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Bad Meets Evil, Bruno Mars On a Quest in 'Lighters' Video

Posted Aug 23rd 2011 11:40AM by Georgette Cline
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Eminem, Royce da 5'9" and Bruno Mars join forces in the visuals for 'Lighters,' the second single off the rappers' -- who rhyme as the duo Bad Meets Evil -- 'Hell: The Sequel' EP.

Mars, one-third of the Smeezingtons, the production team who crafted the beat alongside Marshall Mathers, opens the clip. Donning shades and playing a gentle tune on a piano, the crooner sings the chorus, "This one's for you and me, living out our dreams/ We're all right where we should be/ Lift my arms out wide, I open my eyes/ And now all I wanna see is a sky full of lighters..."

A frustrated Em then appears on a couch, writing lyrics before he escapes into an underground tunnel on a quest to find the light at the end of it. "People don't usually come back this way/ From a place that was dark as I was in, just to get to this place/ Now let these words be like a switch blade to a haters rib cage," the Detroit native rhymes.

It's apparent the message here is a positive one: leave the dark and negative behind and move toward the glowing and positive. At the close of the video, Royce, who is locked in a jail cell, plans his exit from behind bars and searches for his way to a better place as well. "I went from having my city locked up to getting treated like Kwame Kilpatrick/ And now I'm fantastic," he raps.

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Maria Cristina Palom

I LOVE THIS SONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

November 06 2011 at 9:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

EmzLovezBrunz

This is one of the best videos I have watched in my life. Eminem, Royce da 5'9 and Bruno Mars do an excellent job. Bruno Mars is going to perform at this year's VMAs. If you're a fan, you have to watch the show on August 28, starting at 9/8c to catch his promised-to-be-brilliant performance and find out if he wins a moon man!

August 24 2011 at 11:29 AM Report abuse Permalink +1 rate up rate down Reply

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Otis

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