You Can Never Feel My Pain

[Intro]

Naw, you can never feel my pain, nigga

And you can never feel my pain, nigga

Never feel my pain, nigga

How do I start it...?

[Verse 1]

Nineteen seventy four, motherfucker, I was born with pain

My moms and my pops pass it down to me

So don't talk to me about can I feel yours

'Cause I ain't feeling you at all, your pain isn't pure

You crying 'cause you broke from the projects

That's not pain, that's emotions, you a bitch

I'm talking 'bout permanent, physical suffering

You know nothing about that

You just complain 'cause you stressed

Nigga, my pain's in the flesh

And through the years that pain became my friend; sedated

With morphine as a little kid

I built a tolerance for drugs, addicted to the medicine

Now hospital Emergency treat me like a fiend

I rather die, sometimes I wish a nigga O.D

Begging God for help, only to find

That I'm all by my goddamn self

And you can never feel my pain, nigga

[Chorus]

Naw, you can never feel my pain, nigga

You can never feel my pain, nigga

Never feel the pain, nigga

You could never feel the pain, nigga

Naw, never feel the pain, nigga

[Verse 2]

And the females ask – "P, why you always look mad?"

Don't mind me if I may come off like that

But see, a nigga depressed, I need smoke

I need me a drink, I'm trying to stop though

Experience life, through the shoes of me

What you find, is you can't do that, you ain't built for it

The impact I put on this Earth, it's like nothin' that you ever seen or heard

So look, listen – when I speak, sit up in your seat

Pay attention to the words, 'cause the story is deep

In and out of Crisis, since before I could walk

It gave me strength though, nowadays I hardly talk

It made me cold-hearted, anti, I won't play sports

I barely joke or play games, take it how you want

My handicap took its toll on my sanity

My moms got me at the shrink at like 13

And doctors called the cops on me

'Cause I be throwing IV poles when they'd ignore me

I gotta, try to calm down and breathe

I can only hold it but for so long; put me to sleep

Do I sound insane? If I do, then this here was written for you

'Cause you could never feel the pain, nigga

[Chorus]

Nah, you can never feel my pain, nigga

Could never feel my pain, nigga

Never feel the pain, nigga

You could never feel the pain, nigga

Nah, never feel the pain, nigga