I don't like to give the sob story: growing up in a single-parent home, never knew my father, my mother never worked, and when friends came over I'd hide the welfare cheese. Yo, I failed ninth grade three times, but I don't think it was necessarily 'cause I'm stupid. I didn't go to school. I couldn't deal.
EminemPeople will hate you for speaking the truth, but you've gotta learn to stand up to them, so don't be offended if I say something you don't like.
EminemI think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.
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