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 anyone hear me screaming behind these castle walls? There's no one here at all, behind these castle walls
[T.I. - Verso 1]
Observing the estate through the gate from the outside looking in Bet you think I got it made, better look again I got a butler, got a maid, and a mansion The belief is that I'm living out a millionaire's fantasy With Phantoms e Ferrari's in the driveway But you see the pain and the change of the sane man's sanity 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 alright but all the disadvantages His family encounters overshadows his extravagance Walk in my lines while I dare you with a stare at you While it surelly seem like the King's life ain't glamorous As seen through the eyes of untrained amateurs Because the cameras doesn't see beyond the walls of the smiles Only counts until it falls in the pile
[Christina Aguilera]
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 anyone hear me screaming behind these castle walls? There's no one here at all, behind these castle walls
[T.I. - Verso 2]
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 oppotunity 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 paied 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 a man with some dough Otherwise I may well have stayed poor So while they stay focused on me beefing with Flip, Shawty Low, with 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, hey, I'm just the man If they saying I ain't the best in making hit records It's 'cause this is my life, this ain't just rapping Didn't think it all it was that deep, did ya dawg See you can't see the castle through the walls till it falls Didn't think it all it was that deep, did ya dawg See you can't see the castle through the walls till it falls
[Christina Aguilera]
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 anyone hear me screaming behind these castle walls? There's no one here at all, behind these castle walls
Nobody knows I'm all alone Living in this castle made of stone They say that money is freedom but I feel trapped inside it all
And while I sit so high up on a throne I wonder how I can feel this low On top of the world it's beautiful But there's no place to fall
[T.I. - Verso 3]
For the record ay, I give a damn if I never said shit again My career was meant for me to come and tell it Honest interpretation of how affected I'm faced With matters most rappers used to keep locked away in the basement The day that I walk away I ain't saying that I'm amazing Downplaying the way I keep fellas from catching cases Won't take into consideration how much it mean what I'm saying And when I say what I mean even when I'm surrounded by the fakers From one of the greatest centers, blessed with most of God's graces Who made his way amongst the greatest from the grimiest places So next time you rating royalty I'm always being given to recordings than the level of your loyalty (Hmm) Obviously you've been ignoring me Who else ya seen make it through the storm, unharmed disjointed While all the critics was looking for Prince charming Disregarded the king of the south raised doubt Even tho he made a castle out of what used to be a house He did shit that all your favorite rappers only rap about But most of ya'll don't see the castle through the walls And the smiles till it fall in piles so while
[Christina Aguilera]
Everyone thinks that I have it all But it's so empty living behind these castle walls (These castle walls, yeah yeah, yeah yeah) If I should tumble (If I should tumble), if I should fall Would anyone hear me screaming behind these castle walls? There's no one here at all, behind these castle walls