Album: The Marshall Mathers LP
Artist: Eminem
Title: Kill You
Track: Track 2
Writers: Eminem, Dr. Dre & Mel-Man
Produced by: Dr. Dre & Mel-Man
Release date: May 23, 2000
Kill You Lyrics
[Intro]
When I was just a little baby boy
My momma used to tell me these crazy things
She used to tell me my daddy was an evil man
She used to tell me he hated me
But then I got a little bit older
And I realized she was the crazy one
But there was nothin’ I could do or say to try to change it
‘Cause that’s just the way she was
[Verse 1]
They said I can’t rap about bein’ broke no more
They ain’t say I can’t rap about coke no more (Ahh)
Slut, you think I won’t choke no whore
‘Til them vocal cords don’t work in her throat no more? (Ahh)
These motherfuckers are thinkin’ I’m playing
Thinkin’ I’m sayin’ this shit ’cause I’m thinkin’ it just to be sayin’ it (Ahh)
Put your hands down, bitch—I ain’t gon’ shoot you
I’ma pull you to this bullet and put it through you (Ahh)
Shut up, slut! You’re causin’ too much chaos
Just bend over and take it like a slut—okay, Ma?
“Oh, now he’s rapin’ his own mother
Abusin’ a whore, snortin’ coke
And we gave him the Rollin’ Stone cover?”
You’re goddamn right, bitch, and now it’s too late
I’m triple platinum and tragedies happened in two states
I invented violence, you vile venomous volatile vicious
Vain Vicodin, *vrin vrin vrin!*
Texas Chainsaw, left his brains all
Danglin’ from his neck while his head barely hangs on
Blood, guts, guns, cuts
Knives, lives, wives, nuns, sluts
[Pre-Chorus]
Bitch, I’ma kill you! You don’t wanna fuck with me
Girls neither, you ain’t nothin’ but a slut to me
Bitch, I’ma kill you! You ain’t got the balls to beef
We ain’t gon’ never stop beefin’, I don’t squash the beef
You better kill me, I’ma be another rapper dead
For poppin’ off at the mouth with shit I shouldn’t have said
But when they kill me, I’m bringin’ the world with me
Bitches too, you ain’t nothin’ but a girl to me
[Chorus]
I said you don’t wanna fuck with Shady (‘Cause why?)
‘Cause Shady will fuckin’ kill you (Ah, ha-ha)
I said you don’t wanna fuck with Shady (Why?)
‘Cause Shady will fuckin’ kill you
[Verse 2]
Bitch, I’ma kill you! Like a murder weapon, I’ma conceal you
In a closet with mildew, sheets, pillows and film you
Fuck with me, I been through Hell, shut the hell up
I’m tryna develop these pictures of the Devil to sell ’em
I ain’t “acid rap,” but I rap on acid
Got a new blow-up doll and just had a strap-on added
Whoops! Is that a subliminal hint?
No, just criminal intent to sodomize women again
Eminem offend? No, Eminem’ll insult
And if you ever give in to him, you give him an impulse
To do it again, then if he does it again
You’ll probably end up jumpin’ out of somethin’ up on the tenth
Bitch, I’ma kill you! I ain’t done, this ain’t the chorus
I ain’t even drug you in the woods yet to paint the forest
A bloodstain is orange after you wash it
Three or four times in a tub, but that’s normal, ain’t it, Norman?
Serial killer hidin’ murder material
In a cereal box on top of your stereo
Here we go again, we’re out of our medicine
Out of our minds and we want in yours: let us in
[Pre-Chorus]
Or I’ma kill you! You don’t wanna fuck with me
Girls neither, you ain’t nothin’ but a slut to me
Bitch, I’ma kill you! You ain’t got the balls to beef
We ain’t gon’ never stop beefin’, I don’t squash the beef
You better kill me, I’ma be another rapper dead
For poppin’ off at the mouth with shit I shouldn’t have said
But when they kill me, I’m bringin’ the world with me
Bitches too, you ain’t nothin’ but a girl to me
[Chorus]
I said you don’t wanna fuck with Shady (‘Cause why?)
‘Cause Shady will fuckin’ kill you (Ah, ha-ha)
I said you don’t wanna fuck with Shady (Why?)
‘Cause Shady will fuckin’ kill you
[Verse 3]
Know why I say these things?
‘Cause ladies’ screams keep creepin’ in Shady’s dreams
And the way things seem, I shouldn’t have to pay these shrinks
These 80 G’s a week to say the same things tweece
Twice, whatever, I hate these things
Fuck shots, I hope the weed’ll outweigh these drinks
Motherfuckers want me to come on their radio shows
Just to argue with ’em ’cause their ratings stink
Fuck that! I’ll choke radio announcer to bouncer
From fat bitch to all seventy thousand pounds of her
From principal to the student body and counselor
From in-school to before school to outta school
I don’t even believe in breathing
I’m leavin’ air in your lungs
Just to hear you keep screamin’ for me to seep it
Okay, I’m ready to go play, I got the machete from O. J.
I’m ready to make everyone’s throats ache
You faggots keep eggin’ me on
‘Til I have you at knifepoint, then you beg me to stop
Shut up! Give me your hands and feet
I said shut up when I’m talkin’ to you
You hear me? Answer me!
[Pre-Chorus]
Or I’ma kill you! You don’t wanna fuck with me
Girls neither, you ain’t nothin’ but a slut to me
Bitch, I’ma kill you! You don’t got the balls to beef
We ain’t gon’ never stop beefin’, I don’t squash the beef
You better kill me, I’ma be another rapper dead
For poppin’ off at the mouth with shit I shouldn’t have said
But when they kill me, I’m bringin’ the world with me
Bitches too, you ain’t nothin’ but a girl to me
Bitch, I’ma kill you!
[Chorus]
You don’t wanna fuck with Shady (‘Cause why?)
‘Cause Shady will fuckin’ kill you (Ah, ha-ha)
I said you don’t wanna fuck with Shady (Why not?)
‘Cause Shady will fuckin’ kill you
[Outro]
Ha-ha-ha, I’m just playin’, ladies
You know I love you
About the “Kill You” song:
“Kill You” is the opening track to the album, and is a lyrical tirade against Kim, Debbie Mathers, girlish rappers and women in general. The call-and-response part after the hook is a highlight of any given Eminem concert.
Eminem wrote the following about Kill You in the Angry Blonde book:
What happened with “Kill You” was I came off the European tour in October of ‘99 and I called Dre and I told him that I needed some new tracks. He just happened to be going through some when I called. I remember him sayin’, “I ain’t really got no new tracks, but I’m trying to work on some new shit today”. Meanwhile, there was a track playing in the background. I asked, “What’s that?” He responded, “What’s what? You mean this?” and he puts the phone to the speaker and it was the “Kill You” beat. I told him, “Send me that shit.” He was really surprised. “You want this? This is some little shit we fuckin’ with.” I said, “Whatever, send me that. I … will … kill … that … track.” He sent it to me the next day and I wrote the song. I recorder it weeks later when i started recording the Marshall Mathers album. The first thing I came up with was the hook: “You don’t… wanna fuck with Shady… ‘cause Shady… will fuckin’ kill you.” I wanted to start the album with that song because everybody in the press was like “What’s he gonna rap about? He’s not miserable anymore. He can’t rap about being broke no more, he can’t rhyme about his pain and his misery ‘cause he got money.” That’s why I started it up with line “They said I can’t rap about being broke no more, they ain’t say I can’t rap about coke no more.” That right there gives you an idea of what the album’s all about. The song is ridiculous. The whole hook is basically bashing women. Like, “I’ll kill you ever if you’re a fuckin’ girl.” I kill bitches, I kill anybody, then at the end of the song I say, “I’m just kidding, ladies. You know I love you.” It’s kind of like you could say whatever you want as long as you say you’re joking at the end. Which is cool ‘cause that’s what I do. It’s funny ‘cause people think that song is about my mother all because of the first couple of lines. When I say, “When I was just a little baby boy,” and when I say, “Oh now he’s raping his own mother.” After that the references just stop. The whole idea of this song was to say some of the most fucked-up shit. Just to let people know that I’m back. That I didn’t lose it. That I wasn’t compromising nothing and I didn’t change. If anything… I got worse.
-Eminem in Angry Blonde book
Lynne Cheney, the Second Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009, called for age-restrictions on music sales after citing lyrics from “Kill You.” She was very vocal against Eminem, and this song in particular.
Listen to Kill You song:
The Marshall Mathers LP
The rest of The Marshall Mathers LP lyrics:
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