Going the Extra Mile the "8 Mile"

So I got to take you back to one of the memorable movies of the early 2000 the first decade of the millennium. Where Eminem was making records and even successful albums. When he first came out it was in the 90s but in the 2000s was the continuance of his emerge when his records continued to populate everywhere and even influence on Children as well even in upper class areas where you don't really expect the hip hop demographics to branch over. Seeing the success of Eminem be displayed on Television and be seen making great fun records like "My name is", "The Real Slim Shady", "Without me" just to name a few. And then you have the dark and emotional songs he wrote like "Rock Bottom", "The Way I am", "Stan", "Lose Yourself", and "Cleaning out my closet" which in my guilty pleasure are my more favorite songs, and also the tough real stuff that he goes through himself also which has a lot of authenticy.



I remember hearing about the Movie 8 Mile and even hearing the promotions of the Movie as well. I did hear the song "Lose Yourself" And really like the song and even the Lyrics as well.  Especially the line "One Shot do not miss your chance to blow, This Opportunity comes once in a LifeTime." And the opportunity can really come and go very quickly and even quickly can be missed as well. For the most part and putting the energy in what you really want to work in can be really and even very important. The story about Where Eminem's character is battle rapping and has faced failure or even other challenges where he would hesitate to battle back and I have to say choke. So his friend tried to encourage to get back into battle rapping and get into his confidence and show that he can win. For him to face the challenge that he face well explains a lot in the story in the movie.

In the movie where his opposition was and well for me not to give away the whole movie and explain SPOILER FREE because I recommend you guys and maybe not kids maybe at least pre teens, it is a Rated R movie but was still a great storytelling movie that even won an academy award as well, and yes the movie was wayyyyy back in 2002 nut it is still an award winning classic. Never knew how appealing and well done the movie was, and even how much talked about it was. In the Movie 8 Mile he had his own home and was forced to crash at his mom's place with her and sister and then With having a 9 to 5 job, and striving to get extra shifts and even having a car that doesn't really work, and even having to deal with his mom's boyfriend, who is not very respectful to her and even the other family members. Also including the road to accomplish his aspiration as a rapper he had to battle adversity Especially being rivals with a talented rapper being part of a bullying clique.

Basically the climax of the movie began and continued on with so many challenges in his life where he was battle rapping and struggled to step up to the challenge, where he was writing music and even trying to battle the adversity going on in his life which drew a ton of inspiration for his music and even come up with raps also as write rhymes and bars down as well. The story of the movie I believe with the adversity around him and serves also as the antagonist in the Movie played by actor Mackie, being the big opposition that he has to go through to excel as a rapper, it really summed up the big 8 Mile of where he has to keep striving to the Finish Line and try to win.


The term 8 Mile and going the extra mile really means to me hearing the song 8 Mile, and Lose Yourself is to go the Extra Mile and just strive all the way to the level where you have to win and you have to keep pushing to the level of WINNING. To Me I have experienced losing especially being on all sports team that underachieve when I was in high School and I really know how it feels to not be on a team that is on the level of Winning and for my brothers who played on High School Football teams that have achieve even though they didn't win a championship team that won games especially more than loss can be a good feeling. I can say I have experienced losing and not striving to the fullest to be successful and fight My Biggest ANTAGONIST which is the obstacle that is causing me to lose which is Laziness or even just not applying myself to the full. Seeing The Movie 8 Mile and Eminem's Character Jimmy just stand up to the challenge and even just battle the challenges in the movie almost like how I progressed in my own Morning run where I started slow and even battle my pain in my left hip that was slowing me down but then eventually I had to persevere and just continue running or just give up and even strive for progress. Striving through the 8 Mile (even though it was a name of a neighborhood in Detroit) road can make you stronger and help expose what your real challenges are and hear the solution calling you to solve all these issues, and something I began realizing and even beginning to battle myself as well.

Be ready to Step Up to Change!

I like to just sit back and just witness how much change had to be made and how much it really paid off, so much has improved and seeing making a change can be a real positive thing. Making a change and a major shakeup always starts where one thing fails to produce you try something different where it can be or may be very productive. On top of that why stick and keep trying with something that is not productive making an adjustment maybe the 1 thing that can strongly be needed. There are plenty of changes that have been made and there are a fair amount that succeeds, and one of them I am talking about which is The change in Quarterback position from the Tennessee Titans has made quite the change that did shook the team and not shook the team down but really shook the team which is in a positive way. 

I was excited about when I was about to see Marcus Mariotta return to action after he got injured and suffered a very woeful finish to their season after Blaine Gabbert took over and fail to lead a talented team to a playoff spot. They year before Marcus Mariotta let the team and himself to gaining a playoff victory over the Kansas City Chiefs which was very impressive and seeing him make a catch to himself was really insane and on top of that how he lead a revolt after trailing in the game, and seeing what he did can really explain can he had a very monstrous performance and an incredible season with many years to come. Well unfortunately that didn't happen.

Entering the 2019 season especially after a victory over the Browns and the hype up from Delanie Walker talking about how they were doubted and counted out as Walker's team came ready to play football. As Marcus Mariotta pounded in 3 touchdowns for over 200 yards. He was very phenomenal and on top of that it did look like a very promising season along the way, but unfortunately he didn't live up to that promise long the way in the next 5 games the team and Mariotta was struggling especially in the game against the Broncos where he threw 2 interceptions and less than 100 yards.  And then eventually low and behold Ryan Tannehill end up putting up some numbers despite the loss they end up going on a run many games later even leading him to a massive comeback against a powerhouse team like the Chiefs and then become offensive player of the week that really speaks a ton of volumes especially where someone who comes off backup is a real definition of refining and holding grasp and stepping up especially where it is really needed.

Seeing how Ryan Tannehill really step up and began to make an impact for the team was very impressive. It shows how do you step up and make a change or even impact when needed. For me when I had to do the paper route with my brother I had to learn how to step up and build my involvement in the paper route where I had to step up and even try to get the route done faster and even more efficient as well and from time to time it worked. Even when I was on the wrestling team where I wrestled both JV and Varsity on a small wrestling team and even where the situation called for it and really enjoyed it. My perspective was you got to take the ball and run with it which Ryan Tannehill did indeed and it was very impressive to see because when the change happened he came ready and I felt that is what is saw the determination and will for him to show up and I felt like that is what I did when I did the paper route and really excelled.