Stronger Than I Was

Album: The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
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  • You used to say that I'd never be
    Nothing without you and I believe
    I'm shot in the lungs, I gasp, I can't breathe
    Just lay here with me, baby, hold me please
    And I'd beg and I'd plead, drop to knees
    And I'd cry and I'd scream, "Baby, please don't leave"
    Snatch the keys from your hand
    I would squeeze and you'd laugh
    And you'd tease, you're just fucking with me
    And you must hate me
    Why do you date me if you say I make you sick?
    And you've had enough of me
    I smother you, I'm 'bout to jump off the edge

    But you won't break me
    You'll just make me stronger than I was
    Before I met you, I bet you I'll be just fine without you
    And if I stumble, I won't crumble
    I'll get back up and uhhh
    I'ma still be humble when I scream, "Fuck you"
    'Cause I'm stronger than I was

    A beautiful face is all that you had
    'Cause on the inside you're ugly and mad
    But you're all that I love
    I grasp, you can't leave
    Please stay here with me, baby, hold me please
    And I'd beg and I'd plead, drop to knees
    And I'd cry and I'd scream, "Baby, please don't leave"
    But you left and you took everything I had left
    And left nothing, nothing for me
    So please don't wake me from this dream, baby
    We're still together in my head
    And you're still in love with me
    'Til I woke up to discover that that dream was dead

    But you won't break me
    You'll just make me stronger than I was
    Before I met you, I bet you I'll be just fine without you
    And if I stumble, I won't crumble
    I'll get back up and uhhh
    I'ma still be humble when I scream, "Fuck you"
    'Cause I'm stronger than I was

    You walked out, I almost died
    It was almost a homicide that you caused 'cause I was so traumatized
    Felt like I was in for a long bus ride
    I'd rather die than you not be by my side
    Can't count how many times I vomited, cried
    Go to my room, turn the radio on and hide
    Thought we were Bonnie and Clyde, nah
    On the inside you were Jekyll and Hyde, I
    Felt like my whole relationship with you was a lie
    It was you and I, why did I think it was ride or die?
    'Cause if you could've took my life you would've
    It's like you put a knife to my chest and pushed it right through to the
    Other side of my back and stuck a spike, too, should've
    Put up more of a fight but I couldn't at the time
    No one could hurt me like you could've
    Take you back now, what's the likelihood of that?
    Bite me, bitch, chew on a nineteen footer
    'Cause this morning I finally stood up
    Held my chin up, finally showed a sign of life in me for the
    First time since you left and left me with nothing but shattered dreams
    And a life we could've had and we could've been
    But I'm breaking out of this slump I'm in
    Pulling myself out of the dumps once again
    I'm getting up once and for all, fuck this shit
    I'ma be late for the pity party
    But you're never gonna beat me to the fucking punch again
    Took it on the chin like a champ so don't lump me in with them chump-ions
    I'm done being your punching bag
    It was the November 31st today, would've been our anniversary
    Two years, but you left on the first of May
    I wrote it on the calendar
    Was gonna call, but couldn't think of the words to say
    But it came to me just now, so I put 'em in a verse to lay

    And I thank you (uh) 'cause you made me (uh)
    A better person than I was
    But I hate you (uh) 'cause you drained me (uh)
    I gave you all, you gave me none
    But if you blame me (uh), you're crazy (uh)
    And after all that's said and done
    I'm still angry, yeah, I may be
    I may never trust someone

    But you won't break me
    You'll just make me stronger than I was
    Before I met you, I bet you I'll be just fine without you
    And if I stumble, I won't crumble
    I'll get back up and uhhh
    I'ma still be humble when I scream, "Fuck you"
    'Cause I'm stronger than I was Writer/s: Luis Edgardo Resto, Marshall B. Mathers
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • GraceI absolutely adore EM's voice, this song perfectly shows how beautiful and talented he is, one of my favorites even though it makes me so sad! He deserves the world
  • Rochelle from 60660A lot of people forget how lyrically gifted eminem is, because we are so used to his fast rapping. This shows his actual talents as a singer.
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