Crooked Smile
By
J. Cole, TLC
Album
Born Sinner
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(sirens blaring)
(police radio dispatching)
(water running)
(water running)
(toothbrush whirring)
♪ Even though I ♪
♪ On my way, on my way, on my way down ♪
♪ On my way, on my way, on my way down ♪
♪ You were the one that was
trying to keep me way down ♪
(lawn mower whirring)
♪ 'Cause I got money now ♪
♪ I ain't gon' sit around ♪
♪ And front like I
ain't thought about it ♪
♪ A perfect smile is more
appealing but it's funny how ♪
♪ My shit is crooked look at
how far I done got without it ♪
♪ I keep my twisted grill, just
to show them kids it's real ♪
♪ We ain't picture perfect but
we worth the picture still ♪
♪ I got smart, I got rich,
and I got bitches still ♪
♪ And they all look like my
eyebrows, thick as hell ♪
♪ Love yourself, girl, or nobody will ♪
♪ Though you a woman I
don't know how you deal ♪
♪ With all the pressure
to look impressive ♪
♪ And go out in heels ♪
♪ I feel for you ♪
♪ Killing yourself to find
a man that'll kill for you ♪
♪ You wake up, put makeup on ♪
♪ Stare in the mirror ♪
♪ But it's clear that you
can't face what's wrong ♪
♪ No need to fix what God
already put his paint brush on ♪
♪ Your roommate yelling,
why you gotta take so long ♪
♪ What it's like to have a crooked smile ♪
♪ On my way, on my way, on my way down ♪
♪ On my way, on my way, on my way down ♪
♪ You were the one that was
trying to keep me way down ♪
♪ But like the sun, know you
know I found my way back 'round ♪
♪ To all the women with the
flaws, know it's hard my darlin' ♪
♪ You wonder why you're lonely
and your man's not callin' ♪
♪ You keep fallin' victim
'cause you're insecure ♪
♪ And when I tell you
that you're beautiful ♪
♪ You can't be sure ♪
♪ 'Cause he don't seem to want you back ♪
♪ And it's got you askin' ♪
♪ So all you see is what you
lackin' not what you packin' ♪
♪ Take it from a man
that loves what you got ♪
♪ And baby girl you're a star ♪
♪ Don't let 'em tell you you're not ♪
♪ Now is it real, eyebrows,
fingernails, hair ♪
♪ Is it real, if it's
not, girl you don't care ♪
♪ 'Cause what's real is something
that the eyes can't see ♪
♪ That the hands can't touch ♪
♪ That them broads can't
be, and that's you ♪
♪ Never let 'em see you frown ♪
♪ And if you need a friend to
pick you up, I'll be around ♪
♪ And we can ride with the
windows down, the music loud ♪
♪ I can tell you ain't
laughed in a while ♪
♪ But I wanna see that crooked smile ♪
♪ On my way, on my way, on my way down ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ Happy birthday dear Leslie ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ You were the one that was
trying to keep me way down ♪
♪ But like the sun, know you
know I found my way back 'round ♪
♪ We don't look nothing like
the people on the screen ♪
♪ You know them movie stars,
picture perfect beauty queens ♪
♪ But we got dreams and we
got the right to chase 'em ♪
♪ Look at the nation ♪
♪ That's a crooked smile braces
couldn't even straighten ♪
♪ Seem like half the race
is either on probation ♪
♪ Or in jail, wonder why we inhale ♪
♪ 'Cause we in hell already ♪
♪ I asked if my skin pale ♪
♪ Would I then sell like Eminem or Adele ♪
♪ But one more time for the 'Ville ♪
♪ And fuck all of that beef shit ♪
♪ Nigga let's make a mill' ♪
♪ Hey officer man, we don't
want nobody getting killed ♪
♪ Just open up that cell,
let my brother out of jail ♪
♪ I got money for the
bail now and well now ♪
♪ If you askin' will I
tell now, ayy, hell nah ♪
♪ I ain't snitchin' 'cause ♪
♪ Man, they get them niggas stitches now ♪
♪ If you was around, then you
wouldn't need a witness now ♪
(emotional atmospheric music)
(gun firing)
(flare exploding)
(emotional atmospheric music)