I walk on water
But I ain't no Jesus
I walk on water
But only when it freezes (fuck)
Why are expectations so high?
Is it the bar I set?
My arms, I stretch
but I can't reach
A far cry from it
or it's in my grasp, but as
Soon as I grab, squeeze
I lose my grip
like the flyin' trapeze
Into the dark I plummet
now the sky's blackening
I know the mark's
high, butter
flies rip apart my stomach
Knowin' that no matter
what bars I come with
You're gonna harp
gripe, and
That's a hard Vicodin
to swallow, so I scrap these
As pressure
increases like khakis
I feel the ice cracking, because
I walk on water
But I ain't no Jesus
I walk on water (shit)
But only when it freezes
It's the curse
of the standard
That the first of the
Mathers discs set
Always in search of the
verse that I haven't spit yet
Will this step just be
another misstep
To tarnish whatever
the legacy, love or respect
I've garnered? The rhyme
has to be perfect
the delivery flawless
And it always feels like
I'm hittin' the mark
'Til I go sit in the car
listen and pick it apart
Like, "This shit is garbage!"
God's given me all this
still I feel no different
regardless
Kids look to me as a god
this is retarded
If only they knew
it's a facade
and it's exhaustive
And I try not to listen
to nonsense
But if you bitches are tryin'
to strip me of my confidence
Mission accomplished
I'm not God-sent, Nas, Rakim
Pac, B.I.G., James Todd Smith
And I'm not Prince, so...
I walk on water
But I ain't no Jesus
I walk on water
But only when it freezes
'Cause I'm only human
just like you
Making my mistakes
oh if you only knew
I don't think you should
believe in me the way
that you do
'Cause I'm terrified to
let you down, oh
It's true, I'm a Rubik's
a beautiful mess
At times juvenile, yes
I goof and I jest
A flawed human, I guess
But I'm doin' my best to
not ruin your ex
pectations and meet 'em
but first
The "Speedom" verse
now Big Sean
He's goin' too fast, is he gonna
shout or curse out his mom?
There was a time
I had the world
by the balls, eatin' out
my palm
Every album song
I was spazzin' the fuck out on
And now I'm gettin' clowned
and frowned on
But the only one who's
looking down on
Me that matters
now's DeShaun
Am I lucky to be
around this long?
Begs the question though
Especially after the methadon
As yesterday fades
and the Dresden home
Is burnt to the ground
and all that's left of
my house is lawn
The crowds are gone
And it's time to wash
out the blonde
Sales decline
the curtain's drawn
They're closin' the set,
I'm still pokin' my head
from out behind
And everyone who has
doubt, remind
Now take your best rhyme
outdo it, now do
it a thousand times
Now let 'em tell ya the world
no longer cares or gives
a fuck about your rhymes
And as I grow outta sight
outta mind, I might go
outta mine
'Cause how do I ever let this
mic go without a fight
When I made a fuckin'
tightrope outta twine?
But when I do fall from
these heights though
I'll be fine
I won't pout or cry or spiral
down or whine
But I'll decide if it's my final
bow this time around, 'cause
I walk on water
But I ain't no Jesus
I walk on water
But only when it freezes
'Cause I'm only human
just like you
I've been making my mistakes
oh if you only knew
I don't think you should believe
in me the way that you do
'Cause I'm terrified
to let you down, oh
If I walked on water
I would drown
'Cause I'm just a man
But as long as I got a mic
I'm godlike
So me and you are not alike
Bitch, I wrote "Stan"
