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Intro

Eminem Sings

Lately I've been hard to reach

I've been too long on my own

Everybody has their private world

 Where they can be alone

Are you calling me?

 Are you trying to get through?

 Are you reaching out for me?

 I'm reaching out for you

Verse 1

Eminem Raps

I'm just so fucking depressed

 I just can't 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 and I got right back up

 But I need that spark to get psyched back up

 And in order for me to pick the mic back up

 I don't know how or why or when

 I ended up this position I'm in

 I'm starting to feel dissin' again

 So I decided just to pick this pen

Up and try to make an attempt to vent

But I just can't admit

 Or come to grips with the fact

that I may be done with rap

 I need a new outlet

 And I know some shit's so hard to swallow

 But I can't just sit back and wallow

 In my own sorrow but I know one fact

 I'll be one tough act to follow

One tough act to follow

I'll be one tough act to follow

Here today, gone tomorrow

 But you'd have to walk a thousand miles

Chorus

Eminem sings

In my shoes, just to see

What it's like, to be me

I'll be you, let's trade shoes

 Just to see what it'd be like

 To feel your pain, you feel mine

Go inside each others' minds

Just to see what we'd find

 Look at shit through each others' eyes

Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

Verse 2

Eminem raps

 I think I'm starting to

lose my sense of humor

Everything's so tense and gloom

 I almost feel like I gotta check

The temperature of the room

Just as soon as I walk in

it's like all eyes on me

 And so I try to avoid any eye contact

 Cause if I do that then it opens the door

 For conversation, like I want that

I'm not looking 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 don't need no fucking man servant

 Trying to follow me around and wipe my ass

Laugh at every single joke I crack

 And half of 'em ain't even funny like

Eminem mocks a person:

 Ha! Marshall you're so funny man

You should be a comedian, god damn!"

Back to him rapping:

Unfortunately I am

 I just hide behind the tears of a clown

So why don't you all sit down

Listen to the tale I'm about to tell

Hell we don't gotta trade our shoes

 And you ain't gotta walk no thousand miles

(Repeat Chorus)

Verse 3

Eminem raps

Nobody asked for life to deal us

With these bullshit hands we're dealt

We gotta take these cards ourselves

 And flip 'em, don't expect no help

Now I could've either

 just sat on my ass

And pissed and moaned

 Or take this situation

in which I'm 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

 I sat on the porch and hoped and prayed

 For a dad to show up who never did

I just wanted to fit in

 Every single place every school I went

 I dreamed of being that cool kid

 Even if it meant acting stupid

 And Edna always told me

 Keep making that face and

it'll get stuck like that

Meanwhile I'm just standing there

 Holding my tongue tryna talk like that

'Til I stuck my tongue on that

 frozen stop sign pole

At 8 years old

 I learned my lesson then

'Cause I wasn't trying to

 impress my friends no more

 But I already told you my whole life story

Not just based on my description

 Cause where you see it

from where you're sittin

 It's probably 110% different

I guess we would have to walk a mile

In each others shoes at least

 What size you wear? I wear 10's

 Let's see if you can fit your feet

(Repeat Chorus)

Outro

Eminem sings

Lately I've been hard to reach

I've been too long on my own

Everybody has their private world

 Where they can be alone

Are you calling me?

 Are you trying to get through?

 Are you reaching out for me?

I'm reaching out for you

Guitar solo

Eminem speaks to his daugther Hailey

Yeah,to my babies

 Stay strong, daddy will be home soon

And to the rest of the world

God gave you shoes to fit you

 So put 'em on and wear 'em

 Be yourself man, be proud of who you are

Even if it sounds corny

 Don't ever let anyone tell

---- x4

you you ain't beautiful so