Dead Presidents

Not to be a defender of a guy who makes insane amounts of money rhyming about himself, what a badass he is and how much certain people piss him off (but look! He's white!), but I'm not sure that Eminem's New Lyrics mean what people think they mean:

"F--k money. I don't rap for dead presidents.

I'd rather see the president dead.

It's never been said,

but I set precedents and the standards

and they can't stand it. ...

We as Americans. Us as a citizen.

We've got to protect ourselves ..."

The first line is an obvious lie. The second might mean he wants Bush to die, but it might also mean that he'd rather see the U.S. President shot in the street than submit his Amazing Talent™ to the crudity of commerce (which is, as I said, a lie). I could be wrong about this. Lines 3-5 are the typical Marshall Mathers self-idolization-and-paranoia routine (in case you were wondering why teenage boys should like him so much). The last two lines could be interpreted several different ways.




Honestly, I don't see Em cozying up too much with the liberal anti-war crowd. His last video showed Osama Bin Laden getting chased around by rappers who discovered his underground lair. We might just have to wait for the whole song and video to judge. If it turns out the the guy is mouthing sedition, string the sumbitch up. But someone hose Drudge down in the meantime.