Mom, Why Did You Do That to Me? (Review of Eminem's Song "Cleaning Out My Closet")

I have listened to this song many times
same as the video
I feel so sorry. I'm sorry about your life
I know you hated your mom when you were a kiddo
She was a stricken mother. She was always mad at you.
She dragged you out of your room as if you were a little puppy
"Why? Mom, I didn't do anything wrong!"
You just played with toys like every other kid did
You just wrote, "Happy Mother's Day!" to make your mom happy
"Mom, why did you do that to me?" you said.
"I'm sorry, I never meant to hurt you, and I never meant to make you cry."
But tonight, you cleaned out your closet
"I'm afraid, afraid!"
You hid in the dark closet. "Mom, I'm afraid of you."
You felt like you hated your mom
"Why did you do that to make me hate you, Mom? I just want a life like other kids. My dad left me when I was a little baby. And he never contacted us anymore. It's all your fault, Mom. I don't really know my father."
After almost 30 years...
There was another song, Kill You
"When I was just a little baby boy, my momma used to tell me these crazy things... but then I got a little bit older, and I realized, she was the crazy one..."
"My childhood was full of lies and dipped in filthy memory," you said.
"But Mom, I just wonder why did you do that to me."

"Although I hated you or I hate you until now...
Mom, I love you!!!"

I know, Eminem, you were an unlucky kiddo in your childhood
The song Cleaning Out My Closet...
I repeat, listen, I'm sorry about your childhood that your mom ruined it at all...

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