Mockingbird

I'm not exactly the biggest fan of hip-hop and rap,but when it comes to Eminem it's a totally different case.It was with The Eminem Show he started inserting his life experiences and untold tragedies into the lyrics,and suddenly the rap genre wasn't all about banging asses and self aggrandizing-but even when Eminem does sing about such things,he strangely still sounds profound.He's rarely in the limelight and seems to have genuinely troubling problems plus his songs do contain some really heavy,deep topics amidst cursing and raging about,so it's hard to find his material exploitative (unlike most mainstream,chartopping break-up/motivational songs which sound so excruciatingly insincere,manipulative and cliche).I overheard Mockingbird over the radio this morning,and thought it was really moving so i'll post a small excerpt here (the rest of it here) and leave it at that for today.

Now hush little baby, don't you cry.Everything's gonna be alright.Stiffen that upper lip up little lady, I told ya Daddy's here to hold ya through the night.I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why we feel how we feel inside.It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby but I promise momma's gon' be alright .