LETRAThe MonsterEminem, Rihanna

I’m friends with the monster
That’s under my bed
Get along with the voices inside of my head
You’re trying to save me
Stop holding your breath
And you think I’m crazy
Yeah, you think I’m crazy (crazy)

[Eminem: Verse 1]
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, the public excuse me
Been wanting my cake, I need it too, wanting it both ways
Fame may be a balloon cause my ego inflated
When I blew seep it was confusing
Cause all I wanted to do is be the Bruce Lee of loose leaf
Abused ink, used it as a tool when I blew steam
Hit the lottery, oh wee
With what I gave up to get was bittersweet
It was like winning a huge meet
Ironic cause I think I’m getting so big I need a shrink
I’m beginning to lose sleep: one sheep, two sheep
Going cucko and cuckier as Kool Keith
But I’m actually weirder than you think
Cause I’m [Chorus:] I’m friends with the monster That’s under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You’re trying to save me Stop holding your breath And you think I’m crazy Yeah, you think I’m crazy Well, that’s not fair Well, that’s not fair [Eminem: Verse 2] 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 could all be over [?] so I keep conjuring Sometimes I wonder where these thoughts spawn from (Yeah, ponder it Do you wonder there’s no wonder you’re losing your mind the way you’re brought up?) I think you’ve been wandering off down your [?] and stumbled upon Jeff [?] Cause I needed an intervention in this to intervene between me and this monster And save me from myself and all this conflict Cause the very things that I love is killing me and I can’t conquer it My OCD is [?] me in the head Keep knocking, nobody’s home, I’m sleepwalking I’m just relaying what the voice of my head saying Don’t shoot the messenger, I’m just friends with the [Chorus:] I’m friends with the monster That’s under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You’re trying to save me Stop holding your breath And you think I’m crazy Yeah, you think I’m crazy Well, that’s not fair Well, that’s not fair [Eminem: Verse 3] Call me crazy, but I had this vision One day that I’d walk amongst you regular civilians But until then drums get killed I’m coming straight at Emcees, blood get spilled and I Take it back to the days that I get on a Dre track Give every kid who got played gat Pumped the villain and shit that say back To the kids who played ‘em I ain’t here to save the fucking children But if one kid out of a hundred million Who are going through a struggle feels and relates that’s great It’s payback, [?] falling way back In the draft, turn nothing into something, still can make that Straw in the gold chump I will spend [?] in a hay stack Maybe I need a straightjacket, face facts I am nuts for real, but I’m okay with that It’s nothing, I’m still friends with a [Bridge:] I’m friends with the monster That’s under my bed Get along with the voices inside of my head You’re trying to save me Stop holding 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 trying to save me Stop holding your breath And you think I’m crazy
Yeah, you think I’m crazy

Well, that’s not fair