Stepping Stone

Stepping Stone Lyrics

Song Stepping Stone
Artist Eminem
Album Kamikaze
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[00:01.86] Producer:Luis Resto/Eminem
[00:10.03] It's 2002 everything was totally new
[00:12.59] We were globally huge
[00:13.59] Watching sales go through the roof
[00:15.32] We wrote and we viewed it
[00:16.61] Runyon Avenue soldiers included
[00:17.82] A multitude of homies who would bounce for no good excuse
[00:20.70] We were so bulletproof wrote souped and soaked in our youth
[00:23.48] Thought we was running **** till we lost the sole of our shoe
[00:26.70] The death of Doody broke us in two
[00:28.70] We were thrown for a loop ain't none of us know what to do
[00:31.33] And at the time I was going through my own struggles too
[00:33.97] So I wasn't in no condition to be coaching us through
[00:36.82] Everyone tried to go solo really nobody blew
[00:39.38] I was hoping they do so I ain't have to shoulder the group
[00:41.87] The plan was put everyone in position so that they knew
[00:44.67] How to stand on they own and I don't want to open up wounds
[00:47.38] I just noticed the oomf was gone when we go in the booth
[00:49.99] Cause the truth is the moment that proof died so did the group
[00:52.29] If I could leave this world behind
[00:57.40] I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line
[01:03.36] Turn to the river with you
[01:08.11] Help me leave this all behind
[01:12.84] I'ma wash away my sins
[01:15.36] I'ma rinse away this dirt
[01:18.16] I forgot to make amends
[01:20.77] To all the friends I may have hurt
[01:23.24] I better stop and say my grace
[01:25.93] From that I pray that I don't fall
[01:28.61] 'Cause on the way back down I may
[01:31.42] May end up running back into them all
[01:33.85] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[01:40.62] It was never the same and it's bothered me since
[01:43.51] And the farther we drift apart the more awkward it gets
[01:46.10] The more time goes by the more life happens
[01:48.65] And we gotta be men we got responsibilities
[01:51.54] Plus we don't say how we feel and I feel like this is what got us in
[01:54.41] The debacle we're in d**n with you guys thick and thin
[01:56.67] But it's almost as if sometimes we're not even friends
[01:59.44] Which reminded me this Rockstar was the ****
[02:02.06] Y'all could've got you a hit without you on it
[02:04.74] If you've put D12 on it wish I could've did
[02:07.32] More than try talking you into coming up off of it
[02:09.48] I know it wasn't my fault but part of it probably is
[02:12.27] I think of all of the trips to BET and the rappers
[02:14.87] I wish that we would've politicked with
[02:16.92] Maybe y'all coulda clicked and got you some features
[02:19.47] But that's water under the bridge
[02:20.89] But I'm washing my sins in it till my concious is clear
[02:23.12] If I could leave this world behind
[02:28.31] I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line
[02:34.17] Turn to the river with you
[02:39.26] Help me leave this all behind
[02:43.99] I'ma wash away my sins
[02:46.21] I'ma rinse away this dirt
[02:48.96] I forgot to make amends
[02:51.50] To all the friends I may have hurt
[02:54.23] I better stop and say my grace
[02:56.81] From that I pray that I don't fall
[02:59.55] 'Cause on the way back down I may
[03:02.22] May end up running back into them all
[03:04.78] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[03:11.92] Bacardi in hand
[03:12.71] Never thought the party would end
[03:14.19] One minute you're bodyin' **** but then your audience splits
[03:16.90] You can already sense the climate is startin' to shift
[03:19.52] To these kids you no longer exist
[03:21.11] Went from rainin' cats and dogs in this *****
[03:23.55] To tiny drops full of drips
[03:24.93] And by the time your reign is over you'll hardly be missed
[03:28.37] You start thinkin' of all the artists you gift
[03:30.40] All the carnage you left
[03:31.62] Is this the kinda karma you get
[03:32.93] For turning your ******' back on Bizzy Kuniva and Swift
[03:35.97] A Freudian slip
[03:36.73] Subconsciously I honestly wished
[03:38.32] I ain't feel so much guilt and y'all didn't harbor resentment
[03:41.01] But it's hard to pretend that y'all ain't got none of this
[03:43.65] Wish I had words
[03:44.59] But I guess they're just ownin' for this
[03:46.32] Still my point is I just can't say how sorry I am
[03:48.66] This is not how I planned for our story to end
[03:51.45] I love all of you men
[03:52.82] But I just can't be the guy
[03:54.18] Everybody depends on for entire careers
[03:56.88] 'Cause that's not even fair
[03:58.27] I will always be here
[03:59.52] But that spark isn't there
[04:00.79] And I don't know how to recapture that time and that air
[04:03.59] I've tried hearkening back to
[04:04.83] But I'm fighting for air
[04:06.23] I'm barely charting myself
[04:07.50] Feels like I'm under the sink
[04:08.89] But it was not my intent
[04:10.26] To treat y'all like a stepping stone
[04:12.04] Though I ain't left no one behind
[04:13.77] But we been down every road
[04:15.56] Done all we possibly can
[04:16.70] I know we kept up our hopes
[04:18.31] But the longer we spend livin' this lie that we live
[04:20.70] The less is left for closure so let's let this go
[04:23.75] It's not goodbye to our friendship but D12 is over
[04:27.87] I'ma wash away my sins
[04:30.75] I'ma rinse away this dirt
[04:33.20] I forgot to make amends
[04:35.93] To all the friends I may have hurt
[04:38.42] I better stop and say my grace
[04:41.12] From that I pray that I don't fall
[04:43.79] 'Cause on the way back down I may
[04:46.39] May end up running back into them all
[04:49.04] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[04:54.46] I never meant to make you feel like my stepping stones
[04:59.73] I never meant to use you all for my stepping stones
[00:01.86] Producer: Luis Resto Eminem
[00:10.03] It' s 2002 everything was totally new
[00:12.59] We were globally huge
[00:13.59] Watching sales go through the roof
[00:15.32] We wrote and we viewed it
[00:16.61] Runyon Avenue soldiers included
[00:17.82] A multitude of homies who would bounce for no good excuse
[00:20.70] We were so bulletproof wrote souped and soaked in our youth
[00:23.48] Thought we was running till we lost the sole of our shoe
[00:26.70] The death of Doody broke us in two
[00:28.70] We were thrown for a loop ain' t none of us know what to do
[00:31.33] And at the time I was going through my own struggles too
[00:33.97] So I wasn' t in no condition to be coaching us through
[00:36.82] Everyone tried to go solo really nobody blew
[00:39.38] I was hoping they do so I ain' t have to shoulder the group
[00:41.87] The plan was put everyone in position so that they knew
[00:44.67] How to stand on they own and I don' t want to open up wounds
[00:47.38] I just noticed the oomf was gone when we go in the booth
[00:49.99] Cause the truth is the moment that proof died so did the group
[00:52.29] If I could leave this world behind
[00:57.40] I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line
[01:03.36] Turn to the river with you
[01:08.11] Help me leave this all behind
[01:12.84] I' ma wash away my sins
[01:15.36] I' ma rinse away this dirt
[01:18.16] I forgot to make amends
[01:20.77] To all the friends I may have hurt
[01:23.24] I better stop and say my grace
[01:25.93] From that I pray that I don' t fall
[01:28.61] ' Cause on the way back down I may
[01:31.42] May end up running back into them all
[01:33.85] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[01:40.62] It was never the same and it' s bothered me since
[01:43.51] And the farther we drift apart the more awkward it gets
[01:46.10] The more time goes by the more life happens
[01:48.65] And we gotta be men we got responsibilities
[01:51.54] Plus we don' t say how we feel and I feel like this is what got us in
[01:54.41] The debacle we' re in d n with you guys thick and thin
[01:56.67] But it' s almost as if sometimes we' re not even friends
[01:59.44] Which reminded me this Rockstar was the
[02:02.06] Y' all could' ve got you a hit without you on it
[02:04.74] If you' ve put D12 on it wish I could' ve did
[02:07.32] More than try talking you into coming up off of it
[02:09.48] I know it wasn' t my fault but part of it probably is
[02:12.27] I think of all of the trips to BET and the rappers
[02:14.87] I wish that we would' ve politicked with
[02:16.92] Maybe y' all coulda clicked and got you some features
[02:19.47] But that' s water under the bridge
[02:20.89] But I' m washing my sins in it till my concious is clear
[02:23.12] If I could leave this world behind
[02:28.31] I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line
[02:34.17] Turn to the river with you
[02:39.26] Help me leave this all behind
[02:43.99] I' ma wash away my sins
[02:46.21] I' ma rinse away this dirt
[02:48.96] I forgot to make amends
[02:51.50] To all the friends I may have hurt
[02:54.23] I better stop and say my grace
[02:56.81] From that I pray that I don' t fall
[02:59.55] ' Cause on the way back down I may
[03:02.22] May end up running back into them all
[03:04.78] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[03:11.92] Bacardi in hand
[03:12.71] Never thought the party would end
[03:14.19] One minute you' re bodyin' but then your audience splits
[03:16.90] You can already sense the climate is startin' to shift
[03:19.52] To these kids you no longer exist
[03:21.11] Went from rainin' cats and dogs in this
[03:23.55] To tiny drops full of drips
[03:24.93] And by the time your reign is over you' ll hardly be missed
[03:28.37] You start thinkin' of all the artists you gift
[03:30.40] All the carnage you left
[03:31.62] Is this the kinda karma you get
[03:32.93] For turning your ' back on Bizzy Kuniva and Swift
[03:35.97] A Freudian slip
[03:36.73] Subconsciously I honestly wished
[03:38.32] I ain' t feel so much guilt and y' all didn' t harbor resentment
[03:41.01] But it' s hard to pretend that y' all ain' t got none of this
[03:43.65] Wish I had words
[03:44.59] But I guess they' re just ownin' for this
[03:46.32] Still my point is I just can' t say how sorry I am
[03:48.66] This is not how I planned for our story to end
[03:51.45] I love all of you men
[03:52.82] But I just can' t be the guy
[03:54.18] Everybody depends on for entire careers
[03:56.88] ' Cause that' s not even fair
[03:58.27] I will always be here
[03:59.52] But that spark isn' t there
[04:00.79] And I don' t know how to recapture that time and that air
[04:03.59] I' ve tried hearkening back to
[04:04.83] But I' m fighting for air
[04:06.23] I' m barely charting myself
[04:07.50] Feels like I' m under the sink
[04:08.89] But it was not my intent
[04:10.26] To treat y' all like a stepping stone
[04:12.04] Though I ain' t left no one behind
[04:13.77] But we been down every road
[04:15.56] Done all we possibly can
[04:16.70] I know we kept up our hopes
[04:18.31] But the longer we spend livin' this lie that we live
[04:20.70] The less is left for closure so let' s let this go
[04:23.75] It' s not goodbye to our friendship but D12 is over
[04:27.87] I' ma wash away my sins
[04:30.75] I' ma rinse away this dirt
[04:33.20] I forgot to make amends
[04:35.93] To all the friends I may have hurt
[04:38.42] I better stop and say my grace
[04:41.12] From that I pray that I don' t fall
[04:43.79] ' Cause on the way back down I may
[04:46.39] May end up running back into them all
[04:49.04] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[04:54.46] I never meant to make you feel like my stepping stones
[04:59.73] I never meant to use you all for my stepping stones
[00:01.86] Producer: Luis Resto Eminem
[00:10.03] It' s 2002 everything was totally new
[00:12.59] We were globally huge
[00:13.59] Watching sales go through the roof
[00:15.32] We wrote and we viewed it
[00:16.61] Runyon Avenue soldiers included
[00:17.82] A multitude of homies who would bounce for no good excuse
[00:20.70] We were so bulletproof wrote souped and soaked in our youth
[00:23.48] Thought we was running till we lost the sole of our shoe
[00:26.70] The death of Doody broke us in two
[00:28.70] We were thrown for a loop ain' t none of us know what to do
[00:31.33] And at the time I was going through my own struggles too
[00:33.97] So I wasn' t in no condition to be coaching us through
[00:36.82] Everyone tried to go solo really nobody blew
[00:39.38] I was hoping they do so I ain' t have to shoulder the group
[00:41.87] The plan was put everyone in position so that they knew
[00:44.67] How to stand on they own and I don' t want to open up wounds
[00:47.38] I just noticed the oomf was gone when we go in the booth
[00:49.99] Cause the truth is the moment that proof died so did the group
[00:52.29] If I could leave this world behind
[00:57.40] I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line
[01:03.36] Turn to the river with you
[01:08.11] Help me leave this all behind
[01:12.84] I' ma wash away my sins
[01:15.36] I' ma rinse away this dirt
[01:18.16] I forgot to make amends
[01:20.77] To all the friends I may have hurt
[01:23.24] I better stop and say my grace
[01:25.93] From that I pray that I don' t fall
[01:28.61] ' Cause on the way back down I may
[01:31.42] May end up running back into them all
[01:33.85] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[01:40.62] It was never the same and it' s bothered me since
[01:43.51] And the farther we drift apart the more awkward it gets
[01:46.10] The more time goes by the more life happens
[01:48.65] And we gotta be men we got responsibilities
[01:51.54] Plus we don' t say how we feel and I feel like this is what got us in
[01:54.41] The debacle we' re in d n with you guys thick and thin
[01:56.67] But it' s almost as if sometimes we' re not even friends
[01:59.44] Which reminded me this Rockstar was the
[02:02.06] Y' all could' ve got you a hit without you on it
[02:04.74] If you' ve put D12 on it wish I could' ve did
[02:07.32] More than try talking you into coming up off of it
[02:09.48] I know it wasn' t my fault but part of it probably is
[02:12.27] I think of all of the trips to BET and the rappers
[02:14.87] I wish that we would' ve politicked with
[02:16.92] Maybe y' all coulda clicked and got you some features
[02:19.47] But that' s water under the bridge
[02:20.89] But I' m washing my sins in it till my concious is clear
[02:23.12] If I could leave this world behind
[02:28.31] I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line
[02:34.17] Turn to the river with you
[02:39.26] Help me leave this all behind
[02:43.99] I' ma wash away my sins
[02:46.21] I' ma rinse away this dirt
[02:48.96] I forgot to make amends
[02:51.50] To all the friends I may have hurt
[02:54.23] I better stop and say my grace
[02:56.81] From that I pray that I don' t fall
[02:59.55] ' Cause on the way back down I may
[03:02.22] May end up running back into them all
[03:04.78] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[03:11.92] Bacardi in hand
[03:12.71] Never thought the party would end
[03:14.19] One minute you' re bodyin' but then your audience splits
[03:16.90] You can already sense the climate is startin' to shift
[03:19.52] To these kids you no longer exist
[03:21.11] Went from rainin' cats and dogs in this
[03:23.55] To tiny drops full of drips
[03:24.93] And by the time your reign is over you' ll hardly be missed
[03:28.37] You start thinkin' of all the artists you gift
[03:30.40] All the carnage you left
[03:31.62] Is this the kinda karma you get
[03:32.93] For turning your ' back on Bizzy Kuniva and Swift
[03:35.97] A Freudian slip
[03:36.73] Subconsciously I honestly wished
[03:38.32] I ain' t feel so much guilt and y' all didn' t harbor resentment
[03:41.01] But it' s hard to pretend that y' all ain' t got none of this
[03:43.65] Wish I had words
[03:44.59] But I guess they' re just ownin' for this
[03:46.32] Still my point is I just can' t say how sorry I am
[03:48.66] This is not how I planned for our story to end
[03:51.45] I love all of you men
[03:52.82] But I just can' t be the guy
[03:54.18] Everybody depends on for entire careers
[03:56.88] ' Cause that' s not even fair
[03:58.27] I will always be here
[03:59.52] But that spark isn' t there
[04:00.79] And I don' t know how to recapture that time and that air
[04:03.59] I' ve tried hearkening back to
[04:04.83] But I' m fighting for air
[04:06.23] I' m barely charting myself
[04:07.50] Feels like I' m under the sink
[04:08.89] But it was not my intent
[04:10.26] To treat y' all like a stepping stone
[04:12.04] Though I ain' t left no one behind
[04:13.77] But we been down every road
[04:15.56] Done all we possibly can
[04:16.70] I know we kept up our hopes
[04:18.31] But the longer we spend livin' this lie that we live
[04:20.70] The less is left for closure so let' s let this go
[04:23.75] It' s not goodbye to our friendship but D12 is over
[04:27.87] I' ma wash away my sins
[04:30.75] I' ma rinse away this dirt
[04:33.20] I forgot to make amends
[04:35.93] To all the friends I may have hurt
[04:38.42] I better stop and say my grace
[04:41.12] From that I pray that I don' t fall
[04:43.79] ' Cause on the way back down I may
[04:46.39] May end up running back into them all
[04:49.04] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[04:54.46] I never meant to make you feel like my stepping stones
[04:59.73] I never meant to use you all for my stepping stones
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