Be Proud of Who You Are

Beautiful from Eminem

Lately I've been hard to reach

 I've been too long on my own

 Everybody has their private world

 Where they can be alone

Are you calling me?

 Are you trying to get through?

 Are you reaching out for me?

 I’m reaching out for you

I’m just so fucking depressed

 I just can’t seem to get out this slump

 If I could just get over this hump

 But I need something to pull me out this dump

I took my bruises, took my lumps

 Fell down and I got right back up

 But I need that spark to get psyched back up

 And in order for me to pick the mic back up

I don’t know how or why or when

 I ended up this position I’m in

 I’m starting to feel dissin’ again

 So I decided just to pick this pen

Up and try to make an attempt to vent

 But I just can’t admit

 Or come to grips with the fact that I may be done with rap

 I need a new outlet

And I know some shit’s so hard to swallow

 But I can’t just sit back and wallow

 In my own sorrow but I know one fact

 I’ll be one tough act to follow

One tough act to follow

 I’ll be one tough act to follow

 Here today, gone tomorrow

 But you’d have to walk a thousand miles

In my shoes, just to see

 What it’s like, to be me

 I’ll be you, let’s trade shoes

 Just to see what it’d be like

To feel your pain, you feel mine

 Go inside each others’ minds

 Just to see what we’d find

 Look at shit through each others’ eyes

Don’t let ‘em say you ain’t beautiful

 They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

 So don’t let ‘em say you ain’t beautiful

 They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

I think I’m starting to lose my sense of humor

 Everything’s so tense and gloom

 I almost feel like I gotta check

 The temperature of the room

Just as soon as I walk in, it’s like all eyes on me

 And so I try to avoid any eye contact

 ‘Cause if I do that then it opens the door

 For conversation, like I want that

I’m not looking for extra attention

 I just wanna be just like you

 Blend in with the rest of the room

 Maybe just point me to the closest restroom

I don’t need no fucking man servant

 Trying to follow me around and wipe my ass

 Laugh at every single joke I crack

 And half of ‘em ain’t even funny like

Ha! Marshall you’re so funny man

 You should be a comedian, god damn!”

 Unfortunately I am

 I just hide behind the tears of a clown

So why don’t you all sit down

 Listen to the tale I’m about to tell

 Hell, we don’t gotta trade our shoes

 And you ain’t gotta walk no thousand miles

In my shoes, just to see

 What it’s like, to be me

 I’ll be you, let’s trade shoes

 Just to see what it’d be like

To feel your pain, you feel mine

 Go inside each others minds

 Just to see what we’d find

 Look at shit through each others eyes

Don’t let ‘em say you ain’t beautiful

 They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

 So don’t let ‘em say you ain’t beautiful

 They can all get fucked, just stay true to you

Nobody asked for life to deal us

 With these bullshit hands we’re dealt

 We gotta take these cards ourselves

 And flip ‘em, don’t expect no help

Now I could’ve either just sat on my ass

 And pissed and moaned

 Or take this situation in which I’m placed in

 And get up and get my own

I was never the type of kid

 To wait by the door and pack his bags

 I sat on the porch and hoped and prayed

 For a dad to show up who never did

I just wanted to fit in

 Every single place, every school I went

 I dreamed of being that cool kid

 Even if it meant acting stupid

And Edna always told me

 Keep making that face and it’ll get stuck like that

 Meanwhile I’m just standing there

 Holding my tongue tryna talk like that

‘Til I stuck my tongue on that frozen stop sign pole

 At 8 years old

 I learned my lesson then

 ‘Cause I wasn’t trying to impress my friends no more

But I already told you my whole life story

 Not just based on my description

 ‘Cause where you see it, from where you’re sittin

 It’s probably 110% different

I guess we would have to walk a mile

 In each others shoes at least

 What size you wear? I wear 10′s

 Let’s see if you can fit your feet

In my shoes, just to see

 What it’s like, to be me

 I’ll be you, let’s trade shoes

 Just to see what it’d be like

To feel your pain, you feel mine

 Go inside each others minds

 Just to see what we’d find

 Look at shit through each others eyes

Don’t let ‘em say you ain’t beautiful

 They can all get fucked just stay true to you

 So don’t let ‘em say you ain’t beautiful

 They can all get fucked just stay true to you

So don’t let ‘em say you ain’t beautiful

 They can all get fucked just stay true to you

 So

Lately I’ve been hard to reach

 I’ve been too long on my own

 Everybody has their private world

 Where they can be alone

Are you calling me?

 Are you trying to get through?

 Are you reaching out for me?

 I’m reaching out for you

Yeah, to my babies

 Stay strong, daddy will be home soon

And to the rest of the world

 God gave you shoes to fit you

 So put ‘em on and wear ‘em

 Be yourself man, be proud of who you are

 Even if it sounds corny

 Don’t ever let anyone tell you you ain't beautiful