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 trying to get through
Are you reaching out for me, and Im reaching out for you
Im just so fuckin 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 and I got right back up
But I need that spark to get psyched back up
In order for me to pick that mic back up
I dont know how or why or when
And I ended up in this position Im in
I starting to feel distant again
So I decided just to pick this pen
Up and tried 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
I know some shits so hard to swallow
And 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, copy, one tough act to follow
Here today, gone tomorrow
But you have to walk a thousand miles
In my shoes, just to see
What itd be like, to be me
Ill be you, lets trade shoes
Just to see what Id be like to
Feel your pain, you feel mine
Go inside each others mind
Just to see what we find
Look at shit through each others eyes
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
I think Im starting to lose my sense of humor
Everything is so tense and gloom
I almost feel like I gotta check the temperature in 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 to conversation, like I want that
Im not looking for extra attention
I just want to be just like you
Blend in with the rest of the room
Maybe just point me to the closest restroom
I dont need no fucking manservant
Follow me around, and wiping my ass
Laugh at every single joke I crack
And half of em aint even funny like
Haha Marshall, youre so funny man, you should be a comedian, god damn
Unfortunately I am, but 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 have to trade our shoes
And you dont have to walk no thousand miles
In my shoes, just to see
What itd be like, to be me
Ill be you, lets trade shoes
Just to see what Id be like to
Feel your pain, you feel mine
Go inside each others mind
Just to see what we find
Look at shit through each others eyes
But dont let em say you aint beautiful oh
They can all get fucked. Just stay true to you so so
Dont let em say you aint beautiful oh
They can all get fucked. Just stay true to you
Nobody asked for life to deal us
With these bullshit hands were dealt
We gotta take these cards ourselves
Flip them, dont expect no help, now I could have either just
Sat on my ass and pissed and moaned
But take this situation in which Im placed in
And get up and get my own, I was never the type of kid
To wait but I know to unpack his bags
Never 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, Aunt Edna always told me
Keep making that face till it gets stuck like that
Meanwhile Im just standing there
Holding my tongue up trying to talk like this
Till I stuck my tongue on the frozen stop sign pole at eight years old
I learned my lesson and cause I wasnt tryin 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 youre sitting
Is probably a hundred and ten percent different
I guess we would have to walk a mile
In each others shoes, at least
What size you where? I wear tens
Lets see if you can fit your feet
In my shoes, just to see
What itd be like, to be me
Ill be you, lets trade shoes
Just to see what Id be like to
Feel your pain, you feel mine
Go inside each others mind
Just to see what we find
Look at shit through each others eyes
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
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 trying to get through
Are you reaching out for me, and Im reaching out for you
Yea, to my babies. Stay strong. Daddy will be home soon
And to the rest of the world, God gave you the shoes
That fit you, so put em on and wear em
And be yourself man, be proud of who you are
Even if it sounds corny,
Dont ever let no one tell you, you aint beautiful