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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Saba

Vocals

Satya Jimenez

Violin

emanuel townsend

emanuel townsend

Acoustic Guitar

Seanzy

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Tahj Malik Chandler

Tahj Malik Chandler

Songwriter

Daoud Anthony

Songwriter

Dylan Christopher Frank

Dylan Christopher Frank

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Saba

Producer

DaeDaePivot

Producer

daoud

Producer

Matt Wheeler

Mixing Engineer

Joe LaPorta for Sterling Sounds

Joe LaPorta for Sterling Sounds

Mastering Engineer

Daoud Anthony

Producer

Joe LaPorta

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Sweet West Side Chicago, two-flat apartment

Red brick and garden that's been forgotten

Grass all splotchy, vacant lot splotchy

Bank account splotchy

[Verse 2]

And we talk like we from the south

Our parents' parents from the south

And if I make a million dollars

I'll vacation in the south and I'll

[Verse 3]

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

[Verse 4]

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

[Verse 5]

Yeah, warmer outside and safe ol' playground

Grandma payroll cut, yeah

Cut up with my cousins, dream about when we grew up, yeah

Shoes are slipping off our feet, our soles is hella black

When we die we go to Heaven, know my granny taught me that

[Verse 6]

Oh, oh-oh-oh, I done lost a friend or two, they moved

Got in trouble for they fetchin', I ain't mean no Moulin Rouge

My bag got that two on two, our whole neighborhood unite

I put my fam in a hotel when they couldn't pay the light

[Verse 7]

Life, I be taking for granted

Capture the moment, the Canon

My cousin be trappin', it came in the mail

I sat him down, asked his plan

He said, this shit sell itself

[Verse 8]

Grandma say, what is that smell

We turn to Boomhauer like we on King of the Hill

**** talk how they gon' keep it a hunnid

But I rather keep it a mil'

[Verse 9]

E'rybody eat, I treat it like heat so that mean it's not a joke

I said I'ma keep it a mil', the rule, that mean a higher note

My grandma from Pinkhill and my granddaddy from Houston

And if I make a million dollars, then I'ma tell them we movin'

[Verse 10]

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

[Verse 11]

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

[Verse 12]

All that I am is my family mistakes

Born with a madness I can't seem to evade

More than a canvas, you carry me these days

Practice, I'm tryna remember, remember

[Verse 13]

All that I am is my family mistakes

Born with a madness I can't seem to evade

More than a canvas, you carry me these days

Practice, I'm tryna remember, remember

[Verse 14]

Sweet West Side Chicago, two-flat apartment

Red brick and garden that's been forgotten

Grass all splotchy, vacant lot splotchy

Bank account splotchy

[Verse 15]

And we talk like we from the south

Our parents' parents from the south

And if I make a million dollars

I'll vacation in the south and I'll

[Verse 16]

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

[Verse 17]

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Smile, smile

Written by: Daoud Anthony, Dylan Frank, Tahj Malik Chandler