(Christina)
Everyone thinks that I have it all,
But it's so empty living behind these castle walls,
these castle walls.
If I should tumble, if I should fall,
would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls?
There's no one here at all, behind these castle walls.
(T.I)
Observing the estate through the gate from the outside looking in,
bet you would think I got it made, better look again.
I got butler, got a maid, and a mansion,
the belief is that I'm living out a millionaire's fantasy.
With Phantoms and Ferrari's in the driveway,
but you see the pain and the change of the same man's.
Your vision jaded by the Grammy's on the mantelpiece,
just switch your camera lenses you would see the agony.
Apparently it's damaging the man you see before you
on the canvas he may seem all right but all the disadvantages his family
encounters overpowers his extravagance
walk in my? I dare you
while it really seem like the kings life ain't glamorous
as seen through the eyes of untrained amateurs
because the camera's don't see beyond the walls of the smiles
only counts until it falls in the pile
(Christina)
Everyone thinks that I have it all
but it's so empty living behind these castle walls
these castle walls
If I should tumble if I should fall
would any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls?
There's no-one here at all, behind these castle walls
(T.I)
Honestly to me, I think I'd lose every benefit of all that I've accomplished
If my key is never with it, shit
me knowing this, why should the verses I have laid
be more important to me than the persons I have raised
I guess I'm saying that to say that opportunity
but they just don't equate to all the time they take away
from the kids all the shit I did right is a mistake
If deyjah end up a stripper and major slinging yay
How could I ever consider myself a great?
If messiah ain't paid and nique nique ain't straight
would your favorite song about the whips, money and shit
be relevant if you found out, the money wasn't real, nope
so me being the goat shouldn't mean more to me
than see it to a king though
from a bad ass kid to man with some dough
otherwise I may well have stayed poor
so while they stay focused on me beefin' with flip,
Shawty low, Gucci or Ludacris
or if I'm fucking with a hoe
did I snitch when I got arrested or will I die over nonsense?
internally I'm dealing with this conflict
so excuse me if I don't get the chance to kiss the hand
or slap me in the face; ay I'm just the man
If they saying I ain't the best at making hit records
It's cause this my life these ain't just rapping
shit, you think of that deep, did ya dawg
see you can't see the castle through the walls till it falls
bitch ain't thinking with the deep, did ya dog
Cause see you can't see the castle through the walls till it falls