| Song | Stepping Stone |
| Artist | Eminem |
| Album | Kamikaze |
| [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 |