Artist: T.I. f/ Christina Aguilera Album: No Mercy Song: Castle Walls Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Intro/Chorus: Christina Aguilera] Everyone thinks that I have it all But it's so empty livin behind these castle walls These castle walls If I should tumble, if I should fall Would anyone hear me screamin behind these castle walls? There's no one here at all Behind these castle walls {*11 second instrumental*} [T.I.] Observin the estate through the gate from the outside lookin in Bet you would think I got it made, better look again I got a butler, got a maid, and a mansion The belief is that I'm livin out a millionaire's fantasy with Phantoms and Ferraris in the driveway But you see it came in exchange of a sane man's sanity Your vision jaded by the Grammy's on the mantelpiece Just switch your camera lenses, you will see the agony Apparently it's damagin the man you see before you On the canvas it may seem aight but all the disadvantages his family encounters overshadows his extravagance Walk in my nines a while, I dare you it'll scare you While it surely seem like the king's life seem glamorous As seen through the eyes of untrained amateurs Because the camera doesn't see beyond the walls of the smiles on the castle 'til it falls in the piles [Chorus] [T.I.] Honestly to me I think I'd lose every benefit of all that I've accomplished if my kids never went at shit Me knowin this why should the verses I've laid be more important to me than the persons I've raised? I guess I'm sayin that to save the opportunities The day just don't equate to all the time it take away From the kids all the shit I did right is a mistake if Deyjah end up a stripper and Major out slingin yay How could I ever consider myself a great if Messiah ain't paid and 'Nique-'Nique ain't straight? Would your favorite song 'bout the whips, money and shit be relevant if you found out Domani wasn't rich? Nope, so me bein 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 of well have stayed po' So while they stay focused on me beefin with Flip and Shawty Lo With Gucci or Ludacris, or if I'm fuckin with a hoe Did I snitch when I got arrested or will I die over nonsense? Internally I'm dealin 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 a man If they sayin I ain't the best at makin hit records It's cause this my life, these ain't just rappin Bet you ain't think it all live was that deep, did ya dawg? See you can't see the castle fall of walls 'til it falls Bet you ain't think it was that deep, did ya dawg? Cause see you can't see the castle fall of walls 'til it falls [Chorus] [Christina Aguilera] Nobody knows I'm all alone Livin 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 is beautiful But there's 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 I'm faced with Matters most rappers choose to keep locked away in a basement If the day that I walk away they ain't sayin that I'm amazin Downplayin the way I kept fellas from catchin cases Won't take in consideration how much it mean when I'm sayin And when I say what I mean even when 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 ratin royalty I'm always bein given to recordings than the level of your loyalty You obviously been ignorin me Who else you've seen make it through the storm unharmed this charmly? While all the critics was lookin for Prince Charming Disregard that the King of the South has raised doubt Even though he made a castle out what used to be a house Did shit that all your favorite rappers only rapped about But most of y'all don't see the castle full of walls and the smiles 'til it falls in the piles, so while [Chorus]