Never Know

This is a story about a man And all the struggles and adversity That he was faced with And everything in between So if you know someone like this Check on em Make sure that they straight You feel me You can call him joe You won't meet nobody smarter Nobody that work harder But when you look at it I guess he's just an average joe He know his feelins Ain't the same Go ahead and handle All his pain From all the feelins That I guess will never never know And if you judge him by his cover Cause you blinded By Your covers Then I guess he's just and average joe That you'll never never know Mix check One two One two He spit feelings Then go back on mute He steady follow the news He steady follow the clues You would have a heavy foot If you walked in his shoes He tryna make momma proud Tryna wave to the crowds You ain't never seen someone Wantin' acceptance So loud Now all that he built Man It's all comin' down Now he feel like a clown Rest In Peace To all his anxiety He trapped in a den Where all the liars be I mean where all the lions be He trapped in a den of thieves Can't open the door Cause he ain't got no keys Brighter vision Got him thinkin' maniacally Undeniably Was any of it real Or was it fantasy Or was it just a product of society Just tryna wipe it all out my mind man He meet a shawty You can call that his best friend He get the word He get the call And now we steppin That's who he ride for That's who he'd die for You get picture That I'm painting In yo mind folks You get the feeling That I'm puttin In your spine folks But nobody Knew him Like I do And nobody knew pain Like he knew But somehow he still standing man He rollin over Early pictures and bottles You only live once Man Drake said dats the motto But his life went too fast When he was steppin on the throttle And his life was in the gutter When he was sippin on dem bottles Try tellin a story About a nigga who ain't make it Who ain't go to jail But I swear he facin cases When I see him I swear he changin faces For the people in the back And on the stages So fix your braces And fix your faces Niggas lie and they end up on the pavement That's what happens When you playing games wit Satan He don't know why So many niggas hatin I know this might seem crazy But I hope you understand Ain't nobody wit him He just moving in advance He jumpin over fences Like he jumpin wit the fans Tryna build a fortress Like he tryna clash wit clans And I promise you I swear that he's a soldier I promise he ain't crying Cause he crushed under the Boulder Just haunted By all the weight That's hung up Up on his shoulders Wit everything that come his way I swear he getting older Wit all the pain that come his way I swear he getting colder Wit all the shame that come his way I swear he getting folded You ain't never met a nigga Like mine Just visionary tale Of the Sign of the times He feelin restless He pessimistic He feel like his opportunity came And then he missed it Now he rebuildin Man Just Like he the pistons ima spit this story To anyone that listens Yo wats the meanin Yo why you dreamin He movin different Just Like he be feanin Final shot of the game He might fade like Kobe He still making his moves So that's the end of the story I'm on it You can call me joe You won't meet nobody smarter Nobody that works harder But when you look at it I guess I'm just an average Joe I guess i'm just an average Joe