According to Weintraub, "Real autobiography is a weave in which self-consciousness is delicately threaded throughout interrelated experience." (Weintraub 824) It is not until the very end of, "Stan," that we get to listen to Marshall Mathers rap through a persona that is not Stan. It is here that the wisdom gained by Marshall throughout his lifetime living as Slim Shady is imparted to himself. When Marshall tells him, "You got some issues Stan I think you need some counselin, to help your ass from bouncin' off the walls When you get down some," he is reaching out to himself and trying to impart advice on how he should deal with problems instead of turning to drugs and other addictions. Marshall also says, "I really think you and your girlfriend need each other Or maybe you just need to treat her better," he is talking about his own relationship and how he believes that he should treat his spouses better and look to them for support rather than wanting to murder them.
What makes "Stan" an autobiography is that Marshall is able to impart the wisdom he has gained after a lifetime of trauma and living as Slim Shady and apply it to his actions of the past throughout his life. The interesting element is that in the song, Stan still drives the car over the bridge, killing himself and his entire family. It suggests that although Marshall knows everything he needs to do to fix his life, ultimately the path he is going down he has no control over and will result in the destruction of everything he loves. The soft expletive "damn" at the very end of the song does not express frustration or anger at the situation, it seems to suggest a quiet realization and acceptance that this is the path his life will take and he has no control over it.
This would ultimately ring very true as years later he would be brought into a hospital after a large overdose on drugs that put him two hours away from his own death. Despite being able to recognize the knowledge an autobiographical look at one's life affords the autobiographer, he feels powerless to apply it.
