Stronger Than I Was

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Stronger Than I Was by Eminem

About Stronger Than I Was

This sympathetic song provides an insight into Eminem’s relationship with ex-wife Kim, and how he apologizes for acting how he did towards her in the past. The song is the polar opposite of the track “Kim” from The Marshall Mathers LP album. Moreover, Em, at least in the first two verses of the song, sings instead of rapping—which has only happened few times before: "Yo, I can’t sing, I feel like singing; I wanna fuckin' sing!" It is not clear in which perspective the first two verses are written .

Stronger Than I Was Lyrics

[00:04.64] You used to say that I'd never be
[00:11.58] Nothing without you and I'd believe
[00:19.86] I'm shot in the lungs, I gasp, I can't breathe
[00:27.73] Just lay here with me, baby, hold me please
[00:35.27] And I'd beg and I'd plead, drop to knees
[00:38.57] And I'd cry and I'd scream, "Baby, please don't leave"
[00:43.15] Snatch the keys from your hand, I would squeeze
[00:46.36] And you'd laugh, and you'd tease, you're just fucking with me
[00:50.76] And you must hate me
[00:52.85] Why do you date me, if you say I make you sick?
[00:58.56] And you've had enough of me
[01:01.32] I smother you, I'm 'bout to jump off the edge
[01:06.59] But you won't break me, you'll just make me stronger than I was
[01:14.04] Before I met you, I bet you I'll be just fine without you
[01:22.15] And if I stumble, I won't crumble, I'll get back up and uhh
[01:29.64] But I'mma still be humble when I scream "Fuck you"
[01:33.98] Cause I'm stronger than I was
[01:39.03] A beautiful face is all that you have
[01:45.92] Cause on the inside you're ugly and mad
[01:54.04] But you're all that I love, I grasp, you can't leave
[02:02.00] Please stay here with me, baby hold me please
[02:09.78] And I'd beg and I plead, drop to knees
[02:13.17] And I'd cry and I'd scream, baby, please don't leave
[02:17.62] But you left and you took everything I had left
[02:21.74] And left nothing, nothing for me
[02:25.12] So please don't wake me from this dream, baby
[02:29.01] We're still together in my head
[02:33.09] And you're still in love with me
[02:35.51] 'Til I woke up to discover that that dream was dead
[02:41.03] But you won't break me, you'll just make me stronger than I was
[02:48.67] Before I met you, I bet you I'll be just fine without you
[02:56.65] And if I stumble, I won't crumble, I'll get back up and uhh
[03:04.12] But I'mma still be humble when I scream "Fuck you"
[03:08.32] Cause I'm stronger than I was
[03:13.38] You walked out, I almost died, it was almost a homicide
[03:18.19] That you caused cause I was so traumatized
[03:20.50] Felt like I was in for a long bus ride
[03:22.53] I'd rather die than you not be by my side
[03:24.46] Can't count how many times I vomited, cried
[03:26.36] Go to my room, turn the radio on and hide
[03:28.49] Thought we were Bonnie and Clyde, nah
[03:29.92] On the inside you were Jekyll and Hyde
[03:31.48] I, felt like my, whole relationship with you was a lie
[03:33.78] It was you and I, why did I think it was ride or die?
[03:36.66] Cause if you coulda, took my life you woulda
[03:39.23] It's like you put a, knife through my chest
[03:40.93] And pushed it right through to the, other side
[03:42.84] Of my back and stuck a spike too, shoulda
[03:44.47] Put up more of a fight, but I couldn't
[03:46.25] At the time, no one could hurt me like you coulda
[03:48.29] Take you back now, what's the likelihood of that?
[03:50.28] Bite me bitch, chew on a nineteen footer
[03:52.33] Cause this morning I finally stood up
[03:54.26] Held my chin up, finally showed a sign
[03:56.10] Of life in me for the, first time since you left me
[03:58.57] And left me with nothing but shattered dreams
[04:00.28] And the life we coulda, had and we could've been
[04:02.41] But I'm breaking out of this slump I'm in
[04:04.17] Pulling myself out of the dumps once again
[04:05.90] I'm getting up once and for all, fuck this shit
[04:08.65] I'ma be late for the pity party
[04:10.44] But you're never gonna beat me to the fucking punch again
[04:12.75] Took it on the chin like a champ
[04:14.17] So don't lump me in with the chump-ions
[04:15.97] I'm done being your punching bag
[04:17.84] It was the November 31st today
[04:19.88] Would've been our anniversary
[04:21.57] Two years but you left on the 1st of May
[04:23.98] I wrote it on a calendar, was gonna call
[04:25.93] But couldn't think of the words to say
[04:27.83] But they came to me just now
[04:29.68] So I put 'em in a verse to lay
[04:31.87] And I thank you cause you made me a better person than I was
[04:39.72] But I hate you cause you drained me, I gave you all, you gave me none
[04:47.57] But if you blame me, you're crazy and after all is said and done
[04:55.32] I'm still angry, yeah, I may be, I may never trust someone
[05:02.76] But you won't break me, you'll just make me stronger than I was
[05:10.30] Before I met you, I bet you I'll be just fine without you
[05:18.37] And if I stumble, I won't crumble, I'll get back up and uhh
[05:25.83] But I'mma still be humble when I scream "Fuck you"
[05:30.06] Cause I'm stronger than I was
[05:33.36]

From the album: The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Expanded Edition)