Friday, July 25, 2008
The blogs been labeling this track as a diss to Eminem cuz of Game's lyrics in the first version that leaked:
You see them 24’s spinning, I earned ‘em/and all the pictures of me and Em, I burned ‘em/ so there ain’t no proof that I ever walked through 8 Mile/and since there’s no Proof, I’ll never walk through 8 Mile
Game explained the lyrics via a statement from Interscope.
When I originally wrote the song “My Life” I was trying to think back on events that affected my life and how they changed me. When I first got signed to Aftermath and G-Unit I was exposed to so many different people from Dre to Em to 50 to Proof. I always identified with Proof. We were always cool and he would reach out to me when ever I was going through something I remember when Proof died vividly and now every time I think about going to Detroit I get depressed. That is what I was trying to say in that verse and the more I looked at I realized that people would take it the wrong way…the way they are taking it now that it leaked. So I decided to change it so that this bullshit wouldn’t happen and now it’s happened anyway. For the record, this is not the version on my album, this is not the version that radio will get and this is not the version that I just shot the video to. Furthermore, I apologize to anyone who took this the wrong way as that was never my intention.
I'm sure he didn't intend to jab Eminem in any form whatsoever, obviously because of the career ending consequences of such a move.
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Hey Jay, My son plays Lil Wayne and The Game a lot, and I like them both but I especially Lil Wayne. A lot of people in my generation don't get him, but if they listen to his lyrics they'd know. He's a lyrical genius. I like this song too.
thought he was trying to kill himself