Thursday, February 03, 2005
The curse of Eminem
October 2004: The rap superstar Eminem releases a single titled "Mosh", highly critical of President Bush and his policies in Iraq:
December 2004: Eminem releases another single, titled "Like Toy Soldiers":
Eminem's latest single, "Mockingbird", you'll be happy to know, deals with a much safer topic of family breakdown and single parenthood.
* OK, the song doesn't actually relate to war, but it sounds good anyway.
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"Rebel with a rebel yell, raise hell we gonna let em knowOn November 2, President Bush wins re-election. On January 31, Iraqis overwhelmingly choose democracy.
Stomp, push up, mush, fuck Bush, until they bring our troops home...
Let the President answer on high anarchy
Strap him with AK-47, let him go
Fight his own war, let him impress daddy that way
No more blood for oil, we got our own battles to fight on our soil"
December 2004: Eminem releases another single, titled "Like Toy Soldiers":
"Step by step, heart to heart, left right leftIn February 2005, Iraqi jihadis make fools of themselves after publicizing a kidnapping of a toy action figure.
We all fall down like toy soldiers
Bit by bit torn apart We never win
But the battle wages on for toy soldiers"*
Eminem's latest single, "Mockingbird", you'll be happy to know, deals with a much safer topic of family breakdown and single parenthood.
* OK, the song doesn't actually relate to war, but it sounds good anyway.
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