I feel he didn’t really see that because he was focused on the song but it’s crazy that if you think about it everything has 2 meanings if showing 2perspectives Eminem’s and the Shootrers.
@@itsmondays7235 I.E. reaching for the scope, it gave a hint but it was em drugged out reaching for the mouthwash, and the shooter, also drugged out, reaching for the gun scope. em before a concert loading himself up on alcohol(shots), and the shooter prepping for the concert by loading his guns, magazines all over the floor(knocking over magazine stands or w.e. while he was wrecking his waiting room, or just reading them idk which), while also being the gunner dropping clips/magazines all over the floor. it's seriously every line. just go through the song, and any time you don't find a double meaning, look at the line a little longer, and there will be one. it's incredible tbh.
All Eminem’s song are insane. Never go into listening to a song by him thinking you’ll be able to digest it all in one listen because you won’t. His lyrics are so complex that you should expect to have to listen to it at least 2 or 3 times to really get it. Reading the lyrics as he raps helps a lot
Yeah, the first time i listened to it on spotify i thouht it was about him and his stage performances and after that i watched the musiv video and was a bit bloen away.
It's one thing to make a track with bars that get people hyped, but it's a whole other level when you drop bars that make people sit back in silence and just absorb and process what they just heard.. The guy is the GOAT, fact.
"Im so much like my father, you would think I knew him" Stephen paddock never knew his dad but his dad was in the top 10 FBI most wanted from the late 60's to the 70's.
Winston Dejesus *I never knew that. Thank you for sharing!! A LOT of this has double meanings... The shooters & Eminem’s loneliness. I thought he meant about HIM (Em) not knowing his dad... He was like his dad. On drink/drugs and violent to his wife. I’m glad Eminem changed & got sober. For his daughters’ sake!! They shouldn’t grow up knowing it is ok for a man to hit a woman!*
@Big John Boatright Agree...and i think Jay top 5 alive but Em is not afraid to break the barrier just as illustrated here..that's why I personally think Em and Pac are top 2 all-time
That's a stretch. The first time you're taken by surprise. The second time you see where it's going. It's not until the third or fourth time where you start to understand and start catching the double and triple meanings. But it's definitely not a single listen song. Deep and dark stuff.
Anyone else think the Hook “I don’t wanna be alone in the darkness” Is connecting how Em fights that loneliness by going on stage and sharing his darkness with his fans but also the shooter didn’t want to go into the darkness alone so he took people into the darkness with him. Dope. Dark. But dope.
Everything is double, even triple entendre. It could also be that he doesnt want to be alone in the darkness after the mass shooting bc everyones dead, hes alone, get it?
@@DiegoA-jh5zu replace going on stage with making art and it's the same meaning. He try's to not be alone in his darkness by sharing his darkness with his fans.
Well em can match himself. So technically one person can. Also all the double entendres reminds me of lose yourself where he was rhyming everything. Except he has a double meaning to everything here instead of all the rhyming
cbone1982 not true. Recovery, which is one of his best if not the best was only like 4 albums ago and it is not garbage at all. But you know what they say: haters gonna hate!
When someone is so low in self, they have to comment hate. 😂 Opinions are like buttholes. Everyone has one, but no one wants to hear/see it unless it's asked 😂
All of those places where the shootings happened were "gun free zones" yet the shooting still happened. (Which means the person who intends on breaking the law-- murdering people -- still does) But the people who want to obey the law (Not murder people, and NOT bring a gun to a gun free zone can't shoot back when there inevitably is a shooter.) Look at this most recent shooting in the Tx church. How many people would the shooter have killed if there wasn't the law abiding gun owner to stop him? 30? 40? 50?... People intent on MURDERING mass amounts of innocent people DO NOT care about the latest gun restrictions. Do you know why? Reason 1) They clearly don't care about the law. Reason 2) Such laws don't make those newly-banned guns disappear. Is meth illegal? Yeah, how's that working out? Last I checked murder was illegal too. Eminem is clearly incapable of rational thought. I like Em, but he really needs to do his research and use his brain. If the liberals get what they want with gun laws, the problem WILL get worse and the death counts for shootings WILL rise... Because there is no one to defend themselves. The Police you say? Would you really rely on a government agency whose entire purpose is to respond to calls while the act is happening or even after the fact? really? The average police response time is 8.33 MINUTES let that number sink in. We're talking about active shooters here. This is all--common--sense.
The crazy thing is for the first 2 verses you think he’s talking about himself until the 3rd verse and you realize it’s about the incident. It’s a really powerful and amazing song overall. Shout out to Royce for producing this
All the lyrics i believe are about em being nervous before he performs for a sold out concert and about the vegas shooter before and after he shot up the concert.
They're strategically overlayed in size to represent the mass shootings that have occurred also. It's more than a random placement to make a picture of the continent
“I should get ready for the show now Wait is this the whole crowd? Thought that it’d be sold out” Talks about him wondering where all of his fans are at. Yet at the same time talks from the shooter’s perspective wondering why the show isn’t full to murder more people. This is crazy
If you take a closer look at the lyrics as a whole, every single line is a double meaning. One explaining his views as an artist, while also speaking through the eyes of the Las Vegas shooter. Every. Single. Line. This man told two stories simultaneously through a single song. Absolutely fucking wild.
@@DharcKamui the songs incredible, I first listened to it a few days ago without the video, listening to the lyrics I was thinking waaaait what?.. As soon as he said Vegas you just knew what was coming
This song was a masterpiece and I'm more of a heavy metal fan but eminem is one of the only rappers that could have made it as a songwriter in any genre
Bopping my head slowly to the vibe till i realize he was connecting two worlds of himself and how he be feeling before a show and Vegas shooter. Then i really sat at the edge of my seat and had to listen carefully. This man a legend!🤦🏾♂️
💯 like hes thinking no one is showing at his show he should cancel but then hes the Las Vegas shooter, but referring to the eminem show... it was a good word play song 🔥 love this one. It's my fav
He actually says that there’s “NO SIGN OF MENTAL ILLNESS” and he doesn’t even know why he’s doing it. The shooter by all accounts was a “normal” guy that just had unlimited access to weapons and ammo legally.
Yah, his take on this song's gun control message disregards the song entirely. Spouting off about mental illness being a big issue when having unlimited access to the kinds of weapons that guy had is the issue being talked about was one if the worst takes I've heard about this song.
Yes.. the people are the issue.. but so are the guns... I personally hat guns.. but I also believe you have the right to protect yourself. Pistols.. shot guns for hunting and farmers... but assault rifles and shit.. thats not for protecting yourself. You dont need sniper rifles and AKs to stop from being robbed. Plain and simple
That's because the dude was a fall man..Listen to the shooting..You can clearly a 240B, not an AR with a bump stock, like they tried to say..not even close to matching the fire rate of one.
mmddhh34 i’m honestly not sure if you know this so i would just like to inform you that our of over 14000 murders last year under 300 were committed using rifles and not even all of those were assault rifles. far more people were killed with knives and pistols that any rifle. Please stay informed before supporting any government infringements. There are over 300,000,000 rifles in america owned by over 100,000,000 people, and yet under 300 murders were committed using them
Do you truly think someone does something like this WITHOUT a mental illness?? Did the gun force him to kill people? People hide mental issues all the fucking time, serial killers don't walk around bragging about their homicidal fantasies. If you don't believe the problem is mental illness and evil, I really don't know what to tell someone that can't see reality.
I didn't know what that song was called, but I'd heard it before for sure........but as you typed out the title, I just realized, even that is a double entendre. The sound of silence being the sampled track, while at the same time the "sound of silence" (or people being silent) on gun violence is not fixing the problem the US is facing. ......which leads to the end of the video when he says GO VOTE. Crazy af.
I had a dope line like that with a play on bayou When I'm "by you", I slice dudes, like you, From six foot, to five two.. Dump you and your album in the "bayou," cuz when I'm through, Nobody’s gonna find you, Let alone “buy you”.
This song hits you like a punch in the gut. It sounds like some typical "Eminem spitting crazy double entendre bars" and then it turns from just spitting into a story that we all know is real. It's a reminder that this shit doesn't just disappear because the media isn't covering it anymore. You can tell news like this eats at Eminem if he's willing to launch his entire album with a song about it. He's calling us all to action with this. We need to sit up and listen. He's talking about that darkness and he pulled all of us in and showed us how easy it is to pass off that sort of darkness as something else until it's too late. As always, if you see something, say something. It could save lives.
So he’s basically telling his story of struggling with drugs and making music while also telling the story from the perspective of the Vegas shooter! Absolutely amazing!
While nick cannon thinkin of his next diss , em out here changing people’s lives , im sorry but i think those 2 names shouldnt be put in a same sentence anymore #rapgodfrfr
People with mental illnesses are far more likely to be the victims of violence rather than the perpetrators of violence. In matter of fact people with mental illnesses are up to 15x more likely to be the victims. And people with mental illnesses only account for less than 5% of ALL types of violent crimes.
I was tripping on that too but the first time I played the song I wasn't looking at the images just listening to the words and when I got to the shooting I was like, hol up rewind that shit.
"Now I'm staring at the room service menu off a benzo, I can hear the music - continue to crescendo" - was a double entendre because the crescendo is the highest/loudest part of a sound (music) & he's also getting higher & higher off the benzo.
Emin Mahmudov a crescendo is when the music goes from gradually quiet/soft to louder. It's not necessarily the loudest/highest part that's left to the notes.
The emphasis on Benzos is also a play. He doesn't emphasize Valium because everyone knows about his addiction but Benzos are one of the most perscribed medications for people that are dealing with mental illness. You can get a script for it for pretty much anything and they are highly addictive. That is why the cam slow panned over the pills its a shot at big pharma.
First listen - just thought this was about him getting ready for a show until it suddenly wasn't. So well written... such an important message though, thank you Em.
@@fishbrainLTD Shit, I still gotta listen to that song. I had to stop for a minute in the middle of listening to the album because like Kevin Hart, "nooooooo ha... I wasn't readyyyyyy."
Rappers are supposed to talk about this stuff, real life.... we’re just not used to it anymore because all rappers talk about now is drugs and girls....
The smiling and the giggles at the start and then the shock on his face when it clicks that it’s about the Vegas shooting sums up the emotional rollercoaster that this song is, I’m from the Uk and it hit me hard, can’t imagine how this hits people from the US
LayedBakDFR this reaction right here is why I am a sub. A little deeper look at the music and a real reflection of what was said. Keep catchin them BARS man.
I live in Vegas so I was kind of shocked when I saw this but I really dig the message behind it so it's ok with me #VegasStrong I love Em. He's the GOAT
@@Sereous313 You obviously have no idea about Eminems previous career. He said that in Rap God cause he used that same line all the way back in 2000 in MMLP to see if he could "get away with it" cause the media has been spinning it like hes unpopular. All of you people wanted "Shady back" this is Slim Shady, this is what he does. He said worse shit before this.
I know what you mean by "it's the person behind the gun" but if you remove the gun, then there is no problem. Being from the UK with our strict gun laws you don't really get mass shootings, granted the UK is tiny compared to the USA so comparing them isn't really feasible... and the fact that the 2nd amendment has been apart of American culture for so long that it'll be very very hard to change anything to do with it. 🤷♂️
Yeah but the UK is notorious for knife crime these days, especially London. Goes to show that even if guns are banned, people are going to still kill each other. Sadly, this is the world we live in.
I get your point and obviously if you break down the statistics, like I said before it's not really feasible to compare the amount of deaths from stabbings in the UK to deaths from shootings in the US, due to the massive difference of population etc. This being said there were approximately 435 mass shootings in the US in 2019 where 517 people died, and 1648 people injured (Wikipedia, 2019). Compared to the 93 people who died from stab wounds in the UK (BBC, 2019). I would fancy my chance of survival a lot more against a knife than a gun.
@@besharpyy3246 part of the problem is that a majority (not all) of the shootings that happen in america are committed with illegally obtained, unregistered guns. People want to hold on to their guns and rightfully so, to put it simple, because they have been around for so long everyone already has them, and it's not going to be the people with ill intend that will abide the law and turn them in. There are a respectable amount of cases (mostly home/store defense) where licensed gun owners saved lives. Unfortunately this was never the case for any of the larger school and public schootings, I'd say due to the fact that most of these were committed in no gun zones. Fact of the matter is, it's not simple, this is an ultimate dilemma and there is no right or wrong choice to be made. Whatever happens will come by force. If the government (which a lot of Americans don't trust) decides to come and get the people their guns, people will resist. Definitely in the south where militias are still a thing.
Also I feel like part of the reason he did the parallel with his own experience was show you that you dont have to be mentally ill to be in a dark enough place for shit like this. Em has been in a state where alcohol and drugs were things he turned to but fortunately he has music and managed to find a way out of that darkness. Yeah, people taking actions with these guns are what cause the incidents because weapons require a wielder. And better care for the mentally ill is another discussion but ...'regular' citizens can turn into these tragic shooters and that's the terrifying bit.
@@xxTricky To say it was mental illness is so wrong. Mentally ill people are far more likely to be victims of violence. This isn't a mental illness this is guns.
@@HumanTypewriter if you're hearing inanimate objects telling you to kill people you need to be locked up, if you think wanting to kill hundreds of random people isn't the clear and obvious sign of mental issues you are fucked in the head yourself. I get it, we all suffer so yes if the majority of us are mentally ill but only a minority do these things doesn't mean all of US(I've dealt with depression for over half my life myself) are going to do it, but it is NOT a healthy mental state that leads to this. If it were guns we wouldn't have so many more mass murders from bombs, cars, knives, and bare hands.
He's saying this because the guy did not show any signs, nor did he leave a message behind to explain his motive. He's not saying the guy wasn't mentally Ill or lacked a motive. He's saying there were NO signs. So we end up not knowing why these things happen.
@@xxTricky I wouldn't say that you habe to mentally ill to do such mass shootings. If your life turned against you literally since your birth and you have never had a moment of hope in it you can think of this may be the only way to end your life. And then for most such killers it doesn't matter for them if they kill others' too...
I was there when the shooting started, the only thing I was thinking about was my family, after the worst moments in my life had ended I found my little brother lying on the ground and the blood tired the little face. This song means a lot to me and I will never stop hearing it .. RIP LITTLE BROTHER JIMMY I WILL NOT FORGET YOU AS LONG AS I AM ALIVE 💔🕊⚰✝️ 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝐼'𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝐶𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝒉𝑖𝑠 𝒉𝑜𝑙𝑒 𝐼'𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡𝒉𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛' 𝑖𝑛 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝒉𝑒𝑙𝑝 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛🎶🎧
You absolutely right bro it’s on us as people. I deal with my own mental battles day in and day out. We have to keep pushing to be the best versions of ourselves we can be! Simply said but is much harder in reality.
Thank you man you just cleared up all this bull people keep pushing. Its nots the fricking guns that's the damn problem people. It's the person behind it. I got more respect for you for putting this out there good job layedbak
for everyone who doesn’t get the message and still thinks it’s people not guns, listen to the verse at 4:53. “ but i’m a licensed owner, with no prior convictions, so law says the sky’s the limit, so my supply is infinite. strapped like i’m a soldier” He’s not saying guns needs to be taken away, but for the laws to be so bad where it’s that easy to stockpile an armory, there has to be a change. no civilian should have access to military grade weaponry like a soldier does in war.
Davis Friedman The 2nd Amendment shall not be infringed! Just take a look at history and what happens to the people when they get their guns taken away. Guns are not the problem, people are. A gun is a tool, and an inanimate object until it’s used by the person.
Andrey Petrash The second amendment was written when it took 2 minutes to load a musket. And it also says clearly in the amendment “a well regulated militia” meaning that there needs to be more regulations. thanks for bringing up the 2nd amendment though, shows how little you actually know
I subbed, gone through a couple of your videos, your so chilled until you hear something hard! Kinda funny facial expressions and shit! Loved the godzilla reaction!! Nice one bring, respect from england
My niece recently killed her father and mother and she's only 13. It was known that she tired to commit suicide, slit her wrist to the bone. But now she's been sentenced to 35 years in prison
Max Volume Not to mention that time after time after time seemingly sane people just break and start shooting people. We have to kill the myth that psychologist can tell someone is insane from a 10 minute session. Everyone who met Ted Bundy said he was a nice charming guy. Meanwhile he was bashing women’s faces in.
Jaime actually most of these shootings, the people where diagnosed with mental illnesses. Some of them actually got the cops involved way before the shooting but nothing was ever done about it. So no mental illness is still the main issue. banning guns ain’t going to make crime stop.
thee gamer Not saying to ban guns but limit guns. I believe everyone has the right to self defence but an AR-15 with a 30 round clip is above and beyond. Teachers watch their students 8 hours a day but school shootings still happen. Do a quick google of the % of people who go into the psychological field. That percentage is who you’re asking to watch over the rest of the 300,000,000 people with the potential to own tools designed for mass murder. That sound realistic to you?
Jaime But why not go the rout of protect our self instead of stripping everything away. Why not try that first?why is the only thing you guys can think of is destroying our rights and protection. Instead we are giving the bad guys exactly what they want. They get to keep there’s and we lose ours. I just think my way is safer and makes more sense. It’s as simple as (if you where a mass shooter would you rather walk into a school with an armed guard or a school with a bunch of helpless children in a corner.) like logically my side makes sense. Your side is more of a what if.
thee gamer You realise your side is quite literally a “what if a good guy had a gun” scenario right? I don’t ever believe in banning guns. I also don’t believe anything more than a pistol and a shotgun is necessary for self defence. But man to man if you were a bad guy with the element of surprise are you telling me you couldn’t pull the trigger five times into a crowd before a “good guy” puts you down? Unless you want every man in America with a hand on their grips 24/7 and be on military style alert just in case someone reaches for their hip?
I've seen a lot of reaction videos of this song and you got the message clearly after only being a minute into the song, this is why you're the best rap reaction channel I've seen so far.
the shooter literally said "no prior" means he's been checked for the arsenal in the room, that means yea ppl dont need rocket launchers to defend themselves
Steven facts. It’s to fight off the government. Literally the second amendment is there to keep our government in check. When they take guns. They take all power.
@@premiumpandagaming Well then, you don't need guns. Again, pretty much the same argument, if the point is in the army "not firing upon american citizens", what's the actual problem?
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