White america

[misa]

i personally think:

eric is taken from america and it repersents the children of usa....

i alwys though it was that also but i though everyonw thought that too

[4D]

Fucks sake ye guys are thick. With Eric he`s referring to Eric Cartman from South Park! Eminem always considered himself a grown up version of Cartman!!

[Special K]

Fuck, you guys are creative ain't ya? America theres an "erica" and "eric" in the word I guess teh names jus seemed appropriate, there jus a random representation of male n female teens in white america. Yes! its that simple

[X-Ray]

pomtless ts just for a rhym do u think he could say hailie loves ma shit

[hot_dogg]

if i wanted to figure it out my self then i wouldnt have posted this

its a subliminal.

Eminem is rumored to have another son and daughter. And he just mention two of those names in a playfull way. Kind of stupid how people still dont believe its true.

where the fuck do u get that info

[ines]

now, we know that too, and i had heard that rumour too somewhere, but i thought it was a rumour again, like their are so much rumours around

[the_most_shady]

all i got to say is wow

[Winton]

Eminem also used Eric earlier on: something like "don't blame when little Eric falls off the terrace"... He was heavily criticized for using what could've been an allusion to Eric Clapton's son that fell out of an open window and died. It's pretty clear after White America though that he just uses the name to represent everyone (in "white America").

[Inzanity]

"don't blame when little Eric falls off the terrace"...

actually in that song he's refering to Eric Harris he was involved in the Columbine High School massacre him and his friend Dylan Klebold went to school with weapons and killed 13 people 12 students and a teacher then later killed themselves they were Eminem and Marlin Manson fans authorites blamed the events on Eminem and Marlin Manson statin' that it was because of there lyrics that these 2 boys took those actions. Thats y he says "don't blame me if little Eric jumps off the terrace" he mentions it in other songs as well in "The Way I Am" he says "When a dude's gettin bullied and shoots up his school, and they blame it on Marilyn (on Marilyn).. and the heroin, Where were the parents at? And look where it's at, Middle America, now it's a tragedy, Now it's so sad to see, an upper class ci-ty, havin this happenin (this happenin).., then attack Eminem cause I rap thisway (rap this way).." and in the song "I'm Back" he says "I take seven kids,from Colombine, stand 'em all in line, Add an AK-47, a revolver, a nine, a Mack-11 and it oughta solve the problem of mine, and that's a whole school, of bullies shot up all at one time" and also in the song "Sing For The Moment" he says "They say music can alter moods and talk to u but can it load a gun up for u and cock it too well if it can then the next time u assault a dude just tell the judge it was my fault and I'll get sued see wat these kids do is hear about totin' pistol and they wanna get one cause' they think the shits cool not knowin' we really just protectin' areselves"

[Shadyluva]

i never knew that

but i have anotha question..in the second verse when he sayz "lets do the math, if i was black i wudve sold half" my friends think itz kinda racist

but i think hes sayin that he got white people to listen to rap and made it a world wide genre

[Rae]

its okay ... i didnt know who erica and eric in that song was either!

[Vejjie]

Eric is mentioned before in Who Knew: 'Don't blame me when little Eric jumps off the terrice' or something like that. He's also mentioned somewhere in Encore, i don't remember where. The point about him representing the children of America is exelent!

[DJ SWiFT]

Shot EmptyPromises uv researchd this shit, nice goin

[EMANON]

Damn i know all ov thoze linez by heart, but never linked them like that....thats pretty dope man... i been Stuck on ENCORE lately... but if anyone wants to hear a cover song on Em's mockingbird beat... let me know, my boi Finale did a song called "Suicide" on that beat, and then another cover song on tha Like Toy Soldiers beat by LA(Liquid Assassin) called "Toy Soldiers" just let me know.... i can get 'em..... they're pretty dope...
-EMANON

[DJ SWiFT]

O 4 reals? Im doin a phat mix wit Eminem's Mockingbird Acapella 4 my nu Eminem Mixtape