K'naan

Smile
My tragedy's different My life's deep, listen, Gotta bail, I'm limpin Walked outta hell's kitchen Why bother cherishin' My past is everything, wrong, and my arrogance Walk down the stairs pissin' Cop us cause they're bitchin' Life isnt fair, singin' Blues and my rap drippin' Ooze out the blood Sinkin Deep down to earth thinking Leave out a nerp chicken I should run, forfit, and everything I know LISTEN, I was The misdirected I was The least expected Hop on And get rejected Walk on And feel neglected I feel Like I'm the message Unheard But I'm the message I'm the last prolific remaining offer from the gutter SHOT was my girlfriend When We was younger SongtexteHer I was scarred yo Bullets I survived though Death It's came easy Truth the games needs me Never let them see me down, smile while I'm bleeding Smile When your struggilin Smile when Your in jail Smile When your dead broke Smile And the rents due Smile You ain't got friends now Smile And no one knows you Never let them see you down smile while you bleeding Smile When he leaves you Smile Cause girl he needs you Smile Plenty single mothers cry the tears you do Smile Dispite the war Smile despite the pain yo Never let them see you down smile while you bleeding To my man Kareem in prison I can't speak your name It hurt me that you never listened It can't be the same I had to grow my intutision Had me deep in pain Cause I knew my options were either broke or the prison chains I can't do it I can't see it, look Damnit, I can't blow it I got a judge tellin me my lifes key They will throw it Nuh-uh, no sir I plan to have a chauffeur It seems to me this chopping crack is really going no where Therefore I'm resurrected They call me The poor Injection I infect you with the real The Dustyfeetphilosahectagos I spit, so sick I skid out I'm fallin' I'm Shit outta luck and I'm trapped but I'll get out Can You Help me I'm goin crazy My mom plays trix and I beat on the floor like bush wick My fists bloody and blistered A pair Like I'm balistic I just stare at the red and smile while I'm bleedin Smile When your struggilin Smile When Your in jail Smile When your dead broke Smile And the rents due Smile You ain't got friends now Smile And no one knows you Never let them see you down smile while you bleeding Smile When he leaves you Smile Cause girl he needs you Smile Plenty single mothers cry the tears you do Smile Dispite the war Smile despite the pain yo Never let them see you down smile while you bleeding There are a few things you gotta take into acount I'm not an entertainer I've never been a clown I was born where tha mothers give birth while they frown I would walk with the kids that would bbbrrraaaa a sound ah Never really thought I'd make it to fourteen And anybody wanted to fight I was most keen Plus I had a little temper it was often forseen Yo say somethin bout my momma id shoot ya dead out clean But ya gotta keep in mind that I grew up Mogadishu (tell em) The only law was gun law And we don't walk with a pistol You get laughed at for being so insensitive to the environment Cause how will you be heard when those big boys are firin' War is no place for a child Especially if hes rollin' with an AK and a smile He had witnesses on mother bloody in a towel But please, please, please, please But never let em see you down smile while you bleedin' Smile When your struggilin Smile When Your in jail Smile When your dead broke Smile And the rents due Smile You ain't got friends now Smile And no one knows you Never let them see you down smile while you bleeding Smile When he leaves you Smile Cause girl he needs you Smile Plenty single mothers cry the tears you do Smile Dispite the war Smile despite the pain yo Never let them see you down smile while you bleeding Smile When your struggilin Smile When Your in jail Smile When your dead broke Smile And the rents due Smile You ain't got friends now Smile And no one knows you Never let them see you down smile while you bleeding Smile When he leaves you Smile Cause girl he needs you Smile plenty single mothers cry the tears you do Smile Dispite the war Smile despite the pain yo Never let them see you down smile while you bleeding Aus Songtexte Mania