[00:00.630]Feels like a close, it’s coming to[00:04.080]**** am I gonna do? / It's too late to start over[00:11.720]This is the only thing I, thing I know[00:14.120][00:14.290]Sometimes I feel like all I ever do is[00:16.240]Find different ways to word the same, old song[00:18.250]Ever since I came along[00:19.650]From the day the song called ‘’Hi! My Name Is’’ dropped[00:21.800]Started thinking my name was fall[00:23.710]Cause anytime things went wrong[00:25.140]I was the one who they would blame it on[00:26.880]The media made me the equivalent of a modern-day Genghis Kahn[00:30.480]Tried to argue it was only entertainment, dawg[00:32.870]Gangsta? Naw, courageous balls[00:34.740]Had to change my style, they said I'm way too soft[00:37.360]And I sound like AZ and Nas, out came the claws[00:39.630]And the thing’s been out since then[00:41.960]But up until the instant that I’ve been against it[00:43.560]It was ingrained in me that I wouldn’t amount to a ****stain I thought[00:46.490]No wonder I had to unlearn everything that my brain was taught[00:49.160]Do I really belong in this game? I pondered[00:50.930]I just wanna play my part, should I make waves or not?[00:53.310]So back and forth in my brain the tug of war wages on[00:55.960]And I don’t wanna seem ungrateful or disrespect the artform I was raised upon[00:59.490]But sometimes you gotta take a loss[01:00.940]And have people rub it in your face before you can get made pissed off[01:04.160]And keep pluggin’, it’s your only outlet[01:05.970]And your only outfit, so you know they gonna talk about it[01:08.250]Better find a way to counter it quick and make it, ah[01:11.410]Feel like I’ve already said this a kabillion eighty times[01:14.060]How many times can I say the same thing different ways that rhyme?[01:16.830]What I really wanna say is, is there anyone else who can relate to my story?[01:19.820]Bet you feel the same way I felt when I was in the same place you are, when I was afraid to…[01:22.960][01:24.140]Afraid to make a single sound[01:27.480]Afraid I will never find a way out, out, out[01:31.010]Afraid I never before[01:34.390]I didn’t wanna go another round[01:37.740]An angry mans power will shut you up[01:41.180]Trip wires in this house will cut our love[01:44.650]Run out of excuses with every word[01:48.070]So here I am and I will not run[01:53.410]Guts over fear, the time is here[02:00.160]Guts over fear, I shall not tear[02:06.920]For all the times I let you push me around and push me down[02:13.610]Guts over fear, guts over fear[02:18.000][02:19.610]Feels like a close, it’s coming to[02:22.840]**** am I gonna do? / It's too late to start over[02:30.590]This is the only thing I, thing I know[02:33.220][02:33.440]It’s like I was there once, single parents[02:35.850]Hate your appearance, did you struggle to find your place in this world?[02:38.810]And the pain spawns all the anger on[02:40.580]But it wasn’t until I put the pain in songs learned who to aim it on[02:43.880]That I made a spark, started to spit hard as ****[02:45.710]Learned how to harness it while the reins were off[02:48.630]And there was a lot of bizarre shit, but the crazy part[02:50.740]Was soon as I stopped saying "I gave a ****"[02:52.280]Haters started to appreciate my art[02:54.710]And it just breaks my heart to look at all the pain I’ve caused[02:57.120]But what am I gonna do when the rage is gone?[02:58.690]The lights go out in the trailer park[03:00.850]And the window that was closing and there’s nowhere else I can go with flows in[03:03.540]And I’m frozen cause there’s no more emotion for me to pull from[03:05.830]Just a bunch of playful songs that I make for fun[03:08.470]So to the break of dawn here I go recycling the same old song[03:11.530]But I’d rather make “Not Afraid 2” than another make ***********’ “We Made You” uh[03:14.880]Now I don’t wanna seem indulgent when I discuss my lows and my highs[03:18.120]My demise and my uprise, pray to God[03:19.820]I just opened enough eyes later on[03:21.770]Gave you the supplies and the tools to hopefully use it to make you strong[03:24.940]And enough to lift yourself up when you feel like I felt[03:27.140]Cause I can’t explain to y’all how dang exhausted my legs felt[03:30.000]Just having to balance my damn self[03:31.710]Those dang eggshells, I was made to walk[03:33.590]But thank you ma, ‘cause that gave me the[03:35.230]Strength to cause Shady-mania, so many empty that stadium[03:38.500]At least I made it out of that house and a found a place in this world when the day was done[03:42.120]So this is for every kid who all’s they ever did was dreamt that one day they would just get accepted[03:45.670]I represent him or her, or anyone similar you are the reason that I made this song[03:49.250]Everything you're scared to say don't be afraid to say no more[03:52.390]From this day on forward, just let them a-holes talk[03:54.740]Take it with a grain of salt and eat their ******* faces off[03:58.920]The legend of the angry blonde lives on through you when I’m gone[04:01.590]And to think I was...[04:02.760][04:03.490]Afraid to make a single sound[04:06.820]Afraid I will never find a way out, out, out[04:10.320]Afraid I never before[04:13.690]I didn’t wanna go another round[04:17.190]An angry mans power will shut you up[04:20.720]Trip wires in this house will cut our love[04:24.020]Run out of excuses with every word[04:27.510]So here I am and I will not run[04:32.880]Guts over fear, the time is here[04:39.430]Guts over fear, I shall not tear[04:46.300]For all the times I let you push me around and push me down[04:53.010]Guts over fear, guts over fear[04:57.970]