Castle Walls
Everyone thinks that I have it allBut it's so empty living behind these castle wallsThese castle walls
If I should tumble, if I should fallWould any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls?There's no one here at allBehind these castle walls
Observing the estate through the gateFrom the outside looking inBet you would think I got it madeBetter look again
I got a butler, got a maid, and a mansionThe belief is that I'm living out a millionaire's fantasyWith Phantoms and Ferraris in the drivewayBut you see, it came in exchange of a sane man's sanity
Your vision jaded by the Grammys on the mantelpieceJust switch your camera lensesYou would see the agony
Apparently it's damaging the man you see before youOn the canvas he may seem alright but all the disadvantagesHis family encounters overshadows his extravaganceWalk in my nine's a while, I dare you, it'll scare you
While it surely seem like the king life seem glamorousAs seen through the eyes of untrained amateursBecause the camera doesn't see beyond the walls of the smilesOnly counts until it falls in the pile
Everyone thinks that I have it allBut it's so empty living behind these castle wallsThese castle walls
If I should tumble, if I should fallWould any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls?There's no one here at allBehind these castle walls
Honestly to me, I think I'd lose every benefitOf all that I've accomplished if my kids never win at shitMe knowing this, why should the verses I've laidBe more important to me than the persons I've raised?
I guess I'm saying that to say the opportunityThat they just don't equate to all the time they take awayFrom the kids all the shit I did right's a mistakeIf they should end up a stripper and make jack slanging yay
How could I ever consider myself a greatIf Messiah ain't paid and Nique Nique ain't straightWould your favorite song about the whips, money and shitBe relevant if you found out the money wasn't rich, nope
So me being the G.O.A.T. ,shouldn't mean more to meThan see it to a king thoughFrom a bad ass kid to man with some doughOtherwise I may well have stayed poor
So while they stay focused on me beefin'With Flip and Shawty LoGucci or Ludacris, or if I'm fucking with a hoDid 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 handThat slapped me in the face, ay, I'm just a manIf they saying I ain't the best at making hit recordsIt's cause this my life these ain't just rapping
Shit, you think of that deep, did you dawgSee you can't see the castle through the walls till it fallsBitch ain't thinking with the deep, did you dawgCause see you can't see the castle through the walls till it falls
Everyone thinks that I have it allBut it's so empty living behind these castle wallsThese castle walls
If I should tumble, if I should fallWould any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls?There's no one here at allBehind these castle walls
Nobody knows I'm all aloneLiving in this castle made of stoneThey say that money is freedomBut I feel trapped inside it all
And while I sit so high up on a throneI wonder how I can feel this lowOn top of the world it's beautifulBut there's no place to fall
For the record ay, I give a damn if I never said shit againMy career was meant for me to come and tell you thisHonest interpretation of how affected when faced withMatters most rappers choose to keepLocked away in the basement
Every day that I walk away I ain't sayin' that I'm amazin'Downplaying the way I kept fellas from catchin' casesWon't take into consideration how much it mean what I'm sayingIf when I say what I meanEven when I'm surrounded by the fakers
From one of the greatest sinnersBlessed with most of God's gracesWho made his way amongst the greatestFrom the grimiest places
So next time you rating royaltyAnd more is being given to recordingsThan the level of your loyaltyYou obviously been ignoring me
Who else ya seen make it through the stormUnharmed this charmin'While all the critics was looking for Prince Charmin'Disregarded the King of the South but raised doubt
Even though he made a castle out what used to be a houseHe did shit that all your favorite rappers only rap aboutBut most of y'all don't see the castle for the wallsAnd the smiles till it falls in piles so while
Everyone thinks that I have it allBut it's so empty living behind these castle wallsThese castle walls
If I should tumble, if I should fallWould any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls?There's no one here at allBehind these castle walls