Smile

Mmm, yeah, keep ya head up! Yeah Our lifestyles be close-captioned Addicted to fatal attractions Pictures of actions be played back In the midst of mashin' No fairy tales for this young black male Some see me stranded in this land of hell, jail, and crack sales Hustlers hardly think of culture Or the repercussions while bustin' on backstabbin' vultures Sellin' my soul for material wishes, fast cars, and b– Wishin' I live my life a legend, immortalized in pictures Why shed tears? Save your sympathy My childhood years were spent buryin' my peers in the cemetery Here's a message to the newborns waitin' to breathe If you believe, then you can achieve: just look at me Against all odds, though life is hard we carry on Livin' in the projects, broke with no lights on To all the seeds that follow me, protect your essence Born with less, but you still precious, just smile for me now! Smile for me F– the world as we elope and witness furious speeds Of nasty questions keep us all stressin', curious G's Backstabbed and bleedin', f– thoughts laced with weed Learnin', duckin' stray shots, bullets be hot, they burnin' Inhalin' sherm smoke, visualized the flames Will I be smothered by my own pain? Strange whispers, cowards conversate, so quick to diss us Takin' pictures for the Feds and desperate hopes they'd get us Hit us off, give us plenty centuries, forgive my sins Since I ain't in many penitentiaries, the best revenge is f– friends We military minded soldiers, bustin' shots blindly Tryin' to find Jehovah to help me, somebody save me Lost and crazy, scared to drop a seed Hopin' I ain't cursed my babies, maybe now n–s feel me now Picture my pain, embrace my words Make the world change and still I smile n– And now a moment of silence