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stretch money - smile lyrics

[intro: jay-z & stretch money]
“detroit, i know you’re goin through a lot, but detroit has heart and it will be back” (jay-z)

i just wanna take this time out and talk to my people. i know it’s hard, but if it wasn’t for the hard times, we wouldn’t know what the good time felt like baby. just hold your head up

[verse 1: stretch money]
single parent mother two kids one crib
it’s bad but we gotta make the best of where we live
it’s sad cause my daddy ain’t around, my momma hold us down
she keep her head high and her two feet on solid ground
even thought she gotta deal with the fact that she alone
with these boys and she gotta raise ’em up till they grown
on her own, but she strong though
and i ain’t talkin bout the muscles in her arm, taught a n-gga right from wrong
so it’s only right i put it in a song
cause we ain’t need a daddy just to make a happy home
as long as mom around, i’d watch her use a hot plate to make a whole dinner
and heat the house up with the oven for the whole winter
she made a little feel like a whole lot
my momma told me i could make it to the top
that’s why i’m working’ hard, i just wanna see her smile
performin’ for a packed house and see her in the crowd

[hook]
i know it’s hard to smile but sometimes you gotta
step back and laugh just to make it through the drama
and i know it’s hard to smile sometimes but you should
even when it’s bad, remind yourself of something good
and i know it’s hard to smile, you’ve been down for a while
you a single parent mother trying to take care of a child
remember what you do it for and focus on the now
and when you make it to the top, don’t forget to smile (baby, don’t forget to smile)

[verse 2: stretch money]
let me tell you bout my mans, he had a lotta plans
i’m tryin’ to find the right words to make you understand
he was a real n-gga, for the lack of a better terms, so genuine
the type to get you out of any kinda sh-t you in
hit ’em on his phone, busy n-gga but he’ll fit you in
funny, my n-gga favorite song is black superman
i’m speakin’ in the past tense, cause he gone
and the track put a n-gga in the zone
everytime i see his picture man the feeling hit me strong
i wanna k!ll a mother f-cker cause they did my n-gga wrong
i can’t say he was perfect, but my homey didn’t deserve it
a couple shots to the chest, another black man murdered
and this cold cold city, and it sucks let me tell you
before you leave your mans you gotta tell ’em to be careful
i miss my dog and i won’t see ’em for a while
i hope he lookin’ down on a player with a smile

[hook]
i know it’s hard to smile but sometimes you gotta
step back and laugh just to make it through the drama
and i know it’s hard to smile sometimes but you should
even when it’s bad, remind yourself of something good
and i know it’s hard to smile, you’ve been down for a while
workin’ nine to five your manager be talkin’ to you foul
remember what you do it for and focus on the now
and when you make it to the top, don’t forget to smile (baby, don’t forget to smile)

[bridge x 2: stretch money]
i know it’s hard, just hold your head up and smile
keep going hard, don’t let the pressure get you down
i know it’s tough, but don’t let nothin’ stop your happiness
i know it’s rough, but just keep rollin’ through the traffic
it’s a green light, you got to go, just do your thing
if you woke up this morning then there is no need to complain
baby try to live stress free, forget the strain
listen close to what i’m sayin’ to you, cause this is game

[hook]
i know it’s hard to smile but sometimes you gotta
step back and laugh just to make it through the drama
and i know it’s hard to smile sometimes but you should
even when it’s bad, remind yourself of something good
and i know it’s hard to smile, you’ve been down for a while
workin’ nine to five your manager be talkin’ to you foul
remember what you do it for and focus on the now
and when you make it to the top, don’t forget to smile (baby, don’t forget to smile)

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