Album: Relapse
Artist: Eminem
Title: 3 A.M.
Track: Track 2
Writers: Trevor Lawrence Jr., Eminem, Dr. Dre, Mark Batson, Dawaun Parker & Mike Elizondo
Produced by: Dr. Dre
Release date: May 15, 2009
About the song:
“3 a.m.” sees Slim Shady become a serial killer, committing mass murder following his escape from a rehabilitation clinic.
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3 A.M. Lyrics
[Intro]
There is no escaping (Yo)
There’s no place to hide (Ayo)
You scream, “Someone save me!” (Yo)
But they don’t pay no mind (Ayo)
Goodnight, goodbye!
[Verse 1]
You’re walkin’ down a horror corridor
It’s almost four in the mornin’ and you’re in a
Nightmare, it’s horrible, right there’s the coroner
Waiting for ya to turn the corner so he can corner ya
You’re a goner, he’s onto ya
Out the corner of his cornea, he just saw ya run
All you want is to rest ’cause you can’t run anymore, you’re done
All he wants is to kill you in front of an audience
While everybody is watching in the party, applauding it
Here I sit, while I’m caught up in deep thought again
Contemplating my next plot again
Swallowin’ a Klonopin while I’m noddin’ in and out on the ottoman
At the Ramada Inn, holding onto the pill bottle, then
Lick my finger and swirl it ’round the bottom
And make sure I got all of it
Wake up naked at McDonald’s with
Blood all over me, dead bodies behind the counter, shit
Guess I must’ve just blacked out again—not again!
[Hook]
It’s 3 a.m. in the mornin’
Put my key in the door and
Bodies layin’ all over the floor and
I don’t remember how they got there
But I guess I must’ve killed ’em, killed ’em
I said, it’s 3 a.m. in the mornin’
Put my key in the door and
Bodies layin’ all over the floor and
I don’t remember how they got there
But I guess I must’ve killed ’em, killed ’em
[Verse 2]
Sitting nude in my living room, it’s almost noon
I wonder what’s on the tube, maybe they’ll show some boobs
Surfing every channel until I find Hannah Montana then
I reach for the aloe and lanolin, bust all over the wall panellin’
Dismantlin’ every candle on top of the fireplace mantel and
Grab my flannel and my bandana, then
Kiss the naked mannequin man again
You can see him standin’ in my front window if you look in
I’m just a hooligan who’s used to using hallucinogens
Causin’ illusions again, brain contusions again
Cutting and bruising the skin, razors, scissors, and pins
Jesus, when does it end? Phases that I go through
Dazed and I’m so confused
Days that I don’t know who gave these molecules to
Me, what am I gon’ do?
Hey, the prodigal son, the diabolical one
Very methodical when I slaughter them
[Hook]
It’s 3 a.m. in the mornin’
Put my key in the door and
Bodies layin’ all over the floor and
I don’t remember how they got there
But I guess I must’ve killed ’em, killed ’em
I said, it’s 3 a.m. in the mornin’
Put my key in the door and
Bodies layin’ all over the floor and
I don’t remember how they got there
But I guess I must’ve killed ’em, killed ’em
[Bridge]
She puts the lotion in the bucket
It puts the lotion on the skin
Or else it gets the hose again
She puts the lotion in the bucket
It puts the lotion on the skin
Or else it gets the hose again
[Verse 3]
I cut and I slash, slice and gash, last night was a blast
I can’t quite remember when I had that
Much fun off a half-pint of the Jack, my last Vic and-a-half
A flashlight up Kim Kardashian’s ass
I remember the first time I dismembered a family member
December, I think it was, I was having drinks with my cousin
I wrapped him in Christmas lights
Pushed him into the stinkin’ tub, cut him up into pieces
And just when I went to drink his blood
I thought, “I oughta drink his bathwater, that oughta be fun”
That’s when my days of serial murder manslaughter begun
The sight of blood excites me, that might be an artery, son
Your blood-curdling screams just don’t seem to bother me none
It’s 3 a.m. and here I come, so you should probably run
A secret passageway around here, man, there’s got to be one
Oh no, there’s probably none
He can scream all that he wants, top of his lungs
But ain’t no stopping me from chopping him up-up, ’cause…
[Hook]
It’s 3 a.m. in the mornin’
Put my key in the door and
Bodies layin’ all over the floor and
I don’t remember how they got there
But I guess I must’ve killed ’em, killed ’em
I said, it’s 3 a.m. in the mornin’
Put my key in the door and
Bodies layin’ all over the floor and
I don’t remember how they got there
But I guess I must’ve killed ’em, killed ’em
[Outro]
Yo, yo, ayo (Evil… rise)
Yo, yo, ayo (Evil… rise)
Yo, yo, ayo (Evil… rise)
Yo, yo, ayo (Evil… rise)
(Evil… rise)
(Evil… rise)