{"id":176964,"date":"2017-12-28T07:09:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T12:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=176964"},"modified":"2017-12-28T11:57:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T16:57:35","slug":"eminem-river-abortion-regret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/eminem-river-abortion-regret\/","title":{"rendered":"‘River’: Eminem\u2019s song expresses regret over losing baby to abortion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(NewsBusters<\/a>) In an unexpected twist, noted\u00a0rapper Eminem has released a single that details his experience with abortion<\/a>. The media hailed his new album, Revival<\/em>, as an anti-Trump<\/a> anthem, but they missed an important detail.<\/p>\n

While the artist is best known for his \u201crape-raps<\/a>\u201d and angry diatribes against society, one single, \u201cRiver,\u201d took a different approach. The song is a detailed confession of an affair, an abortion, and the regret that came after. Whether fictional or based on reality, \u201cRiver<\/a>\u201d is a powerful cry for forgiveness for the wrong he\u2019s done to the aborted baby (the \u201clittle one\u201d mentioned in the refrain) and the mother.<\/p>\n

The lyrics tell the whole story, sparing no detail: Eminem admitted to being a serial cheater, \u201ca sex addict,\u201d who began an affair with a woman, \u201cSuzanne.\u201d After what started as a \u00a0one-night-stand, which left her feeling \u201cdeserted and used,\u201d Eminem tried to cover all evidence of their liaison. However, the woman became pregnant.<\/p>\n

In a panic, the rapper pushed for an abortion, \u201cWe can\u2019t bring her in this world, shoulda knew\/To use protection.\u201d He didn\u2019t dance around the issue, but was brutally honest: \u201cI made you terminate my baby<\/strong>.\u201d \u2018Baby,\u201d the proper term for an unborn child, but one major media outlets hide from.<\/p>\n

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Afterwards, Eminem felt that \u201cthe person who I\u2019m turning into\u2019s\/Irreversible.\u201d He confessed that not only did he take advantage of the woman, but also the abortion and the destruction of the woman\u2019s relationship have made him a hypocrite. He said that when he got \u201con my soapbox and preach, my sermon and speech,\u201d his mistake was like \u201cdetergent and bleach is burnin\u2019 the wound<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the song, Eminem took full responsibility. He didn\u2019t refer to the child as a scientific \u2018fetus\u2019 and didn\u2019t hide the full impact of what he had done. He called the child \u201cmy baby.\u201d He even admitted that the child might have been a daughter, and that he \u201creally would have loved her smile<\/strong>.\u201d But he knew what he did: \u201cwhat\u2019s one more lie\/to tell an unborn child.\u201d The refrain emphasized his plea for forgiveness: \u201cAll my sins need holy water, feel it washing over me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The message of the song has been glossed over by the media; instead of looking at its potent story, entertainment magazines preferred to look at the other songs on the album Revival<\/em>. Songs that have received more attention are ones that tell racial narratives and anti-Trump rage raps. Rolling Stone<\/em><\/a> only noted \u201cRiver\u201d for its \u201csuperstar cameo\u201d in Ed Sheeran, who sings the refrain.<\/p>\n

Billboard<\/em><\/a> released an analysis of the song, but buried the abortion story 13 graphs in the article, stating only: \u201cHe finishes off the record admitting an abortion through his shrewd wordplay, weighing a love triangle against a rectangle — incorporating his mistress into the equation with the future child and the baby’s mother.\u201d \u00a0Music mag Spin<\/em><\/a> accused the single of having \u201cmassive, transcendent corniness.\u201d<\/p>\n

2017 was the year where Hollywood outrageously praised abortion, with one actress even calling her first abortion \u201cher best one<\/a>.\u201d This song, \u201cRiver,\u201d is a shocking and unexpected answer to all of Hollywood\u2019s shameful lobbying for the murder of unborn children.<\/p>\n