It's gonna be some stuff you're gonna see That's gonna make it hard to smile in the future But through whatever you see Through all the rain and the pain You gotta keep your sense of humor You gotta be able to smile through all this bullshit Remember that Uh, yeah Uh, so keep your head up Yeah Yeah I like staff be close Caption addicted to paper Attractions pictures and actions Play back in a Mr. Mansions No fairytales for this young black male Some see me stranded in this land of Hell, jail, and crack sales Hustle and hardly think of culture Or the repercussions while busting on back Stabbing vultures, selling my soul for Material wishes, fast cars And bitches, wishing I lived my life a legend Immortalize them bitches Watch them tears fade on sympathy My childhood years were spent burying My peers in the cemetery Here's a message to the newborns Waiting to breathe, if you believe Then you can achieve, just look at me Against all odds, though life is hard We carry on, living in the projects Broke with no lights on To all the seeds that follow me Protect your essence, born with less But you're still precious Just smile for me now Smile for me Just smile Smile for me now Smile Smile Smile Smile Smile Smile For me Amen Now as I open up my story With the blaze of your blood So you can pick your thoughts slowly From phrases I write And I can work through the days that are dark I often wish that I could save everyone But I'm a dreamer, have you ever seen it? The who was strong in the game Overlooking his tomorrows and it finally came Look back on childhood memories and I'm still feeling Turning circles in my life, grave to dealing cocaine Too many houses in my cope of life, survival is strained And a man without a focus, life could drive him insane Stuck inside a ghetto fantasy, hoping to change But when I focus on reality, we broken and chained Had a dream of living wealthy and making it big Over football, chose to cook raw and take it and dig And after all, my mom was thanking God for blessing the child All my mama got to do now is collect it and smile Smile Smile For me Just smile Smile For me But the world is re-eloping, witness furious speeds And unanswered questions keep us all stressed and curious Backstabbing, bleeding, crooked thoughts, laced with weed Learning, ducking straight shots, bullets be hot, they burning Inhaling sherm smoke, visualize the flames Will I be smothered by my own pain? Strange whispers, cowards conversate, so what the distance? Taking pictures for the feds in desperate hopes they get us Here's a song, give us plenty centuries, forgive my sins Since I ended many penitentiaries, these the best revenges *** friends, we military minded soldiers Busting shots blindly, trying to find Jehovah To help me, somebody save me Lost and crazy, scared to drop a seed Hoping I ain't cursing my babies, maybe now niggas feel me now Pitching my pain, embracing my words, make the world change And still I smile nigga And now a moment of silence Let us pray Let us pray And as you journey into outer space May the angels help you lead the way May the prayers that our families make Shine upon your soul and keep you safe And all the homies that have passed away Dare to greet you as you pass the gates And as you head to the tunnel's light I hope it leads to eternal life We save a prayer for the homie pie Smile Smile Smile All you need to do is smile for me Smile for me Come on Smile for me