Walk On Water

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1. I walk on water
2. But I ain't no Jesus
3. I walk on water
4. But only when it freezes (fuck)
5. Why, are expectations so high?
6. Is it the bar I set?
7. My arms, I stretch, but I can't reach
8. A far cry from it, or it's in my grasp, but as
9. Soon as I grab, squeeze
10. I lose my grip like the flying trapeze
11. Into the dark, I plummet
12. Now the sky's blackening, I know the mark's high
13. Butter-flies rip apart my stomach
14. Knowing that no matter what bars I come with
15. You're gonna hark, gripe, and that's a hard Vicodin to swallow
16. So I scrap these, as pressure increases, like khakis
17. I feel the ice cracking, because
18. I walk on water
19. But I ain't no Jesus
20. I walk on water
21. But only when it freezes
22. It's the curse of the standard
23. That the first of the Mathers disc set
24. Always in search of the verse that I haven't spit yet
25. Will this step just be another misstep
26. To tarnish whatever the legacy, love or respect, I've garnered?
27. The rhyme has to be perfect, the delivery flawless
28. And it always feels like I'm hitting the mark
29. 'Til I go sit in the car, listen, and pick it apart
30. Like, "This shit is garbage"
31. God's given me all this
32. Still I feel no different regardless
33. Kids look to me like as a God, this is retarded
34. If only they knew, it's a facade and it's exhaustive
35. And I try to not listen to nonsense
36. But if you bitches are trying to strip me of my confidence
37. Mission accomplished
38. I'm not God-sent
39. Nas, Rakim, Pac, Big, James Todd Smith, and I'm not Prince, so
40. I walk on water
41. But I ain't no Jesus
42. I walk on water (It's true, I'm a Rubik's, it's true)
43. But only when it freezes (It's true)
44. 'Cause I'm only human, just like you
45. Making my mistakes, oh if you only knew
46. I don't think you should believe in me the way you do
47. 'Cause I'm terrified to let you down, oh
48. It's true, I'm a Rubik's, a beautiful mess
49. At times juvenile, yes, I goof and I jest
50. A flawed human, I guess
51. But I'm doing my best to not ruin your expectations
52. And meet 'em, but first, the "Speedom" verse
53. Now, Big Sean, he's going too fast
54. Is he gonna shout or curse out his mom?
55. There was a time I had the world by the balls, eating out my palm
56. Every album, song I was spazzin' the fuck out on
57. And now I'm getting clowned and frowned on
58. But the only one who's looking down on me that matters now's Deshaun
59. Am I lucky to be around this long?
60. Begs the question, though
61. Especially after the methadone
62. As yesterday fades and the Dresden home is burnt to the ground
63. And all that's left of my house is lawn
64. The crowds are gone
65. And it's time to wash out the blonde
66. Sales decline, the curtains drawn
67. They're closing the set, I'm still poking my head out from behind
68. And everyone who has doubt, remind
69. Now take your best rhyme, outdo it, now do it a thousand times
70. Now let 'em tell ya the world no longer cares or gives a fuck about your rhymes
71. And as I grow outta sight, outta mind, I might go outta mine
72. 'Cause how do I, ever let this mic go without a fight
73. When I made a fuckin' tightrope outta twine?
74. But when I do fall from these heights, though, I'll be fine
75. I won't pout or cry or spiral down or whine
76. But I'll decide if it's my final bow this time around 'cause
77. I walk on water
78. But I ain't no Jesus
79. I walk on water
80. But only when it freezes
81. 'Cause I'm only human, just like you
82. I been making my mistakes, oh if you only knew
83. I don't think you should believe in me the way that you do
84. 'Cause I'm terrified to let you down, oh
85. If I walked on water, I would drown
86. 'Cause I'm just a man, but as long as I got a mic I'm godlike
87. So me and you are not alike
88. Bitch, I wrote "Stan"