The chorus is about the sudden fashion changes caused by Eminem's success: "I'm Slim Shady, yes I'm the real Shady/All you other Slim Shadys are just imitating/So won't The Real Slim Shady please stand up, please stand up, please stand up?" The chorus imitates the catchphrase of the quiz show "To Tell the Truth:" "Will the real ______ please stand up?" In an interview while promoting his greatest hits album, "Curtain Call," Eminem remarked that the sound of the chorus was intended to recreate that of a chainsaw going off. The sudden jump and increase in tempo as well as pitch recreates the motor of a chainsaw coming to life.