(feat. Nate Ruess)
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[Verse 1: Nate Reuss]
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Mom
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I know I let you down
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And though you say the days are happy
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Why is the power off, and I'm fucked up?
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And mom, I know he's not around
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But don't you place the blame on me
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As you pour yourself another drink
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Nate Reuss- Hook:
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I guess we are who we are
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Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on
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Maybe we took this too far
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[Verse 2: Eminem]
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I went in headfirst
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Never thinking about who what I said hurt, in what verse
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My mom probably got it the worst
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The brunt of it, but as stubborn as we are
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Did I take it too far?
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Cleaning out my closet and all them other songs
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But regardless I don't hate you cause ma!
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You're still beautiful to me, cause you're my mom
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Though far be it for you to be calling, my house was Vietnam
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Desert Storm and both of us put together can form an atomic bomb equivalent to Chemical warfare
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And forever we can drag this on and on
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But, agree to disagree
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That gift from me up under the Christmas tree don't mean shit to me
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You're kicking me out? It's 15 degrees and it's Christmas Eve (little prick just leave)
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Ma, let me grab my fucking coat, anything to have each other's goats
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Why we always at each others throats? Especially when dad, he fucked us both
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We're in the same fucking boat, you'd think that it'd make us close (nope)
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Further away that drove us, but together headlines shine, a car full of belongings
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Still got a ways to go, back to grandma's house it's straight up the road
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And I was the man of the house, the oldest, on my shoulders carried the weight of the load
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Then Nate got taken away by the state at 8 years old, and
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That's when I realized you were sick and it wasn't fixable or changeable
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And to this day we remained estranged and I hate it though, but
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Nate Reuss- Hook:
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I guess we are who we are
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Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on
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Maybe we took this too far
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[Verse 3: Eminem]
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Cause to this day we remain estranged and I hate it though
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Cause you ain't even get to witness your grand baby's growth
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But I'm sorry mama for Cleaning Out My Closet, at the time I was angry
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Rightfully maybe so, never meant that far to take it though, cause
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Now I know it's not your fault, and I'm not making jokes
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That song I no longer play at shows and I cringe every time it's on the radio
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And I think of Nathan being placed in a home
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And all the medicine you fed us
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And how I just wanted you to taste your own, but
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Now the medications taken over and your mental states deteriorating slow
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And I'm way too old to cry, that shit's painful though
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But ma, I forgive you, so does Nathan yo
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All you did, all you said, you did your best to raise us both
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Foster care, that cross you bare, few may be as heavy as yours
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But I love you Debbie Mathers, oh what a tangled web we have, cause
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One thing I never asked was where the fuck my deadbeat dad was
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Fuck it I guess he had trouble keeping up with every address
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But I'd of flipped every mattress, every rock and desert cactus
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Own a collection of maps and followed my kids to the edge of the atlas
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Someone ever moved them from me? That you could bet your ass's
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If I had to come down the chimney dressed as Santa, kidnap them
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And although one has met their grandma
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Once you pulled up in our drive one night as we were leaving to get some handburgers
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Me, her and Nate, we introduced you, hugged you
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And as you left I had this overwhelming sadness come over me
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As we pulled off to go our separate paths, and
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I saw your headlines as I looked back
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And I'm mad I didn't get the chance to thank you for being my Mom and my Dad
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So Mom, please accept this as a tribute I wrote this on the jet
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I guess I had to get this off my chest, I hope I get the chance to lay it before I'm dead
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The stewardess said to fasten my seatbelt, I guess we're crashing
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So if I'm not dreaming, I hope you this message that I'll always love you from afar
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Cause you're my mama...
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Nate Reuss- Hook:
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I guess we are who we are
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Headlights shining in the dark night I drive on
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Maybe we took this too far
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[Verse 4: Nat |