This is supported by Eminem rapping, ‘I'm manning up, I'ma hold my ground, I've had enough, now I'm so fed up. This rap was written by Eminem to inform his fans about the wrong turns he took in life, which was when he had an addiction to drugs, and so in this track Eminem is stating that he is “Not Afraid” of sharing that with the world, and by doing this, he is overcoming the obstacles that he faced, to allow his life to return back to normal. Throughout the music video, a key theme of standing up to face your demons is represented, as well as a theme of coming out of the darkness and recovering your life once again. Eminem is then located in a mirror maze, which makes him slightly confused at first, but then he breaks the glass, and returns to New York City, which is shown to be half destroyed, and Eminem then takes a suicide leap, but instead of dying, he gains the ability to fly, and then flies around the city, returning to the rooftop where the music video had begun. As the video progresses, Eminem is repeatedly shown as being indestructible, as he crosses a busy high street, without stopping for cars, and without trying, he manages to avoid the cars. You can stream the track over at 2dopeboyz.‘Not Afraid’ begins with Eminem shown standing on a rooftop in Manhattan, who is then repeatedly shown rapping in a shanty-looking apartment. Surprisingly enough, this sobriety has Eminem already abandoning much of his recent past: “I promise to never go back on that promise, in fact/Let’s be honest, that last Relapse CD was “ehhhh”/Perhaps I ran them accents into the ground/Relax, I ain’t going back to that now.” What’s more, he concludes with a positive message, proclaiming, “We’ll walk this road together, through the storm/Whatever weather, cold or warm/Just let you know that, you’re not alone/Holla if you feel that you’ve been down the same road.” I guess he wasn’t kidding about avoiding a second Relapse. “And I just can’t keep living this way/ So starting today, I’m breaking out of this cage/ Imma standing up, I face my demons/I’m manning up, Imma hold my ground/I’ve had enough, now I’m so fed up,” he raps.
The Detroit rapper is in a more serious, self-reflecting state, narrating his recovery from drug addiction. “Not Afraid”, the first track from Eminem‘s forthcoming LP Recovery, takes a decidedly different approach than what was heard on last year’s Relapse.
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