Careful What You Wish For

"Breaking news, Detroit rapper Eminem cancels His sold-out European tour to check himself into rehab After admitting an addiction to sleep medication We'll have more on this story as it develops" "Shady Records recording artist Obie Trice Has apparently survived a gunshot to the head In what appears to be a random drive-by shooting "Meanwhile, Eminem is rumored to be" "On and off again relationship with" "This just in, a tour bus involving Eminem's" "Updating a story we brought you earlier about gunfire At an after-hours club, we've learned That the rapper Proof has been fatally shot" "Shady/Aftermath recording artist" "Longtime best friend of Eminem and a member of the rap group D12" "D12, back in the news again today" "Is it a sabbatical or the end? "The rumors and speculation continue to swirl around Eminem He insists he's just taking a break, but doubters believe he's retiring Leaving us all to ask, 'Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?'" So this is it, this is what I wished for Just isn't how I envisioned it Fame to the point of imprisonment I just thought the shit'd be different But something changed the minute that I got a whiff of it I started to inhale it, smell it, started sniffin' it And it became my cocaine, I just couldn't quit I just wanted a little bit, then it turned me to a monster I became a hypocrite, concert after concert I was raking in the dough, rolling in green Had the game hemmed up like a sewing machine But I was losing my freedom, there was nowhere for me To not go and be seen and just go and be me And there was no in-between, you either loved it or hate it Every CD, critics gave it a three Then three years later, they'd go back and re-rate it And call the Slim Shady LP the greatest The Marshall Mathers was a classic The Eminem Show was fantastic But Encore just didn't have the caliber to match it I guess enough time just ain't passed, yet A couple more years, that shit'll be Illmatic And eight years later, I'm still at it Divorced, re-married, a felon, a father, sleeping pill addict And this is real talk, I feel like the Incredible Hulk My back has been broke, and I can still walk So be careful what you wish for 'Cause you just might get it And if you get it, then you just might not know What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just Come back on you ten-fold I said be careful what you wish for 'Cause you just might get it And if you get it, then you just might not know What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just Come back on you ten-fold I got a letter from a fan that said he's been praying for me Every day and for some reason it's been weighing on my mind heavy 'Cause I don't read every letter I get But something told me to go ahead and open it, but Why would someone pray for you when they don't know you? You didn't pray for me when I was local And as I lay these vocals, I think of all the shit I had to go through Just to get to where I'm at, I've already told you at least A thousand times in these rhymes I appreciate the prayer, but I've already got God on my side And it's been one hell of a ride, hasn't it? Just watchin' it from the opposite standpoint Man, boy's got to look nuts And that's the only word I can think of right now On how to describe the shit It's just like a vibe you get, go ahead and bob to it Just watch what you wish for, 'cause I got the shit So be careful what you wish for 'Cause you just might get it And if you get it, then you just might not know What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just Come back on you ten-fold I said be careful what you wish for 'Cause you just might get it And if you get it, then you just might not know What to do wit' it, 'cause it might just Come back on you ten-fold