan atau kritik yang diterimanya.

Lirik Lagu Bad One

[Intro: Eminem]
Yo, Dre
Yeah
I’ma just lay back on this one
Let me apologize in advance (I like that)
F-ck it, forgive me (Alright)
F-ck it, I don’t mean to sound (You ready?) arrogant (F-ck it, yeah) but

[Verse 1: Eminem]
Yeah, my head up in the sky again
But even that, my stacks are higher than
Money pile like Tony Stark’s, that’s how much I earn, man
Girl, my head is small, I feel incredible as the Hulk
Meaning I’m trying to smash
So come get in line like Santa and climb up inside my lap
While I devise a plan
Won’t be talkin’ about Purell when Santa ties your hands
And I am an
Industrial-strength heightened brand
Frying pan
Rap is something that I’ve just had the skillet for some timing, am
An artist who can draw a crowd like a diagram
Like drawing breath from your diaphragm
I’ve achieved every aspiration that I have had
Got a diamond plaque or two or three or four
But that don’t change my attitude, I got a bad one

[Chorus: White Gold]
I got a bad one
She just gotta put up with my sh-t, I’m going platinum
You just gotta put up with my wrist, I’m going diamond
I just put Fidel up on the link, I’m going gold now
I love all of my records, but she said I got a bad one
She just gotta put up with my sh-t, I’m going platinum
You just gotta put up with my wrist, I’m going diamond
I just Fidel up on the link, I’m going gold now
I love all of my records, but she said I got a bad one

[Verse 2: Eminem]
Yeah
One minute, you’re here, next minute, you’re gone, don’t sit there and scoff
Lil’ b-tch, you can knock the sh-t about me being immature off
It isn’t my fault, the liquor is often twisting my thoughts
You said you’re looking for miniature golf
Thought you said looking for men to jerk off
Your mouth is a hole (What?), that means my d-ck is engulfed
Sick as a dog with croup cough (What?)
Biggie is gone and Tupac (Yeah)
And I’m still alive and you not the woo, dog
So who died and made you God?
Anything can set my mood off, attitude, I’ve always had one
My temper is like the b-tch I just scooped up, I got a bad one

[Chorus: White Gold]
I got a bad one
She just gotta put up with my sh-t, I’m going platinum
You just gotta put up with my wrist, I’m going diamond
I just put Fidel up on the link, I’m going gold now
I love all of my records, but she said I got a bad one
She just gotta put up with my sh-t, I’m going platinum
You just gotta put up with my wrist, I’m going diamond
I just Fidel up on the link, I’m going gold now
I love all of my records, but she said I got a bad one

[Verse 3: Eminem]
Yeah, this whole sub-genre with all these corny white rappers, I’m not a fan of it
It ain’t my fault, but like sock puppets, I had a hand in it
This thousand bucks in my hand is just like what Candace did
When she turned her back on her own race ’cause I have abandoned it
One of the greatest who did it, look what I came up through
You never made it to the level that I made it to
So similar to a dinner table, I ate at you (Sorry)
Haters, I made a few
But like when Three Stacks just plays the flute
I ain’t got sh-t to say to you (Nah)
And me offending you’s nothing new (Nah)
F-ck it, it’s what I love to do
This is subterfuge, just to screw with you
And yeah, this much is true
This sounds like something that Puff would do
At the party with Aaron Hall ’cause I just love to f-ck with you (Woah)
A line of blush, foundation kit
‘Cause it’s you I make upset
Brain is dead, space cadet
Like when Ye forgets to take his meds
So when they get mad or angry at
A statement that I may have said
I just say, “Man, I didn’t say that sh-t, Shady did”
‘Cause all I do is write the rhymes and then wait for that beat to play, spit ’em
Trigger finger, make like a green beret like he would get a submachine to spray with ’em
I should go back to those sleeping aids
Because I’m so stuck in my evil ways
Then I’m f-cked either way
The people still seem to think they want the old me ’til they get him
Got ’em up in arms like monkey bars
The f-cking bomb with the puffy on
I’m blowing up for Kid Cudi’s car
In front of his house where all his buddies are
Just another day at the office, but it seems like Marsh’s f-cking job is done
Mission accomplished, people off this stunt
And p-ssed a billion people off at once (Yeah)
But I gotta keep going Tyson on Kelly (What?)
I bodied him twice and already
That little motherf-cker’s back throwing subs (Like what?) like a food fight at the deli
And that is why E got the attitude he got like Liza Minnelli
My male ego
Is the size of the belly on Jelly Roll
And b-tch, I got a bad one

[Chorus: White Gold]
I got a bad one
She just gotta put up with my sh-t, I’m going platinum
You just gotta put up with my wrist, I’m going diamond
I just put Fidel up on the link, I’m going gold now
I love all of my records, but she said I got a bad one
She just gotta put up with my sh-t, I’m going platinum
You just gotta put up with my wrist, I’m going diamond
I just Fidel up on the link, I’m going gold now
I love all of my records, but she said I got a bad one

Deskripsi

Lagu ini dibuka dengan intro dari Eminem yang berbicara dengan Dr. Dre. Dia meminta maaf sebelumnya jika terdengar sombong dan memutuskan untuk bersantai dalam lagu ini, sambil tetap menunjukkan sisi arogan yang humoris.

Di verse pertama, Eminem berbicara tentang pencapaian finansialnya yang besar dan membandingkan dirinya dengan tokoh superhero seperti Tony Stark dan Hulk. Dia menggunakan metafora untuk menunjukkan betapa sukses dan kuatnya dia, baik dalam hal finansial maupun fisik. Eminem juga menggambarkan dirinya sebagai seniman yang bisa menarik kerumunan besar, seperti membuat diagram, dan menegaskan bahwa dia telah mencapai semua aspirasi yang dia miliki, meskipun dia tetap memiliki sikap buruk.

Chorus yang dinyanyikan oleh White Gold menekankan bahwa meskipun Eminem memiliki banyak kesuksesan, seperti mendapatkan platinum dan diamond, dia masih memiliki sikap buruk yang harus ditoleransi oleh orang-orang di sekitarnya.

Verse kedua adalah tentang perubahan cepat dalam hidup dan bagaimana orang lain sering menilai Eminem sebagai tidak dewasa. Dia menggambarkan konflik internalnya dan bagaimana alkohol sering mempengaruhi pikirannya. Eminem juga berbicara tentang bagaimana kematian ikon rap seperti Biggie dan Tupac mempengaruhi perasaannya, dan bagaimana dia masih bertahan meskipun banyak kritik yang dia terima.

Chorus kedua mengulangi tema bahwa orang-orang di sekitar Eminem harus menerima sikap buruknya meskipun dia terus mencapai kesuksesan besar dalam karirnya.

Di verse ketiga, Eminem mengkritik sub-genre rap yang penuh dengan rapper kulit putih yang dia anggap kurang berkualitas. Dia membandingkan dirinya dengan seniman besar lainnya dan menunjukkan bagaimana dia tetap di puncak meskipun banyak yang mencoba menjatuhkannya. Eminem juga menyinggung tentang bagaimana dia sering menimbulkan kontroversi dengan pernyataannya, tetapi dia menikmati reaksi orang-orang terhadapnya. Dia menegaskan bahwa banyak orang masih ingin melihat sisi lama dari dirinya, meskipun dia sudah berkembang dan berubah.

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