Guts Over Fear

[00:00.53] Feels like a close, it's coming to

[00:03.67] Fuck am I gonna do?

[00:07.18] It's too late to start over

[00:11.17] This is the only thing I, thing I know

[00:13.93] Sometimes I feel like all I ever do is

[00:15.93] Find different ways to word the same old song

[00:17.93] Ever since I came along

[00:19.17] From the day the song called “Hi! My Name Is” dropped

[00:21.43] Started thinking my name was Fault

[00:23.43] ‘Cause any time things went wrong

[00:24.68] I was the one who they would blame it on

[00:26.43] The media made me the equivalent

[00:28.59] Of a modern-day Genghis Khan

[00:30.34] Tried to argue it was only entertainment, dog

[00:32.59] Gangster? Nah, courageous balls

[00:34.08] Had to change my style, they said I'm way too soft

[00:37.08] And I sound like AZ and Nas, out came the claws

[00:39.33] And the fangs been out since then

[00:40.72] But up until the instant that I went against it

[00:43.47] It was ingrained in me

[00:44.22] That I wouldn't amount to a shitstain, I thought

[00:46.22] No wonder I had to unlearn everything my brain was taught

[00:48.72] "Do I really belong in this game?", I pondered

[00:50.47] I just wanna play my part

[00:51.72] Should I make waves or not?

[00:52.97] So back and forth in my brain the tug of war wages on

[00:55.72] And I don't wanna seem ungrateful

[00:56.87] Or disrespect the artform I was raised upon

[00:59.36] But sometimes you gotta take a loss

[01:00.61] And have people rub it in your face

[01:01.87] Before you get made pissed off

[01:03.87] And keep plugging, it's your only outlet

[01:05.62] And your only outfit, so you know they gonna talk about it

[01:07.86] Better find a way to counter it quick and make it… ah

[01:11.12] Feel like I've already said this a kabillion eighty times

[01:13.62] How many times can I say the same thing

[01:15.11] Different ways that rhyme?

[01:16.61] What I really wanna say is,

[01:17.87] if there's anyone else that can relate to my story,

[01:20.12] bet you feel the same way I felt

[01:21.36] When I was in the same place you are, when I was afraid to—

[01:23.99] I was a… afraid to make a single sound

[01:27.24] Afraid I would never find a way out, out, out

[01:30.75] Afraid I'd never be found

[01:34.00] I didn't wanna go another round

[01:37.50] An angry man's power will shut you up

[01:40.99] Trip wires fill this house with tip-toed love

[01:44.25] Run out of excuses for everyone

[01:47.75] So here I am and I will not run

[01:53.00] Guts over fear, the time is near

[02:00.00] Guts over fear, I shed a tear

[02:06.50] For all the times I let you push me 'round

[02:10.25] I let you keep me down

[02:12.00] Now I got guts over fear, guts over fear

[02:19.00] Feels like a close, it's coming to

[02:22.50] Fuck am I gonna do?

[02:25.99] It's too late to start over

[02:30.00] This is the only thing I, thing I know

[02:32.75] I know what it was like, I was there once

[02:34.50] Single parents, hate your appearance

[02:36.50] As you struggle to find your place in this world

[02:38.50] And the pain spawns all the anger on

[02:40.25] But it wasn't 'til I put the pain in song

[02:42.00] Learned who to aim it on that I made a spark

[02:44.00] Started to spit harder shit

[02:45.25] Learned how to harness it while the reins were off

[02:48.49] And there was a lot of bizarre shit, but the crazy part

[02:50.50] Was soon as I stopped saying I gave a fuck

[02:51.88] Haters started to appreciate my art

[02:54.38] And it just breaks my heart to look at all the pain I caused

[02:56.88] But what am I gonna do when the rage is gone

[02:58.38] And the lights go out in that trailer park

[03:00.28] And the window is closing and there's nowhere else

[03:01.92] that I can go with flows and I'm frozen

[03:03.43] ‘Cause there's no more emotion for me to pull from

[03:05.68] Just a bunch of playful songs that I make for fun

[03:08.17] So, to the break of dawn, here I go recycling the same old song

[03:11.18] But I rather make “Not Afraid 2”

[03:12.42] Than make another motherfucking “We Made You,” ah

[03:14.43] Now, I don't wanna seem indulgent

[03:15.67] When I discuss my lows and my highs

[03:17.68] My demise and my uprise, pray to God

[03:19.68] I just open enough eyes later on

[03:21.43] And gave you the supplies and the tools

[03:22.93] To hopefully use that'll make you strong

[03:24.67] Enough to lift yourself up, when you feel like I felt

[03:27.06] ‘Cause I can't explain to y'all how dang exhausted my legs felt

[03:29.82] Just having to balance my dang self

[03:31.32] When on eggshells, I was made to walk

[03:33.31] But thank you, Ma, ‘cause that gave me the

[03:35.06] Strength to cause Shady-mania, so when they empty that stadium

[03:38.32] Least I made it out of that house

[03:39.56] And found a place in this world when the day was done

[03:41.81] So this is for every kid who all's they ever did

[03:43.56] Was dreamt of one day just getting accepted

[03:45.06] I represent him or her, anyone similar

[03:47.06] You are the reason that I made this song

[03:49.69] And everything you're scared to say

[03:50.85] Don't be afraid to say no more

[03:52.01] From this day forward, just let them a-holes talk

[03:54.26] Take it with a grain of salt and eat their fucking faces off

[03:58.89] The legend of the angry blonde

[03:59.79] Lives on through you when I’m gone, and to think I was a—

[04:03.04] I was a… afraid to make a single sound

[04:06.54] Afraid I would never find a way out, out, out

[04:10.04] Afraid I'd never be found

[04:13.29] I didn't wanna go another round

[04:16.80] An angry man's power will shut you up

[04:20.29] Trip wires fill this house with tip-toed love

[04:23.80] Run out of excuses for everyone

[04:27.29] So here I am and I will not run

[04:32.54] Guts over fear, the time is near

[04:39.30] Guts over fear, I shed a tear

[04:46.04] For all the times I let you push me 'round

[04:49.79] I let you keep me down

[04:51.54] Now I got guts over fear, guts over fear