The Monster

"**The Monster**" to piosenka Eminema z udziałem Rihanny . Został wydany jako singiel 29 października 2013 roku. Znajduje się na ósmym studyjnym albumie Eminema  *The Marshall Mathers LP 2.* "The Monster" to czwarta współpraca Eminema i Rihanny, po Love the Way You Lie, Love the Way You Lie (part II) i Numb. Teksty opowiadają o Rihannie, która stawia czoła swoim wewnętrznym demonom, podczas gdy Eminem skupia się na negatywnych stronach swojej sławy.

## Tekst Piosenki

[Hook: Rihanna]

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

Get along with the voices inside of my head

You're tryin' to save me, stop holdin' your breath

And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy

[Verse 1: Eminem]

I wanted the fame, but not the cover of Newsweek

Oh well, guess beggars can't be choosey

Wanted to receive attention for my music

Wanted to be left alone in public, excuse me

For wantin' my cake, and eat it too, and wantin' it both ways

Fame made me a balloon ‘cause my ego inflated

When I blew, see, but it was confusing

‘Cause all I wanted to do's be the Bruce Lee of loose leaf

Abused ink, used it as a tool when I blew steam

Ooh! Hit the lottery, ooh-wee

But with what I gave up to get it was bittersweet

It was like winnin' a used mink

Ironic ‘cause I think I'm gettin' so huge I need a shrink

I'm beginnin' to lose sleep: one sheep, two sheep

Going coo-coo and kooky as Kool Keith

But I'm actually weirder than you think, ‘cause I'm…

[Hook: Rihanna]

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

Get along with the voices inside of my head

You're tryin' to save me, stop holdin' your breath

And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy

Well, that’s nothin'

Well, that’s nothin'

[Verse 2: Eminem]

Now, I ain't much of a poet

But I know somebody once told me

To seize the moment and don't squander it

‘Cause you never know when it all could be over tomorrow

So I keep conjurin'

Sometimes I wonder where these thoughts spawn from

Yeah, ponderin' will do you wonders

No wonder you're losing your mind, the way it wanders

Yodel-odel-ay-hee-hoo!

I think it went wanderin' off down yonder

And stumbled onto Jeff VanVonderen

‘Cause I need an interventionist

To intervene between me and this monster

And save me from myself and all this conflict

‘Cause the very thing that I love's killing me

And I can't conquer it

My OCD is conkin' me in the head, keep knockin'

Nobody's home, I'm sleepwalkin'

I'm just relayin' what the voice in my head's sayin'

Don't shoot the messenger, I'm just friends with the…

[Hook: Rihanna]

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

Get along with the voices inside of my head

You're tryin' to save me, stop holdin' your breath

And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy

Well, that’s nothin'

Well, that’s nothin'

[Verse 3: Eminem]

Call me crazy, but I have this vision

One day that I'll walk amongst you a regular civilian

But until then, drums get killed and

I'm comin' straight at MC's, blood gets spilled and

I'll take it back to the days that I'd get on a Dre track

Give every kid who got played that pumped up feelin'

And shit to say back to the kids who played him

I ain't here to save the fuckin' children

But if one kid out of a hundred million

Who are going through a struggle feels it and

Relates, that's great, it's payback, Russell Wilson

Falling way back in the draft

Turn nothin' into somethin', still can

Make that, straw into gold chump, I will spin

Rumpelstiltskin in a haystack

Maybe I need a straight jacket, face facts

I am nuts for real, but I'm okay with that

It's nothin', I'm still friends with the…

[Hook: Rihanna]

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

Get along with the voices inside of my head

You're tryin' to save me, stop holdin' your breath

And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy

I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed

Get along with the voices inside of my head

You're tryin' to save me, stop holdin' your breath

And you think I'm crazy, yeah, you think I'm crazy

Well, that’s nothin'

Well, that’s nothin'