Eminem - Beautiful

[Intro]

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

Then I'm reaching out for you

[Verse 1]

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 somethin' 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—

[Chorus]

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

They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

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

They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

[Verse 2]

I think I'm starting to lose my sense of humor

Everything's so tense and gloom

I almost feel like I gotta check the temperature

Of 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 a door

For conversation like I want that

I'm not lookin' for extra attention

I just wanna 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 fuckin' man-servant

Tryna follow me around and wipe my ass

Laugh at every single joke I crack

And half of 'em ain't even funny, like, "Ha!

Marshall, you're so funny, man

You should be a comedian, goddamn!"

Unfortunately I am

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—

[Chorus]

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

They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

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

They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

[Verse 3]

Nobody asked for life to deal us

With these bullshit hands we're dealt

We gotta take these cards ourselves

And flip 'em, don't expect no help

Now, I could've 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

And 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 making that face, it'll get stuck like that."

Meanwhile, I'm just standin' there

Holdin' my tongue, tryin' to talk like this

'Til I stuck my tongue on that frozen stop sign pole

At eight years old; I learned my lesson then

‘Cause I wasn't tryin' to impress my friends no mo'

But I already told you my whole life story

Not just based on my description

‘Cause where you see it from where you're sittin'

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 10's

Let's see if you can fit your feet—

[Chorus]

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

They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

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

They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

[Bridge]

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

Then I'm reaching out for you

[Outro]

Yeah, to my babies: stay strong

Daddy'll 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

Never let no one tell you you ain't beautiful

• Artist:Eminem
• Album:apse (2009)