Thirteen year old Marshall Mathers sat in a bathroom stall, quietly eating his lunch. It was a daily routine for him at the middle school in order to avoid bullies and young gangsters. He couldn’t stand up for himself. Whenever the bullies came around, he had great reticence as they hurt him with disparaging remarks. He just sat there, thinking about his life in a small town in Detroit. This was his third school in the last two months, and he felt an aversion towards that. He had no friends and, to put it simply, he was scared. Not just scared of the bullies and gangs, but scared of the world. Marshall was scared of the unknown. He would think to himself, If it is this bad in Detroit, had much worse is it in the real world? After all, he didn’t
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He recalled the promise he had made to himself about doing what his parents didn’t. As he lied down on his bed serenely, he realized something: he wasn’t following that promise. Ever since the divorce, Marshall’s relationship with his daughter never was right. She recently started to repudiate him. The fact that he was always on tour and never at home embellished the relationship to strain even more. He thought for a superfluous amount of time, and as he was reflecting, he decided he needed to keep the promise he made. So, he pulled out that same old notepad that he had started with so long ago, and began writing. And just like on that cold December night back in Detroit, he wrote with his heart. “We're all we got in this world. When it spins, when it swirls. When it whirls, when it twirls. Two little beautiful girls. Lookin' puzzled, in a daze. I know it's confusing you. Daddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the news” (Mathers. 19-25).
From that day on, Marshall Mathers kept that promise he made. Altruistically, he has done everything for his daughter, and did what his parents refused to do for him. The promise he made helped him be a better person, and music helped him achieve that dream. It had all started when Marshall saw that hooded man rapping across the street in the gloomy winter
He recalled the promise he had made to himself about doing what his parents didn’t. As he lied down on his bed serenely, he realized something: he wasn’t following that promise. Ever since the divorce, Marshall’s relationship with his daughter never was right. She recently started to repudiate him. The fact that he was always on tour and never at home embellished the relationship to strain even more. He thought for a superfluous amount of time, and as he was reflecting, he decided he needed to keep the promise he made. So, he pulled out that same old notepad that he had started with so long ago, and began writing. And just like on that cold December night back in Detroit, he wrote with his heart. “We're all we got in this world. When it spins, when it swirls. When it whirls, when it twirls. Two little beautiful girls. Lookin' puzzled, in a daze. I know it's confusing you. Daddy's always on the move, mamma's always on the news” (Mathers. 19-25).
From that day on, Marshall Mathers kept that promise he made. Altruistically, he has done everything for his daughter, and did what his parents refused to do for him. The promise he made helped him be a better person, and music helped him achieve that dream. It had all started when Marshall saw that hooded man rapping across the street in the gloomy winter