Stronger Than I Was lyrics

[Verse 1]

You used to say that I'd never be

Nothin' without you, and I'd believe

I'm shot in the lungs, I gasp, I can't breathe

Just lay here with me, baby, hold me please

And I'd beg and I'd plead, drop to knees

And I'd cry and I'd scream, "Baby, please don't leave!"

Snatch the keys from your hand, I would squeeze

And you'd laugh, and you'd tease

You're just fucking with me, and you must hate me

Why do you date me, if you say I make you sick?

And you've had enough of me

I smother you, I'm 'bout to jump off the edge

[Chorus]

But you won't break me

You'll just make me stronger than I was

Before I met you, I bet you I'll be just fine without you

And if I stumble, I won't crumble

I'll get back up and uhh

But I'ma still be humble when I scream "Fuck you!"

‘Cause I'm stronger than I was

[Verse 2]

A beautiful face is all that you have

‘Cause on the inside you're ugly and mad

But you're all that I love, I grasp, you can't leave

Please stay here with me, baby, hold me please

And I'd beg and I'd plead, drop to knees

And I'd cry and I'd scream, "Baby, please don't leave!"

But you left and you took everything I had left

And left nothin', nothin' for me

So, please don't wake me from this dream, baby

We're still together in my head

And you're still in love with me

'Til I woke up to discover that that dream was dead

[Chorus]

But you won't break me

You'll just make me stronger than I was

Before I met you, I bet you I'll be just fine without you

And if I stumble, I won't crumble

I'll get back up and uhh

But I'ma still be humble when I scream "Fuck you!"

‘Cause I'm stronger than I was

[Verse 3]

You walked out, I almost died

It was almost a homicide

That you caused, ‘cause I was so traumatized

Felt like I was in for a long bus ride

I'd rather die than you not be by my side

Can't count how many times I vomited, cried

Go to my room, turn the radio on and hide

Thought we were Bonnie and Clyde

Nah, on the inside you were Jekyll and Hyde

I felt like my whole relationship with you was a lie

It was you and I, why did I think it was ride or die?

‘Cause if you coulda took my life you woulda

It's like you put a knife through my chest

And pushed it right through to the

Other side of my back and stuck a spike too, shoulda

Put up more of a fight, but I couldn't

At the time, no one could hurt me like you coulda

Take you back now, what's the likelihood of that?

Bite me, bitch, chew on a nineteen footer!

‘Cause this morning I finally stood up

Held my chin up, finally showed a sign of life in me for the

First time since you left

And left me with nothin' but shattered dreams

And the life we coulda had and we coulda been

But I'm breakin' out of this slump I'm in

Pullin' myself out of the dumps once again

I'm gettin' up once and for all—fuck this shit!

I'ma be late for the pity party

But you're never gonna beat me to the fuckin' punch again

Took it on the chin like a champ

So don't lump me in with them chump-ions

I'm done bein' your punching bag

It was the November 31st today

Woulda been our anniversary

Two years, but you left on the 1st of May

I wrote it on a calendar, was gonna call

But couldn't think of the words to say

But they came to me just now—so I put 'em in a verse to lay

[Bridge]

And I thank you, ‘cause you made me

A better person than I was

But I hate you, ‘cause you drained me

I gave you all, you gave me none

But if you blame me, you're crazy

And after all is said and done

I'm still angry, yeah, I may be

I may never trust someone

[Chorus]

But you won't break me

You'll just make me stronger than I was

Before I met you, I bet you I'll be just fine without you

And if I stumble, I won't crumble

I'll get back up and uhh

But I'ma still be humble when I scream "Fuck you!"

‘Cause I'm stronger than I was

• Artist:Eminem
• Album:The Marshall Mathers LP2 (2013)