Smile

[Sampled from "Keep Up the Front" by Smoked Sugar] I hide my tears, from the crowd... By smiliiiiiiiing... [The Alchemist - Verse One] (Eh!) Gotta keep movin the weight Winter, summer, spring to the fall Gotta keep food on my plate, gotta keep plaques on the wall Gotta keep proving I'm great, I'm so sick of it all Gotta keep smile on my face, even if I slip and I fall Gotta have mask for the pain, if you want to master the game I was only after the props, really I was never after the fame I was never after the Range, now I'm like a rat in a race Always tryna catch up the chase, feelin like I'm trapped in the maze Never let 'em see me when I'm down, never let 'em see me with a frown Even when the game beat me to the ground, I get up and go another round Lock it up and show another town, break it up and roll another pound Change it up and go another route, flip and make a whole another sound Like the way I did on "Hold it Down", yeah you know the kid'll hold it down Never knew the name, you know it now, never knew the face, you know it now Look at all this cake I'm holdin now, thinkin of a way to throw it now Fuck it, everyday I blow it now, gotta get it where I know it now [Hook 2X: Maxwell] I'm even smilin for me Smilin so you know why you cain't hurt me Smilin for somethin, not hidin from fallin Now what you know about what smiles are all about [Twista - Verse 2wo] Gotta get it how you gotta get it That's what's up to family, I'm that committed The only way that we can all get the cake Is if we get up, how we got to split it If you got a verse, you better spit it If you see a job, you better get it And if you can hoop, stay on yo' pivot Cause the truth is this is life you gotta live it Try not to travel down the wrong road, so that when your legacy is told You was known to be a hustler who provided for his family and did it cold Conquer obstacles and challenges Make your competition bow to this Spit it for my homey Alchemist Hold up! Let me find another style for this: Come-wit-the-energy-makin-me-wanna-erupt Sippin-a-little-of-Remy-up-out-of-my-cup Come-with-the-lyrical-kush-I'm-takin-a-puff Alchemist-come-wit-the-rhythm-and-I'ma-be-fuckin-it-up Rap-ain't-another-comparable, gonna-be-doin The-shit-I-be-doin, I'm-killin-'em-breakin-'em-off-of-the-gwap I-got-the-remedy-that'll-be-fillin-my-pocket-with-papers And-I'ma-be-tellin-the-haters-I-don't-stop Until I'm on top of the world, I stay focused Until I'm gone, no one be ferocious Make your body move like law, make the cane move like Moses Make the waters move like a shark, trees move like a summer breeze Smile in your face tell you to grind hard 'til you get you one of these [Hook 2X] [Maxwell - Outro] Eh, you see... Ehhh....ehhhh....