Stepping Stone Lyrics - Eminem

Its 2002, everything was totally new 

We were globally huge 

Watching sales go through the roof 

We wrote and we viewed it 

Runyon Avenue soldiers included 

A multitude of homies who would bounce for no good excuse 

We were so bulletproof wrote, souped and soaked in our youth 

Thought we was running shit till we lost the sole of our shoe 

The death of Doody broke us in two 

We were thrown for a loop, ain't none of us know what to do 

And at the time I was going through my own struggles too 

So I wasn't in no condition to be coaching us through 

Everyone tried to go solo, really nobody blew 

I was hoping they do so I ain't have to shoulder the group 

The plan was put everyone in position so that they knew 

How to stand on they own and I don't want to open up wounds 

I just noticed the oomf was gone when we go in the booth 

'Cause the truth is the moment that Proof died 

So did the group 

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If I could leave this world behind 

I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line 

Turn to the river with you 

Help me leave this all behind 

I'ma wash away my sins 

I'ma rinse away this dirt 

I forgot to make amends 

To all the friends I may have hurt 

I better stop and say my grace 

From that I pray that I don't fall 

'Cause on the way back down I may 

May end up running back into them all 

I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones 

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It was never the same, and it's bothered me since 

And the farther we drift apart the more awkward it gets 

The more time goes by, the more life happens 

And we gotta be men, we got responsibilities 

Plus we don't say how we feel, and I feel like this is what got us in 

The debacle we're in, been with you guys thick and thin 

But it's almost as if sometimes we're not even friends 

Which reminded me Biz 

Rockstar was the shit 

Y'all could've got you a hit without me on the shit 

If you've put D12 on it, wish I could've did 

More than try talking you into coming up off of it 

I know it wasn't my fault, but part of it probably is 

I think of all of the trips to BET and the rappers 

I wish that we would've politicked with 

Maybe y'all coulda clicked and got you some features 

But that's water under the bridge 

But I'm washing my sins in it till my conscious is clear 

If I could leave this world behind 

I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line 

Turn to the river with you 

Help me leave this all behind 

I'ma wash away my sins 

I'ma rinse away this dirt 

I forgot to make amends 

To all the friends I may have hurt 

I better stop and say my grace 

From that I pray that I don't fall 

'Cause on the way back down I may 

May end up running back into them all 

I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones 

Bacardi in hand 

Never thought the party would end 

One minute you're bodying shit but then your audience splits 

You can already sense the climate is starting to shift 

To these kids you no longer exist 

Went from raining cats and dogs in this bitch 

To tiny drops full of drips 

And by the time your reign is over, you'll hardly be missed 

You start thinking of all the artists you gift 

All the carnage you left 

Is this the kinda karma you get? 

For turning your fucking back on Bizzy, Kuniva and Swift 

A Freudian slip 

Subconsciously, I honestly wished 

I ain't feel so much guilt and y'all didn't harbor resentment 

But it's hard to pretend that y'all ain't got none of this 

Wish I had words 

But I guess they're just owning for this 

Still, my point is I just can't say how sorry I am 

This is not how I planned for our story to end 

I love all of you, men 

But I just can't be the guy 

Everybody depends on for entire careers 

'Cause that's not even fair 

I will always be here 

But that spark isn't there 

And I don't know how to recapture that time and that air 

I've tried hearkening back to 

But I'm fighting for air 

I'm barely charting myself 

Feels like I'm under the sink 

But it was not my intent 

To treat y'all like a stepping stone 

Though I ain't left no one behind 

But we been down every road 

Done all we possibly can 

I know we kept up our hopes up 

But the longer we spend living this lie that we live 

The less is left for closure, so let's let this go 

It's not goodbye to our friendship, but D12 is over 

I'ma wash away my sins 

I'ma rinse away this dirt 

I forgot to make amends 

To all the friends I may have hurt 

I better stop and say my grace 

From that I pray that I don't fall 

'Cause on the way back down I may 

End up running back into them all 

I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones 

I never meant to make you feel like my stepping stones 

I never meant to use you all for my stepping stones