Smile Jay Lyrics

Hear me out though

Yeah

Uh

You know what I'm saying

I'll take it back

You know

He used to tell me this all the time

Uh

Yeah

My daddy used to tell me

Smile Jay

Turn it back around Jay

Why you never grin around us

My daddy used to tell me

Smile bruh

Huh

Listen

I couldn't tell ya

The reason that I step in the game and it's so familiar

Down goes my head

Another brick inside the building

They gauge the game I'll have in the morning by how I was feeling

Temperament was shaky

The anger in me chilling

The confrontation going on to the next

This commotion much worse

Like bad calls from a ref

My pops was Scott Foster

CP

I'm on the roster

Mama the mediator

They double tech too often

Losing love for it

This game can be exhausting

Turnovers the main ingredient

Mistakes in the game are mistaken for disobedience

It multiplies more than bacteria in a Petri dish

My coach told me flush it

The next play is immediate

Take the ball up the court

Make a move

Then the rock is bouncing off of my shorts

A scoop and a score

The body language on me is poor

I'm out of the game

Fear is on the scouting report

Post game

I'm locked into devices

Feeling lifeless

Cause my parents don't have the prices

Recognizing all the effort and sacrifices that were made so a youngin' could shoot and do the Mikan

Not excited

But the shouts that I hear were so enticing

If I get it right

Maybe the rest of me would like me

Or him at least

Currently on the search of a beast

For his approval

Maybe one day I'll be free

Instead

Back and forth's conquer the dominion

Securing the possession

Heated yells on the defensive

What happens there stays there

But naw

Imma say it

One night in Vegas

Mama faded

Telling me

We might not even make it

And she was right

It was similar to shots that I was taking

Ha

Ha

My daddy used to tell me

Smile Jay

Turn it back around Jay

Why you never grin around us

My daddy used to tell me

Smile Jay

Turn it back around Jay

Why you never grin around us

My daddy used to tell me

Smile Jay

Turn it back around Jay

Why you never grin around us

My daddy used to tell me

Smile Jay

Turn it back around Jay

Real talk

Huh

Listen

I couldn't tell ya

Why I walk inside the class

and the feeling was so familiar

My head down to rest

And Reggie makes an appearance

For him to poke his head was the biggest thing I was fearing

Laughs ring off

Felt like judgement day was coming

Look around the class

Please teacher just say something

But that should've been my stance

Same time I couldn't clap at ole girl like that

Cause they would see me as a lame

An insecurity was developing

Causing shame

Won't no slouch

But can't tell

My posture was one to blame

Didn't know what was wrong

Eighth grade

Losing my focus

Shortly after

Diagnosis was Scheuermann's Kyphosis

The damage done

Convinced my shorty I was too different

Made excuses for the split

But the lie was convincing

Fast forward

Nothing changed

It's the cause of the distance

My friends tell me I'm gifted

Try to filter these women

Said that I deserve the world

Please give me the earth

But realistically the pedestal is where I was hurt

It gets lonely at the top

And at the bottom it's worse

How so

If boffum can't perceive what they're worth

Purgatory takes the glory as I'm floating through life

Chronic headaches make me question how I sleep through the night

Anxiety keeps me inside

Please provide some insight

They always come to me for answers

Though not all of em right

My daddy used to tell me

Smile Jay

Turn it back around Jay

Why you never grin around us

My daddy used to tell me

Smile Jay

Turn it back around Jay

Why you never grin around us

My daddy used to tell me

Smile Jay

Turn it back around Jay

Why you never grin around us

My daddy used to tell me

Smile bruh

Real talk

For real though

Huh

Listen

I couldn't tell ya

Why I step inside the house and the feeling is so familiar

The anger in his voice

My mother would start to tear up

I hope I don't see him when I look inside the mirror

Maybe that's the reason why I'm deep inside reflection

But ironically those thoughts seem to limit my perspective

A commonality was us coming in second

Because pessimism rises when upbringings neglected

A limit in improvements

We vibe to the music

The weed in their life was the thing they were in tune with

Honestly

Think the flower kept the both of them together for too long because the high can hide the lows a little better

It brings em to a friendly place

Days of better weather

Where the sun smiles bright

As dust collects on sweaters

But romantically it's like trying to tell a fighter get up after Tank lands a left that sent the body to a shiver

Affection chopped liver

Toxicity the drug

Hard to take the cruise

We don't rock with banana slugs

Push and pull effect

But without the rubberbands

Hard to imagine happiness in the end

The weight is on my shoulders as I play into a sport

Where the meal all depends if you do show support

See monotony the chain that kept us here for a while

Hope you now understand why it's difficult to smile Jay

My daddy used to tell me

Smile Jay

Turn it back around Jay

Please just

Turn it around