03 Smile (feat. Gloria Carter)

[00:00.29] (Good morn' or evening, friends

[00:14.04] Smile, you recordin')

[00:19.43] Slammin' Bentley doors like we invented doors

[00:21.43] 20 years ago we drove Bentley Azures

[00:23.68] We drinkin' Cristal in, yeah

[00:26.43] Kept the trey on me like Chris Paulin'

[00:28.68] Drinkin' Ace of Spade like it's codeine now

[00:30.93] Tryna put a million on the whole team now

[00:33.40] Push through the pain so we can see new life

[00:35.54] So all the ladies havin' babies, see a sacrifice

[00:37.93] Mama had four kids, but she's a lesbian

[00:40.65] Had to pretend so long that she's a thespian

[00:42.90] Had to hide in the closet, so she medicate

[00:45.15] Society shame and the pain was too much to take

[00:47.65] Cried tears of joy when you fell in love

[00:50.15] Don't matter to me if it's a him or her

[00:52.65] I just wanna see you smile through all the hate

[00:54.89] Marie Antoinette, baby, let 'em eat cake

[00:57.15] Bad times turn to good memories, smile

[00:59.15] Even when I'm gone and you remember me, smile

[01:01.64] Good times never fade away, smile

[01:04.14] Even if I'm not with you here today, smile

[01:07.90] Good morn' or evening, friends

[01:09.65] Smile

[01:12.40] Here's your friendly announcer

[01:15.40] Smile

[01:16.53] Far as draft picks, my name did not get called

[01:19.15] Bet before I go I put a billion on the board

[01:21.39] Hall of Fame Hov, I did it all without a pen

[01:23.90] Y'all knew that was comin', I had to remind y'all again, huh?

[01:26.90] Flyin' paper planes through the projects

[01:29.39] Now the whole projects on my jet

[01:31.65] Now you see the real in the front row

[01:34.15] In every one of y'all televised shows

[01:36.40] Super facts

[01:38.40] Niggas switched sides, traded pride, we don't do all that

[01:41.40] A loss ain't a loss, it's a lesson

[01:43.65] Appreciate the pain, it's a blessin'

[01:45.64] Bad times turn to good memories, smile

[01:47.40] Even when I'm gone and you remember me, smile

[01:49.40] Good times never fade away, smile

[01:52.15] Even if I'm not with you here today, smile

[01:55.65] Good morn' or evening, friends

[01:59.65] I mastered my aesthetics

[02:01.40] I know you often heard me wax poetic

[02:03.40] 'Bout bein' back in the Lexus

[02:04.65] But trust me, that was nothin'

[02:06.40] A nigga up in the hundreds of millions

[02:07.79] I have no ceilings, ah, this that feelin', I'm that boy

[02:10.93] Anita Baker's "You Bring Me Joy"

[02:13.08] Slappin' out of the toy, the separation is clear

[02:15.90] In my rear-view mirror, objects is further than they appear

[02:18.40] Oh yeah, I was born with a pair

[02:20.65] Playin' for high stakes

[02:21.79] Norman Cake, he looked up and out of the Lear

[02:23.90] How niggas can't relate?

[02:25.40] Fuck a slice of the apple pie, want my own cake

[02:27.15] Chargin' my own fate

[02:28.90] Respect Jimmy Iovine

[02:30.40] But he gotta respect the Elohim as a whole new regime

[02:33.40] And niggas playin' for power, huh

[02:35.65] So our music is ours

[02:37.15] Niggas only own houses

[02:38.15] Ours was, "Fuck you, pay me"

[02:39.90] Now it's, "Fuck payin' me, I pay you

[02:41.15] Put the rest away for Blue"

[02:42.90] That blood money, I giggle at it

[02:44.65] Can't even support my Mrs. habit

[02:46.65] Jewelry shoppin' in Paris

[02:48.40] All y'all jewelers should be embarrassed, huh

[02:50.65] Blood diamonds drippin', we cute

[02:52.65] I still ain't trippin', that's life, winners and losers

[02:54.90] Drug dealers and abusers, America likes me ruthless

[02:57.40] My therapist said I relapsed

[02:59.15] I said, "Prehaps I Freudian slipped in European whips"

[03:02.15] God sent me to break the chain

[03:03.90] I'm the true and livin'

[03:05.15] God in the flesh, the rest of these niggas is vain

[03:06.90] A stain on the white suit, inferior IQ

[03:08.90] Niggas'll rip your shit off TIDAL just to spite you

[03:11.90] Ahhhh, what did I do?

[03:13.40] 'Cept try to free you

[03:15.65] Niggas'll love you but hate you 'cause they can't be you

[03:16.15] Dump 'em all in the bayou, uh

[03:18.90] Everybody wave bye to the guy you thought you could lie to

[03:21.30] This was meant to be a haiku, huh

[03:23.80] But my story's too wide to fit inside the line

[03:25.90] And too old, these that drugs

[03:28.15] Heroin flow, I spaz on the stove

[03:30.15] This is Hov, no Flex zone, nigga, who lied to you?

[03:33.15] Look, you a pedestrian

[03:33.80] Don't ever question the security I provided you

[03:35.93] Oh y'all thought I was washed?

[03:37.65] I'm at the cleaners

[03:38.90] Launderin' dirty money like the Teamsters, huh

[03:40.90] Shout out to Hoffa back home, he in the church

[03:43.40] When I heard you got booked, that shit hurt

[03:45.65] Feared for you, bro, we know the system don't work

[03:48.15] Take a young niggas freedom over some dirt

[03:50.15] Yet it's legal in Colorado

[03:51.90] Yeah, we deny

[03:53.15] Black entrepreneurs, free enterprise

[03:54.90] That's why it's a black market, that's why it's called "the trap"

[03:57.40] That's why it's called "the projects" 'cause it's exactly that!

[03:59.65] All these people was gon' kill me, heh

[04:02.15] 'Cause the more I reveal me, the more they 'fraid of the real me

[04:04.40] Welcome back Carter, smile

[04:07.30] Living in the shadow

[04:08.95] Can you imagine what kind of life it is to live?

[04:12.90] In the shadows people see you as happy and free

[04:15.90] Because that's what you want them to see

[04:18.90] Living two lives, happy, but not free

[04:22.40] You live in the shadows for fear of someone hurting your family or the person you love

[04:27.90] The world is changing and they say it's time to be free

[04:31.15] But you live with the fear of just being me

[04:34.90] Living in the shadow feels like the safe place to be

[04:38.65] No harm for them, no harm for me

[04:41.65] But life is short, and it's time to be free

[04:45.65] Love who you love, because life isn't guaranteed

[04:48.90] Smile