conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Write me a song called Stepping Stone with the following description: “Stepping Stone” is the latest in a series of songs apologizing to people who have been negatively affected by Em’s career. The previously released “Headlights” and “Bad Husband,” apologized to his mother, Debbie Mathers, and his ex-wife, Kim Mathers, respectively. “Stepping Stone” is dedicated to Em’s rap group D12.
  Boosted by Em’s personal achievements as a solo act, D12 was thrust into the limelight. Their two albums Devil’s Night and D12 World debuted as number one and went on to sell millions of copies. However, the group faded after the untimely death of group member Proof in 2006.
  A ‘stepping stone’ is a term used to describe a means of progress, and in this song is used to refer to how D12 wound up being an unintentional career boost for Em, while the rest of D12 were eventually left behind. Notably, in the last verse, Em states that D12 is finished, and the group is now officially disbanded. Make sure the lyrics are different from the original song.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: [Intro: Mario Resto]
  Take me to the river
  Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
  [Verse 1: Eminem]
  It's 2002, everything was totally new
  We were globally huge, watchin' sales go through the roof
  We wrote and we feuded, Runyon Avenue soldiers included
  A multitude of homies who would pounce for no good excuse
  We were so bulletproof—wrote, souped, and soaked in our youth
  Thought we was runnin' shit 'til we lost the sole of our shoe
  The death of Doody broke us in two
  We were thrown for a loop, ain't none of us know what to do
  And at the time I was goin' through my own struggles too
  So I wasn't in no condition to be coachin' us through
  Everyone tried to go solo, really nobody blew
  I was hopin' they do, so I ain't have to shoulder the crew
  The plan was put everyone in position so that they knew
  How to stand on their own,
   
  and I don't wanna open up wounds
  I just noticed that oomph was gone when we go in the booth
  'Cause the truth is, the moment that Proof died, so did the group
  Shoot!
  [Pre-Chorus: Mario Resto, 
  Eminem
   & 
  Both
  ]
  If I could leave this all behind
  I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line
  Down
   
  to the river with you
  Help me leave this all behind [Chorus: Eminem]
  I'ma wash away my sins
  I'ma rinse away this dirt
  I forgot to make amends
  To all the friends I may have hurt
  I better stop and say my grace
  From it I pray that I don't fall
  'Cause on the way back down I may
  End up runnin' back into them all
  I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
  [Verse 2: Eminem]
  It was never the same, and it's bothered me since
  And the farther we drift apart, the more awkward it gets
  The more time goes by, the more life happens
  And we gotta be men, we got responsibilities
  Plus we don't say how we feel
  And I feel like this is what got us in the debacle we're in
  Been with you guys thick and thin
  But it's almost as if sometimes we're not even friends
  Which reminded me, Biz, "Rockstar" was the shit
  Y'all coulda got you a hit without me on the shit
  If you'da put D12 on it, wish I coulda did
  More to try talkin' you into comin' up off it
  I know it wasn't my fault, but part of it probably is
  I think of all of the trips to BET
  And the rappers I wish that we woulda politicked with
  Maybe y'all coulda clicked and got you some features
  But that's water under the bridge
  But I'm washin' my sins in it 'til my conscience is cleansed [Pre-Chorus: Mario Resto, 
  Eminem
   & 
  Both
  ]
  If I could leave this all behind
  I could open up my eyes and walk in a straight line
  Down
   
  to the river with you
  Help me leave this all behind
  [Chorus]
  I'ma wash away my sins
  I'ma rinse away this dirt
  I forgot to make amends
  To all the friends I may have hurt
  I better stop and say my grace
  From it I pray that I don't fall
  'Cause on the way back down I may
  End up runnin' back into them all
  I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
  [Verse 3: Eminem]
  Bacardi and Hen', never thought the party would end
  One minute you're bodyin' shit, but then your audience splits
  You can already sense the climate is startin' to shift
  To these kids you no longer exist
  Went from rainin' cats and dogs in this bitch
  To tiny drops, little drips
  And by the time your reign is over, you'll hardly be missed
  You start thinkin' of all the artists you dissed
  All the carnage you left, is this the kind of karma you get
  For turnin' your fuckin' back on Bizzy, Kuniva, and Swift?
  A Freudian slip, subconsciously, I honestly wished
  I ain't feel so much guilt and y'all didn't harbor resentment
  But it's hard to pretend that y'all ain't got none
  I just wish I had words, but I guess there just are none for this
  To my partners, I can't say how sorry I am
  This is not how I planned for our story to end
  I love all of you men
  But I just can't be the guy everybody depends
  On for entire careers 'cause that's not even fair
  I will always be here, but that spark isn't there
  And I don't know how to recapture that time and that era
  I've tried hearkening back to, but I'm fightin' for air
  I'm barely chartin' myself
  Feels like I'm on the descent
  , but it was not my intent
  To treat y'all like a stepping stone
  Though I ain't left no one behind
  , but we been down every road
  Done all we possibly can, I know we kept our hopes up
  But the longer we spend livin' this lie that we live
  The less is left for closure, so let's let this go
  It's not goodbye to our friendship, but D12 is over [Chorus: Eminem]
  I'ma wash away my sins
  I'ma rinse away this dirt
  I forgot to make amends
  To all the friends I may have hurt
  I better stop and say my grace
  From it I pray that I don't fall
  'Cause on the way back down I may
  End up runnin' back into them all
  I never meant to use you all as my stepping stones
  [Outro: Eminem]
  I never meant to make you feel like my stepping stones
  I never meant to use you all for my stepping stones