Journal Entry #9

My favorite song would have to be Lose Yourself by Eminem. To me the message behind it is about a man who is strongly to make his mark in the world, and trying to truly find himself as a person. It is a feeling that I believe everyone can relate with. Everyone has times in their lives when they lose themselves and do not know who they really are anymore, and it is this struggle to find oneself again that makes us who we are as people. Also the title itself means to just jump in and go with the flow of what you feel is right. Do not put so much thought into it just go with what you're inspired to do. Another great feature to the song is simply the beat behind the lyrics, its not an in your face rap song and that is the main reason I like it so much. The fact that it is not in your face talking about having sex with prostitutes and doing drugs is the key for me. I like that it actually has an intelligent meaning behind what is being said in the song. I could listen to this song over and over and not grow tired with it, where most rap songs you hear it three or four times and it kind of becomes old news so to speak.