Who Knew lyrics

[Intro]

(I never knew I) Mic check, one-two

(I never knew I) Who would've knew?

(I never knew I) Who would've known?

(I never knew I) Fuck would've thought?

(I never knew I) Motherfucker comes out

(I never knew I) And sells a couple of million records

(I never knew I) And these motherfuckers hit the ceiling

[Verse 1]

I don't do black music, I don't do white music

I make fight music for high school kids

I put lives at risk when I drive like this

I put wives at risk with a knife like this

Shit, you probably think I'm in your tape deck now

I'm in the back seat of your truck with duct tape stretched out

Ducked the fuck way down, waitin' to straight jump out

Put it over your mouth, and grab you by the face — what now?

Oh, you want me to watch my mouth

How? Take my fuckin' eyeballs out and turn them around?

Look, I'll burn your fuckin' house down, circle around

And hit the hydrant, so you can't put your burnin' furniture out

I'm sorry, there must be a mix-up

You want me to fix up lyrics

While the President gets his dick sucked?

Fuck that! Take drugs, rape sluts

Make fun of gay clubs, men who wear make-up

Get aware, wake up, get a sense of humor

Quit tryin' to censor music: this is for your kid's amusement

But don't blame me when little Eric jumps off of the terrace

You shoulda been watchin' him, apparently you ain't parents

[Chorus]

‘Cause I never knew I, knew I would get this big

I never knew I, knew I'd affect this kid

I never knew I'd get him to slit his wrist

I never knew I'd get him to hit this bitch

I never knew I, knew I would get this big

I never knew I, knew I'd affect this kid

I never knew I'd get him to slit his wrist

I never knew I'd get him to hit this bitch

[Verse 2]

So who's bringin' the guns in this country?

I couldn't sneak a plastic pellet gun

Through customs over in London

And last week I seen this Schwarzenegger movie

Where he's shootin' all sorts of these motherfuckers with an Uzi

I see these three little kids up in the front row

Screaming "Go!" with their 17-year-old uncle

I'm like, guidance?!

Ain't they got the same moms and dads

Who got mad when I asked if they liked violence?

And told me that my tape taught 'em to swear?

What about the make-up

You allow your 12-year-old daughter to wear?

So tell me that your son doesn't know any cuss words

When his bus driver's screamin' at him, fuckin' him up worse

(Go sit the fuck down, you little fucking prick!)

And "fuck" was the first word I ever learned

Up in the third grade, flippin' the gym teacher the bird (Look!)

So read up 'bout how I used to get beat up

Peed on, be on free lunch

And changed school every three months

My life's like kind of what my wife's like (What?)

Fucked up after I beat her fuckin' ass every night: Ike

So how much easier would life be

If nineteen million motherfuckers grew to be just like me?

[Chorus]

‘Cause I never knew I, knew I would get this big

I never knew I, knew I'd affect this kid

I never knew I'd get him to slit his wrist

I never knew I'd get him to hit this bitch

I never knew I, knew I would get this big

I never knew I, knew I'd affect this kid

I never knew I'd get him to slit his wrist

I never knew I'd get him to hit this bitch

[Verse 3]

I never knew I, knew I'd have a new house or a new car

A couple years ago I was more poorer than you are

I don't got that bad of a mouth, do I?

Fuck! Shit! Ass! Bitch! Cunt! Shooby-de-doo-wop!

Skibbedy-be-bop, a Christopher Reeve

Sonny Bono, skis, horses and hittin' some trees (Hey)

How many retards'll listen to me

And run up in the school shootin' when they're pissed at a tea

-cher? Her? Him? Is it you? Is it them?

"Wasn't me, Slim Shady said to do it again!"

Damn, how much damage can you do with a pen?

Man, I'm just as fucked up as you woulda been

If you woulda been in my shoes, who woulda thought

Slim Shady would be somethin' that you woulda bought?

That woulda made you get a gun and shoot at a cop

I just said it, I ain't know if you'd do it or not

[Chorus]

‘Cause I never knew I, knew I would get this big

I never knew I, knew I'd affect this kid

I never knew I'd get him to slit his wrist

I never knew I'd get him to hit this bitch

I never knew I, knew I would get this big

I never knew I, knew I'd affect this kid

I never knew I'd get him to slit his wrist

I never knew I'd get him to hit this bitch

[Outro]

How the fuck was I supposed to know?

• Artist:Eminem
• Album:The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)