Guts Over Fear

Feels like a close, it's coming to

Fuck am I gonna do?

It's too late to start over

This is the only thing I, thing I know

Sometimes I feel like all I ever do is

Find different ways to word the same old song

Ever since I came along

From the day the song called "Hi! My Name Is" dropped

Started thinking my name was fault

Cause anytime things went wrong

I was the one who they would blame it on

The media made me the equivalent

Of a modern-day Genghis Kahn

Tried to argue it was only entertainment, dawg

Gangsta? Naw, courageous balls

Had to change my style

They said I'm way too soft

And I sound like AZ and Nas, out came the claws

And the thing's been out since then

But up until the instant that I've been against it

It was ingrained in me

That I wouldn't amount to a shitstain I thought

No wonder I had to unlearn everything

That my brain was taught

Do I really belong in this game? I pondered

I just wanna play my part, should I make waves or not?

So back and forth in my brain the tug of war wages on

And I don't wanna seem ungrateful or disrespect

The artform I was raised upon

But sometimes you gotta take a loss

And have people rub it in your face before

You get made pissed off

And keep pluggin' it's your only outlet

And your only outfit, so you know they gonna talk about it

Better find a way to counter it quick and make it, ah

Feel like I've already said this a kabillion eighty times

How many times can I say the same thing

Different ways that rhyme?

What I really wanna say is, is there anyone else

That can relate to my story?

Bet you feel the same way I felt

When I was in the same place you are

When I was afraid to

Afraid to make a single sound

Afraid I will never find a way out, out, out

Afraid I never before

I didn't wanna go another round

An angry man's power will shut you up

Trip wires fill this house with tip-toe love

Run out of excuses with every word

So here I am and I will not run

Guts over fear, the time is here

Guts over fear, I shall not tear

For all the times I let you push me around

And let you keep me down, now I've got

Guts over fear, guts over fear

Feels like a close, it's coming to

Fuck am I gonna do?

It's too late to start over

This is the only thing I, thing I know

It's like I was there once, single parents

Hate your appearance

Did you struggle to find your place in this world?

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