Black Man Smile ft. Skyzoo & NRMLZ GRWTH Lyrics

When was the last time you smiled

I bet it's been a while

You poor soul

For today don't worry bout what's behind the cloud

Won't you smile for me

Like a child at ease

You just might change your day

You have nothing to lose either way

Smile for me

Well alright

At 25 I got braces and in my mind the very next step was being famous

The glory of the moment left the old me ancient

So ready to flex that I forgot it wasn't painless

To have a stand out feature round black folk is a joke

You get a automatic nickname to add along the pain

Sometimes they be endearing like Man Man or Fat Fat

You get older and skinny it's a fact that people laugh at

Other times the added adjective describe a athlete

Like tall Mike that be dunkin' on niggas with acne

But at least Mike could hoop that ain't bad as ashy Kathy

Or in my case it was Mark with crooked ass teeth lucky for me

When Hip Hop became the proud new fixture

It was perfect nigga I ain't have to smile in the pictures

But to smile is to let the soul take a break from pain and who do not deserve that

We should all be ashamed

Show them teeth my nigga

When was the last time you smiled

I bet it's been a while

You poor soul

For today don't worry bout what's behind the cloud

Won't you smile for me

Like a child at ease

You just might change your day

You have nothing to lose either way

Smile for me

Yo

My mother said I jammed up every class picture I ever took

Ice grillin' I kept it crook, like I'm bout to catch a jooks

Cause Brooklyn ain't never shook but bit my lip for the chicks

Gave em Mason Betha look the funny thing about it

None of that was my intentions when the shutter opened

Young enough to not care but old enough to notice

That a smile might keep a Copper from off you

But feelin' like that's a shuck and jive made that shit awful

Stay out of courtroom but if not know how to walk through

With a Nat King Cole for the King that you are dude

Used to try to smile but literally didn't know how

Sat to watch how my neighbors did it till they got roped out

Corners kept me from it but never knew I wasn't

My blessings in abundance that left me to become it

400 years of telling us to keep a stare

But soon as my son was born I ain't no longer care

Bet I smile now

When was the last time you smiled

I bet it's been a while

You poor soul

For today don't worry bout what's behind the cloud

Won't you smile for me

Like a child at ease

You just might change your day

You have nothing to lose either way

Smile for me