Betrayal Song (Eminem)

Betrayal can be found in many things, from music to plays which is what I will be comparing. In Eminems' song "Cleanin out my Closet" he talks about how he needed his mom throughout his life. But, she was never there for hin and never really wanted him. Eminem feels that he has been betrayed by his mom. How could someone who is so close to you, betray you??

I can relate this to Caesar because Caesar starts to loose a close friend Brutus. Eminem and Caesar both will feel the same emotion of betrayal by someone close. As Eminem grew stronger in the business of music, tours and record deals his mom pushed him even farther away shown by these lyrics " remember when Ronnie died and you wished it was me, well guess what, I am dead, dead to you as can be." As Caesar starts to get more powerful more people were persuading Brutus to bring Caesar down and betray him. Even though they had a close relationship.

"Cleanin out my Closet"

Have you ever been hated or discriminated against, I have, i've been protested and demostraited against. Picket signs for my wicked rhymes. Look at the times. Sick as the mind of the mothaf***in' kid that's behind all this commotion. Emotions run deep as ocean's explodin.' Tempers flaring from parents, just blow 'em off and keep goin' Not takin' nothin' from no one, give 'em hell as long as I'm breathin' Keep kickin' @$$ in the mornin', an takin' names in the evening. Leavem with a taste as sour as vinegar in they mouth. See, they can trigger me but they never figure me out. Look at me now, I bet ya probably sick of me now. Ain't you mama, I'ma make you look so ridiculous now.

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I'm sorry mama. I never meant to hurt you. I never meant to make you cry, but tonight I'm cleanin' out my closet.

I got some skeletons in my closet and I don't know if no one knows it. So before they throw me inside my coffin and close it, I'ma expose it. I'll take you back to 73 before I ever had a multi-platinum sellin' CD. I was a baby, maybe I was just a couple months. My father must have had his panties in a bunch, cuz he split. I wonder if he even kissed me goodbye. I look at Hailie and I couldn't picture leavin' her side. Even if I hated Kim, I grit my teeth and I'd try, to make it work with her atleast for Hailies sake. I maybe made of some mistakes but I'm only human. But I'm man enough to face them today. What I did was stupid, no doubt it was dumb, but the smartest s*** I did was take them bullets out of that gun. It's my life, I'd like to welcome ya'll to the Eminem Show

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Now I would never dis my own mama just to get recognition. Take a second to listen for you think this record is dissin', But put yourself in my position. Just try to envision witnessin' your mama poppin' prescription pills in the kitchen, b****in' that someone's always goin' through her her purse and s*** missin'. Going through public housing systems, victim of Munchausen's syndrome. My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't til I grew up, now I blew up. It makes you sick to ya stomach, doesn't it?? Wasn't it the reason you made that CD for me, Ma? So you could try to justify the way you treated me, ma? But guess what, yer gettin' older now and it's cold when you're lonely. An' Nathans gettin' up so quick, he's gonna know that your phoney. And Hailie's getting so big now, you should see her, she's beautiful. But you'll never see her, she wont even be at your funeral. See what hurts me the most is you wont admit you was wrong. Keep tellin' yourself that you was a mom. But how dare you try to take what you didnt help me to get. Remember when Ronnie died and you said you wished it was me? Well, guess what, I am dead. Dead to you as can be.

by - Eminem

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