Eminem and Jessie Reyez have collaborated again on a new song: "Coffin ." After the successful duet "Good Guy/Nice Guy" from the album Kamikaze, the pair have now teamed up on the young artist's third album, Before Love Came to Kill Us. You can listen to the song in the video below. We hadn't even had time to process the "Godzilla" music video, and Eminem is back on the scene . And this time, he's doing something very close to pop.
Eminem and Jessie Reyez: Coffin
You can listen to the song Coffin with the lyrics translated into Spanish at the following link.
What's going on with Eminem and Jessie Reyez? Why can't these two get along? Why are all their songs about toxic relationships? Remember that bloody music video they starred in for " Bad Guy"? Why does Eminem always have problems with all women (except his daughter, of course)?
With "Coffin," Jessie Reyez confirms her place on the list of Eminem's regular collaborators (or, more accurately, female backing vocalists), which also includes Pink, Skylar Grey, and Rihanna . In fact, the Barbadian singer is somewhat present in " Coffin." In Eminem's opening verse on the track with Jessie Reyez, he mentions another of Em's most acclaimed collaborators: Rihanna, and more specifically, the song " Love the Way You Lie," from the album *Recovery*.
I don't really wanna fight (Nah)
I just wanna spend the night (Yeah)
But I don't wanna spend the night
Actin' out "Love the Way You Lie"
Who is Jessie Reyes?
Somewhere between Amy Winehouse and Ariana Grande, Jessie Reyez has been touted for years as the next big pop star. At least, that's what Eminem believes (who has also recently collaborated with other promising young artists—some broken, like Juice Wrld , and others still very much alive, like Young MA) .
The relationship between Eminem and Jessie Reyez is not new. Slim Shady noticed her a couple of years ago, before recording his album Kamikaze. As she told Sway in the famous (and only) interview given after its release, Eminem was very impressed by the powerful voice and raw energy of the young Canadian woman of Colombian descent.
You may have heard Jessie Reyez before , specifically in Calvin Harris's Promises (where she says a single word a thousand times, tonight) or in Hard to Love, where she does perform an exceptional vocal exercise:
Letter of Coffin, the third song by Eminem and Jessie Reyez
[Verse 1: Jessie Reyez]
We fought until the sun rose
And I still ain't been to bed (Bed, bed)
And while you got your eyes closed
The devil wakes up in my head (Head, head)
He told me that you hate me and you blame me
And you said that you wish that you were dead
So I wrote a little note out
Suicidal love roulette
[Chorus: Jessie Reyez]
You make me wanna jump off the roof
'Cause I love you to die, just like a fool
I'd rather a coffin, handmade for two
'Cause I love you to die, just like a fool
just like a fool
just like a fool
[Verse 2: Jessie Reyez]
I walk up to the edge, yeah
And say a prayer before I let go (Let go, let go)
I'll probably see you through the window
While I'm falling past the fifth floor (Fifth floor, fifth floor)
Then you get there just in time to save me and apologize
And maybe we can go back to bed
But you run past me instead
And you hit the ground before I can
[Chorus: Jessie Reyez]
I had to watch and jump from the roof
Boy, I love you to death, just like a fool
We'll need a coffin, handmade for two
'Cause I love you to die, just like a fool
Just like a fool, uh
[Bridge: Jessie Reyez]
Maybe Buddha's got it right
We reincarnate every time
And I'll find you in another life
Maybe Buddha's got it right
We reincarnate every time
And I'll find you in another life
[Verse 3: Eminem]
I don't really wanna fight (Nah)
I just wanna spend the night (Yeah)
But I don't wanna spend the night
Actin' out "Love the Way You Lie"
But the shit just went awry
Hit me in the eye, bit me in the thigh, then begin to cry
I'm at the end of my wits, let's end this, ma (It's over)
Then begin again tomorrow
Fresh start, let you spoil me
Pledge your loyalty, treat me like a king
Just to fuck me over royally
Boy, are we water mixed with oil
See another shouting match, 'bout to have it
But no matter how angry I am, I'm just as angry for you
I forgot what I was angry about
I know we've had our challenges still
I keep trying to save it, you
I wanna sabotage it, I'm down to the hill
But you think I'm fucking around on you, chill
It never changes, I doubt if it will
Cheat on me, then say "How does it feel?"
I feel like blowing my fucking head off
After I write you out of my will
Bitch, how could you?
Almost had a child wit' you
Woulda settled down wit' you
Now I'll put you in the ground and bury myself with you
I don't get you, it's as if you're drowning
I stick my hand out, but you fool me
You're just trying to pull me down with you (Down with you)
Thought it was you my world stir around
I should aim to revolve round at you
180 proof, guess I'm making my way to the roof
You're a traitor, I say that we're through
You hop in the elevator, then you
Say the coffin, they better make it for two
'Cause if you jump, I'm jumpin' with you
And neither one of us has anything to lose but each other
We're just a couple of fools
[Chorus: Jessie Reyez]
You make me wanna jump off the roof
'Cause I love you to die, just like a fool
We'll need a coffin, handmade for two
'Cause I love you to die, just like a fool
You make me wanna jump off the roof
'Cause I love you to die, just like a fool
We'll need a coffin, handmade for two
'Cause I love you to die, just like a fool
just like a fool
just like a fool
