guns. He writes about being fed up. His lyrics give off the impression that he is sick of being judged because of his color and that he just wants people to accept him for his rapping skills and that he’s “Tired of other rappers who ain’t bringin half the skill as me saying they wasn’t feeling me when nobody’s as ill as me.” Some may be offended by the remarks that Eminem makes, but he says that, “A lot of my rhymes are just to get chuckles out of people. Anybody with half a brain is going to be able to tell when I’m joking and when I’m serious.” (Eminem2000.com)You’ve got to work twice as hard as everybody else; the saying goes, to make it as a black man in a white man’s world. But what happens to an artist in the opposite situation? Fortunately enough for Mathers, I believe that his struggle wasn’t as difficult as other white rappers. Mathers was taken under Dre’s wing and shown the ropes of the industry. I do believe that he was stereotyped as being a white person. Which can mean a lot of different things. To most, a so-called “white person” doesn’t sing rap music, and Arthur 5cannot compete with the black industry. Eminem has proved this wrong, and wants people to know. He truly is a successful person. “I’m tired of being white trash, broke and always poor…I’m tired of all this bull*censored*, Telling me to be positive, how am I ‘sposed to be positive when I don’t see *censored* positive? …I rap about *censored* around me, *censored* I see, Know what I’m saying?” (Life) “Damn, if I’d just been born black, I would not have to go through all this.” (Eminem2000.com)...
