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<p>At the BET Hip Hop Awards Tuesday night, Eminem performed an acapella freestyle with a singular focus on <a href="https://www.someecards.com/topic/donald-trump/">Donald Trump</a>. He titled it <em><a href="https://twitter.com/Eminem/status/917922469775925248" target="_blank">The Storm</a> </em>(a reference to <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/donald-trump-calm-before-the-storm-twitter/">Trump&#39;s proclamation in early October</a> that a meeting with his military leaders might signal &quot;the calm before the storm&quot;).</p><p>And it is, as the kids say, fiiiiirrreee.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The FULL verse that EVERYBODY is talking about! <a href="https://twitter.com/Eminem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@eminem</a> BODIED THIS! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HipHopAwards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HipHopAwards</a> <a href="https://t.co/zoS0wEwjQF">pic.twitter.com/zoS0wEwjQF</a></p>&mdash; BET (@BET) <a href="https://twitter.com/BET/status/917918947017666561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Here&#39;s a few lines to commit to memory.</p><p><b>Obama&#39;s loving it.</b></p><blockquote> <p>We better give Obama props<br /> &#39;Cause what we got in office now&#39;s a kamikaze<br /> That&#39;ll prob&#39;ly cause a nuclear holocaust</p> </blockquote><p><strong>So is Hillary. </strong></p><blockquote> <p>Then says he wants to lower our taxes<br /> Then who&#39;s gonna pay for his extravagant trips<br /> Back and forth with his fam to his golf resorts and his mansions?<br /> Same shit that he tormented Hillary for and he slandered<br /> Then does it more</p> </blockquote><p><strong>And this might be the first rap song John McCain ever hears.</strong></p><blockquote> <p>He says, &quot;You&#39;re spittin&#39; in the face of vets who fought for us, you bastards!&quot;<br /> Unless you&#39;re a POW who&#39;s tortured and battered<br /> &#39;Cause to him you&#39;re zeros<br /> &#39;Cause he don&#39;t like his war heroes captured</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><strong>...then he says f*ck you to any of fans he shares with Donald. </strong></p><blockquote> <p>And any fan of mine who&#39;s a supporter of his<br /> I&#39;m drawing in the sand a line: you&#39;re either for or against<br /> And if you can&#39;t decide who you like more and you&#39;re split<br /> On who you should stand beside, I&#39;ll do it for you with this:<br /> &quot;Fuck you!&quot;</p> </blockquote><p>Meanwhile, musicians, athletes, and everyone in between are currently melting down over the track, which you can read in its entirety below because we know that rap is very fast and we&#39;re here to help you.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/TPAIN/status/917919252828643328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F10%2F10%2Feminem-trump-freestyle%2F</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I appreciate you <a href="https://twitter.com/Eminem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Eminem</a> ✊🏾 <a href="https://t.co/nwavBwsOkQ">pic.twitter.com/nwavBwsOkQ</a></p>&mdash; Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kaepernick7/status/917955545197314048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Racism is the only thing he&#39;s Fantastic 4(fantastic for), cause that&#39;s how he gets his rock off, he&#39;s orange. Sheesh <a href="https://twitter.com/Eminem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Eminem</a>!! 🔥🔥✊🏾🔥🔥<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/United?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#United</a> <a href="https://t.co/wcL28BCWpy">pic.twitter.com/wcL28BCWpy</a></p>&mdash; LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/917961576350699520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Whoa. Rap God. <a href="https://twitter.com/Eminem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Eminem</a> thank you. Potentttt</p>&mdash; J. Cole (@JColeNC) <a href="https://twitter.com/JColeNC/status/917933121584148480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Donald Trump has already spent this week waxing poetic <a href="https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/917701841466593280" target="_blank">about the &quot;mike&quot; </a>as in &quot;microphone.&quot; And Donald Trump has, in the past, <a href="https://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/snoop-dogg-donald-trump-tweet-response/">responded to a diss from Snoop Dogg</a>. So please, dear god, please, let him respond to Eminem.</p><p>Alright here you go, read Eminem&#39;s lyrics below, via <a href="https://genius.com/Eminem-the-storm-2017-bet-hip-hop-awards-cypher-verse-lyrics" target="_blank">RapGenius</a>:</p><blockquote> <p>[Intro]<br /> It&#39;s the calm before the storm right here<br /> Wait, how was I gonna start this off?<br /> I forgot &hellip; oh, yeah</p> <p>[Single verse]<br /> That&#39;s an awfully hot coffee pot<br /> Should I drop it on Donald Trump? Prob&#39;ly not<br /> But that&#39;s all I got &#39;til I come up with a solid plot<br /> Got a plan and now I gotta hatch it<br /> Like a damn Apache with a tomahawk<br /> I&#39;ma walk inside a mosque on Ramadan<br /> And say a prayer that every time Melania talks<br /> She gets a mou&mdash;ahh, I&#39;ma stop<br /> But we better give Obama props<br /> &#39;Cause what we got in office now&#39;s a kamikaze<br /> That&#39;ll prob&#39;ly cause a nuclear holocaust<br /> And while the drama pops<br /> And he waits for shit to quiet down he&#39;ll just gas his plane up and fly around &#39;til the bombing stops<br /> Intensities heightened, tensions are risin&#39;<br /> Trump, when it comes to giving a shit, you&#39;re stingy as I am<br /> Except when it comes to having the balls to go against me, you hide &#39;em<br /> &#39;Cause you don&#39;t got the fucking nuts like an empty asylum<br /> Racism&#39;s the only thing he&#39;s fantastic for<br /> &#39;Cause that&#39;s how he gets his fucking rocks off and he&#39;s orange<br /> Yeah, sick tan<br /> That&#39;s why he wants us to disband<br /> &#39;Cause he can not withstand<br /> The fact we&#39;re not afraid of Trump<br /> Fuck walkin&#39; on egg shells, I came to stomp<br /> That&#39;s why he keeps screamin&#39;, &quot;Drain the swamp!&quot;<br /> &#39;Cause he&#39;s in quicksand<br /> It&#39;s like we take a step forwards, then backwards<br /> But this is his form of distraction<br /> Plus, he gets an enormous reaction<br /> When he attacks the NFL so we focus on that in<br /> -stead of talking Puerto Rico or gun reform for Nevada<br /> All these horrible tragedies and he&#39;s bored and would rather<br /> Cause a Twitter storm with the Packers<br /> Then says he wants to lower our taxes<br /> Then who&#39;s gonna pay for his extravagant trips<br /> Back and forth with his fam to his golf resorts and his mansions?<br /> Same shit that he tormented Hillary for and he slandered<br /> Then does it more<br /> From his endorsement of Bannon<br /> Support from the Klansmen<br /> Tiki torches in hand for the soldier that&#39;s black<br /> And comes home from Iraq<br /> And is still told to go back to Africa<br /> Fork and a dagger in this racist 94-year-old grandpa<br /> Who keeps ignoring our past historical, deplorable factors<br /> Now if you&#39;re a black athlete you&#39;re a spoiled little brat for<br /> Tryna use your platform or your stature<br /> To try to give those a voice who don&#39;t have one<br /> He says, &quot;You&#39;re spittin&#39; in the face of vets who fought for us, you bastards!&quot;<br /> Unless you&#39;re a POW who&#39;s tortured and battered<br /> &#39;Cause to him you&#39;re zeros<br /> &#39;Cause he don&#39;t like his war heroes captured<br /> That&#39;s not disrespecting the military<br /> Fuck that! This is for Colin, ball up a fist!<br /> And keep that shit balled like Donald the bitch!<br /> &quot;He&#39;s gonna get rid of all immigrants!&quot;<br /> &quot;He&#39;s gonna build that thing up taller than this!&quot;<br /> Well, if he does build it, I hope it&#39;s rock solid with bricks<br /> &#39;Cause like him in politics, I&#39;m using all of his tricks<br /> &#39;Cause I&#39;m throwin&#39; that piece of shit against the wall &#39;til it sticks<br /> And any fan of mine who&#39;s a supporter of his<br /> I&#39;m drawing in the sand a line: you&#39;re either for or against<br /> And if you can&#39;t decide who you like more and you&#39;re split<br /> On who you should stand beside, I&#39;ll do it for you with this:<br /> &quot;Fuck you!&quot;<br /> The rest of America stand up<br /> We love our military, and we love our country<br /> But we fucking hate Trump</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Here are the highlights of Eminem's explosive anti-Trump song that's left everyone's mouths ajar.

Mitchell Friedman

At the BET Hip Hop Awards Tuesday night, Eminem performed an acapella freestyle with a singular focus on Donald Trump. He titled it The Storm (a reference to Trump&#39;s proclamation in early October that a meeting with his military leaders might signal &quot;the calm before the storm&quot;).And it is, as the kids say, fiiiiirrreee.The FULL verse that EVERYBODY is talking about! @eminem BODIED THIS! #HipHopAwards pic.twitter.com/zoS0wEwjQF&mdash; BET (@BET) October 11, 2017 Here&#39;s a few lines to commit to memory.Obama&#39;s loving it. We better give Obama props &#39;Cause what we got in office now&#39;s a kamikaze That&#39;ll prob&#39;ly cause a nuclear holocaust So is Hillary.  Then says he wants to lower our taxes Then who&#39;s gonna pay for his extravagant trips Back and forth with his fam to his golf resorts and his mansions? Same shit that he tormented Hillary for and he slandered Then does it more And this might be the first rap song John McCain ever hears. He says, &quot;You&#39;re spittin&#39; in the face of vets who fought for us, you bastards!&quot; Unless you&#39;re a POW who&#39;s tortured and battered &#39;Cause to him you&#39;re zeros &#39;Cause he don&#39;t like his war heroes captured ...then he says f*ck you to any of fans he shares with Donald.  And any fan of mine who&#39;s a supporter of his I&#39;m drawing in the sand a line: you&#39;re either for or against And if you can&#39;t decide who you like more and you&#39;re split On who you should stand beside, I&#39;ll do it for you with this: &quot;Fuck you!&quot; Meanwhile, musicians, athletes, and everyone in between are currently melting down over the track, which you can read in its entirety below because we know that rap is very fast and we&#39;re here to help you.https://twitter.com/TPAIN/status/917919252828643328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&amp;ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2017%2F10%2F10%2Feminem-trump-freestyle%2FI appreciate you @Eminem ✊🏾 pic.twitter.com/nwavBwsOkQ&mdash; Colin Kaepernick (@Kaepernick7) October 11, 2017 Racism is the only thing he&#39;s Fantastic 4(fantastic for), cause that&#39;s how he gets his rock off, he&#39;s orange. Sheesh @Eminem!! 🔥🔥✊🏾🔥🔥#United pic.twitter.com/wcL28BCWpy&mdash; LeBron James (@KingJames) October 11, 2017 Whoa. Rap God. @Eminem thank you. Potentttt&mdash; J. Cole (@JColeNC) October 11, 2017 Donald Trump has already spent this week waxing poetic about the &quot;mike&quot; as in &quot;microphone.&quot; And Donald Trump has, in the past, responded to a diss from Snoop Dogg. So please, dear god, please, let him respond to Eminem.Alright here you go, read Eminem&#39;s lyrics below, via RapGenius: [Intro] It&#39;s the calm before the storm right here Wait, how was I gonna start this off? I forgot &hellip; oh, yeah [Single verse] That&#39;s an awfully hot coffee pot Should I drop it on Donald Trump? Prob&#39;ly not But that&#39;s all I got &#39;til I come up with a solid plot Got a plan and now I gotta hatch it Like a damn Apache with a tomahawk I&#39;ma walk inside a mosque on Ramadan And say a prayer that every time Melania talks She gets a mou&mdash;ahh, I&#39;ma stop But we better give Obama props &#39;Cause what we got in office now&#39;s a kamikaze That&#39;ll prob&#39;ly cause a nuclear holocaust And while the drama pops And he waits for shit to quiet down he&#39;ll just gas his plane up and fly around &#39;til the bombing stops Intensities heightened, tensions are risin&#39; Trump, when it comes to giving a shit, you&#39;re stingy as I am Except when it comes to having the balls to go against me, you hide &#39;em &#39;Cause you don&#39;t got the fucking nuts like an empty asylum Racism&#39;s the only thing he&#39;s fantastic for &#39;Cause that&#39;s how he gets his fucking rocks off and he&#39;s orange Yeah, sick tan That&#39;s why he wants us to disband &#39;Cause he can not withstand The fact we&#39;re not afraid of Trump Fuck walkin&#39; on egg shells, I came to stomp That&#39;s why he keeps screamin&#39;, &quot;Drain the swamp!&quot; &#39;Cause he&#39;s in quicksand It&#39;s like we take a step forwards, then backwards But this is his form of distraction Plus, he gets an enormous reaction When he attacks the NFL so we focus on that in -stead of talking Puerto Rico or gun reform for Nevada All these horrible tragedies and he&#39;s bored and would rather Cause a Twitter storm with the Packers Then says he wants to lower our taxes Then who&#39;s gonna pay for his extravagant trips Back and forth with his fam to his golf resorts and his mansions? Same shit that he tormented Hillary for and he slandered Then does it more From his endorsement of Bannon Support from the Klansmen Tiki torches in hand for the soldier that&#39;s black And comes home from Iraq And is still told to go back to Africa Fork and a dagger in this racist 94-year-old grandpa Who keeps ignoring our past historical, deplorable factors Now if you&#39;re a black athlete you&#39;re a spoiled little brat for Tryna use your platform or your stature To try to give those a voice who don&#39;t have one He says, &quot;You&#39;re spittin&#39; in the face of vets who fought for us, you bastards!&quot; Unless you&#39;re a POW who&#39;s tortured and battered &#39;Cause to him you&#39;re zeros &#39;Cause he don&#39;t like his war heroes captured That&#39;s not disrespecting the military Fuck that! This is for Colin, ball up a fist! And keep that shit balled like Donald the bitch! &quot;He&#39;s gonna get rid of all immigrants!&quot; &quot;He&#39;s gonna build that thing up taller than this!&quot; Well, if he does build it, I hope it&#39;s rock solid with bricks &#39;Cause like him in politics, I&#39;m using all of his tricks &#39;Cause I&#39;m throwin&#39; that piece of shit against the wall &#39;til it sticks And any fan of mine who&#39;s a supporter of his I&#39;m drawing in the sand a line: you&#39;re either for or against And if you can&#39;t decide who you like more and you&#39;re split On who you should stand beside, I&#39;ll do it for you with this: &quot;Fuck you!&quot; The rest of America stand up We love our military, and we love our country But we fucking hate Trump 

At the BET Hip Hop Awards Tuesday night, Eminem performed an acapella freestyle with a singular focus on Donald Trump.