Mekhi Phifer plays Rabbit’s best friend, Future, in the movie. This is my life and these times are so hard, and it's getting even harder tryna feed and water my seed. And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer. And I can't provide the right type of life for my family, 'cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers. The line goes like this:įact that I can't get by with my nine to five. And if they do know him ( likely from Divergent ), they’ll likely wonder why Eminem is talking about him. Lastly, a lot of younger people might wonder who Mekhi Phifer is. “And it's no movie, there's no Mekhi Phifer…” And the mobile home is where he writes his lyrics, as he’s going “back to the lab.” 'Back to the lab' is a common saying, with 'the lab' being your home, as that’s where the mad science, i.e., the dope lyrics, are created. This plays directly into the plot of the film, as Eminem is working a dead-end job during the daytime at a car factory to help support his family, who is sharing a mobile home together. Better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him. That's when it's back to the lab again, yo. He's so stagnant, he knows, when he goes back to this mobile home.

It don't matter, he's dope, he knows that, but he's broke. Instead of living alone, though, he’s living with his mother, his little sister, and his mother’s abusive boyfriend, played by Michael Shannon. In the movie, Eminem is living in a mobile home kind of like Frances McDormand in Nomadland. This is another lyric where you could probably just shrug it off, but this actually played a major part in the film as well. “He's so stagnant, he knows, when he goes back to this mobile home…” And no, I won’t be mentioning the famous “Mom’s spaghetti” lyric. So, I’m here to break down some of the lyrics that may fly over the heads of some of the younger hip-hop heads who have never seen the once-popular flick. I think some of the lyrics might actually be lost on a lot of younger listeners though since the song is directly connected to the film. I mean, it’s because he’s never seen the movie 8 Mile, and actually didn’t even know that it existed until I told him about it (which I kind of regret now since the movie is Rated-R). And I don’t mean because the lyrics are above him or anything like that. While my student knows all of the lyrics to “Lose Yourself,” a lot of it is actually lost on him. Not only that, but he can recite every single lyric to the hit song. Seriously, I have a 12-year-old student in my class who calls Eminem the G.O.A.T.

That said, even as old as it is, Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” can still be heard blasting from car speakers across America, and probably across the world.

8 Mile, and in turn, the 8 Mile soundtrack, is nearly 20 years old. The Eminem classic, 8 Mile came out almost 20 years ago.

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