The Apple (Album Version)

Eminem - The Apple

I'm a little nutty and I know it

but if you go back and take a look at my history

you will see that I'm not the only one who's off his rocker

there were many before me

I was always labelled the black sheep of the family

what a bad seed I grow to be

but if you take a look at us now

you'll see the apple didn't fall too far from the tree

(haha)

alright, look

I'ma tell you the story from my side

maybe you'll understand

check it out

you done witnessed unexplainable ****

too insane to explain

people run from what the just don't get

maybe Shady shoulda just hit 'em with a little bit

did I spit too soon? Should I of spoon fed 'em it?

but I was just so eager to prove I was even worth

being in the same league or the room with

of the people of whom I was in

every now and then I look up like I was seeking approval

was it because of the pigment of my skin

or was it a figment of my imagination

maybe it bothered me more than it did them

maybe it wasn't a big deal back then

but to me it was, see what it was was

I had developed the complex from being judged

Proof spit his verse, now I'm next, let's see who

I'm in the booth staring back to see who's mugs

I get a reaction from, usually the first thumb was from Proof

and the rest of the group backed him up

and no one lied to each other cause none of us had deals

it was real, we just wanted tickets for that meal

Sometimes I feel like it's just me

sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy

but take a look at my family

cause the apple don't fall too far from the tree

I said...

sometimes I feel like it's just me

sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy

but take a look at my family

cause the apple don't fall too far from the tree

Ever since my mother was pregnant

with her second egg cause she said

that I had a baby sister who fell out of the window

I was too young to remember

Kansas City projects

I was like 5, 6, and how come

I remember Malcolm, Isaac, and Boogie

if it was the projects in Missouri?

cause those're my best friends until Isaac

took my tricycle and my uncle Todd went to try to go get it back

and ended up getting jumped and cut in the gut with a switch and 70-some stitches

which is still, to this day

why my mother still tries to show me some old fake picture

of a fictitious little sister who never existed

and this is why part of my life's so twisted

but I can never be as sick as that ***** is

and, by the way, that picture's one of my relatives

Sometimes I feel like it's just me

sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy

but take a look at my family

cause the apple don't fall too far from the tree

I said...

sometimes I feel like it's just me

sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy

but take a look at my family

cause the apple don't fall too far from the tree

You probably have to peel back layers upon layers of pain

to see why everything I say is so insane

what's different about my brain

that separates me from other players in this game?

on the surface, it may seem like a scheme

or some sort of scam for me to get some damn sympathy

but that's the last thing I need is for people

to walk around feeling sorry for me (me)

and I'm not a G, never claimed to be

I gave my vest to Cashis,

he'll need it more than me

but we'll see, cause we ain't lookin' for beef

but if it comes our way, what do we, turn the other cheek?

come on

Sometimes I feel like it's just me

sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy

but take a look at my family

cause the apple don't fall too far from the tree

I said...

sometimes I feel like it's just me

sometimes I feel like I'm going crazy

but take a look at my family

cause the apple don't fall too far from the tree

Yeah

and I'm the crazy one, right?

whatever!

then let me be the crazy one!

(sounds)

cuckoo! cuckoo!

tweet!

haha