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Eminem tampaknya sangat suka kepada Sia hingga ia mengajak sang penyanyi asal Australia untuk bekerjasama lagi setelah Beautiful Pain, dengan mengerjakan single terbaru Eminem, Guts Over Fear. Single ini merupakan single andalan untuk album kompilasi Shady XV yang bertugas sebagai penanda 15 tahun Shady Record.
Karena mengandalkan Sia sebagai pengisi vokal di bagian chorus, maka bisa dipastikan jika ambient dan tone lagu cenderung pada ranah yang moody, gelap dan mellow, meski tidak melankolis juga. Sia mengisi chorus dengan nyanyian yang terkadang menyayat namun kadang meninggi dengan emosi yang memuar dengan kuat. Tapi Sia bertugas untuk memberikan hook yang membenamkan impresi yang kuat kepada pendengar. Dan ia sukses untuk itu.
Nyanyian Sia adalah kulminasi dari rap Eminem yang memiliki gaya serupa semenjak lagu dibuka dengan bridge yang dinyanyikan oleh eminem. Secara struktur, Guts Over Fear dihadirkan dengan verse saja. Di verse pertama Eminem bernyanyi dengan intonasi yang lebih kalem dan terjaga sedang di verse kedua, eskalasi intensitas jelas lebih meningkat dengan hentakan emosi yang semakin kuat.
Hal ini tidak mengherankan mengingat verse pertama berbicara tentang insekuritas atau kegamangan yang dihadapinya di tengah sukses karir. "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..." demikian rap Eminem. Sedang di verse kedua, lagi-lagi ia meluapkan kemarahan pada sang bunda yang berkolerasi pada sisi insekuritas yang dibangun di verse pertama tadi, meski secara umum kini ia berbicara lebih lantang tentang sukses karirnya. Dimana sukses dibangun berdasarkan keuletan dalam melawan rasa takut akibat insekuritas dan berbagai halangan lain.
Untuk mendukung lagunya ia merilis sebuah musik video yang dikerjakan Syndrome. Lirik Guts Over Fear digambarkan dengan jelas di video yang menampilkan seorang petinju yang harus menghadapi banyak masalah, terutama di keluarganya, sebelum menghadapi sebuah pertandingan. Mengingat Sia sudah menyatakan tidak akan tampil secara umum, maka sosok dirinya digantikan oleh alumni America Next Top Model, Winnie Harlow, yang melakukan lip-sync nyanyian Sia.
Tampaknya Eminem termasuk orang yang susah move-on, karena kerap berbicara hal yang sama di banyak lagunya. Padahal ia sudah mencapai sukses sebagai musisi yang menjadi idaman rekan seprofesinya. Bukannya ia tidak mengerjakan lagunya dengan kredibel, hanya saja tema-tema yang tidak berkembang cenderung akan memaparkan dirinya sebagai musisi yang monoton.
Single ini pertama kali muncul di trailer The Equalizer yang dibintangi oleh Denzel Washington.
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LYRIC
[Bridge: Eminem]
Feels like a close, it's coming to
F*ck am I gonna do?
It's too late to start over
This is the only thing I, thing I know
[Verse 1: Eminem]
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 Khan
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 fangs been out since then
But up until the instant that I've went against it
It was ingrained in me that I wouldn't amount to a shitstain I thought
No wonder I had to unlearn everything 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...
[Hook: Sia]
I was a...
Afraid to make a single sound
Afraid I will never find a way out
Afraid I'd never be found
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 got, guts over fear, guts over fear
[Bridge: Eminem]
Feels like a close, it's coming to
F*ck am I gonna do?
It's too late to start over
This is the only thing I, thing I know
[Verse 2: Eminem]
It's like I was there once, single parent
Hate your appearance, did you struggle to find your place in this world?
And the pain spawns all the anger on
But it wasn't until I put the pain in songs learned who to aim it on
That I made a spark, started to spit hard as shit
Learned how to harness it while the reins were off
And there was a lot of bizarre shit, but the crazy part
Was soon as I stopped saying "I gave a f*ck"
Haters started to appreciate my art
And it just breaks my heart to look at all the pain I've caused
But what am I gonna do when the rage is gone?
And the lights go out in that trailer park?
And the window is closing and there's nowhere else that I can go with flows
And I'm frozen cause there's no more emotion for me to pull from
Just a bunch of playful songs that I made for fun
So to the break of dawn here I go recycling the same, old song
But I'd rather make "Not Afraid 2" than make another mothaf*ckin' "We Made You" uh
Now I don't wanna seem indulgent when I discuss my lows and my highs
My demise and my uprise, pray to God
I just opened enough eyes later on
Gave you the supplies and the tools to hopefully use it to make you strong
And enough to lift yourself up when you feel like I felt
Cause I can't explain to y'all how dang exhausted my legs felt
Just having to balance my dang self
But on eggshells I was made to walk
But thank you, ma, 'cause that gave me the
Strength to cause Shady-mania, so when they empty that stadium
At least I made it out of that house and a found a place in this world when the day was done
So this is for every kid who all's they ever did was dreamt of one day just getting accepted
I represent him or her, anyone similar, you are the reason that I made this song
And everything you're scared to say don't be afraid to say no more
From this day forward, just let them a-holes talk
Take it with a grain of salt and eat their f*cking faces off
The legend of the angry blonde lives on through you when I'm gone
And to think I was... gone
[Hook: Sia]
I was a...
Afraid to make a single sound
Afraid I will never find a way out
Afraid I'd never be found
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 got, guts over fear, guts over fear
