I've been on the couch, even slept on the floor But you don't know Ate off the dollar menu, when I was broke But you don't know Ran through Miami all on my own But you don't know If it wasn't for the music man I don't know 'Cause I kept grindin', hustlin' Tryin' to make my way Not knowing, if I'd ever, make it Make it to this day But I told myself Nothing happens overnight Now you see the diamonds and the bright lights But you don't know who I am inside You don't know me You don't know this pain You don't know me Or how I got this way Until you've been where I've been Or seen what I've seen You'll never, never, never know You will never know me Uh, you will never Uh, you will never know me Uh, never, never, never know Uh, you will never know me Lost a lot of homies tryin' to get this far But you don't know So you ain't gotta ask why I go so hard But you don't know See all these tattoos cover all my scars But you don't know You don't know my end, you don't know my start You don't know me You don't know this pain You don't know me Or how I got this way Until you've been where I've been Or seen what I've seen You'll never, never, never know You will never know me Uh, you will never Uh, you will never know me Never, never, never know You will never know me 'Cause I kept grindin', hustlin' Tryin' to make my way Not knowing if I'd ever, make it Make it to this day But I told myself Nothing happens overnight Now you see the diamonds and the bright lights But you don't know who I am inside You don't know me You don't know this pain You don't know me Or how I got this way Until you've been where I've been Or seen what I've seen You'll never, never, never know You will never know me Uh, you will never Uh, you will never know me Until you've been where I've been Or seen what I've seen You'll never, never, never know You will never know me