Was Not Afraid a Good Single

[Alaine]

Ah been looking for an active Eminem forum for a while, this seems nice. To address some of the thoughts in this thread:

This song has lines here and there that rival with if not best Any other eminem song out there. These are not simple metaphors here like a poster said, this is some serious stuff man. However the parts between each 1-2 line of literally genius lyrics are extremely strange, I'll show a quick example from the first verse.

Amazing lyric: "You can try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay 'em
But you won't take this thing out these words before I say 'em"

Totally disrupts the flow and greatness of the 2 lines above and below, not because these lines are bad but more because these are not epic: "Cause ain't no way I'm let you stop me from causing mayhem When I say 'em or do something I do it, I don't give a damn What you think, I'm doing this for me, so fuck the world Feed it beans, it's gassed up, if a thing's stopping me"

Amazing lyric: "'Imma be what I set out to be, without a doubt undoubtedly
And all those who look down on me I'm tearing down your balcony"

Now in a song which is in my opinion and probably everyone's one of his best lyrically, Say goodbye hollywood, he had the same amazing, inspirational and insightful lyrics but it was more in a straight line instead of being stopped abruptly by talk of being gassed up with beans.

It really seems like he wrote the song in 2 different moments in time, days or even weeks apart in my opinion. Either way for a single, it's hardcore enough to get the fans drooling and catchy enough for everyone else to like it.. Eminem doesn't give a crap but you know what Eminem? I approve. Great song.

no one warned you about the forum down time right?

wut

read this: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=84499
well basically the forum will go down at some point of the day then go back up, this only happen lately though.

[GoodGirlsGetGutted]

It's more of a "what the fuck" than a "wut", but you'll find out soon enough.

Good observations on the track. The beans line is weak, but not so much that it's a detriment to the song.

[Dark Blue]

i think its his best first single

[AJS2050]

I think its great, i now know what Em ment when he said he wants songs with emotion and songs that you can listen to over & over again and still really enjoy. I also think the best is yet to come, the singles obviously arent always the best tracks on the album.

[Johnny Quid]

Great song and Great single