Smile - Romance, Leo Napier

Just smile

Just smile

Just smile

Just smile

He was a young kid with a spark in his eye

They said he can do anything he just had to apply

And he believed the words

Until about 15 when he saw what other people were doing for green

Quick money

And that was all that he knew

And to get it there was pretty much nothing he wouldn’t do

'Til he got caught up

And they put him away 5 year stretch up in Lompoc for GTA

But it was more than enough

He started going to work

Reading a book a week

He even started going to church and he was writing rhymes

He had a lyrical gift

He didn’t have to think about it

He just shot from the hip

And they let him out early he was just 26

But when he got home you know his mother was sick

And in her final hours

Where he sat by her bed

She looked into his eyes and here’s what she said

I said yo I’m talking to you

This world ain’t your home

You’re just passing through

So use your smile

And make it your song

You sing as much as you can

Until it’s time to move on

Just smile

Just smile

Just smile

Just smile

But he was much stronger from his time inside

Physically and mentally knew how to survive

He had skills that he honed down to a blade

The same kind he used to keep them killers at bay

He got a regular job and he scrimped and he saved

For some studio time to record a mix tape

And it came out great

It was real

It had what they called universal appeal

Now all he had to do was get it in the right hands

So he worked the boulevard and just pushing his brand

This ain’t no fairytale

The man was paying his dues

But he had everything going for him but a clue

About how the industry do

So finally he got him a meeting in hollywood with a jew

And he was a serious dude

He said sit down son

Im gonna talk you’re gonna listen

I said yo I’m talking to you

This world ain’t your home

You’re just passing through

So use your smile

And make it your song

You sing as much as you can

Until it’s time to move on

Just smile

Just smile

Just smile

Just smile

So low and behold the boy got him a deal

A hundred thousand dollar advance

New automobile

So he stuck to his craft

In fact he kept getting better

Refused to fall off 'cause he was making some cheddar

And this thirst for knowledge

Came through in his words

He prefered the esoteric

Gangster rap was for the nerds

And the older he got the hipper he got to the game

And slowly the lowly student a master became

And though he got dealt a bad hand from the start

He kept evolving

Never lost sight of his art

He knows this world ain’t his home

And he’s just passing through

But while he’s here he’s gonna do the best he can do

And life might be short

But it’s always worth living

And the only thing better than taking is giving

And everyday he gives his son the gist of this vision

He says sit down son

I’m gonna talk you’re gonna listen

I said yo I’m talking to you

This world ain’t your home

You’re just passing through

So use your smile

And make it your song

You sing as much as you can

Until it’s time to move on

I said yo I’m talking to you

This world ain’t your home

You’re just passing through

So use your smile

And make it your song

You sing as much as you can

Until it’s time to move on

Just smile

Just smile

Just smile

Just smile