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"Cleanin' Out My Closet" is a song by American rapper Eminem released in 2002. It was from his fourth studio album, ''The Eminem Show'' and was later featured in his 2005 greatest hits album ''Curtain Call: The Hits''. "Cleanin' Out My Closet" was the second single released off the album following "Without Me". However, unlike the preceding single which was as his humorous Slim Shady persona, "Cleanin' Out My Closet" was a serious yet sarcastic song based on his childhood and relationships. It also depicts Eminem venting his anger towards his mother, Debbie Mathers, for the way she raised him. In the hook, Eminem sarcastically apologizes to his mother for hurting her and making her cry but takes it back by letting the whole world know what a bad mother she was. It became the second top-ten single from the album, reaching #4 on the United States ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, and one of the highest-charting singles of his career. The song did not reach #1 on any foreign charts, but was certified Platinum in Australia. It was also used in the initial theatrical trailer to Eminem's film, ''8 Mile'' released in November of that year. With the release of ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'' in 2013, Eminem apologized to his mother on the track "Headlights". He stated (among other things such as wrongfully mocking her drug problem, regretting that he never let his daughters meet their grandmother) that he cringes when he hears "Cleanin' Out My Closet" on the radio, and that he does not play the song in-concert any more.〔http://www.rap-up.com/2013/10/30/eminem-apologizes-to-his-mother-on-headlights/〕 ==Lyrical content== * In the first verse, Eminem deals with the criticism and activism against his lyrics, and how these people do not understand his background and personality. * The second verse then moves on to how his father abandoned him and his mother when Eminem was an infant, and then goes on to say how he would not do the same to his own daughter. The verse ends with a reference to Eminem's arrest for an alleged pistol whip on a bouncer who kissed his wife, a theme prevalent throughout the album. * At the start of the third verse, Eminem states that his comments regarding his mother are not made for the sake of public attention "now I would never dis my own mama just to get recognition", before alleging her for abuse of medicinal drugs and Münchausen syndrome by proxy as stated in the line, "Victim of Münchausen's syndrome. My whole life I was made to believe I was sick when I wasn't." He also mentions the demo that his mother put out for him called "Set the Record Straight". He then goes on to insult his mother by telling her he will not take his daughter(s) to her funeral and is enraged that she will not admit she was a bad mother and calls her out for suing him and says: "But how dare you try and take what you didn't help me to get / You selfish bitch, I hope you fucking burn in hell for this shit!" Finally, he mentions that at his uncle Ronnie's funeral, his mother told him he should have died instead, giving way to the final lyric: "Well, guess what? I am dead / Dead to you as can be!" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cleanin' Out My Closet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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