[00:00.58] Lately I've been hard to reach [00:03.93] I've been too long on my own [00:07.38] Everybody has a private world where they can be alone [00:14.35] Are you calling me? [00:17.53] Are you trying to get through? [00:21.27] Are you reaching out for me [00:25.07] I'm reaching out for you? [00:29.15] I'm just so fucking depressed, I just can seem to get out this slump [00:32.56] If I could just get over this hump but I need something to pull me out this dump [00:36.16] I took my bruises, took my lumps fell down and I got right back up [00:39.75] But I need that spark to get psyched back up in order for me to pick the mic back up [00:43.66] I don't know how or why or when I ended up in this position I'm in [00:47.12] I'm starting to feel distant again so I decided just to pick this pen [00:50.79] Up and try to make an attempt to vent but I just can't admit [00:54.23] Or come to grips with the fact that I may be done with rap ineed a new outlet [00:57.95] I know some shit's so hard to swallow [00:59.94] And I just can't sit back and wallow [01:01.78] In my own sorrow but I know one fact, I'll be one tough act to follow [01:05.34] One tough act to follow [01:07.22] I'll be one tough act to follow [01:09.04] Here today, gone tomorrow [01:10.70] But you have to walk a thousand miles [01:12.68] In my shoes, just to see [01:14.47] What it's like, to be me [01:16.22] I'll be you, let's trade shoes [01:18.03] Just to see what it'd be like to [01:20.02] Feel your pain, you feel mine [01:21.71] Go inside each other's mind [01:23.59] Just to see what we find [01:25.31] Look at shit through each other's eyes [01:27.43] But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh [01:34.67] They can all get fucked just stay true to you so oh oh [01:41.55] So don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh [01:49.22] They can all get fucked just stay true to you so oh oh [01:56.02] I think I'm starting to lose my sense of humor [01:58.18] Everything is so tense and gloom [01:59.99] I almost feel like I gotta check the temperature in the room just as soon [02:03.30] As I walk in it's like all eyes on me so I try to avoid any eye contact [02:06.93] 'Cause if I do that then it opens a door for conversation like I want that [02:10.67] I'm not looking for extra attention I just want to be just like you [02:14.36] Blend in with the rest of the room [02:15.99] Maybe just point me to the closest restroom [02:17.92] I don't need no fucking man servant trying to follow me around and wipe my ass [02:21.68] Laugh at every single joke I crack and half of them ain't even funny like [02:25.28] "Ah! Marshall, you're so funny man, you should be a comedian, god damn!" [02:29.06] Unfortunately I am, but I just hide behind the tears of a clown [02:32.73] So why don't you all sit down? [02:34.53] Listen to the tale I'm about to tell [02:36.15] Hell, we don't gotta trade our shoes [02:38.17] And you ain't gotta walk no thousand miles [02:39.95] In my shoes, just to see [02:41.70] What it's like, to be me [02:43.49] I'll be you, let's trade shoes [02:45.33] Just to see what it'd be like to [02:47.26] Feel your pain, you feel mine [02:49.00] Go inside each other's minds [02:50.87] Just to see what we find [02:52.68] Look at shit through each other's eyes [02:54.71] But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh [03:01.97] They can all get fucked just stay true to you so oh oh [03:09.10] So don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh [03:16.75] They can all get fucked just stay true to you so oh oh [03:23.44] Nobody asked for life to deal us with these bullshit hands we're dealt [03:27.15] We have to take these cards ourselves and flip them, don't expect no help [03:30.77] Now I could have either just sat on my ass and pissed and moaned [03:34.47] Or take this situation in which I'm placed in and get up and get my own [03:38.04] I was never the type of kid to wait by the door and pack his bags [03:41.67] Who sat on the porch and hoped and prayed for a dad to show up who never did [03:45.27] I just wanted to fit in at every single place every school i went [03:48.98] I dreamed of being that cool kid even if it meant acting stupid [03:52.53] Aunt Edna always told me keep makin' that face it'll get stuck like that [03:56.13] Meanwhile I'm just standin' there holdin' my tongue tryna talk like this [03:59.88] 'Til I stuck my tongue on that frozen stop sign pole at eight years old [04:03.56] I learned my lesson then cause i wasn't tryna impress my friends no mo' [04:07.12] But I already told you my whole life story [04:09.17] Not just based on my description [04:10.82] 'Cause where you see it from where you're sitting [04:12.76] Is probably 110% different [04:14.60] I guess we would have to walk a mile in each other's shoes, at least [04:18.17] What size you wear? I wear tens let's see if you can fit your feet [04:21.63] In my shoes, just to see [04:23.56] What it's like, to be me [04:25.36] I'll be you, let's trade shoes [04:27.22] Just to see what it'd be like to [04:29.19] Feel your pain, you feel mine [04:30.83] Go inside each other's mind [04:32.72] Just to see what we find [04:34.47] Look at shit through each other's eyes [04:36.52] But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh [04:43.93] They can all get fucked just stay true to you, so oh oh [04:50.94] So don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh [04:58.23] They can all get fucked just stay true to you, so oh oh [05:05.70] Lately I've been hard to reach [05:09.40] I've been too long on my own [05:12.89] Everybody has a private world where they can be alone [05:19.86] Are you calling me? [05:23.06] Are you trying to get through? [05:26.83] Are you reaching out for me? [05:30.24] I'm reaching out for you? [05:35.44] Yeah [05:37.52] To my babies [05:39.37] Stay strong [05:41.18] Daddy will be home soon [05:43.70] And to the rest of the world [05:45.64] God gave you the shoes that fit you [05:48.80] So put 'em on and wear 'em [05:51.47] And be yourself, man [05:54.16] Be proud of who you are [05:56.27] Even if it sounds corny [05:58.97] Don't ever let no one tell you [06:01.23] You ain't beautiful [06:02.15]