[Verse 1] Before you see my pain You'll have to play the number game And fade away So say my name in vain and pray A holy grail to hold the weight When folks are rollin' snakes And switch the game to load a crate We lift the flame and roll a plate I ate the cake and went to bake You raised the stakes I took the weight And took the place to make it safe And walk the trail of tears With all my blood, sweat, and fears Said I'm stuck on the first of the month With a hurt that runs deep in my soul And a curse on my tongue And the earth is my gun And the church is my sun And it burns all at once And you heard it in one And my worth is my work And I work just to learn And I learn just to hurt And I hurt just to earn And I earn just to burn And I burn just to purge And I purge just to You'll never know, no You'll never know, no [Chorus] You'll never know what it's like to be betrayed I did You'll never know what it's like to sacrifice everything I did You'll never know what it's like to fail at something I did You'll never know what it's like to change the way you think I did [Verse 2] Yeah My life's a movie, no actin' Pardon the caption This the rise of the phoenix from ashes Pardon the madness This the life I been given I'm grateful It's just a lot of niggas try to make me hateful This a life for the wicked and faithful Who not afraid to go where the snakes go You never seen what I seen You never been where I been You never bled what I bled You never fed who I fed I just reflect on the life that I led Came from a boy to a man And did what I can to make sure All of my people was fed This for the evil that fled This for the demons that rest in my head Aye, my heart is dark, it's hard to find it And I think I lost my mind And when I did, that's when I found it I ain't sayin' I'm the best, I'm just proud of it I survived it [Chorus] You'll never know what it's like to be betrayed I did You'll never know what it's like to sacrifice everything I did You'll never know what it's like to fail at something I did You'll never know what it's like to change the way you think I did [Verse 3] Yeah I went from copper to chrome And now I'm on my way home And you couldn't possibly know I was the one who got it and goes You not who you know You more like who you be I been where you wanna go You couldn't make it to the peak I let you climb the mountain just to see I did this sh*t when I was sleep I woke up in a state of disbelief That you would try to be the streets You say you down You don't know the half of it Try to be a thug I just had to f*ckin' live To say you on my level, what you think this is? You'll never know what it's like to be betrayed I did You'll never know what it's like to sacrifice everything I did You'll never know what it's like to fail at something I did You'll never know what it's like to change the way you think I did You'll never know what it's like to be betrayed I did
