Chorus: I'm even smiling for me, Smiling so you know why you can't hurt me, Smiling for something, I'm hiding from falling, Now what you know about what smiles are all about
Gotta keep moving away When there's so much strength to the fall Gotta keep food on my plate Gotta keep plaques on my wall Gotta keep proving I'm great I'm so sick of it all Gotta keep a smile on my face Even if I slip and I fall Gotta have a mask for the pain If you wanna master the game I was only after the props Really I was never after the fame I was never after the range Now I'm like a rat in a race Always trying to catch up the chase Feeling like I'm trapped in a maze Never let 'em see me when I'm down Never let 'em see me with a frown Even when the game beat me to the ground I get up and go another round Lock it up, and so another town Break it up and roll another pound Change it up and go another route Flip and make a whole another sound Like the way I did on "Hold U Down" Hey, you know the kid on "Hold U Down"? Never knew the name, you know it now Never knew the face, you know it now Look at all this cake I'm holding now Think another way to throw it now F*cking everyday I blow it now Gotta get away I know it now
Chorus: x 2 I'm even smiling for me, Smiling so you know why you can't hurt me, Smiling for something, I'm hiding from falling, Now what you know about what smiles are all about
Gotta get it how you gotta get it That's what's up to family, I'm that committed The only way that we can all get the cake, is if we get up, how we got to split it If you got a verse you better spit it If you see a job you better get it And if you can hoop stay on yo pivot 'cause the truth is this is life you gotta live it Try not to travel down the wrong road So that when your legacy is told You was known to be a hustla who provided for what's family and did it cold Cock the obstacles and the challenges Make a competition 'bout of this Spit it for my homie Alchemist Hold up let me find another style for this: Come-with-the-energy-making-me-wanna-eru pt Sippin'-a-lil-of-remy-up-out-of-my-cup Come-with-the-literal-cush-I'm-taking-a- puff Alchemist-come-with-the-rhythm-and-now-I -be-f*ckin'-it-up Rap-in-another-capella-we-gonna-be-doing -the-sh*t-we-be-doing And-I'm-killing-I'm-breaking-them-off-wi th-a choir I-got-the-remedy-that'd-be-filling-my-po cket-with-paper I'm-gonna-be-tellin-the-haters-that-don' t-stop Until-I'm-on-top-of-the-world I stay focused 'til I'm gone, know what to be ferocious Make your body move like law Make the cane move like Moses Make them wanna move like a shark Trees move like a summer breeze Smile in your face tell you to grind hard 'til you get you one of these
Chorus x 3 I'm even smiling for me, Smiling so you know why you can't hurt me, Smiling for something, I'm hiding from falling, Now what you know about what smiles are all about
I hide my tears from the crowd By smiling I go out and spend my money So they can see me smiling