Tony's Not Afraid

(Note: 1st time i've ever tried this so im not sure how good it is; i think this would be an awesome music video, but i have neither the talent to sing nor the time to make the video - enjoy; this may only make sense btw if you've heard not afraid by eminem - i modeled the lyrics after this song... if you've never heard of it, play the song while reading the lyrics)

Scene: Tony LaRussa, John Mozeliak, and Aaron Miles in the Tony's office discussing about problems within the lineup... the beat of Not Afraid begins to play... Tony starts singing to noone in particular)

(Intro)

Yeah its been a career

I guess I had to get creative to do what I'm doing

Now some people might still  hate me

If they're trying to get me outa town, they'll fail,

so they better enjoy my lineups while I'm here

(Hook) (sung by Tony LaRussa looking at Mo)

"I'm not afraid to go my ways,

Everybody hates how I play

my lineups every night, through the season

whatever record, good or bad,

just let you know that, I'm the best,

Hola if you can say Hall of Fame now BITCH"

(Verse I) - said by Tony LaRussa

You can try and read my lineup off of this paper before I write it

But you won't take this suckage out this card before you get it

Cause ain't no way I'm let you stop me from causing mayhem

When I say 'em or do something I do it, I don't give a damn

What you think, I'm doing this for me, so fuck the critics

Feed them beans, bernie's gassed up, if a thing's stopping me

Imma do what I set out to do, without a doubt undoubtedly,

And all those got a problem on me, just ignore all the irony

No if ands or buts don't try to ask him why or how can I

still be here down to the worst batter whose not a pitcher

whose on reds salary, rather stupidly,

Until he bows out or he shit's his bowels out of him,

whichever comes first, which is surely for worse,

I'm married to loyalty, like a fuck you for christmas,

its becoming a curse, forget the stats I've got the urge

to pull Skip from the lineup fucking the Cards universe

(Hook)

"I'm not afraid to go my ways,

Everybody hates how I play

my lineups every night, through the season

whatever record, good or bad,

just let you know that, I'm the best,

Hola if you can say Hall of Fame now BITCH"

(Verse 2) - sung by John Mozeliak

Ok quit playin' with this shit, and let me cut the crap

I shouldn't have to rhyme these words in the rhythm for you to know that its bad

You said I was king, you lied through your teeth,

for that fuck your feelings, instead of getting crowned we're getting scraps,

and to the fans, i'll never let you down again, i'm back

I promise to never let Tony get this outta control, in fact, 

let's be honest, this last Cardinals bench is ehhh,

perhaps I ran my control into the ground

Relax, I ain't doing that shit now

To Aaron Miles get back, click-clack BLAOW,

cause I ain't playing around, 

There's a game called circle and I don't know how

Greene's too hot to go back down

But I think I'm still tryna figure this crap out

Thought I had it mapped out but I guess I didn't

Fucking Aaron Miles is a black cloud still following me around

but its time to exercise his demon

i bet this motherfucker is doing jumping jacks now

(Songs fades into the distance....

"Hey I'm right here Mr. Mozeliak"  - Aaron Miles

"You can go to hell" - Mo - beat continues)

(Hook) - TLR

"I'm not afraid to go my ways,

Everybody hates how I play

my lineups every night, through the season

whatever record, good or bad,

just let you know that, I'm the best,

Hola if you can say Hall of Fame now BITCH"

(Bridge) - Mo

And I just can't keep my job this way

So starting today, I'm breaking out of my cage

I'm standing up, Imma face my demon (looks at Miles)

I'm manning up, Imma hold my ground (looks at TLR)

I've had enough, now I'm so fed up

Time to put my team back together right now

(Verse 3) - sung by Aaron Miles (kneeling facing Tony)

(It was my decision to get good, I did it for me

Admittedly I probably did it subliminally for you, Tony

So I could come back a brand new me, you helped see me through

And don't even realise what you did, believe me you

I been through the waivers, but that can do little to the heart of my play

I think I got a tear in my eye, I feel like the king of

My world, haters can make like bees with no stingers, and drop dead

expect more flailing singles, expect a higher average now on, I promise

To focus soley on handling my responsibility's as a hitter

So I solemnly swear to always treat this team like my life and raise it

You couldn't find a happer person on it

Cause the way I feel, I'm strong enough to go to the MLB club

On the bench and lift the team's spirits up

Cause I'm raising the bar, I shoot for the moon

But I'm too busy gazing at stars, I feel amazing and

(Song pauses.... TLR takes a gun out of his pocket, points it at Mo

"He's staying on the roster whether you fucking like it or not"

Song resumes, as Mo stares intently at the gun with bulging eyes)

(Hook)

"I'm not afraid to go my ways,

Everybody hates how I play

my lineups every night, through the season

whatever record, good or bad,

just let you know that, I'm the best,

Hola if you can say Hall of Fame now BITCH"

(Song fades off in distance, blank screen comes on... text appears that says "Now you know why Aaron Miles is still on the Cards - end scene)