Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Wale
Vocals
Zyla Moon
Vocals
Phil Adé
Vocals
Pro Reese
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Maurice Earl Barnett-Fenderson
Songwriter
Olubowale Akintimehin
Songwriter
Philip Adetumbi
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Wale
Executive Producer
Chad "KM" Kitchens
Mixing Engineer
No Credit
Mixing Engineer
Pro Reese
Producer
Dave Kutch
Mastering Engineer
Kevin Spencer
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I got my family
And I got my squad
And as long as they got me
Then I'll be just fine
So I give God the glory
'Cause I have my child
And America don't want me
That's when I realized
[Verse 2]
That we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
I said we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
Shit about to be O.D'd, yeah
But we gon' survive
That's why we all need, yeah
A reason to smile, somehow
[Verse 3]
And a possible bigot, slash misogynist
Is 'bout to run the whole damn thing
('Bout to run the whole damn thing)
And the ballot my sister filled in another city
Didn't do a goddamn thing
[Verse 4]
Shit, I'ma go crazy, yeah
I'ma go crazy, yeah
I'ma go crazy, yeah
But I gotta do my goddamn thing
[Verse 5]
The alt-rights hate us
Some black baby mamas hate us
We only learn half of the drama
Other side crazy
On behalf of Charlamagne
I'm sure he ain't trading sides
May I should meet Tomi Lahren
I'll Lauryn Hill her
Train her, she miseducated anyway
Prolly hate the color of my face
I'm just a young black rapping ass African
Ain't never wanted to have it
And now he has it his own way
I'm smoking purple, the law enforcement be murking brothers
The moon lit and I'm Cottonmouth
Like Mahershala
It's like you got a curse if your currency low
The world is a dirty fucking experiment
They don't care if it's hurting us
[Verse 6]
Black Lives Matter
'Cause black lives target practice
Can't even imagine what would happen
With no phone cameras
Black Lives Matter
Black love the dopest ever
Just wanna remind you
I think it's time that we show it better
[Verse 7]
I got my family
And I got my squad
And as long as they got me
Then I'll be just fine
So I give God the glory
'Cause I have my child
And America don't want me
That's when I realized
[Verse 8]
That we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
I said we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
Shit about to be O.D'd, yeah
But we gon' survive
That's why we all need, yeah
A reason to smile, somehow
[Verse 9]
Uh-huh
Giving knowledge and uplifting
Our brothers and daughters
Is how this whole thing change
(Is how this whole thing change)
But the power that's in the pussy or dollar
Is enough to make us all insane
[Verse 10]
Shit, I'ma go crazy, yeah
I'ma go crazy, yeah
I'ma go crazy, yeah
But I gotta do my goddamn thing
[Verse 11]
Woo
And I've been living like I got one
A couple hunnid on me
Still in the Ghost, shotgun
You do the most, stop, son
Our people not exempt
They in the land of free
You in the land of free to an extent
Fuck that
I'ma ruffle some feathers
Mess with the temperature
Shuffle the weather
Fuck who to whoever
Keisha or Heather
Beef is whatever
Kill me, you die
And I live forever
When you live without fear
It don't get much better
Nah, hmm
Look at how far that we've come
Look at the world we inspired
And look at the stars that we brung
They think that when that literal big wig
Starts that we done
They think because Hillary lost
That the cards will be trumped
You out your mind, ****
[Verse 12]
I got my family
And I got my squad
And as long as they got me
Then I'll be just fine
So I give God the glory
'Cause I have my child
And America don't want me
That's when I realized
[Verse 13]
That we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
I said we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
Shit about to be O.D'd, yeah
But we gon' survive
That's why we all need, yeah
A reason to smile, somehow
Written by: Marvin Gaye, Maurice Earl Barnett-Fenderson, Olubowale Akintimehin, Philip Adetumbi
