Producer: Pro Reese
Lyrics: Marvin Gaye/Olubowale Akintimehin/Maurice Earl Barnett-fenderson/Philip Adetumbi
Music: Marvin Gaye/Olubowale Akintimehin/Maurice Earl Barnett-fenderson/Philip Adetumbi
I got my family
And I got my squad
And as long as they got me
Then I'll be just fine
So I give God the glory
Cause I have my child
And America don't want me
That's when I realized
That we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
I said we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
Said about to be O.D.'d, yeah
But we gon' survive
That's why we all need, yeah
A reason to smile, somehow, yeah
And a possible bigot slash misogynist
Is 'bout to run the whole damn thing
('Bout to run the whole damn thing)
And the ballot my sister filled
In another city didn't do a god-damn thing
Shit I'mma go crazy yeah
I'mma go crazy yeah
I'mma go crazy yeah
But I gotta do my god-damn thing
Yeah (that's right)
The Alt Rights hate us
Some black baby mommas hate us
We only learn half of the drama
Other side crazy
On behalf of Charlamagne
I'm sure he ain't trading sides
Maybe I should meet Tomi Lahren
I'll Lauryn Hill her
Train her; she miseducated anyway, yeah
Prolly hate the color of my face
I'm just a young black rapping ass African
Ain't never wanted to have it
And now he has it his own way
I'm smoking purple
The law enforcement be murking brothers
The moon lit
And I'm Cottonmouth like Mahershala
Its like you got a curse if your currency low
Smile (feat. Phil Adé & Zyla Moon) - Wale, Phil Ade', Zyla Moon - Shine - The world is a dirty mother****ing experiment
They don't care if it's hurting us
Black lives matter
'Cause black lives target practice
Can't even imagine what would happen
With no phone cameras
Black lives matter
Smile (feat. Phil Adé & Zyla Moon) - Wale, Phil Ade', Zyla Moon - Shine - Black love the shittiest ever
Just wanna remind you
I think it's time that we show it better
I got my family
And I got my squad
And as long as they got me
Then I'll be just fine
So I give God the glory
Cause I have my child
And America don't want me
That's when I realized
That we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
I said we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
Said about to be O.D.'d, yeah
But we gon' survive
That's why we all need, yeah
A reason to smile, somehow
Yeah, giving knowledge
And uplifting our brothers and daughters
Is how this whole thing change
(Is how this whole thing change)
But the power
Smile (feat. Phil Adé & Zyla Moon) - Wale, Phil Ade', Zyla Moon - Shine - That's in the mother****ing or the dollar
Is enough to make us all insane
Shit I'mma go crazy yeah
I'mma go crazy yeah
I'mma go crazy yeah
But I gotta do my god-damn thing (yeah)
That's right
And I've been living like I got one
A couple hundred on me
Still in the gold shotgun
You do the most, stop son
Our people not exempt
They in the land of the free
You in the land of free to an extent
**** that, I'mma ruffle some feathers
Mess with the temperature
Shuffle the weather
****in' who do ever
Keisha or Heather
Beef, it's whatever
Kill me, you die and I live forever
When you live without fear
It don't get much better
Naw, hmm
Look at how far that we've come
Look at the world we inspired
And look at the stars that we brung
They think that when that
Literal big wig starts that we done
They think because Hillary
Lost the cards will be Trumped
I got my family(You out you mind b***h)
And I got my squad
And as long as they got me
Then I'll be just fine
So I give God the glory
Cause I have my child
And America don't want me
That's what I realized
That we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
I said we all need, yeah
A reason to smile
Said about to be O.D.'d, yeah
But we gon' survive
That's why we all need, yeah
A reason to smile, somehow
Lead Vocals: Wale
Recording Engineer: Chad "KM" Kitchens
Mastering Engineer: David Kutch
Mixing Engineer: Chad "KM" Kitchens/No Credit