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Eminem - My Name Is... CD cover
Eminem
The Slim Shady LP
Released January 25, 1999
Recorded 1998
Genre Comedy hip hop, horrorcore
Label Aftermath, Interscope, Web
Writer Marshall Mathers, Andre Young, Labi Siffre

This song is performed by Eminem and appears on the albums The Slim Shady LP (1999), and Curtain Call: The Hits (2005). It is the debut single of The Slim Shady LP, and it was so popular it became TRLs #1 most requested song, this making Eminem the first rapper to achieve that. In the music video of the song he imitates many T.V. Shows and other celebrites. Here is the audio of the song.

Lyrics[]

Uncut[]

[Chorus 1]
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady

[Intro]
(Ahem. Excuse me! Can I have the attention of the class for one second?)

[Verse 1]
Hi, kids! Do you like violence? (yeah, yeah, yeah!)
Wanna see me stick Nine Inch Nails through each one of my eyelids? (uh-huh!)
Wanna copy me and do exactly like I did? (yeah, yeah!)
Try 'cid and get fucked up worse than my life is? (huh?)

My brain's dead weight; I'm tryin' to get my head straight
But I can't figure out which Spice Girl I want to impregnate (umm…)
And Dr. Dre said, "Slim Shady, you a basehead!"
Uh-uh! "Then why's your face red? Man, you wasted!"

Well, since age twelve, I've felt like I'm someone else
'Cause I hung my original self, from the top bunk with a belt
Got pissed off and ripped Pamela Lee's tits off
And smacked her so hard, I knocked her clothes backwards like Kris Kross

I smoke a fat pound of grass and fall on my ass
Faster than a fat bitch who sat down too fast
C'mere, slut! (Shady, wait a minute, that's my girl, dawg!)
I don't give a fuck; God sent me to piss the world off!

[Chorus 1]
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady

[Verse 2]
My English teacher wanted to have sex in junior high
The only problem was my English teacher was a guy
I smacked him in his face with an eraser
Chased him with a stapler, stapled his nuts to a stack of paper (owwww!)

Walked in the strip club; had my jacket zipped up
Flashed the bartender, then stuck my dick in the tip cup
Extra-terrestrial, killing pedestrians, raping lesbians
While they're screamin' at me, "Let's just be friends!"

Ninety-nine percent of my life I was lied to
I just found out my mom does more dope than I do (damn!)
I told her I'd grow up to be a famous rapper
Make a record about doin' drugs and name it after her (oh, thank you!)

You know you blew up when the women rush the stands
And try to touch your hands like some screamin' Usher fans (ahh, ahhhhh!)
This guy at White Castle asked for my autograph (Dude, can I get your autograph?)
So I signed it: "Dear Dave, thanks for the support, asshole!"

[Chorus 2]
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady

[Verse 3]
Stop the tape! This kid needs to be locked away (get him!)
Dr. Dre, don't just stand there, operate
I'm not ready to leave; it's too scary to die (fuck that!)
I'll have to be carried inside the cemetery and buried alive (huh, yup!)

Am I comin' or goin'? I can barely decide
I just drank a fifth of vodka; dare me to drive? (go ahead)
All my life I was very deprived
I ain't had a woman in years, and my palms are too hairy to hide (whoops!)

Clothes ripped like the Incredible Hulk (hahh-too)
I spit when I talk, I'll fuck anything that walks (c'mere)
When I was little I used to get so hungry I would throw fits
How ya gonna breastfeed me, mom?! You ain't got no tits! (waah, wahh!)

I lay awake and strap myself in the bed
Put a bulletproof vest on and shoot myself in the head (bang!)
Till I'm steamin' mad, (arrrh!) and by the way when you see my dad (yeah?)
Tell him that I slit his throat in this dream I had

[Chorus 1]
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady

Clean[]

[Chorus 1]
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady

[Intro]
(Ahem. Excuse me! Can I have the attention of the class for one second?)

[Verse 1]
Hi, kids! Do you like primus? (yeah, yeah, yeah!)
Wanna see me stick Nine Inch Nails through each one of my eyelids? (uh-huh!)
Wanna copy me and do exactly like I did? (yeah, yeah!)
Try ——— and get messed up worse than my life is? (huh?)

My brain's dead weight; I'm tryin' to get my head straight
But I can't figure out which Spice Girl I want to impregnate (umm…)
And Dr. Dre said, "Slim Shady, you a basehead!"
Uh-uh! "Then why's your face red? Man, you wasted!"

Well, since age twelve, I've felt like a caged elf
Who stayed to himself, in one space, chasing his tail (bladabladablada)
Got ticked off and ripped Pamela Lee's lips off
Kissed 'em and said, "I ain't know silicon was supposed to be soft!"

I'm 'bout to pass out and crash and fall in the grass
Faster than a fat man who sat down too fast
C'mere, lady! (Shady, wait a minute, that's my girl, dawg!)
I don't give a damn; Dre sent me to tick the world off!

[Chorus 1]
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady

[Verse 2]
My English teacher wanted to flunk me in junior high
Thanks a lot. Next semester I'll be thirty-five
I smacked him in his face with an eraser
Chased him with a stapler and told him to change the grade on the paper (now)

Walked in the strip club; had my jacket zipped up
Served the bartender and walked out with a tip cup
Extra-terrestrial, running over pedestrians in a spaceship
While they're screamin' at me, "Let's just be friends!"

Ninety-nine percent of my life I was lied to
I just found out my mom does more ——— than I do
I told her I'd grow up to be a famous rapper
Make a record about doin' ——— and name it after her (hey, mom)

You know you blew up when the women rush the stands
And try to touch your hands like some screamin' Usher fans (ahh! ahhhhh!)
This guy at White Castle asked for my autograph (Dude, can I get your autograph?)
So I signed it: "Dear Dave, thanks for the support, ———!"

[Chorus 2]
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady

[Verse 3]
Stop the tape! This kid needs to be locked away (get him!)
Dr. Dre, don't just stand there, operate
I'm not ready to leave; it's too scary to die
I'll have to be carried inside the cemetery and buried alive

Am I comin' or goin'? I can barely decide
I just drank a fifth of Kool-Aid, ———? (go ahead)
All my life I was very deprived
I ain't had a woman in years, and my palms are too hairy to hide (whoops!)

Clothes ripped like the Incredible Hulk (hahh-too)
I spit when I talk, I'll ——— anything that walks (c'mere)
When I was little I used to get so hungry I would throw fits
How ya gonna breastfeed me, mom?! You ain't got no ———! (waah, wahh!)

I lay awake and strap myself in the bed
Put a bulletproof vest on and tap myself in the head (bang!)
Till I'm steamin' mad, (arrrh!) and by the way when you see my dad (yeah?)
Ask him if he bought a porno mag and see my ad

[Chorus 1]
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (what?) My name is…
(who?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady
Hi! My name is… (huh?) My name is…
(what?) My name is… (chika-chika) Slim Shady

Music videos[]

Clean version:

Eminem_-_My_Name_Is

Eminem - My Name Is


Explicit version:

Eminem_-_My_Name_Is_(Dirty_Version)

Eminem - My Name Is (Dirty Version)


Original (uncut) version:

Trivia[]

  • The "Dirty Version" still contains explicit lyrics which have been altered, unlike the uncut version.
  • Eminem's mom, Debbie Mather's later sued him for songs like "My Name Is", "Without Me" and "Cleanin' Out My Closet". My Name Is contained explicate lyrics against his mom like "Ninety-nine percent of my life I was lied to, I just found out my mom does more dope than I do (damn!),[1] I told her I'd grow up to be a famous rapper, Make a record about doin' drugs and name it after her (oh, thank you!)".
  • Later Eminem would deny this in "Without Me" where he says "Now this shit's about to get heavy, I just settled all my lawsuits, Fuck you Debbie!" as well as giving a sarcastic apology to his mom in "Cleaning Out My Closet". Although he did make up for it in "Headlights" appearing in his 8th Studio Album "Headlights" which featured Nate Russ.
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