Peak
60
Weeks
1
Score
107
Chart Year
2021
On “Gnat,” the third promotional single from Eminem’s Music to Be Murdered By project, the veteran rapper covers such topics as the COVID-19 pandemic, his former addiction to valium, and Donald Trump’s administration. The song’s music video was directed by Cole Bennett’s Lyrical Lemonade, who also shot the music video for the standard album’s “Godzilla” back in January 2020. Upon the December 2020 release of Side B and the “Gnat” video, Cole tweeted: new video with @eminem out now. it is a beautiful thing when you get to recreate nostalgic moments with your childhood heroes.
[Intro] Yeah, yeah, sick (d.a. got that dope) [Chorus] They say these bars are like COVID (Bars are like COVID; what?) You get 'em right off the bat (You get 'em right off the bat; yeah) Infected with SARS and Corona (Infected with SARS and Corona) Like you took a bite off of that (You took a bite off of that; damn) And it goes from martian to human (From martian to human; yeah) That's how the virus attacks (That's how the virus attacks) They come at me with machine guns (At me with machine guns; brr) Like trying to fight off a gnat [Verse 1] Still stackin' my chips, hoes Higher than Shaq on his tiptoes Atop the Empire State Buildin' This shit is like child's play, childrеn I will anni-nihilate, kill them I'll fuck around and pile еight million Dead little juveniles, wait, chill, then I'll await my trial date 'til then (What?) Ain't nothin' you say could ever trump (Nah), mic, pencil get killed (Yeah) If you're hypersensitive, I wasn't referencin' the vice president, chill (Chill) I mean my penmanship at times tends to get ill, violence but with skill That's why I hence when I write ends up with the mic and pencil gettin' killed (Haha, yeah, hold up) And I'm still ride or die for the squad (Yeah) So you know which side that I'm on If a battle line's ever drawn, but if I get involved It'll be like K9's in a brawl But not similar to Mike Vick at all 'Cause even if I don't have a dog in the fight They ain't never gonna get rid of the fight in the dog (Fight in the dog) Got stripes like a tiger, so you might get mauled, a mic in the palms Like claws, I can swing right for your jaw And rip it off with one swipe of the paw Bitch, you still on my dick or nah? (Nah) If I suck, your wife is a straw (Straw) I'm sick and I'm not gonna cover my mouth next time that I cough 'cause You might also like Book of Rhymes Eminem Lucky You Eminem Tone Deaf Eminem [Chorus] They say these bars are like COVID (Bars are like COVID; what?) You get 'em right off the bat (You get 'em right off the bat; yeah) Infected with SARS and Corona (Infected with SARS and Corona) Like you took a bite off of that (You took a bite off of that; damn) And it goes from martian to human (From martian to human; yeah) That's how the virus attacks (That's how the virus attacks) They come at me with machine guns (At me with machine guns; brr) Like trying to fight off a gnat (Like trying to fight off a gnat; yeah, yeah) [Verse 2] And d.a. got that dope he sends to me (Uh-huh) It's like pneumonia symptoms and contracting COVID instantly Which is what separates my flow from theirs So that no one gets even close to this to pose a risk to me So vocalistically (What?), that's social distancing (Yeah) Flow going viral, you best stay strapped With that Lysol and get way back (Shh) Get that Pine-Sol and that Ajax 'Cause this dry cough is just like football umpires callin' a playback Bitch, back the fuck up like fifteen yards, these rhymes call for a face mask (Face mask) 'Nother fourteen-day quarantine, they're cordoning off everything This shit lookin' like a horror scene, like me metaphorically (Damn) 'Cause them stay-at-home orders seem Like they just keep getting more extreme Who knows when this nightmare will end (Marilyn)? Like Monroe, Norma Jean (Norma Jean) Still got that heroin lyrical drip with that morphine and that Thorazine 'Cause I'm so fuckin' dope (Dope) and you're a fiend And that's the one thing that hasn't changed (Nope) For some semblance of normalcy But I might need that Hydrochloroquine 'cause I got that (Yeah) The Dark Horse, I'm a knight-mare Mom fed me Valium like air (Mmm) Thought that's why they called it a high chair (Woah) I got a contact like eyewear (Woah) Wait a minute, bitch, let me lie here (Uh) 20/20 hindsight in my side mirror Every year, you drop the ball like Times Square My hair trigger whenever I get an idea's Like, fuck, now my name rings out like a sponge mop And my drip was a drop In the bucket, so that gun shot You just heard just now in that one spot Just came from the nine mil' that I just got That's big bucks and I got a full money clip and I'm loaded I ain't even mean to go the fuck off And I'm still totally inappropriate with an opiate Groping it while I'm holding it like a trophy I'm hoping a little codeine'll get me OD'in' Woah, everything is slow, I begin to floating I know that I'm getting loaded, the pen exploded Hiroshima with the flows, a utopia With the dope, I'm an OG, I'm like the G.O.A.T. Here to get your goat little bit of sodium, it's assault (A salt) When I'm at the podium, at your throat, holy camoly I'm in the zone with the shit I'm on Get Imodium and a commode because nobody's even close You're petroleum to plutonium, you're a phony I'm at the crib with your ho Got her at the pole like voting with no clothing Stripped down to a toe ring and here we go with the gloating I've got my nose in the air like a Boeing Then I got into a little bit of an argument with her So I took a little lick of a Klonopin at dinner Then I hit her with the motherfucking ottoman and bit her Then I shot her in the liver, delivered her to the bottom of the river (Dope) But I'm probably gon' jump in the water with her With a wad of money 'cause I got a lot of it And when it come to drippin', I be soppin' like a hundred mile an hour Never runnin' out of either one of 'em, I gotta get it 'cause [Chorus] They say these bars are like COVID (Bars are like COVID; what?) You get 'em right off the bat (You get 'em right off the bat; yeah) Infected with SARS and Corona (Infected with SARS and Corona) Like you took a bite off of that (You took a bite off of that; damn) And it goes from martian to human (From martian to human; yeah) That's how the virus attacks (That's how the virus attacks) They come at me with machine guns (At me with machine guns; brr) It's like trying to fight off a gnat (Fight off a gnat)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 2, 2021 | 60 | 66 |