Portrait

In this land of tattered kings, I always knew my silence was temporary The truth is, it's up to me to paint the picture myself, if I wanna be legendary They say there's one life, one love, and only one king But with that said, I gotta tell you one thing The truth is, I tell you that we all kings But you don't feel it until you know what love means Paint me There's so many blurred lines on my portrait Paint me Paint me There's so many blurred lines on my portrait Paint me First things first, we first was born to rise We emerged from the dirt then worked for all our lives Seen the worst of the worst, was hurt to our demise From the birth to the hearse, we cursed and born to die The church is the earth, the earth is more than wise But every time I search for purpose, it's hard to find The truth is in the mirror, they tell me, but still I'm blind Just a mirror man, closing my eyes to see the shine They say we lost connection with God, but I'm still trying To strengthen the reception, this call feels like it's dying I'm reaching out for a lifeline, the tone's silent Got the number in my head, for some reason I don't dial it Got numbers on my head, for some reason I'm still violent I know the consequence, for some reason I still try it I know that I exist as a being that codes knowledge Bloodline is royalty, but no longer the throne's silent Yes God, I raise my head to the sky When I'm down, I know that I'm a get mine In due time, because the truth never lies This crown is so heavy on me, but kings rise So divine, my life path's number nine Thirty-sixth chamber, blessings and hard times Sharp mind, but I got blood in my eyes I'm following this path that you laid, but there's blurred lines on my portrait Paint me There's so many blurred lines on my portrait Paint me (Whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah) Paint me There's so many blurred lines on my portrait Paint me (Whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah, whoah) Nah I don't want to be sinful, I don't want to feel pain No, I don't want to resent you, I don't want to feel shame I don't want to hate you, no longer want us to bang I no longer want to change you, all I want is some change I don't want to follow you, I don't want to feel lame I no longer want to bother you, I don't want to complain I don't want to be followed, I don't want to explain I don't want to be strangers, I don't want to feel strange I don't want the ego and things that come with the name And I don't want to drain you, I don't want to feel drained I don't want to sell my own soul for the price of fame And I don't want to sacrifice goals and go insane I don't want to lie to you, I don't want us to change I don't want to be abandoned, I don't want to be afraid I don't want to scare you, don't want to suffer the blame I just want to heal you, I just want to remain as a king Yes God, I raise my head to the sky When I'm down, I know that I'm a get mine In due time, because the truth never lies This crown is so heavy on me, but kings rise So divine, my life path's number nine Thirty-sixth chamber, blessings and hard times Sharp mind, but I got blood in my eyes I'm following this path that you laid, but there's blurred lines on my portrait Paint me There's so many blurred lines on my portrait Paint me Paint me There's so many blurred lines on my portrait Paint me They say there's one life, one love, and only one king But with that said, I gotta tell you one thing The truth is, I tell you that we all kings But you don't feel it until you know what love means