Lyrics Renegade - Eminem , Jay-Z

Motherfuckers say that I'm foolish
I only talk about jewels (bling bling)
Do you fools listen to music
Or do you just skim through it?
See, I'm influenced by the ghetto you ruined
The same dude you gave nothin'
I made somethin' doin'

What I do, through and through and
I give you the news with a twist
It's just his ghetto point of view
The renegade, you been afraid
I penetrate pop culture
Bring 'em a lot closer to the block
Where they pop toasters

And they live with they moms
Got dropped roadsters
From botched robberies, niggas crouched over
Mami's knocked up 'cause she wasn't watched over
Knocked down by some clown
When child support knocked
No, he's not around
Now, how that sound to ya? Jot it down
I bring you through the ghetto without ridin' 'round
Hidin' down, duckin' strays from
Frustrated youths stuck in they ways

Just read a magazine that fucked up my day
How you rate music that thugs with nothin' relate to it?
I help them see they way through it, not you
Can't step in my pants, can't walk in my shoes
Bet everything you worth
You'll lose your tie and your shirt

Since I'm in a position
To talk to these kids and they listen
I ain't no politician, but I'll kick it with 'em a minute
'Cause, see, they call me a menace
And if the shoe fits, I'll wear it
But if it don't, then y'all will swallow
The truth, grin and bear it

Now who's the king of these
Rude, ludicrous, lucrative lyrics?
Who could inherit the title
Put the youth in hysterics
Usin' his music to steer it
Sharin' his views and his merits?

But there's a huge interference
They're sayin' you shouldn't hear it
Maybe it's hatred I spew
Maybe it's food for the spirit
Maybe it's beautiful music
I made for you to just cherish

But I'm debated, disputed
Hated and viewed in America
As a motherfuckin' drug addict
Like you didn't experiment?
Nah, nah!

That's when you start to stare at who's in the mirror
And see yourself as a kid again
And you get embarrassed
And I got nothin' to do
But make you look stupid as parents
You fuckin' do-gooders
Too bad you couldn't do good at marriage (Ha-ha!)

And do you have any clue
What I had to do to get here?
I don't think you do, so stay tuned
And keep your ears glued to the stereo
'Cause here we go, he's Jigga-Jur-Jigga-Jih-Jigga
And I'm the sinister, Mr. Kiss-My-Ass is just

Renegade!
Never been afraid to say
What's on my mind at any given time of day
'Cause I'm a renegade!
Never been afraid to talk about anything (anything?)
Anything! (anything)

Renegade!
Never been afraid to say
What's on my mind at any given time of day
'Cause I'm a renegade!
Never been afraid to holler about anything (anything?)
Anything! (anything)

I had to hustle, my back to the wall, ashy knuckles
Pockets filled with a lotta lint, not a cent
Gotta vent, lotta innocent lives lost on the project bench
What you hollerin'? Gotta pay rent, bring dollars in

By the bodega, iron under my coat
Feelin' braver, durag wrappin' my waves up, pockets full of hope
Do not step to me, I'm awkward, I box lefty
An orphan my pops left me
And often my momma wasn't home
Could not stress to me, I wasn't grown
'Specially on nights I brought somethin' home
To quiet the stomach rumblings

My demeanor, thirty years my senior
My childhood didn't mean much, only raisin' green up
Raisin' my fingers to critics, raisin' my head to the sky
BIG, I did it, multi before I die
No lie, just know I chose my own fate
I drove by the fork in the road and went straight

See, I'm a poet to some
A regular modern-day Shakespeare
Jesus Christ, the king of these Latter-day Saints here
To shatter the picture in which of that as they paint me as
A monger of hate, satanist, scatter-brained atheist
But that ain't the case, see, it's a matter of taste
We as a people decide if Shady's as bad as they say he is

Or is he the latter, a gateway to escape?
Media scapegoat who they can be mad at today
See, it's as easy as cake, simple as whistlin' Dixie
While I'm wavin' the pistol at sixty Christians against me
Go to war with the Mormons
Take a bath with the Catholics, in holy water

No wonder they tried to hold me under longer
I'm a motherfuckin' spiteful, delightful eyeful
The new Ice Cube, motherfuckers hate to like you
What did I do? (Huh?)
I'm just a kid from the gutter
Makin' his butter off these bloodsuckers
'Cause I'm a muh'fuckin

Renegade!
Never been afraid to say
What's on my mind at any given time of day
'Cause I'm a renegade!
Never been afraid to talk about anything (anything?)
Anything! (Anything)

Renegade!
Never been afraid to say
What's on my mind at any given time of day
'Cause I'm a renegade!
Never been afraid to holler about anything (Anything?)
Anything (Anything!)

Renegade!
Never been afraid to say
What's on my mind at any given time of day
'Cause I'm a renegade!
Never been afraid to talk about anything (Anything?)
Anything! (Anything)

Renegade!
Never been afraid to say
What's on my mind at any given time of day
'Cause I'm a renegade!
Never been afraid to holler about anything (Anything)
Anything (Anything!)