Connections

The work that I chose that compares is called "Lose Yourself". The name of the song may not convince someone that the song has anything to do with Tim Tebow, but  once you hear the lyrics I'm sure you will know that it is very much like Tim Tebow. The first two verses go like this, "His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy; There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's speghetti , he's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drop bombs , but he keeps forgetting what he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud, he opens his mouth, but the words won't come out, he's chokin' how, everybody's chokin' now, the clocks run out, times up, over blaw!Snap, back to reality oh, there goes gravity, oh, there goes Rabbit he choked, he's so mad but he won't , give up that easy, no, he won't have it he knows, his whole backs to these ropes, it don't matter he's dope, He knows that but he's broke, he's so stagnant he knows, when he goes back to his mobile home that's when it's , back to the lab again, you, this whole rhapsody better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him." "Lose Yourself" has both literal and figurative connections to Through My Eyes. The song connects literally to Through My Eyes because when Eminem says, "His whole  backs to the ropes, it don't matter that he's dope" This bar is directly related to Tim Tebow because even though Tebow has established himself as a winner and a great football player, the media still puts pressure on him to perform and the media harshly criticizes every little mistake of Tim Tebow's. The first bar relates to Tim Tebow's work ethic which is extremely painful, it goes like this "His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy..." Often times in Through My Eyes Tim Tebow talks about how he feels after one of his world famous workouts, he uses words like sweaty, exhausted, weak and heavy . Three of the words Tebow uses in his memoir are in the first bar of "Lose Yourself".

There is also several figurative deeper connections to Through My Eyes in "Lose Yourself" by Eminem. "The whole crowd goes loud, he opens his mouth, but the words won't come out". This bar holds irony because Tim Tebow is humorously known for being in photos on the football field yelling with his mouth wide open. It looks like he is screaming very loud, but no words are coming out of his mouth similar to this bar of "Lose Yourself". The name of the song "Lose Yourself" even connects to Through My Eyes and to Tim Tebow's  life. With all of the pressure of the media and the temptations of being an NFL football player, it is easy for Tim Tebow to lose himself. Tim could lose his moral value in temptation, but he doesn't  and he won't ever lose himself. "Lose Yourself" by Eminem connects very well with Tim Tebow's memoir, "Through My Eyes".