[Intro: Mario Resto] ~#**************#~ Take me to the river ~#**************#~ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ~#**************#~ [Verse 1: Eminem] ~#**************#~ Its 2002, everything was totally new ~#**************#~ We were globally huge, watchin sales go through the roof ~#**************#~ We wrote and we feuded, Runyon Avenue soldiers included ~#**************#~ A multitude of homies who would pounce for no good excuse ~#**************#~ We were so bulletproof—wrote, souped, and soaked in our youth ~#**************#~ Thought we was runnin shit til we lost the sole of our shoe ~#**************#~ The death of Doody broke us in two ~#**************#~ We were thrown for a loop, aint none of us know what to do ~#**************#~ And at the time I was goin through my own struggles too ~#**************#~ So I wasnt in no condition to be coachin us through ~#**************#~ Everyone tried to go solo, really nobody blew ~#**************#~ I was hopin they do, so I aint have to shoulder the crew ~#**************#~ The plan was put everyone in position so that they knew ~#**************#~ How to stand on their own, and I dont wanna open up wounds ~#**************#~ I just noticed that oomph was gone when we go in the booth ~#**************#~ ‘Cause the truth is, the moment that Proof died, so did the group ~#**************#~ Shoot! ~#**************#~ [Pre-Chorus: Mario Resto, Eminem & Both] ~#**************#~ If I could leave this all behind ~#**************#~ I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line ~#**************#~ Down to the river with you ~#**************#~ Help me leave this all behind ~#**************#~ [Chorus: Eminem] ~#**************#~ Ima wash away my sins ~#**************#~ Ima rinse away this dirt ~#**************#~ I forgot to make amends ~#**************#~ To all the friends I may have hurt ~#**************#~ I better stop and say my grace ~#**************#~ From it I pray that I dont fall ~#**************#~ ‘Cause on the way back down I may ~#**************#~ End up runnin back into them all ~#**************#~ I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones ~#**************#~ [Verse 2: Eminem] ~#**************#~ It was never the same, and its bothered me since ~#**************#~ And the farther we drift apart, the more awkward it gets ~#**************#~ The more time goes by, the more life happens ~#**************#~ And we gotta be men, we got responsibilities ~#**************#~ Plus we dont say how we feel ~#**************#~ And I feel like this is what got us in the debacle were in ~#**************#~ Been with you guys thick and thin ~#**************#~ But its almost as if sometimes were not even friends ~#**************#~ Which reminded me, Biz, “Rockstar” was the shit ~#**************#~ Yall coulda got you a hit without me on the shit ~#**************#~ If youda put D12 on it, wish I coulda did ~#**************#~ More to try talkin you into comin up off it ~#**************#~ I know it wasnt my fault, but part of it probably is ~#**************#~ I think of all of the trips to BET ~#**************#~ And the rappers I wish that we woulda politicked with ~#**************#~ Maybe yall coulda clicked and got you some features ~#**************#~ But thats water under the bridge ~#**************#~ But Im washin my sins in it til my conscience is cleansed ~#**************#~ [Pre-Chorus: Mario Resto, Eminem & Both] ~#**************#~ If I could leave this all behind ~#**************#~ I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line ~#**************#~ Down to the river with you ~#**************#~ Help me leave this all behind ~#**************#~ [Chorus: Eminem] ~#**************#~ Ima wash away my sins ~#**************#~ Ima rinse away this dirt ~#**************#~ I forgot to make amends ~#**************#~ To all the friends I may have hurt ~#**************#~ I better stop and say my grace ~#**************#~ From it I pray that I dont fall ~#**************#~ ‘Cause on the way back down I may ~#**************#~ End up runnin back into them all ~#**************#~ I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones ~#**************#~ [Verse 3: Eminem] ~#**************#~ Bacardi and Hen, never thought the party would end ~#**************#~ One minute youre bodyin shit, but then your audience splits ~#**************#~ You can already sense the climate is startin to shift ~#**************#~ To these kids you no longer exist ~#**************#~ Went from rainin cats and dogs in this bitch ~#**************#~ To tiny drops, little drips ~#**************#~ And by the time your reign is over, youll hardly be missed ~#**************#~ You start thinkin of all the artists you dissed ~#**************#~ All the carnage you left, is this the kind of karma you get ~#**************#~ For turnin your fuckin back on Bizzy, Kuniva, and Swift? ~#**************#~ A Freudian slip, subconsciously, I honestly wished ~#**************#~ I aint feel so much guilt and yall didnt harbor resentment ~#**************#~ But its hard to pretend that yall aint got none ~#**************#~ I just wish I had words, but I guess there just are none for this ~#**************#~ To my partners, I cant say how sorry I am ~#**************#~ This is not how I planned for our story to end ~#**************#~ I love all of you men ~#**************#~ But I just cant be the guy everybody depends ~#**************#~ On for entire careers cause thats not even fair ~#**************#~ I will always be here, but that spark isnt there ~#**************#~ And I dont know how to recapture that time and that era ~#**************#~ Ive tried hearkening back to, but Im fightin for air ~#**************#~ Im barely chartin myself ~#**************#~ Feels like Im on the descent, but it was not my intent ~#**************#~ To treat yall like a stepping stone ~#**************#~ Though I aint left no one behind, but we been down every road ~#**************#~ Done all we possibly can, I know we kept our hopes up ~#**************#~ But the longer we spend livin this lie that we live ~#**************#~ The less is left for closure, so lets let this go ~#**************#~ Its not goodbye to our friendship, but D12 is over ~#**************#~ [Chorus: Eminem] ~#**************#~ Ima wash away my sins ~#**************#~ Ima rinse away this dirt ~#**************#~ I forgot to make amends ~#**************#~ To all the friends I may have hurt ~#**************#~ I better stop and say my grace ~#**************#~ From it I pray that I dont fall ~#**************#~ ‘Cause on the way back down I may ~#**************#~ End up runnin back into them all ~#**************#~ I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones ~#**************#~ [Outro: Eminem] ~#**************#~ I never meant to make you feel like my stepping stones ~#**************#~ I never meant to use you all for my stepping stones