Smile Still

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Mistah F.A.B.] Had a daughter then my mama died on me Big cuz pulled a [?] I thought you would ride for me I let him out, still murdered the game Nothin' new under the sun, ain't a damn thing changed I'm Dope Era life familiar Pop pop, fill him up, split 'em down the middle that's a Philly blunt What could you really want? I gave all everything I had Lost moms, brother and dad I still smile, what you rather me mad? [?] 'cause you left, that I be left out and wouldn't get back Take a little longer but soon the fog'll clear I let myself out, so now in the dark it's here Fight fears with a fist fight It's the wild wild west, of course I'm bringin' guns to a fist fight And this might go down in history on this night It's like more than a this song, this life [Chorus: Latoiya Williams] Don't call me bad, I've been hurtin' and sad A broken heart was all I knew Always knew I'll make it through Now I smile, 'cause the pain doesn't hurt So bad Through the ups and downs and ends and rounds I still smile [Verse 2: Mistah F.A.B.] You probly, remember me A black star in the ghetto no [?] I was sippin' Activis before it was [?] Child of an activist, my uncle ran with Huey Ooh-we, who he? A young black boy from the 'partment stairs Not [?], nah, just a young black boy with the waves part in his hair Pardon me dear, I hustled in the park right there On them park benches, in the dark trenches where your heart drenches All the blood so it's ice right there I remember little Nuge lost his life right there And when Chunk got killed, man I parked right there Same corner where I stand still, freeze, stand still F.A.B. you changed, nah, I'm Stan still Just navigate a little better on them playin' fields Learn to move a little different when your friends killed [Chorus: Latoiya Williams] Don't call me bad, I've been hurtin' and sad A broken heart was all I knew Always knew I'll make it through Now I smile, 'cause the pain doesn't hurt So bad Through the ups and downs and ends and rounds I still smile [Verse 3: Mistah F.A.B.] Yo I called my grandmother, mother, before I called mother, mom 'Cause mom, she was smokin' on um... No need to explain, we all been through it Rocks on the counter, my brother left, they been blew it Daddy shot heron, messin' up my granny's spoons Every time he got high, sent me to my granny's room Broke my granny heart, I can still feel granny's wound Raised by junkies man, anywho Hopeless, helpless, damn near homeless House to house, couch to couch Mama got clean, please come home Stan Fifteen boy, I was livin' like a grown man Teachers can't teach me, mama can' t reach me Daddy died from HIV, it's no easy For real it's not easy! Then my mama leave me Guess I'm blessed, 'cause I held my own, God see me [Chorus: Latoiya Williams] Don't call me bad, I've been hurtin' and sad (hurt and sad) A broken heart was all I knew Always knew I'll make it through Now I smile, 'cause the pain doesn't hurt so bad So bad Through the ups and downs and ends and rounds I still smile [Outro: Latoiya Williams] Smile, smile I smile Oh I smile The pain doesn't hurt so bad Oh I smile Smile Smile