"Cleanin' Out My Closet" is a song by the rapper Eminem, released in 2002. It was from his worldwide hit album, The Eminem Show, which was also released that year. In the song, he sarcastically apologizes to his mother for ever hurting her.
In the song, he describes how others protest to his lyrics. He expresses the anger that he feels towards his family and how he is better off without them now, and goes on to reassure his audience that his words regarding his mother are not done for the sake of public attention ("now I would never dis' my own mama just to get recognition").
