Interpret:

Christina Aguilera

Album:

Duety/Soundtrack

[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 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 a Butler, got a maid, and a mansion 
the belief is that I'm living out a millionaires fantasy 
with phantoms and Ferrari's in the driveway 
but you see the pain and the change of the same 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 nines awhile i dare you, i scare you 
while it really seem like the kings life seem 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 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 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 kids never win at sh-t 
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 sh-t i did right is a mistake 
if deyjah end up a stripper and major out there 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 sh-t 
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 f-cking 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 
sh-t, 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 


[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 any one hear me screaming behind these castle walls 
there's no-one here at all, behind these castle walls 


[Christina Aguilera] 
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.] 
for the record ay, i could give a damn if i never sell sh-t 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 i ain't saying that i'm amazing 
down playing 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, obvious you've been ignoring me 
who else ya seen make it through the storm, unharmed this charming 
while all the critics was looking for prince charming 
disregarded the king of the south raised doubt 
even though he made a castle out of used to be a house 
he did sh-t that all your favorites rappers only rap about 
but most of y'all don't see the castle through the walls 
and the smiles till it falls 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 
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