Artist: Eminem
Album: The Death of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)
Title: Trouble
Track: Track 3
Writers: Eminem, Dem Jointz & FredWreck
Produced by: Dem Jointz & FredWreck
Release date: July 12, 2024
Trouble Lyrics
[Intro: Slim Shady & Eminem]
Alright, here, drink this
What is it?
Shut up and drink it
No
I said drink it, bitch
The fuck? (Haha)
The fuck are you tryin’ to do? Get us cancelled (Ayo)
[Verse: Slim Shady & Eminem]
Fuck blind people (What?), and deaf people suck (Stop, yeah)
So do cripples (No), dumb quadriplegic fucks
With Christopher Reeve’s luck (Woah, woah-woah-woah-woah)
Shady, Jesus, what the fuck?
Oh, here comes Marshall to try to clean this up (Shut up)
What’s the matter, Marshall? Your penis tucked?
Aw, the big bad wapper just get his feewings hurt?
Let me go, you bitch, huh, or what, genius, huh?
You gonna cancel me, yeah? Gen-Z me, bruh?
Little pussy, what’s wrong? Thought you was dreaming, huh?
When you gonna rеalize that we fuckin’ need each othеr?
About the song:
Clocking in at under a minute, “Trouble” functions as a pivotal plot point on The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce), emphasizing the complex and often volatile relationship between Eminem and his alter ego, Slim Shady.
Slim Shady, the embodiment of shock and horror, thrives on chaos, with his persona built on a foundation of bleached hair and vodka-fueled antics. This is why their dialogue begins with Shady compelling Eminem to consume alcohol, symbolizing a struggle for control. Eminem, hesitant and resistant, appears to lose his grip on Shady, who then spirals into a tirade of hate, recklessly throwing out incendiary comments with a complete disregard for the looming threat of getting “cancelled.”
The track culminates with a thought-provoking realization: despite Eminem’s deep resentment for Slim Shady, there is an undeniable need for one another—a toxic yet symbiotic relationship that has been both a blessing and a curse throughout Eminem’s career. This duality underscores the notion that Eminem’s meteoric rise to fame only truly began after he embraced the Slim Shady persona and released The Slim Shady LP in 1999. It’s this internal conflict between Marshall Mathers and his darker, more outrageous counterpart that has fueled much of his artistic success, even as it has also led him into “trouble.”