guts over fear

[00:20.70] Feels like a close, it’s coming to

[00:23.46] Fuck am I gonna do?

[00:27.20] It's too late to start over

[00:31.21] This is the only thing I, thing I know

[00:34.50] Sometimes I feel like all I ever do is

[00:36.20] Find different ways to word the same, old song

[00:38.20] Ever since I came along

[00:39.46] From the day the song called ‘’Hi! My Name Is’’ dropped

[00:41.68] Started thinking my name was fault

[00:43.46] 'Cause anytime things went wrong

[00:44.96] I was the one who they would blame it on

[00:46.45] The media made me the equivalent of a modern-day Genghis Khan

[00:50.20] Tried to argue it was only entertainment, dawg

[00:52.71] Gangsta? Naw, courageous balls

[00:54.96] Had to change my style, they said I'm way too soft

[00:56.20] And I sound like AZ and Nas, out came the claws

[00:59.70] And the fangs been out since then

[01:01.20] But up until the instant that I’ve been against it

[01:02.45] It was ingrained in me that I wouldn’t amount to a shitstain I thought

[01:06.46] No wonder I had to unlearn everything my brain was taught

[01:08.94] Do I really belong in this game? I pondered

[01:10.71] I just wanna play my part, should I make waves or not?

[01:12.46] So back and forth in my brain the tug of war wages on

[01:15.70] And I don’t wanna seem ungrateful or disrespect the artform I was raised upon

[01:19.19] But sometimes you gotta take a loss

[01:20.97] And have people rub it in your face before you get made pissed off

[01:23.70] And keep pluggin’, it’s your only outlet

[01:25.71] And your only outfit so you know they gonna talk about it

[01:28.20] Better find a way to counter it quick and make it, ah

[01:30.69] Feel like I’ve already said this a kabillion eighty times

[01:33.69] How many times can I say the same thing different ways that rhyme?

[01:36.45] What I really wanna say is, is there anyone else that can relate to my story?

[01:39.71] Bet you feel the same way I felt when I was in the same place you are

[01:42.45] I was afraid to

[01:45.21] Make a single sound

[01:49.46] Afraid I will never find a way out, out, out

[01:51.21] Afraid I never before

[01:54.45] I didn’t wanna go another round

[01:57.71] An angry man's power will shut you up

[02:01.45] Trip wires fill this house with tip-toe love

[02:04.70] Run out of excuses with every word

[02:07.96] So here I am and I will not run

[02:12.46] Guts over fear, (The time is here)

[02:19.21] Guts over fear, (I shall not tear)

[02:25.46] For all the times I let you push me around

[02:29.95] And let you keep me down

[02:33.21] (Now I got) Guts over fear, guts over fear

[02:38.94] Feels like a close, it’s coming to

[02:41.93] Fuck am I gonna do?

[02:45.96] It's too late to start over

[02:49.95] This is the only thing I, thing I know

[02:52.96] I know what it was like, I was there once, single parents

[02:55.70] Hate your appearance, did you struggle to find your place in this world?

[02:58.43] And the pain spawns all the anger on

[03:00.24] But it wasn’t until I put the pain in songs learned who to aim it on

[03:03.21] That I made a spark, started to spit hard as shit

[03:05.70] Learned how to harness it while the reins were off

[03:07.19] And there was a lot of bizarre shit, but the crazy part

[03:10.71] Was soon as I stopped saying "I gave a fuck"

[03:12.45] Haters started to appreciate my art

[03:14.20] And it just breaks my heart to look at all the pain I’ve caused

[03:17.21] But what am I gonna do when the rage is gone?

[03:20.48] And the lights go out in the trailer park?

[03:21.20] And the window that was closing and there’s nowhere else I can go with flows in

[03:23.69] And I’m frozen cause there’s no more emotion for me to pull from

[03:25.97] Just a bunch of playful songs that I made for fun

[03:27.21] So to the break of dawn here I go recycling the same, old song

[03:31.21] But I’d rather make “Not Afraid 2” than making another mothafuckin’ “We Made You” uh

[03:34.70] Now I don’t wanna seem indulgent when I discuss my lows and my highs

[03:37.96] My demise and my uprise, pray to God

[03:41.70] I just opened enough eyes later on

[03:42.18] Gave you the supplies and the tools to hopefully use it to make you strong

[03:45.45] And enough to lift yourself up when you feel like I felt

[03:47.71] 'Cause I can’t explain to y’all how dang exhausted my legs felt

[03:48.71] Just having to balance my damn self

[03:50.23] But on eggshells I was made to walk

[03:52.71] But thank you, ma, ‘cause that gave me the

[03:55.48] Strength to cause Shady-mania, so many empty that stadium

[03:58.20] At least I made it out of that house and a found a place in this world when the day was done

[04:02.20] So this is for every kid who all’s they ever did was dreamt that one day just getting accepted

[04:05.45] I represent him or her, anyone similar, you are the reason that I made this song

[04:10.22] Everything you're scared to say don't be afraid to say no more

[04:12.95] From this day on forward, just let them a-holes talk

[04:14.98] Take it with a grain of salt and eat their fucking faces off

[04:17.96] The legend of the angry blonde lives on through you when I’m gone

[04:22.20] And to think I was gone

[04:22.95] I was afraid to

[04:25.73] Make a single sound

[04:26.94] Afraid I will never find a way out, out, out

[04:30.45] Afraid I never before

[04:33.49] I didn’t wanna go another round

[04:36.70] An angry man's power will shut you up

[04:40.70] Trip wires fill this house with tip-toe love

[04:43.95] Run out of excuses with every word

[04:47.45] So here I am and I will not run

[04:52.46] Guts over fear, (The time is here)

[04:58.95] Guts over fear, (I shall not tear)

[05:05.70] For all the times I let you push me around

[05:11.69] And let you keep me down

[05:12.69] (Now I got) Guts over fear, guts over fear