Eminem - Phenomenal
Time: 3:30
Ready to face any challenge, waitin'
Can taste it, it's salivation, I'm wagin' retaliation
Look what I have built, reputation is validation

revenge; action taken in return for an injury or offense
Heard in 50 songs (183M+ combined views) — most famously in "Phenomenal" by Eminem.
Updated August 5, 2026
Time: 3:30
Ready to face any challenge, waitin'
Can taste it, it's salivation, I'm wagin' retaliation
Look what I have built, reputation is validation

Time: 0:27
Bang holes through they coats and they Macy bags
No retaliation you basically runnin' with fags
In these streets, you only good as your last transaction

Time: 1:08
That's when you niggas die (Bitch ass nigga)
Guns in retaliation, ask me what to make, I say, "A body"
Them drugs bring it out and I can't hide it

Time: 0:28
Let off shots, ain't hit shit, they think we don't know who did it
Retaliation a must, when we do it's man down
Grrr, I ain't selfish, give his ass a hundred rounds

Time: 3:25
Now you all thugs, nigga don't you love it
It's similar to multiple gunshots, retaliation is a must
Wasn't too sure what you facin' so watch the guns bust

Time: 1:36
Even a child could take a life by pulling the trigga
Retaliation only takes anger mixed with passion
So you target in the distance and keep on blastin'

Time: 2:08
Smokin' like we some Jamaicans fuckin' with this ganja
Ride with no hesitation, retaliation is a must
Bad as I want to, some shit I just don't discuss (uh-uh)

Time: 2:35
Homies murked on the bus benches
Retaliation 'cause his mama cryin'
Kept it gangsta 'til I modify 'em

Time: 1:41
I said, "I might be racist"
Ancestors watchin' me fuck was like retaliation
I'm a killer, he's a killer, she's a killer, bitch

Time: 1:18
We searching for blood
Retaliation, it's payback pussy
Like sharks we searching for blood

Time: 0:59
I opens up the door, pitiful, is he in critical?
Retaliation for this one won't be minimal
'Cause I'm a criminal way before the rap shit, bust the gat shit

Time: 0:40
Cold nights on the block, so quiet you can hear a pen drop
Retaliation every time that fourth gen' pop
That glizzy barrel smokin', left his skin hot

Time: 0:30
I can feel it aching within every bone inside me
I can feel it breaking out, retaliation, released
I need to cause the evil-doers' suffering

Time: 3:58
Walls telling you to listen to "Sing About Me"
Retaliation is strong you even dream about me
Killed my homeboy and God spared your life

Time: 3:24
Fist fights in night clubs for rap beefs,
Shootings, retaliations, yeah, it's that deed!
I guess they just got to catch me when they catch me

Time: 1:50
He told me he need him a Xan', man
Retaliation, that's a must
You bust at us, then you know you a dead man

Time: 1:29
♪
Retaliation is my crime
Communication, a waste of time

Time: 1:38
I set it off on your bitch ass, dont forget that
And your retaliation was weak, baby pictures
Dunn I'll take you out in the street and spank you bitch

Time: 3:14
It's subharmonics the undoing of all
So enticing, the retaliation - chords of man
The all-deafening oscillation of the damned.

Time: 2:34
Take me in the dump schools that, wanna push me
Retaliation, straight better than hitten' pussy
Ride for me, I'ma ride for you

Time: 2:17
Some are seekin' and searchin' like Nimoy
I'm a peace-loving decoy, ready for retaliation
I change your whole location to a pine box six-under

Time: 1:03
Know this for a fact, I will not hear
Your retaliation doesn't mean shit
Go on, give me a myriad of reasons

Time: 1:54
How you bite the only hand that fed you? I forgive you
Retaliation mandatory, we gon' come and get you (yeah)
You gon' get your wish

Time: 0:24
Fuck it! If you ain't with me then forget me
Niggas tried to stick me, retaliation, no hesitation shifty (bitch)
Creepin' niggas in the dark, triggers with no heart

Time: 1:05
Grab the K's and bust, it's ten for one trust
Retaliation a must, ah ah
Lets get funky wit' these niggas

Time: 2:22
Wakin' up at 6:00 p.m. like, "Where does the day go?"
Forecastin' tornadoes, brainstormin' retaliation at dinner tables
2010 was when I lost my halo

Time: 0:20
♪
I might be proving you right with my silence or my retaliation
would I be letting you win in my non reaction?

Time: 1:05
Armory, armory
I'm the swift cold hand of retaliation
Armory, armory.

Time: 0:05
God forgives... I don't
In other words, retaliation is a must!
I bow my head, I pray to God

Time: 1:22
I can't lie, he was dead on scene
Retaliation is a must, in Allah we trust
Fear the woman's ain't no remorse (no remorse)

Time: 1:59
Crushing the pompous fool
Retaliation
This was worth the wait

Time: 0:00
Gravity, teach me the ways of retaliation, retaliation
I'd like every backbiter to know that audience

Time: 1:28
What we need is a persuasion
What you give is retaliation
I hope one day we meet again

Time: 1:35
The machines must be fed
Revenge and retaliation
The shadow of man's war has been cast

Time: 0:50
Aggression rears its ugly head
Retaliation brings further dread
The two are linked by unseen threads

Time: 1:17
(Hey, hey, hey) It's hating baby they gotta be so cold the gotta be heartless
In certain situations like retaliation
()

Time: 1:10
My love is all but known
Retaliation is emotion I have shown
And I say

Time: 1:22
Shapaw, chah, poof, plow
Hey son, you're facin' helly retaliation
Napalm, it's on

Time: 2:55
(Come on come on, feel it feel it)
The protection which comes with the possesion weapons of retaliation
But is this protection enough?

Time: 0:37
But, pressure bust pipes and my pressure up (Yup, yup)
Retaliation is a must
What I'ma hit you with, you motherfuckers better duck

Time: 2:20
Fingers crossed for the salvation
Or retaliation at least
And your Daddy's off his head

Time: 3:43
Bet I will deal with whoever died
Retaliation of the frontline, now the elevation of my mind
Got a nigga tryna make myself calm down

Time: 0:09
Woah now, retaliation
Singing woah now, we a go wake up the nation

Time: 1:22
Caught your brother slippin' and flippin' the lead
Retaliation was swift, furious, just know this hood shit is serious
For the sake of if remembers, see your 'bout your paper

Time: 0:25
The razor's edge, test my patience
Retaliation, was it worth it at all?
Number 9 on a cloud

Time: 1:55
(Thinking 'bout killing them all)
They say retaliation is mandatory
Lord help me
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Time: 1:10
When the rain starts coming down the search for absolution is dry
Retaliation is blind
With underestimated losses of life

Time: 3:00
The heavens bursted and the rains came
Retaliation of the sons of the fathers who worked the chain gangs
I hit that shmoney dance on the coffin of a crooked cop

Time: 1:09
Come on
No retaliation
Said the poets to his kid

Time: 1:23
Deserve finer things living interchangable
I recognize retaliation from every angle
What good is a bomb?
