A Poet's Voice

No Love
by Eminem

Lyrics:

[Verse 1 ‒ Lil Wayne]
Throw dirt on me and grow a wildflower
But it's "**** the world", get a child out her
Yeah, my life a *****, but you know nothing about her
Been to hell and back, I can show you vouchers
I'm rolling Sweets, I'm smoking sour
Married to the game but she broke her vows
That's why my bars are full of broken bottles
And my night stands are full of open Bibles
I think about more than I forget
But I don't go around fire expecting not to sweat
And these ***** know I lay them down, make their bed
**** try to kick me while I'm down: I'll break your leg
Money outweighing problems on a triple beam
I'm sticking to the script, you ***** skipping scenes
Be good or be good at it
**** right I've got my gun, semi-Cartermatic
Yeah, put a **** in their mouth, so I guess it's "**** what they say"
I'm high as a ****: up, up and away
Man, I come down in a couple of days
OK, you want me up in a cage, then I'll come out in beast mode
I got this world stuck in the safe, combination is the G-code
It's Weezy mother*****, blood gang and I'm in bleed mode
All about my dough but I don't even check the peephole
So you can keep knocking but won't knock me down
No love lost, no love found

[Hook ‒ Eminem & Lil Wayne]
It's a little too late to say that you're sorry now
You kicked me when I was down
But what you say, just (don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more)
That's right *****: and I don't need you, don't want to see you
***** you get (no love)
You showed me nothing but hate
You ran me into the ground
But what comes around goes around
I don't need you (don't hurt me)
You (don't hurt me no more)
That's right, and I don't need you, don't want to see you
You get (no love)
***** you get (no love)
And I don't need you
Get em

[Verse 2 ‒ Eminem]
I'm alive again
More alive than I have been in my whole entire life
I can see these people's ears perk up as I begin
To spaz with the pen, I'm a little bit sicker than most
****'s finna get thick again
They say the competition is stiff
But I get a hard **** from this ****, now stick it in
I ain't never giving in again
Caution to the wind, complete freedom
Look at these rappers, how I treat them
So why the **** would I join them when I beat them
They call me a freak because
I like to spit on these ******* fore I eat them
Man get these whack ********** off stage
Where the **** is Kanye when you need him?
Snatch the mic from him, ***** I'mma let you finish in a minute
Yeah that rap was tight
But I'm 'bout to spit the greatest verse of all time
So you might want to go back to the lab tonight and um
Scribble out them rhymes you were going to spit
And start over from scratch and write new ones
But I'm afraid that it ain't gonna make no difference
When I rip this stage and tear it in half tonight
It's an adrenaline rush to feel the bass thump
In the place all the way to the parking lot, fellow
Set fire to the mic and ignite the crowd
You can see the sparks from hot metal
Cold-hearted from the day I Bogarted the game
I so started to rock fellow
When I'm not even in my harshest
You can still get roasted 'cause Marsh is not mellow
Til I'm toppling from the top I'm not going to stop
I'm standing on my Monopoly board
That means I'm on top of my game and it don't stop
Til my hip don't hop anymore
When you so good that you can't say it
Because it ain't even cool for you to sound ***** anymore
People just get sick cause you spit
These fools can't drool or dribble a drop anymore
And you can never break my stride
You never slow the momentum at any moment I'm about to blow
You'll never take my pride
Killing the flow, slow venom and the opponent
Is getting no mercy, mark my words
Ain't letting up, relentless
I smell blood, I don't give a ****: keep giving them hell
Where was you when I fell and needed help up?
You get no love

[Hook ‒ Eminem & Lil Wayne]
It's a little too late to say that you're sorry now
You kicked me when I was down
But what you say just (don't hurt me)
That's right, it (don't hurt me)
I don't need ya (no more)
Don't wanna see ya (no more)
***** you get no (love)
You showed me nothin' but hate
You ran me into the ground
But what comes around goes around (around)
Don't hurt me (that's right)
You don't hurt me (and I don't need ya) no more
(Don't wanna see ya) no more
***** you get no love (no), no love (no), no love (no)
No love
***** you get no love (no), no love (no), no love
And I don't need ya (no more) 

Analysis:

No love is a song by Eminem, a famous rapper. This song is about bullying and inside and outside of school. This is very easily in the music video above. The music video is about a teenager getting bullied by several different people. Eventually the teen gets the courage to fight the three main bullies. I think this song has two important messages. Firstly, bullying is wrong and shouldn’t be done at all. The second theme is the whole idea of karma. Karma is basically the belief that what you do to other people will happen to you. This message is shown very clearly in the end of the music video and also in the usage of the line, ‘But what comes around goes around’. This line is also a cliché that is often used when explaining karma. I don’t think there is any specific emotion in this song. In this song there are several metaphors used to describe most things. Such as the line ‘But I don't go around fire expecting not to sweat’, to explain that he thinks about something when he sees a reminder of it. I personally think this is a good song and the music video is a really clear example of why we shouldn’t bully anyone.