I′ve settled down A twisted up frown Disguised as a smile Well, you would have never known I had it all, but not what I wanted Cause hope for me was a place uncharted And overgrown
You′d make your way in I′d resist you just like this You can′t tell me to feel The truth never set me free So I did it myself
You can′t be too careful anymore When all that is waiting for you Won′t come any closer You′ve got to reach out a little more More More More More
Open your eyes like I open mine It′s only the real world Life you will never know Shifting your way to throw off the pain Well you can ignore it But only for so long
You look like I did You resist me just like this You can′t tell me to heal And it hurts remembering How it felt to shut down
You can′t be too careful anymore When all that is waiting for you Won′t come any closer You′ve got to reach out a little more More More More More
The truth never set me free (x3) So I′ll do it myself
You can′t be too careful anymore When all that is waiting for you Won′t come any closer You′ve got to reach out You can′t be too careful anymore When all that is waiting for you Won′t come any closer You′ve got to reach out More More More More More
So this is it this is what I wished for just isn’t how I invisioned it fame to the point of imprisonment I just though that ****’d be different theres’ something changed a minute there I got a whiff of it I started to inhale it, smell it,
started sniffin’ it and it became my cocaine I just couldn’t quit! I just wanted a little bit then it turned me to a monster I became a hippocrate, concert after concert I was raking in the dough, rolling in green had the game hemmed up like a sewing machine but I was loosing my freedom, there was nowhere for me to not going and be seen and just go and be me and there was no inbetween you either loved it or hate it, every cd critics gave it the 3, then 3 years later they go back and re-rate it and called the slim shady LP the greatest, the marshall mathers was a classic, the eminem show was fantastic but encore just didn’t have the calibre to match it, I guess enough time just ain’t passed yet a couple of more years that ****’ll be ILLMATIC and 8 years later I’m still at it, divorced, re-married, a felon, a father, sleeping pill addict. And this is real talk, I feel like the incredible hulk, my back has been broke and I can still walk
[Chorus]
So be careful what you wish for, cuz you just might get it and if you get it then you just might not know what to do with it cuz it might just come back on you tenfold
I said be careful what you wish for, cuz you just might get it and if you get it then you just might not know what to do with it cuz it might just come back on you tenfold
[Verse 2]
I got a letter from a fan that said: he’s been praying for me, everyday and for some reason it’s been laying on my mind heavy,
cuz I dont read every, letter I get! but something told me to go ahead and open it, BUT, why would someone pray for you when they dont know you? You didn’t pray for me when I was local, and as I lay these vocals I think of all the **** I had to go through just to get to where I’m at, I’ve already told you at least a thousand times in these rhymes, I appreciate the prayer but I’ve allready got, god on my side and it’s been one hell of a ride hasn’t it? just watchin’ it from an opposite stand-point man, boys gotta look nuts and that’s the only word I can think of right now, won’t know how to discribe the ****, this is like a vibe you get go ahead and bob to it, just watch what you wish for cuz I got this ****!
[Chorus]
So be careful what you wish for, cuz you just might get it and if you get it then you just might not know what to do with it cuz it might just come back on you tenfold
I said be careful what you wish for, cuz you just might get it and if you get it then you just might not know what to do with it cuz it might just come back on you tenfold
I always knew how to lock up my soul Exception all cases when I give up control Was always afraid to loose myself and you You worry too much ′bout being lonely But I can tell you you′re not the only Who is need of someone Someone who can catch your fall Be careful with your lover take care of your soul Be careful with your words and don′t you loose control Be careful with your feelings and take care of your friends But be careful not to be too careful We got it all but we wasted it away There is so much that we never say We stand all along with our backs against the wall Tell me who can catch our fall Yeah yeah yeah Be careful with your lover take care of your soul Be careful with your words and don′t you loose control Be careful with your feelings and take care of your friends But be careful not to be too careful But be careful not to be too careful We stand all along with our backs against the wall Tell me who can catch your fall Be careful with your lover take care of your soul Be careful with your words and don′t you loose control Be careful with your feelings and take care of your friends But be careful not to be too careful Be careful with your lover take care of your soul Be careful with your words and don′t you loose control Be careful with your feelings and take care of your friends But be careful not to be too careful
I think about you Far more than I think I ought to do What in this world would I do If I didn′t have you around? And I worry sometimes When I have to leave you behind. You′re always in the back of my mind. And every sigh, Every sound
So all I want to say to you Is I′m afraid to lose The only one I care for So be careful.
To have to fend for myself Wouldn′t be good for my health I wouldn′t do very well Having to live without you So keep up your guard Look after your precious heart And every time that we are apart Remember I′m with you, I′m with you.
So all I want to say to you Is I′m afraid to lose The only one I care for So please be careful.