Eminem

"Beautiful"

[Sample - Rock Therapy "Reaching Out":]

Lately I've been hard to reach, I've 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, like I'm reaching out for you?

[Eminem:]

I'm just so fuckin' 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

In order for me to pick the mic back up

I don't know how or why or when I ended up in this position I'm in

I'm starting to feel distant 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 just can't 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 other's minds

Just to see what we find

Look at shit through each other's eyes

But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh

They can all get fucked.

Just stay true to you

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

Oh, they can all get fucked.

Just stay true to you, yeah, so...

I think I'm 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

It's like all eyes on me

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 want to 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 them ain't even funny like

"Ha!, Marshall you're 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 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 other's minds

Just to see what we find

Look at shit through each other's eyes

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

Oh they can all get fucked.

Just stay true to you so

Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

Oh they can all get fucked.

Just stay true to you so

Nobody asked for life to deal us

With these bullshit hands we're dealt

We gotta take these cards ourselves

And flip them, don't expect no help

Now I could have 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

Who sat on the porch and hoped and prayed

For a dad to show up who never did

I just wanted to fit in

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 makin' that face it'll get stuck like that"

Meanwhile I'm just standin' there

Holdin' my tongue tryna talk like this

'Til I stuck my tongue on that frozen stop sign pole at 8 years old

I learned my lesson then cause I wasn't tryna 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 sitting

It's probably 110% different

I guess we would have to walk a mile

In each other's shoes, at least

What size you wear? I wear tens

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 other's minds

Just to see what we find

Look at shit through each other's eyes

But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh

They can all get fucked.

Just stay true to you

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

Oh, they can all get fucked.

Just stay true to you, yeah, so...

[Sample - Rock Therapy "Reaching Out":]

Lately I've been hard to reach, I've been too long on my own

Everybody has a private world where they can be alone...

So are you calling me, are you trying to get through, oh?

Are you reaching out for me, like I'm reaching out for you?

So oh oh

[Eminem:]

Yeah... To my babies. Stay strong.

Daddy will be home soon

And to the rest of the world, God gave you them 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,

Don't ever let no one tell you, you ain't beautiful

So...