Cleanin' Out My Closet

 


에미넴 '''싱글 크로놀로지'''
''Without Me''
(2002)

''Cleanin' Out My Closet''
'''(2002)'''

''Lose Yourself''
(2002)
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수록: ''The Eminem Show''}}}
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Cleanin' Out My Closet
아티스트
에미넴
발매일
2002년 7월 6일
발매 형식
CD, 디지털 다운로드
녹음 시기
2001년
장르
하드코어 힙합,
전체 길이
4분 57초
프로듀서
에미넴 & 제프 배스
레이블
애프터매스
셰이디
인터스코프
1. 개요
2. 가사
3. M/V

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1. 개요


에미넴의 앨범 ''The Eminem Show''의 4번 트랙.
그동안 나오던 슬림 셰이디 컨셉의 곡들과 달리, 이 곡은 에미넴의 어린 시절과 인간관계에 대해 진지하게 다룬다. 예전에 발매했던 곡 Kill You를 구실로 엄마한테 명예훼손으로 고소를 당했고, 이에 내려진 판결이 엄마한테 사과하는 곡을 만들라는 것이었기 때문에 이 곡이 만들어진 것. 허나 가사를 들어보면 알겠지만 사실상 디스곡이나 다름없다(...). 특히 뮤비에서 엄마한테 학대당하는 장면을 적나라하게 묘사하는 부분이 압권.
그래서 엄마와 사이가 꽤 좋아진 현재는 라이브로 절대 부르지 않는 노래다. MMLP2의 수록곡 headlights의 내용에 나온 바로는 라디오에서 이 곡이 재생될 때 마다 얼굴을 찡그린다고 한다.
빌보드 Hot 100 차트에 4위까지 올라갔었다. 다른 지역 차트에는 한 번도 1위를 하진 못 했지만, 호주에서 플래티넘을 인증받았다.
영화 8 마일 트레일러로 이 곡이 나왔다. 실제로 영화 OST가 될 뻔 했으나 에미넴이 이는 굉장히 개인적인 곡이라며 극구 반대했고, 빈 OST 자리를 메꾸기 위해 만든 노래가 12주 연속 빌보드 1위에 차트인한 '''Lose Yourself.''' 그리고 여담으로 이 곡은 원래 D12의 단체곡이었으나 비자르의 지나치게 수위높은 가사때문에 취소되고 에미넴의 솔로 곡으로 넘어간 일화가 있다.
후에 롤링 스톤 선정 에미넴의 50대 명곡에도 올랐다.

2. 가사


[Intro]
Where's my snare?
I have no snare in my headphones
There you go, yeah, yo, yo
[Verse 1]
Have you ever been hated or discriminated against?
I have, I've been protested and demonstrated against
Picket signs for my wicked rhymes, look at the times
Sick is the mind of the motherfuckin' kid that's behind
All this commotion, emotions run deep as oceans, explodin'
Tempers flarin' from parents, just blow 'em off and keep goin'
Not takin' nothin' from no one, give 'em hell long as I'm breathin'
Keep kickin' ass in the morning and takin' names in the evenin'
Leave 'em with a taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth
See, they can trigger me, but they'll never figure me out
Look at me now! I bet you're prob'ly sick of me now
Ain't you, Mama? I'ma make you look so ridiculous now!
[Chorus]
I'm sorry, Mama
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
But tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet (One more time!)
I said I'm sorry, Mama
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
But tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet (Ha!)
[Verse 2]
I got some skeletons in my closet
And I don't know if no one knows it
So before they throw me inside my coffin and close it
I'ma expose it; I'll take you back to '73
Before I ever had a multi-platinum-selling CD
I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple of months
My faggot father must've had his panties up in a bunch
‘Cause he split, I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye
No, I don't, on second thought, I just fuckin' wished he would die
I look at Hailie, and I couldn't picture leavin' her side
Even if I hated Kim, I'd grit my teeth and I'd try
To make it work with her at least for Hailie's sake
I maybe made some mistakes
But I'm only human, but I'm man enough to face 'em today
What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb
But the smartest shit I did was take the bullets out of that gun
‘Cause I'da killed 'em, shit, I woulda shot Kim and him both
It's my life, I'd like to welcome y'all to The Eminem Show
[Chorus]
I'm sorry, Mama
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
But tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet (One more time!)
I said I'm sorry, Mama
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
But tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet (Uh)
[Verse 3]
Now, I would never diss my own mama just to get recognition
Take a second to listen 'fore you think this record is dissin'
But put yourself in my position, just try to envision
Witnessin' your mama poppin' prescription pills in the kitchen
Bitchin' that someone's always goin' through her purse and shit's missin'
Goin' through public housing systems
Victim of Münchausen's Syndrome
My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't
'Til I grew up, now I blew up
It makes you sick to your stomach, doesn't it?
Wasn't it the reason you made that CD for me, Ma?
So you could try to justify the way you treated me, Ma?
But guess what, you're gettin' older now
And it's cold when you're lonely
And Nathan's growin' up so quick
He's gonna know that you're phony
And Hailie's gettin' so big now, you should see her, she's beautiful
But you'll never see her—she won't even be at your funeral (ha-ha!)
See, what hurts me the most is you won't admit you was wrong
Bitch, do your song, keep tellin' yourself that you was a mom!
But how dare you try to take what you didn't help me to get?!
You selfish bitch, I hope you fuckin' burn in hell for this shit!
Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me?
Well, guess what, I am dead—dead to you as can be!
[Chorus]
I'm sorry, Mama
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
But tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet (One more time!)
I said I'm sorry, Mama
I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to make you cry
But tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet
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3. M/V