The Way I Am (Eminem song)

"The Way I Am"
Single by Eminem
from the album The Marshall Mathers LP
Released	August 26, 2000[1]
Recorded	2000
Genre	Hardcore hip hop
Length	4:50
Label	Aftermath Interscope Web
Songwriter(s)	Marshall Mathers
Producer(s)	Eminem
Eminem singles chronology
"The Real Slim Shady" (2000) "The Way I Am" (2000) "Stan" (2000)
Music video
"The Way I Am" on YouTube

"The Way I Am" is a song written, produced, and performed by American rapper Eminem from his third album The Marshall Mathers LP (2000). It was released as the second single from the album on August 26, 2000, later being featured on his 2005 compilation album, Curtain Call: The Hits. In the tradition of most of Eminem's follow-up singles, "The Way I Am" is one of the rare songs for which he has sole songwriting credit. It features a much darker and emotionally driven sound than the album's lead single "The Real Slim Shady". "The Way I Am" peaked at number 58 on the Billboard Hot 100. Outside the United States, "The Way I Am" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Belgium (Wallonia), Finland, Netherlands, Ireland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.