Smile - Rod Wave

This for them tribulations and trials

I finally got a smile for all the frowns

I finally get to make my mama proud

Start a family, bought a house

I finally see what pops was talking 'bout

But it was hard looking up when I was down

I was down bad and bummy

They was laughing at me, but it wasn’t funny

Imagine me in that bottom as a youngin

On to any given Sunday

Tryna find a way to get some money

We cut grass to get cash when I was hungry

Stealing chicken out of Publix

Nigga grab a box and go to running

Niggas never gave me nothing, so it’s fuck 'em

Was balling on a budget

I remember balling on a budget

I was fine 'til my mind got corrupted

Used to want to be a firefighter or a teacher

'Til niggas came through on twenty-twos and booming speakers

My mind changed instantly

Mom didn’t even know what gotten into me

Thuggin' hard, stealin' cars, and shootin' at the enemies

I used to hit my knees and pray I’d find them things for ten a piece

'Til then, we slow grind and break it down to ten a G

'Til then, we slow grind and break it down to ten a G

I know you remember me

Back in eleventh grade, was addicted to popping seals

I love to sip that lean, I like the way it make me feel

The smile up on my face, bae, 'cause I been swallowing pills

Couldn’t focus in class, my mind was stuck on them M’s

Get to thinking 'bout my past, that shit be giving me chills

I never thought I’d see the day I get a record deal

Move my baby mama to the hills, fuck the drama, babe, lets live

In the Bahamas tryna heal

Tell me your problems and your fears, yeah

And all of them niggas on the internet be hoes

You the type of nigga I hated when I was broke

You the type of nigga see this pole and be froze

I’m the type of nigga get jealous and rob him out his clothes

By the time you jumped off the porch, I was in the middle of the road

When you got down the street, I was already headed home

On the porch knocking, looking for love, but it was gone

Thank god I found my passion in these songs

This for them tribulations and trials

Things looking up, when it was down

It was hard tryna get it off the ground

Tribulations and trials

You couldn’t take my shoes and walk a mile

Finna put them diamonds in my mouth, 'cause now

I got a reason to smile

A reason to smile, reason to smile

A reason to smile

Reason to smile, a reason to smile, a reason to smile

Reason to smile, a reason to smile, haha