My Life (song)

My life
50 Cent feat. & Adam Levine
publication	November 26, 2012
length	3:59
Genre (s)	Hip-hop , rap
text	C. Jackson , M. Mathers , A. Levine , L. Griffin Jr. H. Rooney
music	Symbolyc One

My Life ( English for "my life") is a song that the American rapper 50 Cent wrote with Larry Griffin Junior , Marshall Mathers , Adam Levine and Herb Rooney and recorded together with the rapper Eminem and the singer Adam Levine. The song was released as a single on November 26, 2012 and is not included on any album.

content

Song part	Artist
refrain	Adam Levine
1st verse	50 cents
2nd stanza	Eminem
3rd stanza	50 cents

My Life is about the enormous pressure to succeed that 50 Cent, Eminem and Adam Levine have been exposed to since they became public.

In the chorus Adam Levine sings that he would like to run away from his life because everything is getting too much for him and he is confused. But it's like in a film and there is no place where he can hide. 50 Cent raps in the first verse about his meteoric rise in 2003, since his life changed completely. He couldn't trust anyone anymore. Here dissed it, especially the rappers The Game and Young Buck , whom he had helped and had fallen to him as thanks for it in the back. 50 Cent suggests having written texts for you as a ghostwriter . But he continued on his way and also gained wealth as an entrepreneur. In Eminem's verse, he raps about feelings of revenge for people who thought his career was over. This is just the beginning of his comeback and a warning to his critics. He continues to feel committed to rap with full devotion, as he is caught in it like in a vicious circle . He almost wished he had never released his album Recovery , as it had put him back in the limelight and increased expectations. In the last stanza, 50 Cent also settles his critics. He wonders if people have forgotten that he has sold over 40 million records. You should accept that his talent was God given and that he published classics .

production

The beat of the song was produced by the American music producer Symbolyc One. He used a sample of the song Synthetic Substitution by Melvin Bliss.

Music video

The music video , filmed by Rich Lee in Detroit , was released on November 27, 2012. It is meant to metaphorically symbolize the paranoia that comes with being a celebrity .

At the beginning of the video, a helicopter uses its headlight to illuminate a building in which 50 Cent and Adam Levine are located. While he sings the chorus, the front man of Maroon 5 sits behind a wall that is lit by the helicopter. 50 Cent goes rapping through the building while it is lit and finally meets Andre Dirrell , with whom he gets into a Chrysler 300C . You set off to escape the helicopter. Now you can see Eminem rapping on a dark street or meadow and being followed by the light beam of another helicopter. While 50 Cent raps the last verse in the car, someone is watching him on his laptop trying to locate him. All three are now on the run from the helicopters, but in the end they stop in the spotlight.

single

Cover design

The single cover is kept in blue tones. It shows the large, light blue lettering My Life . Above it is 50 Cent and below the note Feat. Eminem & Adam Levine . The background is dark blue.

Chart successes

My Life entered the German charts at number 52 on December 14, 2012 and stayed in the top 100 for two weeks. The song was by far the most successful in the United Kingdom, where it reached number 2 and stayed in the charts for nine weeks .

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	52 (2 weeks)	2
Austria (Ö3)	55 (1 week)	1
Switzerland (IFPI)	36 (3 weeks)	3
United Kingdom (OCC)	2 (9 weeks)	9
United States (Billboard)	27 (3 weeks)	3

Awards

In 2017, My Life was awarded a Silver Record in the UK for more than 200,000 copies sold .

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	platinum	70,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	silver	200,000
All in all	1 × silver 1 × platinum	270,000

Main article: 50 cents / awards for music sales

Web links

• Lyrics with interpretations (English)
• Lyrics (German)
• Music video on YouTube.com

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1. ↑ Lyrics
2. ↑ Background to the music video
3. ↑ music video
4. ↑ Single cover
5. ↑ Chart tracking My Life on officialcharts.de
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
7. ↑ UK: silver