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Lately I've been hard to reach |
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I've been too long on my own |
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Everybody has a private world |
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Where they can be alone |
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Are you calling me? |
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Are you trying to get through? |
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Are you reaching out for me |
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Then I'm reaching out for you |
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I'm just so fuckin' depressed |
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I just can't seem to get out this slump |
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If I could just get over this hump |
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But I need somethin' to pull me out this dump |
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I took my bruises, took my lumps |
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Fell down and I got right back up |
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But I need that spark to get psyched back up |
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In order for me to pick the mic back up |
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I don't know how or why or when |
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I ended up in this position I'm in |
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I'm starting to feel distant again |
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So I decided just to pick this pen |
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Up and try to make an attempt to vent |
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But I just can't admit or come to grips with the fact |
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That I may be done with rap, I need a new outlet |
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And I know some shit's so hard to swallow |
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But I just can't sit back and wallow |
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In my own sorrow, but I know one fact: |
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I'll be one tough act to follow, one tough act to follow |
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I'll be one tough act to follow |
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Here today, gone tomorrow |
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But you'd have to walk a thousand miles— |
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In my shoes, just to see what it's like to be me |
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I'll be you, let's trade shoes |
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Just to see what it'd be like to |
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Feel your pain, you feel mine |
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Go inside each other's minds |
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Just to see what we find |
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Look at shit through each other's eyes |
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But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful |
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They can all get fucked, just stay true to you |
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Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful |
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They can all get fucked, just stay true to you |
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I think I'm starting to lose my sense of humor |
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Everything's so tense and gloom |
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I almost feel like I gotta check the temperature |
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Of the room, just as soon as |
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I walk in, it's like all eyes on me |
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So I try to avoid any eye contact |
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‘Cause if I do that, then it opens a door |
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For conversation like I want that |
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I'm not lookin' for extra attention |
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I just wanna be just like you |
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Blend in with the rest of the room |
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Maybe just point me to the closest restroom |
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I don't need no fuckin' man-servant |
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Tryna follow me around and wipe my ass |
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Laugh at every single joke I crack |
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And half of 'em ain't even funny, like, "Ha! |
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Marshall, you're so funny, man |
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You should be a comedian, goddamn!" |
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Unfortunately I am |
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I just hide behind the tears of a clown |
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So why don't you all sit down? |
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Listen to the tale I'm about to tell |
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Hell, we don't gotta trade our shoes |
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And you ain't gotta walk no thousand miles— |
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In my shoes, just to see what it's like to be me |
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I'll be you, let's trade shoes |
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Just to see what it'd be like to |
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Feel your pain, you feel mine |
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Go inside each other's minds |
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Just to see what we find |
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Look at shit through each other's eyes |
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But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful |
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They can all get fucked, just stay true to you |
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Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful |
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They can all get fucked, just stay true to you |
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Nobody asked for life to deal us |
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With these bullshit hands we're dealt |
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We gotta take these cards ourselves |
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And flip 'em, don't expect no help |
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Now, I could've either just sat on my ass |
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And pissed and moaned |
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Or take this situation in which I'm placed in |
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And get up and get my own |
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I was never the type of kid |
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To wait by the door and pack his bags |
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And sat on the porch and hoped and prayed |
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For a dad to show up who never did |
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I just wanted to fit in in every single place |
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Every school I went, I dreamed of being that cool kid |
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Even if it meant acting stupid |
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Aunt Edna always told me: |
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"Keep making that face, it'll get stuck like that." |
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Meanwhile, I'm just standin' there |
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Holdin' my tongue, tryin' to talk like this |
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'Til I stuck my tongue on that frozen stop sign pole |
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At eight years old; I learned my lesson then |
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‘Cause I wasn't tryin' to impress my friends no mo' |
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But I already told you my whole life story |
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Not just based on my description |
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‘Cause where you see it from where you're sittin' |
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It's probably 110% different |
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I guess we would have to walk a mile |
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In each other's shoes at least |
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What size you wear? I wear 10's |
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Let's see if you can fit your feet— |
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In my shoes, just to see what it's like to be me |
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I'll be you, let's trade shoes |
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Just to see what it'd be like to |
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Feel your pain, you feel mine |
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Go inside each other's minds |
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Just to see what we find |
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Look at shit through each other's eyes |
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But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful |
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They can all get fucked, just stay true to you |
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Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful |
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They can all get fucked, just stay true to you |
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Lately I've been hard to reach |
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I've been too long on my own |
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Everybody has a private world |
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Where they can be alone |
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Are you calling me? |
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Are you trying to get through? |
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Are you reaching out for me |
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Then I'm reaching out for you |
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Yeah, to my babies: stay strong |
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Daddy'll be home soon |
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And to the rest of the world |
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God gave you them shoes to fit you |
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So put 'em on and wear 'em |
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Be yourself, man, be proud of who you are |
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Even if it sounds corny |
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Never let no one tell you you ain't beautiful |
