[Christina Aguilera]
Everyone thinks that I have it all
But its 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
Theres 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 Im living out a millionaires fantasy
With Phantoms and
Ferraris in the driveway
But you see the pain and the change of the same mans sanity
Your vision jaded by the Grammys on the mantelpiece
Just switch your camera lenses you would see the agony
Apparently its 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 nines awhile I dare you
I scare you
While it really seem like the kings life aint glamorous
As seen through the eyes of untrained amateurs
Because the cameras dont 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 its 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
Theres no one here at all, behind these castle walls
[T.I.]
Honestly to me, I think Id lose every benefit of all
That Ive 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 Im saying that to say
that opportunity
But they just dont 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 aint paid
and Nique Nique aint
straight
Would your favorite song about the whips, money and shit
Be relevant if you found out, the money wasnt real, nope
So me being the goat shouldnt 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 Im fucking with a hoe
Did I snitch when I got arrested
Or will I die over nonsense
Internally Im dealing with
this conflict
So excuse me if I dont get the chance to kiss the hand
Or slap me in the face, ay Im just
the man
If they saying I aint the best at making hit records
Its cause this my life these aint just
rapping
Shit, you think of that deep,
did ya dawg
See you cant see the castle through the walls till it falls
Bitch aint thinking with the deep,
did ya dog
Cause see you cant see the castle through the walls till it falls
[Christina Aguilera]
Everyone thinks that I have it all
But its 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
Theres no one here at all, behind these castle walls
[Christina Aguilera]
Nobody knows Im 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 its beautiful
But theres no place to fall
[T.I.]
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 Im faced with matters
Most rappers used to keep locked away in the basement
The day that I walk I aint saying that
