Crooked Smile - J. Cole/TLC.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : J. Cole/Rich Harrison/Meleni Smith
[00:00.68] 作曲 : J. Cole/Rich Harrison/Meleni Smith
[00:01.36]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down
[00:04.17]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down
[00:07.17]You're the one that was tryna keep me way down
[00:09.97]Like a sudden all you know if I'm on my way down
[00:12.84]Look – they tell me I should fix my grill cause
[00:14.84]I got money now
[00:16.12]I ain't gon' sit around and front like
[00:17.75]I ain't thought about it
[00:19.12]A perfect smile is more appealing but it's funny how
[00:21.87]My shit is crooked look at how far
[00:23.68]I done got without it
[00:24.98]I keep my twisted grill
[00:25.92]Just to show them kids it's real
[00:27.92]We ain't picture perfect but we worth the picture still
[00:31.14]I got smart, I got rich, and I got b*****s still
[00:33.82]And they all look my eyebrows: thick as hell
[00:37.00]Love yourself, girl, or nobody will
[00:38.81]Oh, you a woman? I don't know how you deal
[00:41.37]With all the pressure to look impressive
[00:43.06]And go out in heels
[00:44.24]I feel for you…
[00:45.24]Killing yourself to find a man that'll kill for you
[00:48.18]You wake up, put makeup on
[00:49.67]Stare in the mirror but its clear that
[00:51.79]You can't face what's wrong
[00:53.17]No need to fix what God already put his paint brush on
[00:56.22]Your roommate yelling
[00:57.16]“Why you gotta take so long?”
[00:59.29]What it's like to have a crooked smile
[01:00.53]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down
[01:03.34]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down
[01:06.04]This crooked smile
[01:06.66]You're the one that was tryna keep me way down
[01:09.38]Like a sudden all you know if I'm on my way down
[01:12.06]To all the women with the flaws
[01:13.43]Know it's hard my darling
[01:15.06]You wonder why you're lonely and
[01:16.30]Your man's not calling
[01:17.99]You keep falling victim cause you're insecure
[01:20.86]And when I tell you that
[01:22.36]You're beautiful you can't be sure
[01:24.10]Cause you see that no one wants you back
[01:25.98]And it got you asking
[01:26.97]So all you see is what you lacking
[01:28.91]Not what you packing
[01:30.22]Take it from a man that loves what you got
[01:32.53]And baby you're a star
[01:33.90]Don't let 'em tell you you're not
[01:35.33]Now is it real? Eyebrows, fingernails, hair
[01:38.45]Is it real? if it's not, girl you don't care
[01:41.51]Cause what's real is something
[01:43.07]That the eyes can't see
[01:44.44]That the hands can't touch
[01:45.75]That them broads can't be, and that's you
[01:48.37]Never let 'em see your friend
[01:50.19]And if you need a friend to pick you up
[01:51.94]I'll be around
[01:52.88]And we can ride with the windows down
[01:55.50]The music loud
[01:56.12]I can tell you ain't laughed in a while
[01:58.50]But I wanna see that crooked smile
[01:59.68]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down
[02:02.53]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down
[02:05.65]You're the one that was tryna keep me way down
[02:08.60]Like a sudden all you know if I'm on my way down
[02:11.94]Crooked smile, we could style on 'em (back 'round)
[02:14.75]Crooked smile, we could style on 'em (back 'round)
[02:17.38]You're the one that was trying to keep me way down
[02:20.50]Like the sun, I know you know
[02:22.13]I found my way back 'round
[02:23.19]We only fronting like the people on the screen
[02:25.00]You know them movie stars
[02:26.50]Picture perfect beauty queens
[02:28.12]But we got dreams and we got the right to chase 'em
[02:31.36]Look at the nation
[02:32.48]That's a crooked smile braces couldn't even straighten
[02:35.39]
[02:35.95]Seem like half the race is either on probation, or in jail
[02:39.17]Wonder why we inhale, cause we in hell already
[02:42.23]I asked if my skin pale
[02:43.97]Would I then sell like Eminem or Adele?
[02:46.97]Yo one more time for the 'Ville
[02:49.03]And **** all of that beef shit, b***h let's make a mil
[02:51.89]Hey officer man, we don't want nobody getting killed
[02:54.83]Just open up that cell, let my brother out of jail
[02:57.76]I got money for the bail now, well now.
[03:00.75]If you asking will I tell now? Hell naw
[03:03.69]I ain't snitching cause
[03:04.94]Man, they get them b*****s stitches no
[03:07.18]If you was around, then you wouldn't need a witness now
[03:10.23]How you like this crooked smile?
[03:11.17]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down
[03:13.72]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down
[03:16.41]This crooked smile
[03:16.91]You're the one that was tryna keep me way down
[03:19.74]Like a sudden all you know if I'm on my way down
[03:22.55]Crooked smile, we could style on 'em (back 'round)
[03:25.98]Crooked smile, we could style on 'em (back 'round)
[03:28.48]You're the one that was trying to keep me way down
[03:31.63]Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back 'round
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[03:58.18]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down
[04:00.99]I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down
[04:04.36]You're the one that was trying to keep me way down
[04:07.11]Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back 'round
[04:10.10]
[04:11.91]Back 'round
[04:13.16]
[04:16.22]You're the one that was trying to keep me way down
[04:18.95]Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back 'round
[04:22.07]
[04:23.94]Back 'round
[04:25.05]
[04:28.00]You're the one that was trying to keep me way down
[04:30.92]Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back 'round