My favorite artist: Marshall Bruce Mathers III or Eminem or Slim Shady. Whatever. For those who know me, this causes confusion: all my life i lived beside a church, and here i am, idolizing a man who makes “profanized” music. The “good people” hate his lyrics, his music, his acts, but i look up to him as an artist. A true person. Here’s why:
One thing to remember: the people who hate him are actually those who oversee the literal meaning of his rhymes and overlook their true meaning. I must admit, i’m like that as a writer, very often. I write things which sound dumb and stupid and dirty, but deep within them is a meaning some people refuse to see. This is the case especially when i write stuff about me. I use an offbeat style with giddy and wreckless words to explicitly show a simple life lived by a person with rough attitudes. Now that doesn’t mean i have rough attitudes: i just don’t want to live a linear life in a linear way too, even if that’s what’s happening already. I just want to tell that i struggle and change the course of this very straight path. Hence, the use of “salitang kanto” for a prim and proper person like me.
Next, Eminem uses harsh words for very subtle messages. Eminem meant, “I’m not gay.” but he wrote, “My English teacher wanted to have sex with me in junior high.” some crap like that 
see that in me?
Finally, Eminem stands true to all of himself and his words. No apologies. He makes new material that shows who he is. Or at least, who the artist in him is. Like him, i sometimes write like i’m atheist, and thank God, i’m an atheist. Haha kidding! Not meant to ridicule any atheists. Peace out.
Who we are is still who we are. Nobody knows us better than we do. People misunderstand us every now and then. So just remember this:their loss if they never knew who you truly are; lucky are those who see the real you.
“Be yourself man, be proud of who you are. Even if it sounds corny, never let anyone tell you [that] you ain’t beautiful.
EMINEM, Beautiful
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