[00:01:00] Stepping Stone - Eminem
[00:09:00] Its 2002, everything was totally new
[00:12:00] We were globally huge
[00:13:00] Watching sales go through the roof
[00:14:00] We wrote and we viewed it
[00:16:00] Runyon Avenue soldiers included
[00:18:00] A multitude of homies who would bounce for no good excuse
[00:20:00] We were so bulletproof wrote, souped and soaked in our youth
[00:23:00] Thought we was running shit till we lost the sole of our shoe
[00:25:00] The death of Doody broke us in two
[00:28:00] We were thrown for a loop, ain"t none of us know what to do
[00:30:00] And at the time I was going through my own struggles too
[00:33:00] So I wasn"t in no condition to be coaching us through
[00:36:00] Everyone tried to go solo, really nobody blew
[00:39:00] I was hoping they do so I ain"t have to shoulder the group
[00:41:00] The plan was put everyone in position so that they knew
[00:44:00] How to stand on they own and I don"t want to open up wounds
[00:47:00] I just noticed the oomf was gone when we go in the booth
[00:49:00] Cause the truth is the moment that Proof died, so did the group
[00:52:00] If I could leave this world behind
[00:57:00] I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line
[01:03:00] Turn to the river with you
[01:08:00] Help me leave this all behind
[01:12:00] I"ma wash away my sins
[01:15:00] I"ma rinse away this dirt
[01:17:00] I forgot to make amends
[01:20:00] To all the friends I may have hurt
[01:23:00] I better stop and say my grace
[01:25:00] From that I pray that I don"t fall
[01:28:00] "Cause on the way back down I may
[01:30:00] May end up running back into them all
[01:33:00] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[01:40:00] It was never the same, and it"s bothered me since
[01:43:00] And the farther we drift apart the more awkward it gets
[01:45:00] The more time goes by, the more life happens
[01:48:00] And we gotta be men, we got responsibilities
[01:50:00] Plus we don"t say how we feel, and I feel like this is what got us in
[01:55:00] The debacle we"re in, been with you guys thick and thin
[01:57:00] But it"s almost as if sometimes we"re not even friends
[01:59:00] Which reminded me Biz, Rockstar was the shit
[02:01:00] Y"all could"ve got you a hit without me on the shit
[02:04:00] If you"ve put D12 on it, wish I could"ve did
[02:06:00] More than try talking you into coming up off of it
[02:09:00] I know it wasn"t my fault, but part of it probably is
[02:11:00] I think of all of the trips to BET and the rappers
[02:14:00] I wish that we would"ve politicked with
[02:16:00] Maybe y"all coulda clicked and got you some features
[02:18:00] But that"s water under the bridge
[02:20:00] But I"m washing my sins in it till my concious is clear
[02:22:00] If I could leave this world behind
[02:27:00] I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line
[02:34:00] Turn to the river with you
[02:38:00] Help me leave this all behind
[02:43:00] I"ma wash away my sins
[02:46:00] I"ma rinse away this dirt
[02:48:00] I forgot to make amends
[02:51:00] To all the friends I may have hurt
[02:53:00] I better stop and say my grace
[02:56:00] From that I pray that I don"t fall
[02:59:00] "Cause on the way back down I may
[03:01:00] May end up running back into them all
[03:04:00] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[03:12:00] Bacardi in hand
[03:13:00] Never thought the party would end
[03:14:00] One minute you"re bodyin" shit but then your audience splits
[03:16:00] You can already sense the climate is starting to shift
[03:19:00] To these kids you no longer exist
[03:20:00] Went from rainin" cats and dogs in this bitch
[03:23:00] To tiny drops full of drips
[03:24:00] And by the time your reign is over, you"ll hardly be missed
[03:27:00] You start thinkin" of all the artists you gift
[03:30:00] All the carnage you left
[03:31:00] Is this the kinda karma you get?
[03:32:00] For turning your fuckin" back on Bizzy, Kuniva and Swift
[03:35:00] A Freudian slip
[03:36:00] Subconsciously, I honestly wished
[03:37:00] I ain"t feel so much guilt and y"all didn"t harbor resentment
[03:40:00] But it"s hard to pretend that y"all ain"t got none of this
[03:43:00] Wish I had words
[03:44:00] But I guess they"re just  for this
[03:46:00] Still, my point is I just can"t say how sorry I am
[03:48:00] This is not how I planned for our story to end
[03:51:00] I love all of you, men
[03:52:00] But I just can"t be the guy
[03:53:00] Everybody depends on for entire careers
[03:55:00] "Cause that"s not even fair
[03:57:00] I will always be here
[03:59:00] But that spark isn"t there
[04:00:00] And I don"t know how to recapture that time and that air
[04:03:00] I"ve tried hearkening back to
[04:05:00] But I"m fighting for air
[04:06:00] I"m barely charting myself
[04:07:00] Feels like I"m under the sink
[04:08:00] But it was not my intent
[04:09:00] To treat y"all like a stepping stone
[04:12:00] Though I ain"t left no one behind
[04:13:00] But we been down every road
[04:15:00] Done all we possibly can
[04:16:00] I know we kept up our hopes
[04:18:00] But the longer we spend livin" this lie that we live
[04:20:00] The less is left for closure, so let"s let this go
[04:23:00] It"s not goodbye to our friendship, but D12 is over
[04:28:00] I"ma wash away my sins
[04:30:00] I"ma rinse away this dirt
[04:33:00] I forgot to make amends
[04:35:00] To all the friends I may have hurt
[04:37:00] I better stop and say my grace
[04:40:00] From that I pray that I don"t fall
[04:43:00] "Cause on the way back down I may
[04:46:00] May end up running back into them all
[04:48:00] I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
[04:53:00] I never meant to make you feel like my stepping stones
[04:59:00] I never meant to use you all for my stepping stones