producer dr. dre wanted to use a sample of labi siffre's "i got the ..." for the rhythm track; as revealed in the sleeve notes of the re-mastered cd of the source album, "remember my song", siffre, who is openly gay, stated, "attacking two of the usual scapegoats, women and gays, is lazy writing. if you want to do battle, attack the aggressors not the victims." eminem made lyric changes and siffre cleared the sample.