Eminem When the Music Stops Lyrics

[Intro: Bizarre]
Music, reality, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference.
But we as entertainers have a responsibility to these kids...psyche!

[Eminem]
If I were to die murdered in cold blood tomorrow
Would you feel sorrow or show love
Or would it matter?
Could never be the lead-off batter
if there ain't s___ for me to feed off
I'm see-saw battlin'
But there's way too much at stake for me to be fake
There's too much on my plate
I done came way too far in this game to turn and walk away
And not say what I got to say
What the f___ you take me for, a joke?
You smokin' crack?
'fore I do that, I'd beg Mariah to take me back
I'll get up 'fore I get down, run myself in the ground,
'fore I put some wack s___ out
I'm trynna smack this one out the park, five-thousand mark
Ya'll steady tryin' to drown a shark
Ain't gon' do nothin' but p___ me off
Lid to the can of whip a__, just twist me off
See me leap out, pull a piece out
f___ shootin', I'm just trynna to knock his teeth out
f___ with me now, b____, let's see you freestyle
Talk is cheap, m____fucka if you're really feelin' froggish, leap
Yo Slim, you gon' let him get away with that?
He tried to play you, you can't let him skate with that
Man I hate this c___, this ain't rap,
This is crazy the way we act
When we confuse hip-hop with real life when the music stops

[Swifty]
Ain't no getting rid of McVeigh, if so you woulda tried
The only way I'm leavin' this b____ is suicide
I have died clinically, arrived back at my enemy's crib
with Hennessey, Got drunk then I finish him
I'm every n____'s favorite arch-enemy
Physically fitted to be the most dangerous n____ with beef
I spark willingly with a Dillinger in the dark dilligently
I'm not what you think
I appear to be f___ed up, mentally endangered
I can't stay away from a razor
I just want my face in a paper
I wish a n____ had a grenade to squeeze tight to awake neighbors for acres
I'll murder you, I gauge have me turn into a mad man,
Son of Sam, b____, I'm surgical
I'm allergic to dyin', you think not, you got b____?
We can see how large when the music stops

[Kon Artist]
I was happy havin' a deal at first
Thought money would make me happy but it only made my pain worse
It hurts when you see your friends turn their back on you dog
And you ain't got nuttin' left but your word and your b____
And you're stressed for the calls
of your new friends beggin' with their hands out
Checkin' for your record when it's sellin'
When it ain't, that's the end, no laughs,
No friends, no girl
Just the gin you drink till you car spin you think
d___!
When you slam into the wall and you fall
Out the car, and try to crawl with one arm
I'm bout to lose it all in a pool of alcohol
If my funeral's tomorrow, wonder would they even call when the music stops

[Kuniva]
Let's see how many your men loyal
When I pull up lookin' for you
With a pistol sippin' a can of Penzoil
I'm revved up, who said what, when lead bust
Your head just explode with red stuff, I'm handcuffed
Tossed in the paddywagon
Braggin' about how you shouted like a coward,
Bullets devoured, showered you n____s
If I was you n____s, I'd run while given a chance
Understand I can enhance the spirit of man
Death itself, it can hurt me,
Just the thought of dyin' alone that really irks me
You ain't worthy to speak thoughts of cheap talk
Be smart and stop tryin' to walk how G's walk before we spark
Hug the floor while we playin tug-of-war with your life
f___ a tour and a mic, I'd rather f___ a w____ with a knife
Deliver that s___ the coroner's like, you hype
Poppin' s___ in broad daylight, n____ you're a goner at night (when the music stops)

[Proof]
Instigators, turn pits in cages
Let loose and bit the neighbors, wrist to razors
Ya'll don't want war, y'all want talk
In the dark, my dogs all bark like woof!
Proof n____ I'm a wolf, get your whole roof
Caved in like reindeer hoofs
Stomped the roof, shake the floor tiles loose
The more ya'll breathe (s___) breach, the more I moves
This hell street, this is hardcore blues
Put a gun to rap checkin' all our jewels (n____)
Or make the news betcha all ya'll move
When the uzi pop, you better drop when the music stops

[Bizarre]
Music has changed my life in so many ways
Brains confused and f___ed since the fifth grade
LL told me to rock the bells
NWA said "f___ Tha Police", now I'm in jail
'93 was strictly R&B
f___ed up hair cut, listen to Jodeci
Michael Jackson, who gon' tell me I ain't Mike?
a__ cheeks painted white, f___in' Priscilla tonight
Flyin' down sunset smokin' crack
Transvestite in the front, Eddie Murphy in the back
MOP had me grimy and gritty
Marilyn Manson, I dyed my hair blue and grew some t__ties
Ludacris told me to throw them bows
Now I'm in the hospital with a
Broken nose and a fractured elbow
Voices in my head, I'm goin' in shock,
I'm reachin' for the glock but the music stops.