[00:01.010]Lately I've been hard to reach
[00:04.140]I've been too long on my own
[00:07.630]Everybody has a private world
[00:10.270]Where they can be alone
[00:14.920]Are you calling me?
[00:17.730]Are you trying to get through?
[00:21.500]Are you reaching out for me
[00:25.290]Then I'm reaching out for you
[00:29.360]I'm just so fuckin' depressed
[00:30.700]I just can't seem to get out this slump
[00:32.600]If I could just get over this hump
[00:34.270]But I need somethin' to pull me out this dump
[00:36.200]I took my bruises, took my lumps
[00:37.940]Fell down and I got right back up
[00:39.820]But I need that spark to get psyched back up
[00:41.630]In order for me to pick the mic back up
[00:43.500]I don't know how or why or when
[00:45.340]I ended up in this position I'm in
[00:46.990]I'm starting to feel distant again
[00:48.840]So I decided just to pick this pen
[00:50.720]Up and try to make an attempt to vent
[00:52.940]But I just can't admit or come to grips with the fact
[00:55.540]That I may be done with rap, I need a new outlet
[00:58.020]And I know some shit's so hard to swallow
[00:59.850]But I just can't sit back and wallow
[01:01.660]In my own sorrow, but I know one fact:
[01:03.590]I'll be one tough act to follow, one tough act to follow
[01:06.670]I'll be one tough act to follow
[01:09.200]Here today, gone tomorrow
[01:10.890]But you'd have to walk a thousand miles—
[01:12.640]In my shoes, just to see what it's like to be me
[01:16.250]I'll be you, let's trade shoes
[01:18.060]Just to see what it'd be like to
[01:19.860]Feel your pain, you feel mine
[01:21.710]Go inside each other's minds
[01:23.510]Just to see what we find
[01:25.320]Look at shit through each other's eyes
[01:27.510]But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful
[01:34.980]They can all get fucked, just stay true to you
[01:42.090]Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful
[01:49.400]They can all get fucked, just stay true to you
[01:55.850]I think I'm starting to lose my sense of humor
[01:58.000]Everything's so tense and gloom
[01:59.870]I almost feel like I gotta check the temperature
[02:01.830]Of the room, just as soon as
[02:03.690]I walk in, it's like all eyes on me
[02:05.240]So I try to avoid any eye contact
[02:07.180]‘Cause if I do that, then it opens a door
[02:08.920]For conversation like I want that
[02:10.930]I'm not lookin' for extra attention
[02:12.610]I just wanna be just like you
[02:14.320]Blend in with the rest of the room
[02:15.890]Maybe just point me to the closest restroom
[02:18.030]I don't need no fuckin' man-servant
[02:19.790]Tryna follow me around and wipe my ass
[02:21.660]Laugh at every single joke I crack
[02:23.480]And half of 'em ain't even funny, like, "Ha!
[02:25.460]Marshall, you're so funny, man
[02:27.290]You should be a comedian, goddamn!"
[02:29.000]Unfortunately I am
[02:30.990]I just hide behind the tears of a clown
[02:32.890]So why don't you all sit down?
[02:34.510]Listen to the tale I'm about to tell
[02:36.340]Hell, we don't gotta trade our shoes
[02:38.190]And you ain't gotta walk no thousand miles—
[02:40.000]In my shoes, just to see what it's like to be me
[02:43.510]I'll be you, let's trade shoes
[02:45.330]Just to see what it'd be like to
[02:47.180]Feel your pain, you feel mine
[02:48.990]Go inside each other's minds
[02:50.860]Just to see what we find
[02:52.640]Look at shit through each other's eyes
[02:54.850]But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful
[03:02.160]They can all get fucked, just stay true to you
[03:09.390]Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful
[03:16.700]They can all get fucked, just stay true to you
[03:23.720]Nobody asked for life to deal us
[03:25.440]With these bullshit hands we're dealt
[03:27.200]We gotta take these cards ourselves
[03:28.930]And flip 'em, don't expect no help
[03:30.800]Now, I could've either just sat on my ass
[03:33.450]And pissed and moaned
[03:34.550]Or take this situation in which I'm placed in
[03:37.010]And get up and get my own
[03:38.300]I was never the type of kid
[03:39.760]To wait by the door and pack his bags
[03:41.730]And sat on the porch and hoped and prayed
[03:43.530]For a dad to show up who never did
[03:45.350]I just wanted to fit in in every single place
[03:47.910]Every school I went, I dreamed of being that cool kid
[03:50.020]Even if it meant acting stupid
[03:52.600]Aunt Edna always told me:
[03:54.090]"Keep making that face, it'll get stuck like that."
[03:56.250]Meanwhile, I'm just standin' there
[03:57.970]Holdin' my tongue, tryin' to talk like this
[03:59.960]'Til I stuck my tongue on that frozen stop sign pole
[04:02.120]At eight years old; I learned my lesson then
[04:05.150]‘Cause I wasn't tryin' to impress my friends no mo'
[04:07.120]But I already told you my whole life story
[04:09.000]Not just based on my description
[04:10.800]‘Cause where you see it from where you're sittin'
[04:12.620]It's probably 110% different
[04:14.800]I guess we would have to walk a mile
[04:16.720]In each other's shoes at least
[04:18.120]What size you wear? I wear 10's
[04:19.910]Let's see if you can fit your feet—
[04:21.790]In my shoes, just to see what it's like to be me
[04:25.280]I'll be you, let's trade shoes
[04:27.140]Just to see what it'd be like to
[04:28.920]Feel your pain, you feel mine
[04:30.760]Go inside each other's minds
[04:32.600]Just to see what we find
[04:34.330]Look at shit through each other's eyes
[04:36.320]But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful
[04:43.950]They can all get fucked, just stay true to you
[04:51.160]Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful
[04:58.410]They can all get fucked, just stay true to you
[05:06.290]Lately I've been hard to reach
[05:09.490]I've been too long on my own
[05:13.090]Everybody has a private world
[05:15.670]Where they can be alone
[05:20.290]Are you calling me?
[05:23.170]Are you trying to get through?
[05:27.510]Are you reaching out for me
[05:30.660]Then I'm reaching out for you
[05:35.990]Yeah, to my babies: stay strong
[05:41.370]Daddy'll be home soon
[05:43.930]And to the rest of the world
[05:45.880]God gave you them shoes to fit you
[05:49.350]So put 'em on and wear 'em
[05:52.200]Be yourself, man, be proud of who you are
[05:56.660]Even if it sounds corny
[05:59.330]Never let no one tell you you ain't beautiful