Eminem has recorded a song hitting back at accusations that some of his earlier lyrics were racist.

The new work appears on the Green Lantern mixtape The Invasion Part Three: Countdown to Armageddon.

On it he also criticises the US magazine The Source which made the original allegations.

He raps: “Oh, sorry, yo so sorry, whoa/ But that was a long time ago/ When I was a Joe Schmo/ Rapping in Joe Blow’s basement/ I apologised for it before, so/ Either accept it or you don’t/ And let’s move on/ If I ain’t shown that I’ve grown/ You can get the bone.”

Later, he says: “Word on my daughter, I told ya/ That I love this culture/ Don’t let ’em insult ya/ I’mma tell you once more again/ This is the environment I was brought up in,” reports MTV.com.

The Source co-owners Dave Mays and Ray Benzino are the butt of many jokes in the rap. It includes the lines: “I got a riddle/ What’s little and talks big/ With midget arms and creamy filling in the middle?/ That will do anything to throw dirt on my name?/ Even if it means walking the whole Mediterranean?/ Isn’t it Albanian? Armenian? Iranian? Tasmanian?/ No it’s Dave, Raymond and a ho’.”

Along with the cover story “Eminem: Cleaning Out White America’s Closet,” the February issue of The Source also includes a CD featuring clips of two Eminem songs which Benzino claims show racist tendencies.

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