Crooked Smile-J. Cole/TLC

[00:01.18]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down [00:04.55]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down [00:07.42]You're the one that was tryna keep me way down [00:10.29]Like a sun all you know if I'm on my way down [00:12.97]Look, They tell me I should fix my grill cause I got money now [00:15.81] [00:16.37]I ain't gon' sit around and front like I ain't thought about it [00:18.43]A perfect smile is more appealing but it's funny how [00:22.05]My s*it is crooked look at how far I done got without it [00:24.67]I keep my twisted grill, just to show them kids it's real [00:28.47]We ain't picture perfect but we worth the picture still [00:31.16]I got smart, I got rich, and I got b*****s still [00:33.47]And they all look my eyebrows: thick as hell [00:37.09]Love yourself, girl, or nobody will [00:39.27]Oh, you a woman? I don't know how you deal [00:41.58]With all the pressure to look impressive and go out in heels [00:44.39]I feel for you [00:45.32]Killing yourself to find a man that'll kill for you [00:48.44]You wake up, put makeup on [00:50.13]Stare in the mirror but its clear that you can’t face what’s wrong [00:53.31]No need to fix what God already put his paint brush on [00:56.06] [00:56.69]Your roommate yelling, "Why you gotta take so long?" [00:58.40] [00:59.18]What it's like to have a crooked smile [01:01.05]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down [01:03.23]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down [01:06.41]You're the one that was tryna keep me way down [01:09.47]Like a sun all you know if I'm on my way down [01:12.47]To all the women with the flaws, know it's hard my darling [01:14.71]You wonder why you're lonely and your man's not calling [01:16.48] [01:17.42]You keep falling victim cause you're insecure [01:20.67] [01:21.29]And when I tell you that you're beautiful you can't be sure [01:24.47]Cause you see that no one wants you back and it got you asking [01:27.10]So all you see is what you lacking, [01:29.15]not what you packing [01:29.84]Take it from a man that loves what you got [01:32.65]And baby you're a star, [01:34.02]don't let 'em tell you you're not [01:35.21]Now is it real? Eyebrows, fingernails, hair [01:38.58]Is it real? if it's not, girl you don't care [01:41.63]Cause what's real is something that the eyes can't see [01:44.13]That the hands can’t touch, [01:46.19]that them broads can’t be, and that’s you [01:48.62]Never let 'em see you frown [01:49.75]And if you need a friend to pick you up, I’ll be around [01:52.99]And we can ride with the windows down, the music loud [01:56.30]I can tell you ain’t laughed in a while [01:58.79]But I wanna see that crooked smile [02:00.29]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down [02:02.79]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down [02:05.04]You're the one that was tryna keep me way down [02:08.72]Like a sun all you know if I'm on my way down [02:11.65]Crooked smile, we could style on 'em (back 'round) [02:14.27]Crooked smile, we could style on 'em (back 'round) [02:18.01]You’re the one that was trying to keep me way down. [02:20.70]Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back round [02:23.38]We only fronting like the people on the screen [02:25.31]You know them movie stars, [02:26.56]picture perfect beauty queens [02:27.69]But we got dreams and we got the right to chase ‘em [02:31.62]Look at the nation, that’s a crooked [02:33.55]smile braces couldn’t even straighten [02:35.05]Seem like half the race is either on probation, or in jail [02:39.29]Wonder why we inhale, cause we in hell already [02:42.10]I asked if my skin pale, [02:44.10]would I then sell like Eminem or Adele? [02:46.66]Yo one more time for the 'Ville [02:49.15]And **** all of that beef s*it, ***** let’s make a mil [02:52.33]Hey officer man, we don’t want nobody getting killed [02:54.83]Just open up that cell, let my brother out of jail [02:57.70]I got money for the bail now, well now. [03:00.88]If you asking will I tell now? Hell naw [03:03.75]I ain’t snitching cause [03:05.62]Man, they get them ****** stitches now [03:07.50]If you was around, [03:08.62]then you wouldn’t need a witness now [03:10.49]How you like this crooked smile? [03:11.56]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down [03:13.93]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down [03:16.67]You're the one that was tryna keep me way down [03:19.67]Like a sun all you know if I'm on my way down