Prodigy of Mobb Deep
You Can Never Feel My Pain
[Intro]
Naw, you can never feel my pain, n***a
And you can never feel my pain, n***a
Never feel my pain, n***a
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
N***a, 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 n***a OD
Begging God for help, only to find
That I'm all by my goddamn self
And you can never feel my pain, n***a
[Chorus]
Naw, you can never feel my pain, n***a
You can never feel my pain, n***a
Never feel the pain, n***a
You could never feel the pain, n***a
Naw, never feel the pain, n***a
[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 n***a depressed, I need smoke
I need me a drink, I'm trying to stop those
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 nutting 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 and they 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, n***a
[Chorus]
Nah, you can never feel my pain, n***a
Could never feel my pain, n***a
Never feel the pain, n***a
You could never feel the pain, n***a
Nah, never feel the pain, n***a