Smile
2Pac
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There's gon' be some stuff you gon' see That's gon' 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 (Mmh) Mh, yeah Mh, keep ya head up, yeah Yeah (mmh) Our lifestyles be close-captioned, addicted to fatal attractions Pictures of actions be played back in the midst of mashin' No fairy tales for this young black male Some see me stranded in this land of hell, jail, and crack sales Hustlers hardly think of culture Or the repercussions while bustin' on backstabbin' vultures Sellin' my soul for material wishes, fast cars, and bitches Wishin' I live my life a legend, immortalized in pictures Why shed tears? Save your sympathy My childhood years were spent buryin' my peers in the cemetery Here's a message to the newborns waitin' to breathe If you believe, then you can achieve, just look at me Against all odds, though life is hard we carry on Livin' in the projects, broke with no lights on To all the seeds that follow me, protect your essence Born with less, but you still precious, just smile for me now Smile for me, won't you smile? (Smile for me now) Won't you just smile? For me? (Smile) For me? (What you lookin' all sad for?) (Nigga, you black, smile for me now) please smile for me Smile for me (you ain't got nothin' to be worried about) Could you smile? (No doubt, smile for me now) Could you just smile? For me? (And the next generation) Now, as I open up my story, with the blaze of your blunts And you can picture thoughts slowly, up on phrases I wrote And I can walk you through the days that I done I often wish that I could save everyone, but I'm a dreamer Have you ever seen a nigga who was strong in the game? Overlookin' his tomorrows, and they finally came Look back on childhood memories, and I'm still feelin' the pain Turnin' circles in my nineth grade, dealin' cocaine Too many hassles in my local life, survivin' the strain And a man without a focus, life could drive him insane Stuck inside a ghetto fantasy hopin' it change But when I focus on reality we broke and in chains Had a dream of livin' wealthy and makin' it big Over football chose to cook raw, wouldn't take but I did And after all my momma's thankin' God for blessin' the child All my momma gots to do now is collect it and smile, smile Smile for me, would you smile? Would you just smile? Come on, (for me?) For me? F*ck the world, as we elope and witness furious speeds Unanswered questions keep us all stressin', curious G's Backstabbed and bleedin' Crooked thoughts laced with weed, learnin' Duckin' stray shots, bullets be hot, they burnin' Inhalin' sherm smoke, visualize the flames Will I be smothered by my own pain? Strange whispers, cowards conversate, so quick to diss us Takin' pictures for the feds in desperate hopes they'd get us Hit us off, give us plenty centuries Forgive my sins, since I entered many penitentiaries The best revenge is, "F*ck friends!", We military minded soldiers Bustin' shots blindly, tryin' to find Jehovah To help me, somebody save me, lost and crazy Scared to drop a seed hopin' I ain't cursed my babies Maybe now niggas feel me now, picture my pain Embrace my words, make the world change And still I smile, nigga And now a moment of silence Let us pray And as you journey into outer space (smile for me) May the angels help to lead the way (smile for me) May the prayers that our families made (would you just smile?) Shine up on your soul to keep you safe (for me?) And all the homies that have passed away (smile for me) They there to greet you as you pass the gates And as you head to the tunnel's light (could you just smile?) I hope it leads to eternal life (for me?) We say the prayers for our homie 'Pac (smile for me) Would you just smile? For me? (Woah, smile for me) smile (smile for me) Could you just smile? For me? (La la, woah) (Woo, oh smile for me, smile for me) All you gotta do, all you need to do is smile for me Woah-oh, smile for me Come on, smile for me
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Written by: Brad Jordan, James Samuel Harris III, Mike Dean, Terry Lewis, Tupac Amaru Shakur
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