[Intro: Paul Rodgers] ~#**************#~ Lately Ive been hard to reach ~#**************#~ Ive been too long on my own ~#**************#~ Everybody has a private world where they can be alone ~#**************#~ Are you calling me? ~#**************#~ Are you tryin to get through? ~#**************#~ Are you reaching out for me? ~#**************#~ Im reaching out for you ~#**************#~ [Verse 1: Eminem] ~#**************#~ Im just so fucking depressed ~#**************#~ I just cant seem to get out this slump ~#**************#~ If I could just get over this hump ~#**************#~ But I need something to pull me out this dump ~#**************#~ I took my bruises, took my lumps ~#**************#~ Fell down then I got right back up ~#**************#~ But I need that spark to get psyched back up ~#**************#~ In order for me to pick the mic back up ~#**************#~ I dont know how or why or when ~#**************#~ I ended up in this position Im in ~#**************#~ Im starting to feel distant again ~#**************#~ So I decided just to pick this pen ~#**************#~ Up and try to make an attempt ~#**************#~ To vent, but I just cant admit ~#**************#~ Or come to grips with the fact that ~#**************#~ I may be done with rap, I need a new outlet ~#**************#~ And I know some shits so hard to swallow ~#**************#~ But I just cant sit back and wallow ~#**************#~ In my own sorrow, but I know one fact: ~#**************#~ Ill be one tough act to follow ~#**************#~ One tough act to follow ~#**************#~ Ill be one tough act to follow ~#**************#~ Here today, gone tomorrow ~#**************#~ But youd have to walk a thousand miles— ~#**************#~ [Pre-Chorus: Eminem] ~#**************#~ In my shoes, just to see ~#**************#~ What its like to be me ~#**************#~ Ill be you, lets trade shoes ~#**************#~ Just to see what itd be like to ~#**************#~ Feel your pain, you feel mine ~#**************#~ Go inside each others minds ~#**************#~ Just to see what we find ~#**************#~ Look at shit through each others eyes ~#**************#~ [Chorus: Eminem] ~#**************#~ But dont let em say you aint beautiful, oh ~#**************#~ They can all get fucked, just stay true to you, so ~#**************#~ Dont let em say you aint beautiful, oh ~#**************#~ They can all get fucked, just stay true to you, so ~#**************#~ [Verse 2: Eminem] ~#**************#~ I think Im startin to lose my sense of humor ~#**************#~ Everythings so tense and gloom ~#**************#~ I almost feel like I gotta check the temperature ~#**************#~ Of the room, just as soon as ~#**************#~ I walk in, its like all eyes on me ~#**************#~ So I try to avoid any eye contact ~#**************#~ ‘Cause if I do that, then it opens a door ~#**************#~ For conversation like I want that ~#**************#~ Im not lookin for extra attention ~#**************#~ I just wanna be just like you ~#**************#~ Blend in with the rest of the room ~#**************#~ Maybe just point me to the closest restroom ~#**************#~ I dont need no fuckin man servant ~#**************#~ Tryna follow me around and wipe my ass ~#**************#~ Laugh at every single joke I crack ~#**************#~ And half of em aint even funny, like, “Ha! ~#**************#~ Marshall, youre so funny, man ~#**************#~ You should be a comedian, goddamn!” ~#**************#~ Unfortunately I am ~#**************#~ I just hide behind the tears of a clown ~#**************#~ So why dont you all sit down? ~#**************#~ Listen to the tale Im about to tell ~#**************#~ Hell, we dont gotta trade our shoes ~#**************#~ And you aint gotta walk no thousand miles— ~#**************#~ [Pre-Chorus: Eminem] ~#**************#~ In my shoes, just to see ~#**************#~ What its like to be me ~#**************#~ Ill be you, lets trade shoes ~#**************#~ Just to see what itd be like to ~#**************#~ Feel your pain, you feel mine ~#**************#~ Go inside each others minds ~#**************#~ Just to see what we find ~#**************#~ Look at shit through each others eyes ~#**************#~ [Chorus: Eminem] ~#**************#~ But dont let em say you aint beautiful, oh ~#**************#~ They can all get fucked, just stay true to you, so ~#**************#~ Dont let em say you aint beautiful, oh ~#**************#~ They can all get fucked, just stay true to you, so ~#**************#~ [Verse 3: Eminem] ~#**************#~ Nobody asked for life to deal us ~#**************#~ With these bullshit hands were dealt ~#**************#~ We gotta take these cards ourselves ~#**************#~ And flip em, dont expect no help ~#**************#~ Now, I couldve either just sat ~#**************#~ On my ass and pissed and moaned ~#**************#~ Or take this situation in which Im placed in ~#**************#~ And get up and get my own ~#**************#~ I was never the type of kid ~#**************#~ To wait by the door and pack his bags ~#**************#~ And sat on the porch and hoped and prayed ~#**************#~ For a dad to show up who never did ~#**************#~ I just wanted to fit in ~#**************#~ In every single place, every school I went ~#**************#~ I dreamed of being that cool kid ~#**************#~ Even if it meant actin stupid ~#**************#~ Aunt Edna always told me: ~#**************#~ “Keep making that face, itll get stuck like that.” ~#**************#~ Meanwhile, Im just standin there ~#**************#~ Holdin my tongue, tryin to talk like this ~#**************#~ ‘Til I stuck my tongue on that frozen ~#**************#~ Stop sign pole at eight-years-old ~#**************#~ I learned my lesson then, cause I wasnt ~#**************#~ Tryin to impress my friends no mo ~#**************#~ But I already told you my whole life story ~#**************#~ Not just based on my description ~#**************#~ ‘Cause where you see it from where youre sittin ~#**************#~ Its probably a 110% different ~#**************#~ I guess we would have to walk a ~#**************#~ Mile in each others shoes at least ~#**************#~ What size you wear? I wear 10s ~#**************#~ Lets see if you can fit your feet— ~#**************#~ [Pre-Chorus: Eminem] ~#**************#~ In my shoes, just to see ~#**************#~ What its like to be me ~#**************#~ Ill be you, lets trade shoes ~#**************#~ Just to see what itd be like to ~#**************#~ Feel your pain, you feel mine ~#**************#~ Go inside each others minds ~#**************#~ Just to see what we find ~#**************#~ Look at shit through each others eyes ~#**************#~ [Chorus: Eminem] ~#**************#~ But dont let em say you aint beautiful, oh ~#**************#~ They can all get fucked, just stay true to you, so ~#**************#~ Dont let em say you aint beautiful, oh ~#**************#~ They can all get fucked, just stay true to you, so ~#**************#~ [Bridge: Paul Rodgers, Eminem] ~#**************#~ Lately Ive been hard to reach ~#**************#~ Ive been too long on my own (Oh) ~#**************#~ Everybody has a private world ~#**************#~ Where they can be alone (So) ~#**************#~ Are you calling me? ~#**************#~ Are you tryin to get through? (Oh) ~#**************#~ Are you reaching out for me? ~#**************#~ Im reaching out for you (So) ~#**************#~ [Outro: Eminem] ~#**************#~ Yeah ~#**************#~ To my babies: ~#**************#~ Stay strong ~#**************#~ Dadll be well soon ~#**************#~ And to the rest of the world: ~#**************#~ God gave you new shoes ~#**************#~ To fit you ~#**************#~ So put em on and wear em ~#**************#~ Be yourself, man ~#**************#~ Be proud of who you are ~#**************#~ And even if it sounds corny ~#**************#~ Dont never let no one tell you ~#**************#~ You aint beautiful (So-oh-oh-oh-oh)