Smile (feat. Maxwell & Twista)

I hide my tears from the crowd by smiling By smiling I'm even smiling for me Smiling so you know why you can't hurt me Smiling for something, not hiding from falling Now what you know about what smiles are all about Gotta keep moving the weight Winter, summer, spring to the fall Gotta keep food on my plate Gotta keep plaques on the wall Gotta keep proving I'm great I'm so sick of it all Gotta keep smile on my face Even if I slip and I fall Gotta have mask for the pain If you want to master the game I was only after the props Really I was never after the fame I was never after the Range Now I'm like a rat in a race Always tryna catch up the chase Feeling like I'm trapped in the maze Never let 'em see me when I'm down Never let 'em see me with a frown Even when the game beat me to the ground I get up and go another round Lock it up and show another town Break it up and roll another pound Change it up and go another route Flip and make a whole another sound Like the way I did on hold it down Yeah, you know the kid'll hold it down Never knew the name, you know it now Never knew the face, you know it now Look at all this cake I'm holding now Thinking of a way to throw it now Fuck it, everyday I blow it now Gotta get it where I know it now I'm even smiling for me Smiling so you know why you can't hurt me Smiling for something, not hiding from falling Now what you know about what smiles are all about I'm even smiling for me Smiling so you know why you can't hurt me Smiling for something, not hiding from falling Now what you know about what smiles are all about Gotta get it how you gotta get it That's what's up to family, I'm that committed The only way that we can all get the cake Is if we get up, how we got to split it If you got a verse, you better spit it If you see a job, you better get it And if you can hoop, stay on yo' pivot 'Cause the truth is this is life you gotta live it Try not to travel down the wrong road So that when your legacy is told You was known to be a hustler who provided For his family and did it cold Conquer obstacles and challenges Make your competition bow to this Spit it for my homey Alchemist Hold up, let me find another style for this Come with the energy, making me wanna erupt Sipping a little of Remy up out of my cup Come with the lyrical, kush I'm taking a puff Alchemist, come with the rhythm and I'm a be fucking it up Rap ain't another comparable, gonna be doing The shit I be doing, I'm killing 'em, breaking 'em off of the gwap I got the remedy that'll be filling my pocket with papers And I'm a be telling the haters I don't stop Until I'm on top of the world, I stay focused Until I'm gone, no one be ferocious Make your body move like law Make the cane move like Moses Make the waters move like a shark Trees move like a summer breeze Smile in your face tell you to grind hard 'Til you get you one of these I'm even smiling for me Smiling so you know why you can't hurt me Smiling for something, not hiding from falling Now what you know about what smiles are all about I'm even smiling for me Smiling so you know why you can't hurt me Smiling for something, not hiding from falling Now what you know about what smiles are all about I'm even smiling for me Smiling so you know why you can't hurt me Smiling for something, not hiding from falling Now what you know about what smiles are all about I hide my tears from the crowd by smiling I go out and spend my money So they can see smiling