Beautiful

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[00:00.52] (Intro)

[00:00.53] Lately I've been hard to reach

[00:03.68] I've been too long on my own

[00:07.33] Everybody has a private world

[00:10.09] Where they can be alone

[00:14.52] Are you calling me?

[00:17.18] Are you trying to get through?

[00:21.44] Are you reaching out for me?

[00:24.46] Then I'm reaching out for you

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[00:28.31] (Verse 1)

[00:29.11] I'm just so fuckin' depressed

[00:30.63] I just can't seem to get out this slump

[00:32.38] If I could just get over this hump

[00:34.14] But I need somethin' to pull me out this dump

[00:35.90] I took my bruises, took my lumps

[00:37.91] Fell down and I got right back up

[00:39.65] But I need that spark to get psyched back up

[00:41.41] In order for me to pick the mic back up

[00:43.42] I don't know how or why or when

[00:45.17] I ended up in this position I'm in

[00:46.92] I'm starting to feel distant again

[00:48.68] So I decided just to pick this pen

[00:50.44] Up and try to make an attempt to vent

[00:52.85] But I just can't admit

[00:54.34] Or come to grips with the fact that I may be done with rap

[00:57.10] I need a new outlet

[00:57.99] And I know some shit's so hard to swallow

[00:59.50] But I just can't sit back and wallow

[01:01.51] In my own sorrow, but I know one fact:

[01:03.41] I'll be one tough act to follow

[01:05.16] One tough act to follow, I'll be one tough act to follow

[01:08.68] Here today, gone tomorrow

[01:10.68] But you'd have to walk a thousand miles—

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[01:11.18] (Pre-Chorus)

[01:12.94] In my shoes, just to see

[01:14.34] What it's like to be me

[01:16.10] I'll be you, let's trade shoes

[01:18.10] Just to see what it'd be like to

[01:19.87] Feel your pain, you feel mine

[01:21.61] Go inside each other's minds

[01:23.37] Just to see what we find

[01:25.38] Look at shit through each other's eyes

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[01:25.69] (Chorus)

[01:27.13] But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

[01:34.20] They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

[01:41.98] Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

[01:49.26] They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

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[01:53.19] (Verse 2)

[01:55.84] I think I'm starting to lose my sense of humor

[01:58.05] Everything's so tense and gloom

[01:59.95] I almost feel like I gotta check the temperature

[02:02.22] Of the room, just as soon as

[02:03.48] I walk in, it's like all eyes on me

[02:05.14] So I try to avoid any eye contact

[02:07.14] ‘Cause if I do that, then it opens a door

[02:08.79] For conversation like I want that

[02:11.06] I'm not lookin' for extra attention

[02:12.71] I just wanna be just like you

[02:14.21] Blend in with the rest of the room

[02:16.11] Maybe just point me to the closest restroom

[02:17.87] I don't need no fuckin' man servant

[02:19.64] Tryna follow me around and wipe my ass

[02:21.53] Laugh at every single joke I crack

[02:23.55] And half of 'em ain't even funny, like, "Ha!

[02:25.56] Marshall, you're so funny, man

[02:27.46] You should be a comedian, goddamn!"

[02:29.36] Unfortunately I am

[02:30.87] I just hide behind the tears of a clown

[02:32.63] So why don't you all sit down?

[02:34.63] Listen to the tale I'm about to tell

[02:36.13] Hell, we don't gotta trade our shoes

[02:36.77] And you ain't gotta walk no thousand miles—

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[02:39.54] (Pre-Chorus)

[02:39.80] In my shoes, just to see

[02:41.45] What it's like to be me

[02:43.21] I'll be you, let's trade shoes

[02:45.21] Just to see what it'd be like to

[02:47.22] Feel your pain, you feel mine

[02:48.72] Go inside each other's minds

[02:50.73] Just to see what we find

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[02:52.49] Look at shit through each other's eyes

[02:54.73] (Chorus)

[02:55.23] But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

[03:02.16] They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

[03:09.18] Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

[03:16.86] They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

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[03:23.13] (Verse 3)

[03:23.63] Nobody asked for life to deal us

[03:25.29] With these bullshit hands we're dealt

[03:27.05] We gotta take these cards ourselves

[03:29.15] And flip 'em, don't expect no help

[03:30.67] Now, I could've either just sat on my ass and pissed and moaned

[03:34.17] Or take this situation in which I'm placed in

[03:36.58] And get up and get my own

[03:38.33] I was never the type of kid to wait by the door and pack his bags

[03:41.59] And sat on the porch and hoped and prayed

[03:43.36] For a dad to show up who never did

[03:45.36] I just wanted to fit in in every single place, every school I went

[03:48.63] I dreamed of being that cool kid

[03:50.51] Even if it meant acting stupid

[03:52.52] Aunt Edna always told me:

[03:54.02] "Keep making that face, it'll get stuck like that."

[03:56.03] Meanwhile, I'm just standin' there

[03:57.90] Holdin' my tongue, tryin' to talk like this

[03:59.92] 'Til I stuck my tongue on that frozen stop sign pole at 8 years old

[04:03.56] I learned my lesson then

[04:04.93] ‘Cause I wasn't tryin' to impress my friends no mo'

[04:07.07] But I already told you my whole life story

[04:08.83] Not just based on my description

[04:10.83] ‘Cause where you see it from where you're sittin'

[04:12.34] It's probably 110% different

[04:14.34] I guess we would have to walk a mile in each other's shoes at least

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[04:18.10] What size you wear? I wear 10's

[04:19.86] Let's see if you can fit your feet—

[04:21.01] (Pre-Chorus)

[04:21.51] In my shoes, just to see

[04:23.27] What it's like to be me

[04:25.02] I'll be you, let's trade shoes

[04:27.03] Just to see what it'd be like to

[04:29.04] Feel your pain, you feel mine

[04:30.54] Go inside each other's minds

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[04:32.55] Just to see what we find

[04:34.18] Look at shit through each other's eyes

[04:36.19] (Chorus)

[04:36.69] But don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

[04:43.46] They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

[04:50.73] Don't let 'em say you ain't beautiful

[04:58.01] They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

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[05:05.03] (Bridge)

[05:06.04] Lately I've been hard to reach

[05:09.05] I've been too long on my own

[05:12.81] Everybody has a private world

[05:15.45] Where they can be alone

[05:19.47] Are you calling me?

[05:22.62] Are you trying to get through?

[05:27.38] Are you reaching out for me?

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[05:30.39] Then I'm reaching out for you

[05:34.15] (Outro)

[05:35.91] Yeah, to my babies: stay strong

[05:41.42] Daddy'll be home soon

[05:43.06] And to the rest of the world: God gave you shoes to fit you

[05:48.72] So put 'em on and wear 'em, be yourself, man

[05:54.21] Be proud of who you are, and even if it sounds corny

[05:59.51] Never let no one tell you you ain't beautiful

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