Stepping Stone文本歌词
作词 : M Mathers/L. Resto/M. Resto
作曲 : M Mathers/L. Resto/M. RestoTake me to the riverYeah, yeah, yeah, yeahIt's 2002, everything was totally newWe were globally huge, watchin' sales go through the roofWe wrote and we feuded, Runyon Avenue soldiers includedA multitude of homies who would bounce for no good excuseWe were so bulletproof—wrote, souped and soaked in our youthThought we was runnin' shit 'til we lost the sole of our shoeThe death of Doody broke us in twoWe were thrown for a loop, ain't none of us know what to doAnd at the time I was goin' through my own struggles tooSo I wasn't in no condition to be coachin' us throughEveryone tried to go solo, really nobody blewI was hopin' they do, so I ain't have to shoulder the crewThe plan was put everyone in position so that they knewHow to stand on their own, and I don't wanna open up woundsI just noticed that oomph was gone when we go in the booth'Cause the truth is, the moment that Proof died, so did the groupShoot!If I could leave this all behindI could open up my eyes and walk in a straight lineDown to the river with youHelp me leave this all behindI'ma wash away my sinsI'ma rinse away this dirtI forgot to make amendsTo all the friends I may have hurtI better stop and say my graceFrom it I pray that I don't fall'Cause on the way back down I mayEnd up runnin' back into them allI never meant to use you all as my stepping stonesIt was never the same, and it's bothered me sinceAnd the farther we drift apart, the more awkward it getsThe more time goes by, the more life happensAnd we gotta be men, we got responsibilitiesPlus we don't say how we feelAnd I feel like this is what got us in the debacle we're inBeen with you guys thick and thinBut it's almost as if sometimes we're not even friendsWhich reminded me, Biz, \"Rockstar\" was the shitY'all coulda got you a hit without me on the shitIf you woulda put D12 on it, wish I coulda didMore than try talkin' you into comin' up off of itI know it wasn't my fault, but part of it probably isI think of all of the trips to BETAnd the rappers I wish that we woulda politicked withMaybe y'all coulda clicked and got you some featuresBut that's water under the bridgeBut I'm washin' my sins in it 'til my conscience is cleansedIf I could leave this all behindI could open up my eyes and walk in a straight lineDown to the river with youHelp me leave this all behindI'ma wash away my sinsI'ma rinse away this dirtI forgot to make amendsTo all the friends I may have hurtI better stop and say my graceFrom it I pray that I don't fall'Cause on the way back down I mayEnd up runnin' back into them allI never meant to use you all as my stepping stonesBacardi and Hen', never thought the party would endOne minute you're bodyin' shit, but then your audience splitsYou can already sense the climate is startin' to shiftTo these kids you no longer existWent from rainin' cats and dogs in this bitchTo tiny drops, little dripsAnd by the time your reign is over, you'll hardly be missedYou start thinkin' of all the artists you dissedAll the carnage you left, is this the kind of karma you getFor turnin' your ****in' back on Bizzy, Kuniva and Swift?A Freudian slip, subconsciously, I honestly wishedI ain't feel so much guilt and y'all didn't harbor resentmentBut it's hard to pretend that y'all ain't got noneI just wish I had words, but I guess there just are none for thisTo my partners, I can't say how sorry I amThis is not how I planned for our story to endI love all of you menBut I just can't be the guy everybody dependsOn for entire careers 'cause that's not even fairI will always be here, but that spark isn't thereAnd I don't know how to recapture that time and that eraI've tried hearkening back to, but I'm fightin' for airI'm barely chartin' myselfFeels like I'm on the descent, but it was not my intentTo treat y'all like a stepping stoneThough I ain't left no one behind, but we been down every roadDone all we possibly can, I know we kept our hopes upBut the longer we spend livin' this lie that we liveThe less is left for closure, so let's let this goIt's not goodbye to our friendship, but D12 is overI'ma wash away my sinsI'ma rinse away this dirtI forgot to make amendsTo all the friends I may have hurtI better stop and say my graceFrom it I pray that I don't fall'Cause on the way back down I mayEnd up runnin' back into them allI never meant to use you all as my stepping stonesI never meant to make you feel like my stepping stonesI never meant to use you all for my stepping stones