i hide my tears from the crowd by smiliiiiiiiing putting up a face you know just smiling you know give a hip hop hug or shaking hands just gotta smile i m been smilin for me smilin so you know why you can t hurt me smilin for somethin not hidin from fallin now what you know about what smiles are all about 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 a smile on my face even if i slip and i fall gotta have a 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 i m been smilin for me smilin so you know why you can t hurt me smilin for somethin not hidin from fallin now what you know about what smiles are all about i m been smilin for me smilin so you know why you can t hurt me smilin for somethin not hidin from fallin now what you know about what smiles are all about  gotta get it how you gotta get it tat 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 homie 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 i m been smilin for me smilin so you know why you can t hurt me smilin for somethin not hidin from fallin now what you know about what smiles are all about i m been smilin for me smilin so you know why you can t hurt me smilin for somethin not hidin from fallin now what you know about what smiles are all about i m been smilin for me smilin so you know why you can t hurt me smilin for somethin not hidin from fallin now what you know about what smiles are all about eh you see ehhh ehhhh i hide my tears from the crowd by smiliiiiiiiing iiiii ll go out and spend my money so they can see me smiliiiiiiiing2