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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



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

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

So don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

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

Ha! Marshall you're so funny man

You should be a comedian, god damn!

"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

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

So don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

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

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

So don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

They can all get fucked just stay true to you

So don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

They can all get fucked just stay true to you

So

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

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 beautiful.