0:00Lately I've been hard to reach
0:03I've been too long on my own
0:07Everybody has a private world where they can be alone
0:17Are you trying to get through?
0:21Are you reaching out for me
0:25I'm reaching out for you?
0:29I'm just so fucking depressed, I just can seem to get out this slump
0:32If I could just get over this hump but I need something to pull me out this dump
0:36I took my bruises, took my lumps fell down and I got right back up
0:39But I need that spark to get psyched back up in order for me to pick the mic back up
0:43I don't know how or why or when I ended up in this position I'm in
0:47I'm starting to feel distant again so I decided just to pick this pen
0:50Up and try to make an attempt to vent but I just can't admit
0:54Or come to grips with the fact that I may be done with rap ineed a new outlet
0:57I know some shit's so hard to swallow
0:59And I just can't sit back and wallow
1:01In my own sorrow but I know one fact, I'll be one tough act to follow
1:05One tough act to follow
1:07I'll be one tough act to follow
1:09Here today, gone tomorrow
1:10But you have to walk a thousand miles
1:12In my shoes, just to see
1:14What it's like, to be me
1:16I'll be you, let's trade shoes
1:18Just to see what it'd be like to
1:20Feel your pain, you feel mine
1:21Go inside each other's mind
1:23Just to see what we find
1:25Look at shit through each other's eyes
1:27But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh
1:34They can all get fucked just stay true to you so oh oh
1:41So don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh
1:49They can all get fucked just stay true to you so oh oh
1:56I think I'm starting to lose my sense of humor
1:58Everything is so tense and gloom
1:59I almost feel like I gotta check the temperature in the room just as soon
2:03As I walk in it's like all eyes on me so I try to avoid any eye contact
2:06'Cause if I do that then it opens a door for conversation like I want that
2:10I'm not looking for extra attention I just want to be just like you
2:14Blend in with the rest of the room
2:15Maybe just point me to the closest restroom
2:17I don't need no fucking man servant trying to follow me around and wipe my ass
2:21Laugh at every single joke I crack and half of them ain't even funny like
2:25"Ah! Marshall, you're so funny man, you should be a comedian, god damn!"
2:29Unfortunately I am, but I just hide behind the tears of a clown
2:32So why don't you all sit down?
2:34Listen to the tale I'm about to tell
2:36Hell, we don't gotta trade our shoes
2:38And you ain't gotta walk no thousand miles
2:39In my shoes, just to see
2:41What it's like, to be me
2:43I'll be you, let's trade shoes
2:45Just to see what it'd be like to
2:47Feel your pain, you feel mine
2:49Go inside each other's minds
2:50Just to see what we find
2:52Look at shit through each other's eyes
2:54But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh
3:01They can all get fucked just stay true to you so oh oh
3:09So don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh
3:16They can all get fucked just stay true to you so oh oh
3:23Nobody asked for life to deal us with these bullshit hands we're dealt
3:27We have to take these cards ourselves and flip them, don't expect no help
3:30Now I could have either just sat on my ass and pissed and moaned
3:34Or take this situation in which I'm placed in and get up and get my own
3:38I was never the type of kid to wait by the door and pack his bags
3:41Who sat on the porch and hoped and prayed for a dad to show up who never did
3:45I just wanted to fit in at every single place every school i went
3:48I dreamed of being that cool kid even if it meant acting stupid
3:52Aunt Edna always told me keep makin' that face it'll get stuck like that
3:56Meanwhile I'm just standin' there holdin' my tongue tryna talk like this
3:59'Til I stuck my tongue on that frozen stop sign pole at eight years old
4:03I learned my lesson then cause i wasn't tryna impress my friends no mo'
4:07But I already told you my whole life story
4:09Not just based on my description
4:10'Cause where you see it from where you're sitting
4:12Is probably 110% different
4:14I guess we would have to walk a mile in each other's shoes, at least
4:18What size you wear? I wear tens let's see if you can fit your feet
4:21In my shoes, just to see
4:23What it's like, to be me
4:25I'll be you, let's trade shoes
4:27Just to see what it'd be like to
4:29Feel your pain, you feel mine
4:30Go inside each other's mind
4:32Just to see what we find
4:34Look at shit through each other's eyes
4:36But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh
4:43They can all get fucked just stay true to you, so oh oh
4:50So don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful, oh oh
4:58They can all get fucked just stay true to you, so oh oh
5:05Lately I've been hard to reach
5:09I've been too long on my own
5:12Everybody has a private world where they can be alone
5:23Are you trying to get through?
5:26Are you reaching out for me?
5:30I'm reaching out for you?
5:41Daddy will be home soon
5:43And to the rest of the world
5:45God gave you the shoes that fit you
5:48So put 'em on and wear 'em
5:54Be proud of who you are
5:56Even if it sounds corny
5:58Don't ever let no one tell you