Good morn' or evening, Smile, you
Slammin' Bentley doors like we doors 20 years ago we drove Azures We drinkin' Cristal in, Kept the trey on me like Chris Drinkin' Ace of Spade like it's now put a million on the whole team now Push the pain so we can see new life So all the ladies babies, see a sacrifice had four kids, but she's a lesbian Had to pretend so long she's a thespian Had to in the closet, so she medicate Society shame and the pain was too much to Cried tears of joy when you in love Don't matter to me if a him or her I just see you smile through all the hate Marie Antoinette, baby, let 'em eat
Bad times to good memories, smile Even when I'm gone and you remember me, Good times never away, smile Even if I'm not you here today, smile Good or evening, friends Here's your announcer
Far as picks, my name did not get called Bet I go I put a billion on the board Hall of Hov, I did it all without a pen Y'all knew was comin', I had to remind y'all again, huh? Flyin' paper planes the projects Now the projects on my jet Now you see the in the front row In one of y'all televised shows Super switched sides, traded pride, we don't do all that A loss ain't a loss, a lesson Appreciate the pain, a blessin'
Bad times to good memories, smile when I'm gone and you remember me, smile Good times never fade away, Even if I'm not with you here today, Good morn' or evening,
I mastered my I know you often heard me wax 'Bout bein' in the Lexus But me, that was nothin' A nigga up in the hundreds of I have no ceilings, ah, this feelin', I'm that boy Anita "You Bring Me Joy" Slappin' out of the toy, the separation is In my rear-view mirror, objects is further they appear Oh yeah, I was with a pair for high stakes Norman Cake, he up and out of the Lear How niggas relate? Fuck a of the apple pie, want my own cake my own fate Respect Iovine But he gotta respect the as a whole new regime And playin' for power, huh So our is ours Niggas own houses was, "Fuck you, pay me" Now it's, "Fuck me, I pay you Put the rest for Blue" That money, I giggle at it even support my miss' habit Jewelry shoppin' in All jewelers should be embarrassed, huh Blood diamonds drippin', we I still trippin', that's life, winners and losers Drug dealers and abusers, America like me My therapist said I I said, "Prehaps I Freudian 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 on the white suit, inferior IQ Niggas'll rip your shit off TIDAL to spite you Ahhhh, did I do? 'Cept try to you Niggas'll love you but hate you 'cause can't 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 story's too wide to fit inside the And too old, these drugs Heroin flow, I spaz on the This is Hov, no flex zone, nigga, who lied to Look, you a Don't ever the security I provided you Oh thought I was washed? I'm at the Launderin' dirty like the teamsters, huh Shout out to Hoffa back home, he in the When I heard you got booked, that shit Fear for you, bro, we know the system work Take a young freedom over some dirt Yet it's legal in Yeah, we Black entrepreneurs, enterprise why it's a black market, that's why it's called the trap That's why it's called the 'cause it's exactly that All these people was kill me, heh 'Cause the I reveal me, the more they 'fraid of the real me Welcome Carter, smile
in the shadow Can you imagine what kind of it is to live? In the people see you as happy and free Because what you want them to see Living two lives, happy, but not You live in the shadows for fear of hurting your family or the person you love The is changing and they say it's time to be free But you with the fear of just being me Living in the shadow like the safe place to be No for them, no harm for me But life is short, and it's to be free Love who you love, because life guaranteed