Careful What You Wish For

So this is it' this is what I've wished for

Just isn't how I invisioned it' fame to the point of imprisonment

I just thought the sh*t'da be different

But something changed the minute that I got a whiff of it

I started to inhale it' smell it' started sniffing it

And it became my coc*ine' I just couldn't quit

I just wanted a little bit' then it turned me to monster

I became a hypocrite' concert after concert

I was raking in the dough' rolling in green

Had the game hemmed up' like a sewing machine

But I was losing my freedom' there was nowhere for me

To not go and be seen' and just go and be me

And there was no inbetween' you either loved it or hated

Every CD' critics gave it a three' then three

Years later' they go back and rerate it

And called The Slim Shady LP the greatest

The Marshall Mathers was a classic

The Eminem Show was fantastic

But Encore just didn't have the caliber to match it

I guess enough time just ain't passed yet

A couple more years' that sh*t'll be Illmatic

And 8 years later I'm still at it

Divorced' remarried' a felon' a father' sleeping pill addict

And this is real talk' I feel like the Incredible Hulk

My back has been broken' I can still walk

So be careful what you wish for

Cause you just might get it

And if you get it then you just might not know

What to do with it cause it might just come back on you 10 fold

I said be careful what you wish for

Cause you just might get it

And if you get it' then you just might not know

What to do with it cause it might just come back on you 10 fold

I got a letter from a fan that said' he's been praying for me

Everyday and for some reason it's been weighing on my mind heavy

Cause I don't read every letter I get

But something told me to go ahead and open it

But' why would someone pray for you when they don't know you

You didn't pray for me when I was local

And as I lay these vocals' I think of all the sh*t I had to go through

Just to get to where I'm at' I've already told you

At least' a thousand times in these rhymes

I appreciate the prayer' but I've already got god on my side

been one hell of a ride' hasnt it

Just watching it' from an opposite's stand point

Man' boy it's got to look' nuts

And thats the only word I can think of right now

On how to describe this sh*t

This is like a vibe you get it' go ahead and vibe to it

Just watch what you wish for' cause I got the sh*t

So be careful what you wish for

Cause you just might get it

And if you get it then you just might not know

What to do with it cause it might just come back on you 10 fold

I said be careful what you wish for

Cause you just might get it

And if you get it' then you just might not know

What to do with it cause it might just come back on you 10 fold