"I Need A Doctor" - Eminem feat. Dr. Dre & Skylar Grey (aka Holly Brook)
I hate award shows. But I watch. I watch it like a train wreck. It's terrible and excruciatingly painful, but I just can't help but sit back and watch anyway.
I hate it even more when it's supposed to be about music and often times the artists get stage fright. They stumble, or try too hard, or don't even try at all and choose instead to lip sync and still manage to perform like utter and complete sh*t.
This, however isn't one of those times.
Rihanna came out at first to do "Love the Way You Lie" and although she was a bit shaky, it made me feel as though she was reflecting back to some unfortunate memories of her past. I could've sworn she made a 'C' with her right hand as if sending a subtle "F-You" to her ex Chris Brown. It would be awesome to know if this was her true intention.
Eminem wasn't so subtle. I AM absolutely in love with his passion and presence. He killed it on stage! There's just no other way to put it. This by far is the best I've ever seen him. I loved everything about this performance especially Skylar Grey's voice. It's so beautiful that it made me want to look up more of her songs! I discovered that she used to go by Holly Brook and she actually got her big break from Linkin' Park's Mike Shinoda. Now I may have to go out and buy her album from 2006 since before today I had no idea who she was!
It's sad that good, live performances are such a rarity nowadays. With all this technology and ability to cover up what's real, it's hard to tell where the true talent is coming from. Is it just a facade? Or are we really watching someone who can actually sing? It's nerve-wrecking because as people we always expect the worst, gritting our teeth and biting our nails hoping whoever's on stage wouldn't fall on their face as they often do under pressure. So you know I'm impressed when a song sang live compels me to search for the recorded version. I just love it when artists put themselves at such a vulnerable state: in front of a huge, critical crowd with only a mic in hand, and then boom! They shock the hell out of us!
It proves that there are some that don't need to be locked up in a studio to sound great! They just need to be great.
Lyrics:
I'm about to lose my mind
You've been gone for so long
I'm running out of time
I need a doctor
Call me a doctor
I need a doctor, doctor
To bring me back to life
I told the world, one day I would pay it back.
Say it on tape and lay it, record it, so that one day I
could play it back.
But I don't even know if I believe it when I'm saying
that.
Doubt startin' to creep in, everyday it's just so gray
and black.
Hope, I just need a ray of that
'Cause no one sees my vision
When I play it for 'em, they just say it's wack.
But they don't know what dope is.
And I don't know I about to awake or asleep when I
wrote this.
All I know is you came to me when I was at my lowest.
You picked me up, breathed new life in me. I owe my
life to you.
Before the life of me, I don't see why you don't see
like I do.
But it just dawned on me; you lost a son. See this
light in you? It's dark.
Let me turn on the lights and brighten me and enlighten
you.
I don't think you realize what you mean to me, not the
slightest clue.
'Cause me and you, we're like a crew. I was like your
sidekick.
You gon' either wanna fight when I get off this f-cking
mic,
Or you gon' hug me. But I'm out of options, there's
nothing else I can do cause...
I'm about to lose my mind
You've been gone for so long
I'm running out of time
I need a doctor
Call me a doctor
I need a doctor, doctor
To bring me back to life
It hurts when I see you struggle.
You come to me with ideas.
You say that these are pieces, so I'm puzzled.
'Cause the sh-t I hear is crazy,
But you're either getting lazy, or you don't believe in
you no more.
Seems like your own opinions, not one you can form.
Can't make a decision, you keep questioning yourself,
Second guessing, and it's almost like your begging for
my help.
Like, I'm YOUR leader.
You're supposed to f-cking be MY mentor.
I can endure no more!
I demand you remember who you are!
It was YOU, who believed in me,
When everyone was telling you, you don't sign me.
Everyone at the f-cking label, lets tell the truth.
You risked your career for me, I know it as well as
you.
Nobody wanted to f-ck with the white boy...
Dre, I'm crying in this booth.
You saved my life, now maybe it's my time to save
yours.
But I can never repay you, what you did for me is way
more.
But I ain't giving up faith, and you ain't giving up on
me.
Get up Dre! I'm dying, I need you, come back for f-ck's
sake cause...
I'm about to lose my mind
You've been gone for so long
I'm running out of time
I need a doctor
Call me a doctor
I need a doctor, doctor
To bring me back to life
[Dr Dre]
It literally feels like a lifetime ago
But I still remember the sh-t like it was just
yesterday though
You walked in, yellow jump suit
Whole room, cracked jokes
Once you got inside the booth, told you, like smoke
Went through friends, some of them I put on
But they just left, they said that was riding to the
death
But where the f-ck are they now
Now that I need them, I don't see none of them
All I see is Slim
F-ck all you fairweather friends
All I need is him
F-cking backstabbers
When the chips were down, you just laughed at us
Now you bout to feel the f-cking wrath of aftermath,
faggots
You gon' see us in our lab jackets and ask where the f-
ck we been?
You can kiss my indecisive ass crack maggots and the
crackers ass
Little cracker jack beat making wack math,
Backwards producers, I'm back bastards
One more CD and then I'm packing up my bags and as I
leave
And I guarantee they'll scream, Dre don't leave us like
that man cause...
I'm about to lose my mind
You've been gone for so long
I'm running out of time
I need a doctor
Call me a doctor
I need a doctor, doctor
To bring me back to life
Bring me back to life
Bring me back to life
http://www.elyrics.net/read/d/dr.-dre-lyrics/i-need-a-doctor-lyrics.html
http://www.yk2daily.net/2011/02/10/dr-dre-to-perform-w-eminem-at-grammys/
http://kicktheeardrum.com/2011/02/01/skylar-greys-love-the-way-you-lie-demo/
I hate award shows. But I watch. I watch it like a train wreck. It's terrible and excruciatingly painful, but I just can't help but sit back and watch anyway.
I hate it even more when it's supposed to be about music and often times the artists get stage fright. They stumble, or try too hard, or don't even try at all and choose instead to lip sync and still manage to perform like utter and complete sh*t.
This, however isn't one of those times.
Rihanna came out at first to do "Love the Way You Lie" and although she was a bit shaky, it made me feel as though she was reflecting back to some unfortunate memories of her past. I could've sworn she made a 'C' with her right hand as if sending a subtle "F-You" to her ex Chris Brown. It would be awesome to know if this was her true intention.
Eminem wasn't so subtle. I AM absolutely in love with his passion and presence. He killed it on stage! There's just no other way to put it. This by far is the best I've ever seen him. I loved everything about this performance especially Skylar Grey's voice. It's so beautiful that it made me want to look up more of her songs! I discovered that she used to go by Holly Brook and she actually got her big break from Linkin' Park's Mike Shinoda. Now I may have to go out and buy her album from 2006 since before today I had no idea who she was!
It's sad that good, live performances are such a rarity nowadays. With all this technology and ability to cover up what's real, it's hard to tell where the true talent is coming from. Is it just a facade? Or are we really watching someone who can actually sing? It's nerve-wrecking because as people we always expect the worst, gritting our teeth and biting our nails hoping whoever's on stage wouldn't fall on their face as they often do under pressure. So you know I'm impressed when a song sang live compels me to search for the recorded version. I just love it when artists put themselves at such a vulnerable state: in front of a huge, critical crowd with only a mic in hand, and then boom! They shock the hell out of us!
It proves that there are some that don't need to be locked up in a studio to sound great! They just need to be great.
Lyrics:
I'm about to lose my mind
You've been gone for so long
I'm running out of time
I need a doctor
Call me a doctor
I need a doctor, doctor
To bring me back to life
I told the world, one day I would pay it back.
Say it on tape and lay it, record it, so that one day I
could play it back.
But I don't even know if I believe it when I'm saying
that.
Doubt startin' to creep in, everyday it's just so gray
and black.
Hope, I just need a ray of that
'Cause no one sees my vision
When I play it for 'em, they just say it's wack.
But they don't know what dope is.
And I don't know I about to awake or asleep when I
wrote this.
All I know is you came to me when I was at my lowest.
You picked me up, breathed new life in me. I owe my
life to you.
Before the life of me, I don't see why you don't see
like I do.
But it just dawned on me; you lost a son. See this
light in you? It's dark.
Let me turn on the lights and brighten me and enlighten
you.
I don't think you realize what you mean to me, not the
slightest clue.
'Cause me and you, we're like a crew. I was like your
sidekick.
You gon' either wanna fight when I get off this f-cking
mic,
Or you gon' hug me. But I'm out of options, there's
nothing else I can do cause...
I'm about to lose my mind
You've been gone for so long
I'm running out of time
I need a doctor
Call me a doctor
I need a doctor, doctor
To bring me back to life
It hurts when I see you struggle.
You come to me with ideas.
You say that these are pieces, so I'm puzzled.
'Cause the sh-t I hear is crazy,
But you're either getting lazy, or you don't believe in
you no more.
Seems like your own opinions, not one you can form.
Can't make a decision, you keep questioning yourself,
Second guessing, and it's almost like your begging for
my help.
Like, I'm YOUR leader.
You're supposed to f-cking be MY mentor.
I can endure no more!
I demand you remember who you are!
It was YOU, who believed in me,
When everyone was telling you, you don't sign me.
Everyone at the f-cking label, lets tell the truth.
You risked your career for me, I know it as well as
you.
Nobody wanted to f-ck with the white boy...
Dre, I'm crying in this booth.
You saved my life, now maybe it's my time to save
yours.
But I can never repay you, what you did for me is way
more.
But I ain't giving up faith, and you ain't giving up on
me.
Get up Dre! I'm dying, I need you, come back for f-ck's
sake cause...
I'm about to lose my mind
You've been gone for so long
I'm running out of time
I need a doctor
Call me a doctor
I need a doctor, doctor
To bring me back to life
[Dr Dre]
It literally feels like a lifetime ago
But I still remember the sh-t like it was just
yesterday though
You walked in, yellow jump suit
Whole room, cracked jokes
Once you got inside the booth, told you, like smoke
Went through friends, some of them I put on
But they just left, they said that was riding to the
death
But where the f-ck are they now
Now that I need them, I don't see none of them
All I see is Slim
F-ck all you fairweather friends
All I need is him
F-cking backstabbers
When the chips were down, you just laughed at us
Now you bout to feel the f-cking wrath of aftermath,
faggots
You gon' see us in our lab jackets and ask where the f-
ck we been?
You can kiss my indecisive ass crack maggots and the
crackers ass
Little cracker jack beat making wack math,
Backwards producers, I'm back bastards
One more CD and then I'm packing up my bags and as I
leave
And I guarantee they'll scream, Dre don't leave us like
that man cause...
I'm about to lose my mind
You've been gone for so long
I'm running out of time
I need a doctor
Call me a doctor
I need a doctor, doctor
To bring me back to life
Bring me back to life
Bring me back to life
http://www.elyrics.net/read/d/dr.-dre-lyrics/i-need-a-doctor-lyrics.html
http://www.yk2daily.net/2011/02/10/dr-dre-to-perform-w-eminem-at-grammys/
http://kicktheeardrum.com/2011/02/01/skylar-greys-love-the-way-you-lie-demo/
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