Key: Bb major
Verse 1
Bb
Good morn' or evening,
E
Bb
Am
friends
Gm
Cm
C
Cm
F
Bb
Gm
Cm
C
F
Bb
Am
Smile, you recordin'?
Gm
Cm
C
Cm
Verse 2
F
Bb
Am
Slammin' Bentley doors
Gm
like we invented doors
C
F
Twenty years ago we drove
Bentley Azures
Bb
Am
Gm
We drinkin' Cristal in, yeah
Cm
F
Kept the trey on me like
Chris Paulin'
Bb
Am
Gm
Drinkin' Ace of Spade like it's codeine now
C
F
Tryna put a million on the whole team now
Bb
Push through the pain so
Am
Gm
we can see new life
C
Cm
So all the ladies havin' ba bies,
F
see a sacrifice
Bb
Am
Gm
Mama had four kids, but she's a lesbian
Cm
C
Had to pretend so long
F
that she's a thespian
Bb
Had to hide in the closet,
Am
Gm
so she medicate
C
Cm
So ciety shame and the pain
F
was too much to take
Bb
Am
Gm
Cried tears of joy when you fell in love
C
F
Don't matter to me if it's a him or her
Bb
I just wanna see you smile
Gm
Cm
through all the hate
C
F
Marie Antoinette, baby, let 'em eat cake
Verse 3
Bb
Am
Gm
Bad times turn to good memories, smile
C
F
Even when I'm gone and you remember me,
smile
Bb
Am
Gm
Good times never fade away, smile
Cm
C
Even if I'm not with
F
you here today, smile
Bb
Good morn' or evening,
E
Eb
friends (smile)
Cm
Eb
Here's your friendly
Bb
Cm
an nouncer (smile)
Bb
Far
Verse 4
Am
Gm
as draft picks, my name did not get called
C
F
Bet before I go, I put a billion on the board
Bb
Am
Gm
Hall of Fame Hov, I did it all without a pen
C
Y'all knew that was comin',
F
Bb
I had to remind y'all again, huh?
Gm
Flyin' paper planes
C
through the projects
F
Bb
Now the whole project's on my jet
F
Am
Gm
C
Now you see the real in the front row
F
In every one of y'all
Bb
televised shows
Super facts
C
F
Niggas switched sides, traded pride,
Bb
we don't do all that
Am
Gm
A loss ain't a loss, it's a lesson
C
F
Appreciate the pain, it's a blessin'
Bb
Bad times turn
Verse 5
Am
Gm
to good memories, smile
C
Even when I'm gone and you
F
remember me, smile
Bb
Am
Gm
Good times never fade away, smile
C
Cm
F
Even if I'm not with you here today, smile
Bb
E
Good morn' or evening, friends
Bb
I mastered
Verse 6
my aesthetics
Gm
C
I know you often heard me
wax poetic
F
Bb
'Bout bein' back in the Lex us
Am
But trust me, that was nothin'
Gm
C
A nigga up in the hundreds of millions
F
Bb
I have no ceilings, ah, this that feelin',
Am
Gm
I'm that boy
C
Anita Baker's "You Bring Me Joy"
F
Slappin' out of the toy,
Bb
Am
the separation is clear
Gm
Cm
C
In my rear- view mirror, objects
F
is further than they appear
Bb
Am
Oh yeah, I was born with a pair
Gm
C
Playin' for high stakes
Norman Cake,
F
he looked up and out of the Lear
Bb
Am
How niggas can't relate?
Gm
Cm
C
Fuck a slice of the apple pie,
Cm
F
want my own cake
Chargin' my own fate
Bb
Cm
Re spect Jimmy Iovine
F
Bb
But he gotta re spect the Elo
C
him as a whole new regime
Bb
And niggas playin' for power, huh
So our music is ours
Cm
Bb
Niggas only own houses
Am
Ours was, "Fuck you, pay me"
Gm
C
Now it's, "Fuck payin' me,
I pay you
F
Put the rest away for Blue"
Bb
Am
Gm
That blood money, I giggle at it
C
Can't even support my
F
missus' habit
Jewelry shoppin' in Paris
Bb
Am
All y'all jewelers should be embarrassed,
Gm
huh
C
F
Blood diamonds drippin', we cute
Bb
I still ain't trippin', that's life,
Am
Gm
winners and losers, huh
C
Drug dealers and abuser
F
s, America like me ruthless
Bb
Am
My therapist said I relapsed
Gm
C
I said, "Prehaps I Freudian
F
slipped in European whips"
Bb
God sen t me to break the chain
Gm
C
I'm the true and livin'
God in the flesh,
F
the rest of these niggas is vain
Bb
Am
A stain on the white suit,
F
C
inferior IQ
F
Niggas'll rip your shit off
Bb
TIDAL just to spite you
Am
Ahhhh, what did I do?
F
C
'Cept try to free you
Niggas'll love you but hate you 'cause
Bb
they can't be you
Gm
Dump 'em all in the bayou, uh
C
F
Everybody wave bye to the guy
you thought you can lie to
Bb
Gm
This was meant to be a haiku, huh
C
But my story's too wide
F
to fit inside the line
Bb
Am
Gm
And too old, these that drugs
C
F
Heroin flow, I spaz on the stove
Bb
This is Hov, no flex zone,
Am
nigga, who lied to you?
Gm
C
Look, you a pedestrian
Don't ever question
F
the security I provided you
Bb
Am
Oh y'all thought I was washed?
Gm
C
I'm at the cleaners
F
Launderin' dirty money like
Bb
the teamsters, huh
Am
Gm
Shout out to Hoffa back home,
C
he in the church
F
When I heard you got
booked, that shit hurt
Bb
Fear for you, bro,
Am
Gm
we know the system don't work
C
F
Take a young nigga freedom
over some dirt
Bb
Am
Yet it's legal in Colorado
Gm
Yeah, we deny
Cm
C
F
Black entrepreneurs,
free enterprise
Bb
That's why it's a black market,
Cm
that's why it's called the trap
That's why it's called the project
F
'cause it's exactly that
Bb
All these people was gon' kill me,
heh
C
'Cause the more I reveal me,
F
the more they 'fraid of the real me
Bb
Welcome back Carter, smile
Verse 7
Bb
Living in the shadow
Can you imagine what kind
Cm
of life it is to live?
In the shadows people see
you as happy and free
Because that's what
Bb
you want them to see
Living two lives, happy, but not free
You live in the shadows for fear of someone hurting
your family or the person you love
The world is changing and they
say it's time to be free
But you live with the fear
of just being me
Living in the shadow feels
like the safe place to be
No harm for them, no harm for me
But life is short, and it's time to be free
Love who you love,
because life isn't guaranteed
Smile
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