Good morn' or evening, Smile, you
Slammin' Bentley like we invented doors 20 years ago we drove Azures We Cristal in, yeah Kept the trey on me like Paulin' Drinkin' Ace of like it's codeine now Tryna put a on the whole team now Push the pain so we can see new life So all the havin' babies, see a sacrifice Mama had four kids, but a lesbian Had to pretend so long she's a thespian Had to hide in the closet, so she shame and the pain was too much to take Cried tears of joy you fell in love Don't to me if it's a him or her I wanna see you smile through all the hate Antoinette, baby, let 'em eat cake
Bad times to good memories, smile Even when I'm and you remember me, smile times never fade away, smile Even if I'm not with you here today, Good or evening, friends Here's friendly announcer
Far as draft picks, my name did not get Bet I go I put a billion on the board of Fame Hov, I did it all without a pen Y'all knew that was comin', I had to remind again, huh? Flyin' paper through the projects Now the projects on my jet Now you see the in the front row In every one of y'all shows Super Niggas switched sides, pride, we don't do all that A loss a loss, it's a lesson the pain, it's a blessin'
Bad times turn to memories, smile Even when I'm and you remember me, smile times never fade away, smile Even if I'm not you here today, smile Good or evening, friends
I my aesthetics I you often heard me wax poetic 'Bout bein' back in the But trust me, that was A up in the hundreds of millions I have no ceilings, ah, this feelin', I'm that boy Anita Baker's "You Me Joy" Slappin' out of the toy, the separation is In my rear-view mirror, objects is further than appear Oh yeah, I was with a pair for high stakes Norman Cake, he up and out of the Lear How niggas can't Fuck a slice of the apple pie, my own cake Chargin' my own Respect Jimmy But he gotta respect the as a whole new regime And niggas for power, huh So our music is only own houses was, "Fuck you, pay me" Now it's, "Fuck me, I pay you Put the rest for Blue" blood money, I giggle at it Can't support my miss' habit Jewelry in Paris All y'all should be embarrassed, huh diamonds drippin', we cute I still ain't trippin', life, winners and losers Drug dealers and abusers, America like me My therapist said I I said, "Prehaps I slipped in European whips" God sent me to break the I'm the and livin' God in the flesh, the rest of these niggas is A stain on the suit, inferior IQ Niggas'll rip your off TIDAL just to spite you Ahhhh, did I do? 'Cept try to you Niggas'll love you but hate you 'cause they be you 'em all in the bayou, uh Everybody wave bye to the guy you you could lie to was meant to be a haiku, huh But my too wide to fit inside the line And too old, these drugs flow, I spaz on the stove This is Hov, no flex zone, nigga, who to you? Look, you a Don't question the security I provided you Oh y'all thought I was I'm at the dirty money like the teamsters, huh Shout out to back home, he in the church When I you got booked, that shit hurt for you, bro, we know the system don't work Take a young freedom over some dirt Yet it's in Colorado Yeah, we Black entrepreneurs, enterprise That's why it's a black market, why it's called the trap That's why it's called the project 'cause it's that All these people was kill me, heh 'Cause the more I reveal me, the more they 'fraid of the me Welcome Carter, smile
in the shadow Can you what kind of life it is to live? In the shadows people see you as happy and Because what you want them to see two lives, happy, but not free You live in the shadows for fear of someone hurting your family or the person you The world is changing and they say it's time to be But you live with the of just being me Living in the feels like the safe place to be No harm for them, no for me But is short, and it's time to be free Love who you love, because life guaranteed