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Everything I Am

I set track with this map of mismatch

That just tracks, and it stacks, and its lax,

On everyone — yet it drains, and it saps

The codex, the freakin’ stats of anyone who fights back

Try to relax, take a sip, but they snap

When I’m sad, like it’s bad, like I’m whack

Like I’m trash yet have the audacity to

bid no eye, and just wave and goodbye

To the ones who just **** up to you while I’m passin’ 'em by

And it’s always just them, and them, and again

And again and again man it pains me to bend — even then

I’m denied to take a stand, but God **** — enough is enough

Of this band — I’ma snap, I’ma crack, I’ma jest, I’ma Laugh

I’m this far away from the end of my thread

But I swear on the pain that I won’t let it end

 

For The years of torment, and the pains I couldn’t vent

You’ll feel till the end so just relax and repent

These verses are godsent, You fools better flinch, better **** in your pants.

And since birth, I’ve been cursed with this curse to just curse

And blurt this berserk and bizarre **** that works

And it helps in itself, it’s relief in the tension

That’s seepin’ through these sentences, stress in extension

That’s been eatin’ me recently off of my chest

And I still can’t even rest peacefully

No patience is in me, and if you offend me

I'm liftin' you ten feet in the air

I don't care who was there and who saw me, just jaw you

Go call you a lawyer, file you a lawsuit

I'll smile in the courtroom, and buy you a wardrobe

I'm tired of all you

I don't mean to be mean

But that's all I can be, it's just me

And I am whatever you think I’m not

If I wasn’t then why would I say I’m not

In the paper, the news everyday’s a ****

Everything I’m not made me everything I’m

-Asher Graves

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Written by
the_little_bystander
21 / M / India
Published
May 3, 2025
Lines·Words
37·347
Notes

This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time but could never quite get down — until last night, when I just let it all out. This piece is a thank-you to Eminem for inspiring me, for reminding me that no matter how dark things get, you don’t give up. I know this doesn’t touch the original, but it’s written as a tribute — a homage to the man who lit the fire. All respect and credit to him

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#resilience#survival#anger#pain#frustration#mentalstrength#determination#struggle#selfexpression#innerbattle
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