Let’s Pretend Marshall Mathers never picked up a pen Let’s pretend things would’ve been no different Pretend people procrastinated had no motivation Pretend he just made excuses that was so paper thin they could blow away wit the wind Marshall you never gone make it, makes no sense to play the game it ain’t no way that’ll you win Pretend he just stand out side all day and play with his friends Pretend he even had a friend to say was his friend And it wasn’t time to move in school no changing again He wasn’t socially awakard and just strange as a kid He had a father and his mother wasn’t crazy as sh-t And he never dreamed he can ripped stadiums he just lazy as shit F-ck a talent show in the gymnasium bitch You won’t amount to sh-t quit day dreaming kid You need to get ya cranium check you thinking like an alien It just ain’t realistic Now pretend they ain’t just make him angry with this sh-t And there was no one he could even aim when he’s pissed with And his alarm went off to wake him but he did’nt make it to the rap Olympics Left to his plane and he missed it He’s gonna have a hard time explaining to Haley and Laney these food stamps and WIC shit Cause he never risked sh-t he hoped and he wished it But it didn’t fall in his lap so he ain’t even hear it he pretends that