![]() ![]() Ultimately, after marrying, divorcing, remarrying and divorcing again, Kim and Eminem maintain a civil relationship. The song was written during a time in their affair when Kim wanted to prevent him from seeing Hailie, and Eminem, incensed at the possibility of being separated from the baby he loved so much, spat out the lyrics in retaliation. Back in 1997, when Eminem first wrote the track, it was in reference to his tumultuous relationship with his on-again, off-again long-term girlfriend Kim Scott. That is the voice of Hailie Jade Scott Mathers, Eminem’s then three-year-old daughter.īecause of its subject matter, there is no way 97’ Bonnie & Clyde could have been released today. In the background of the track, as Eminem croons “Just the two of us/Just you and I!” over and over again, a baby girl’s gurgle can be heard. ![]() ![]() (One lyric reads: “There goes Mama, splashing in the water/No more fighting with Dad, no more restraining order.”) And yet, 97’ Bonnie & Clyde is much more controversial than My Name Is because it is a song about Eminem’s alter ego Slim Shady taking a ride with his toddler daughter to dump her mother’s body in a lake. It has none of the brash, demanding, look-at-me bravado of My Name Is, Eminem’s most iconic single. 97’ Bonnie & Clyde is probably the most divisive track on Eminem’s 1999 breakthrough rap album. ![]()
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