Never Known - Tolan Shaw

I want you to bring the man they've never seen The man they've never known The one they'll come to know Things change so much in the fast life we go I just can't come back and slow down my growth I'll head right back to you once I get everything I said I'd get for you I said I'd get for you And when things change It's unexplained But that's ok That's ok I hope you're riding with me I saw you with your girls And you wasn't riding with me You didn't look my way and I don't know why I just want to get you back in my ride Just for old times I know, things haven't been so great But I'm, dying to live today For you, I'll give my everything And here's the crazy thing I'd do it all again I never would have known Oh, how would I ever known How would I ever known Could this all end how you predicted With me don't be fake No, not face to face You say that you love me then lie to my face And it's not erased I see you over there looking fine And it hurts me inside Coz I know that you're not mine You're not mine You won't be mine You won't be mine Move on don't worry this ain't your first time The more it happens the more you feel fine Why are you putting your feelings aside Are you ok with just living a lie I never would have known I never would have known I never would have known Could this all end how you predicted

Yeah, mm All this liquor in my system, drinking to myself Funny how we say it numbs the pain But deep inside we know it never helps (Never helps) Lately I just don't know where to go I just hope you ain't with somebody else (Somebody else) Trying not to think about it now Grab the bottle, drinking to myself (To myself) I drink it to myself Tryin' not to lose myself inside the emptiness What gets me is the devils two step ahead of us, look Sometimes I feel like there ain't no happiness left in us I start to feel like this world it just isn't meant for us They hate us, and they play us, and they breaking us down They find the things we love and take away what we found And the closest people to us drift away as we drown Gave you all I ever had, don't run away from me now I would've died for you, lived for you, I would have killed I would've tried for you, hurt for you, I couldn't feel Instead I lied to you Now you gone and I'm tryna heal But I'm so numb looking for something to feel But I don't wanna waste time, you know I was there for you Even though it takes time, you know that I cared for If you needed anything, I would take the fall for you Could've been my everything, could've gave it all to you Would've gave it all to you Yeah, they say that if you love it you should let it go, yeah I used to think you were the one for me But now I'll probably never know Now I'm going through this pain again but I can never let it show Hopin' that the cycle changes, I would probably never know Did this even matter to you? I will probably never know But I don't wanna waste time, you know I was there for you Even though it takes time, you know that I cared for If you needed anything, I would take the fall for you Could've been my everything, could've gave it all to you Would've gave it all to you

I miss the time you loved me when you actually did When I was just a wild haired messed up kid You told me that I smell like Pabst and spirits You'd give anything at all to be anywhere near it You grow so fond of things meant to be free What if letting go is what's killing me? I've never felt this beat down before Soon as I'm back up I'm coming back for more And I hope you find whatever it is you need Leave it behind, the wreckage of you and me And I pray you go back to Oklahoma So I can head back home and be the Man that's never known ya Well I'd have moved the mountains, roped every damn star To have the slightest idea who you actually are One more moment of you laying right here I wrote you songs that you'll never hear Started out feeling like a damn rebirth 'Til the laughing stops and you lose your worth You question it all when you lie in your bed 'Cause you can't take back any love you give And I hope you find whatever it is you need Leave it behind, the wreckage of you and me And I pray you go back to Oklahoma So I can head back home and be the Man that's never known ya Well I hope you find whatever it is you need Leave it behind, the wreckage of you and me And I pray you go back to Oklahoma So I can head back home and be the Man that's never known ya

I been gifted from the start to the finish But as I've gotten older it's been harder to listen Middle school is when I started resisting My teachers' told my parents Yeah, as smart as this kid is, his heart isn't in it Now they got me arguing with them 'Cause mom and dad never thought I'd start a new mission Had it all planned out like I be part of the system Now I'm shaking things up like the Parkinsons' syndrome I wasn't made for that nine-to-five, I am not the same as you I can see a difference between everything you say and do I can tell you need somebody 'round that's gonna state the truth So basically I'm saying, you just talking while we making moves And this is just the start of my life I done came a long way from that Guitar Hero mic And writing raps with Copeland, we recorded in the basement Might've thought is was a phase, this is more than dedication No, I never woulda known I never woulda known I be flipping switches got these bitches that be fiendin' for a player Man, they beggin' for the bone And my phone is always jumping Man, they tryin' to get a hold of me but ain't nobody home 'Cause they picked a motherfucker man They picked a motherfucker like it's eeny miny moe Goddamn, goddamn No, I never woulda known I been peeping what these people been saying They being outrageous I see they need a reason to hate it Can't even debate it They come in and they leave in amazement 'Cause bitch I'm me And my homies put your team in the pavement She say, "You different", yeah, I know it It don't need no explaining I got music inside my mind I know they eagerly waiting for me to create it It's guaranteed to be on they playlist I tell my teachers' 'bout my dreams And they gon' think that I'm playing, but nah I'm really going for this shit My parents talking college I ain't going to that shit I got people that's around me And they know I'm 'bout to win Don't expect me to respect you We don't know about you kid We don't know about you You fiendin' for attention And searching for a chance or just a reason to get mentioned And we got the whole neighborhood terrified Before you ask me for a favor tell me where was mine No, I never woulda known I never woulda known I be flipping switches got these bitches that be fiendin' for a player Man, they beggin' for the bone And my phone is always jumping Man, they tryin' to get a hold of me but ain't nobody home 'Cause they picked a motherfucker man They picked a motherfucker like it's eeny miny moe Goddamn, goddamn No, I never woulda known (know, know) Goddamn, goddamn No, I never woulda known (know, know) No, I never woulda known I never woulda known I be flipping switches got these bitches that be fiendin' for a player Man, they beggin' for the bone And my phone is always jumping Man, they tryin' to get a hold of me but ain't nobody home 'Cause they picked a motherfucker man They picked a motherfucker like it's eeny miny moe Goddamn, goddamn No, I never woulda known