Never Had a Smile

Intro

Yeah, uh

Lonely child, lonely child

Chorus

Mama said I'm too far gone

Daddy never picked the phone up

Heart cold like a Midwest winter

Only warmer when the cup pour

Lonely child raised by the block

Tears I spilled never hit the floor

Got that pain inside my voice

Every melody a war

Post-Chorus

Lonely, lonely, lonely child

(Lonely child, lonely child)

Lonely, lonely, lonely child

Never really had a smile

Verse 1

Five years old, saw the cops at the door

Eight years old, learned what loyalty for

Knew the score before I knew my times tables

Knew the streets before I knew the fables

Grandma cried, said I'm headed for the cage

I was headed for a stage just to spill it on a page

Every letter that I write bleed a color that's my own

Lonely child ain't never had a home

Pre-Chorus

Tell me who gon' catch me when I fall

When the fame don't ring at all

When the diamonds lose they shine

And they see I'm still the same inside

Chorus

Mama said I'm too far gone

Daddy never picked the phone up

Heart cold like a Midwest winter

Only warmer when the cup pour

Lonely child raised by the block

Tears I spilled never hit the floor

Got that pain inside my voice

Every melody a war

Post-Chorus

Lonely, lonely, lonely child

(Lonely child, lonely child)

Lonely, lonely, lonely child

Never really had a smile

Bridge

Prayin' to a God I never met

Stackin' bonds I never spent

All this money in the vault

But the emptiness won't quit

I just need somebody real

Somebody who can feel what I feel

Till then I'm in the booth

Let the microphone just heal

Chorus

Mama said I'm too far gone

Daddy never picked the phone up

Heart cold like a Midwest winter

Only warmer when the cup pour

Lonely child raised by the block

Tears I spilled never hit the floor

Got that pain inside my voice

Every melody a war

Outro

Lonely child

Yeah

Lonely child