Medicine Ball

Album: Relapse (2009)
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Songfacts®:

  • Eminem mocks the late actor Christopher Reeve, who was paralysed after a horse-riding accident. Shady previously rapped about Reeve on "Rainman" a track from his 2004 album Encore.
  • In this song, Eminem broods about the dependency on sleep medication that he found himself in post Encore.

Comments: 2

  • Saltine from Htown, TxWhy does em hate christopher reeve so much? Its funny and all but why?
  • Rick from Slidell, LaFinally back to the old school stuff. Bout time
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