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"Hello? Yeah man, I mind. Well, had a chance to go to the music awards. And I was in hope of getting a chance to meet Eminem. And I had KJ's CD with me, yours, and the Lord up the door for me to be able to meet him. After he won an award he was backstage with his bodyguards around him and they were pretty much keeping people away from him."
Dear Slim, I wrote you but you still ain't It's been like 3 years I wrote that song and A lot has now for you and I I had no that I would write a song for you and it would change my life Kids tears in the eyes still come up to me Showing love to me and telling me that look up to me thing I seen recently has come to be That I'd get dissed for what Jesus done for me But there's a whole 'nother side of I've come to see Still a influence you got upon this industry But enough of me it's not what I came to say to you now for what your mom and dad did to you A lot of kids with you, cause really they've been there too I know there's a lot of pain and hurt now you've been through But still a real love that God has gave to you
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"I just kinda prayed, I said, 'God give me a to give him this CD.' I had a chance to walk up to him and I said, 'Hey Eminem, you don't know me. But uh, you know that song Dear Stan you did?' He said, 'Yeah.' I said, 'Well there's a guy that's written a song to you kinda based the same way. called Dear Slim.' He said, 'What's he doin, dissin me?' I said, 'No.'"
Dear Slim, I wrote you but you ain't callin' I met the guy who backstage you my song and I'm still what you thought man When he walked up to you and talked to you and the CD in your hands You might've to it, or you might've lost it Some say you heard it got mad and tossed it "Well did he hit you back?" Well that's the question I always get But I ya wife heard it and at least I know that she liked it But congratulations on your movie yo and I heard record sales is like over 20 million sold But there's one that's really got me thinkin' bro Does a mean anything if it's just gotta cost your soul? I God for the love that never goes away I was going to Hell but it didn't to be that way You see the bottom of what I always say Is that God puts back the broken that were thrown away If everyone you just up and goes away He'll still you till the very day that you're old and gray Still a lot of Christians, all do is hate on you Instead of dropping to their knees and taken to pray for you It's obvious that you love your daughter, dude And for I gotta say, well, I got respect for you But it is, Dear Slim Chapter Part 2 From cat still trying to make it just like you
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"I said, 'Nah man, it's actually the opposite. He's actually showing you a lot of respect and love. There's a message of hope that he's giving you. If you don't mind I would like to give you one of his CDs.' He said, 'Man take it.' He took it and we sat there and talked just a little bit more. Thing is, I don't know if he ever heard it or not."
Dear Slim, hear the junk that I'm through? MTV's hating on me and saying that I'm you VH1 jumped in and ripping on me too It's so obvious they seem to get my song I'll admit what I've said could sound But I never came at you just to you as the enemy I was never hating or starting controversy I was never blaming you and trying to some money See I don't claim to know everything you've experienced And I guess by now, well, you've already been this But in my there is one thing I hold is this Is that a life without Christ is still a life that is fixed I'll admit a hard pill to swallow That you and I these days will always be the role You see these kids, we're the that they always follow What we say and how we live them a better tomorrow I've had my share of sorrow, plus man been rejected been chewed up, spit out and plus disrespected But if I die today and sell another record Jesus gave me more that I could have been expecting Life is hectic it can leave you blown But check it bro, man, we call just die someday And n that well there's one thing left to say Is that it's still one and one God and only one way
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"I said, showing you a lot of respect, a lot of love. This is a message from God to you through him. I'm just asking will you just take it and listen to it?' He said, 'Yeah I'll take it.' So he took it from my hand and I prayed, 'God use this and bless this moment to encourage Eminem into a relationship with you."