"Smile Through" lyrics
(feat. AL-D*300 & Cal Wayne)
(That's why I scream, "Ghetto")
Understanding beats the world (Duke on another one, ghetto, ghetto)
We don't get to smile a lot (For real)
I said I was gon' change that
Be the first in my family
Just 'cause I'm down and out (Yeah)
Don't mean you hold your nuts on me and count me out (I swear)
Sometimes, you lose, but you shake back, that's what it's all about (Gotta shake back)
All these voices in my head, tryna drown it out (One time)
Been goin' through those rainy days (Days)
Spend a lifetime tryna wash away (Wash it away)
'Til the sun shine and I see your face
Smile for me, smile for me (Every time I'm speakin', it's from my heart, nigga, say)
I got a blurry vision (Vision), can't see the competition (Never)
You gotta swallow that pride and then complete the mission (Okay)
All night on that corner, we tryna cop J's (J's)
These niggas still got grudges back from my rock days (Nigga)
A lot of people got ghost and never came back (Back)
Boys stuck in they feelings, I can't change that (That)
Steady pointin' fingers (Fingers), really lookin' lame (Lame)
Everybody can't go, now that's the price of fame (Fame)
I remember we were livin' in stress (Okay)
A couple of biscuits in the oven, mama doin' her best, yeah (Mama)
But I'm the golden child (Child), watch me make her smile (Smile)
I was down and out and then I made it worth my while (Yes)
Just 'cause I'm down and out (Down and out)
Don't mean you hold your nuts on me and count me out (Don't hold your nuts)
Sometimes, you lose, but you shake back, that's what it's all about (Yeah)
All these voices in my head, tryna drown it out (They tryna drown me out)
Been goin' through those rainy days (Days)
Spend a lifetime tryna wash away (A lifetime)
'Til the sun shine and I see your face (Yeah)
Smile for me (Ayy), smile for me (300, look)
On a mission for them commas, I'm navigating these dramas (Yeah)
Trappin' in my pajamas, just a pistol and a promise (Know what I'm sayin'?)
Nobody believe in your vision 'til it's in stone
'Til you eatin', you on your own, I was readin' these niggas wrong
But that was chapters from my past life (My past life)
No greater teacher than patience, I got my cash right (Yeah)
Plus, I'm a savage
Upper echelon, they was treatin' me like I'm average (Uh)
You'd never guess the weight of my burdens off how I carried
Embarrassed by my performance, shit I thought was important
Too gangster to be recorded (Too gangster to be recorded, man), niggas out here informants (Yeah)
And I'm tryna stack my paper enormous, it's just my style
Whatever I'm goin' through, I'm gon' smile, I'ma always smile through it
Just 'cause I'm down and out (Down and out)
Don't mean you hold your nuts on me and count me out (Don't do it)
Sometimes, you lose, but you shake back, that's what it's all about
All these voices in my head, tryna drown it out (Tryna drown it out)
Been goin' through those rainy days (Rainy days)
Spend a lifetime tryna wash away (Wash away)
'Til the sun shine and I see your face (See your face)
Smile for me, smile for me
My partner just came home, them people gave him twenty (Welcome home, Mel)
And I was parked outside the gate on the day he finished (I really was)
My nigga say he made some lemonade, they gave him lemons (Gave him lemons)
And niggas took they jersey off when we was down by fifty (Damn)
Mom found that ski mask and that tool, I said, "This ain't your business"
She say the truth up in the Bible, mom, it's pages missin' (Pages missin')
I thought I could stop the hurt with the pills and sippin' (Thought I could)
I'm knowin' that I deserve better than the way I'm livin' (No bullshit)
And you can lie to everybody, you can't lie to self (Nah), this music be my cry for help (Huh?)
Struggle tryna find myself (Find myself), wish I could call my mama now
And niggas count me out, they say, "He outta there"
But tell 'em that I'm hell when I'm well and I done caught my snaps, Ghetto
Just 'cause I'm down and out (Down and out)
Don't mean you hold your nuts on me and count me out (Don't do it, don't count me out)
Sometimes, you lose, but you shake back, that's what it's all about
All these voices in my head, tryna drown it out (I just kept goin', tryna drown it out)
Been goin' through those rainy days (Rainy days)
Spend a lifetime tryna wash away (Tryna wash away)
'Til the sun shine and I see your face (See your face)
Smile for me, smile for me (Ghetto)
I been out here a long time (Ghetto)
And the best way that you can break they heart
Is to keep that smile on your face (Ghetto)
Misery love company
Keep smilin', it's priceless, yeah
This is my testimony
This is my testimony
Understanding beats the world (Duke on another one, ghetto, ghetto)
We don't get to smile a lot (For real)
I said I was gon' change that
Be the first in my family
Just 'cause I'm down and out (Yeah)
Don't mean you hold your nuts on me and count me out (I swear)
Sometimes, you lose, but you shake back, that's what it's all about (Gotta shake back)
All these voices in my head, tryna drown it out (One time)
Been goin' through those rainy days (Days)
Spend a lifetime tryna wash away (Wash it away)
'Til the sun shine and I see your face
Smile for me, smile for me (Every time I'm speakin', it's from my heart, nigga, say)
I got a blurry vision (Vision), can't see the competition (Never)
You gotta swallow that pride and then complete the mission (Okay)
All night on that corner, we tryna cop J's (J's)
These niggas still got grudges back from my rock days (Nigga)
A lot of people got ghost and never came back (Back)
Boys stuck in they feelings, I can't change that (That)
Steady pointin' fingers (Fingers), really lookin' lame (Lame)
Everybody can't go, now that's the price of fame (Fame)
I remember we were livin' in stress (Okay)
A couple of biscuits in the oven, mama doin' her best, yeah (Mama)
But I'm the golden child (Child), watch me make her smile (Smile)
I was down and out and then I made it worth my while (Yes)
Just 'cause I'm down and out (Down and out)
Don't mean you hold your nuts on me and count me out (Don't hold your nuts)
Sometimes, you lose, but you shake back, that's what it's all about (Yeah)
All these voices in my head, tryna drown it out (They tryna drown me out)
Been goin' through those rainy days (Days)
Spend a lifetime tryna wash away (A lifetime)
'Til the sun shine and I see your face (Yeah)
Smile for me (Ayy), smile for me (300, look)
On a mission for them commas, I'm navigating these dramas (Yeah)
Trappin' in my pajamas, just a pistol and a promise (Know what I'm sayin'?)
Nobody believe in your vision 'til it's in stone
'Til you eatin', you on your own, I was readin' these niggas wrong
But that was chapters from my past life (My past life)
No greater teacher than patience, I got my cash right (Yeah)
Plus, I'm a savage
Upper echelon, they was treatin' me like I'm average (Uh)
You'd never guess the weight of my burdens off how I carried
Embarrassed by my performance, shit I thought was important
Too gangster to be recorded (Too gangster to be recorded, man), niggas out here informants (Yeah)
And I'm tryna stack my paper enormous, it's just my style
Whatever I'm goin' through, I'm gon' smile, I'ma always smile through it
Just 'cause I'm down and out (Down and out)
Don't mean you hold your nuts on me and count me out (Don't do it)
Sometimes, you lose, but you shake back, that's what it's all about
All these voices in my head, tryna drown it out (Tryna drown it out)
Been goin' through those rainy days (Rainy days)
Spend a lifetime tryna wash away (Wash away)
'Til the sun shine and I see your face (See your face)
Smile for me, smile for me
My partner just came home, them people gave him twenty (Welcome home, Mel)
And I was parked outside the gate on the day he finished (I really was)
My nigga say he made some lemonade, they gave him lemons (Gave him lemons)
And niggas took they jersey off when we was down by fifty (Damn)
Mom found that ski mask and that tool, I said, "This ain't your business"
She say the truth up in the Bible, mom, it's pages missin' (Pages missin')
I thought I could stop the hurt with the pills and sippin' (Thought I could)
I'm knowin' that I deserve better than the way I'm livin' (No bullshit)
And you can lie to everybody, you can't lie to self (Nah), this music be my cry for help (Huh?)
Struggle tryna find myself (Find myself), wish I could call my mama now
And niggas count me out, they say, "He outta there"
But tell 'em that I'm hell when I'm well and I done caught my snaps, Ghetto
Just 'cause I'm down and out (Down and out)
Don't mean you hold your nuts on me and count me out (Don't do it, don't count me out)
Sometimes, you lose, but you shake back, that's what it's all about
All these voices in my head, tryna drown it out (I just kept goin', tryna drown it out)
Been goin' through those rainy days (Rainy days)
Spend a lifetime tryna wash away (Tryna wash away)
'Til the sun shine and I see your face (See your face)
Smile for me, smile for me (Ghetto)
I been out here a long time (Ghetto)
And the best way that you can break they heart
Is to keep that smile on your face (Ghetto)
Misery love company
Keep smilin', it's priceless, yeah
This is my testimony
This is my testimony
