all of my trials and tribulations of the day had to force me to smile im smiling inside im grateful so never look a gift horse in the mouth gettin tougher every mile strugglin to hold it down makes it harder for me to smile how my upside look now all the love that i found gave me upside down frowns the more i look for it the more it itches the more i scratchin the stitches actin as if its not a load i chose to carry bury me 6 feet deep beneath atlantis i never planned this to be as hard as it seems deemed a carcass of dreams an artist of masterpieces givin the last of me is just part of the territory every story is a glorious link in the chain a stream of rain fall and train rails the awe can make the brain fail i try to every now and then but every now and then ill find a bone to pick thats missing calcium is it a mystery the outcome isnt easy to stomach wanted a fountain of truth in the youth but all i could do is its never quite the plight we intended when light is suspended and we try to bend it to shape our darkness if we wait as artists it will fall into place so ill keep running this race with a smile on my face where can i turn when both cheeks have been bruised swollen frozen in time emmit till casket open hoping one day to smile learn its no peace but we press forward dont wanna allow police beatings excessive force peeping out egypt and we thinking how they looked king tut and the sphinx even got a facebook and you facing a crooked government they put the drugs in the community felonies off to prison where the brothers went smile how can i when they shutting down family businesses smile how can i when they handing out life sentences smile youll do more for the world then frown enjoy when u look around avoid whats putting you down kill em with kindness when you smile your highness and then they bow they couldnt figure you out lets face it you took the town who you calling a rookie now cause you couldnt cage a brothas thunder mustve forgot age aint nothing but a number homie smile 