| Song | Crooked Smile (feat. TLC) |
| Artist | J. Cole |
| Album | Crooked Smile (feat. TLC) |
| [00:01.360] | I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [00:04.170] | I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [00:07.170] | You're the one that was tryna keep me way down |
| [00:09.970] | Like a sudden all you know if I'm on my way down |
| [00:12.840] | Look – they tell me I should fix my grill cause |
| [00:14.840] | I got money now |
| [00:16.120] | I ain't gon' sit around and front like |
| [00:17.750] | I ain't thought about it |
| [00:19.120] | A perfect smile is more appealing but it's funny how |
| [00:21.870] | My shit is crooked look at how far |
| [00:23.680] | I done got without it |
| [00:24.980] | I keep my twisted grill |
| [00:25.920] | Just to show them kids it's real |
| [00:27.920] | We ain't picture perfect but we worth the picture still |
| [00:31.140] | I got smart, I got rich, and I got bitches still |
| [00:33.820] | And they all look my eyebrows: thick as hell |
| [00:37.000] | Love yourself, girl, or nobody will |
| [00:38.810] | Oh, you a woman? I don't know how you deal |
| [00:41.370] | With all the pressure to look impressive |
| [00:43.060] | And go out in heels |
| [00:44.240] | I feel for you… |
| [00:45.240] | Killing yourself to find a man that'll kill for you |
| [00:48.180] | You wake up, put makeup on |
| [00:49.670] | Stare in the mirror but its clear that |
| [00:51.790] | You can't face what's wrong |
| [00:53.170] | No need to fix what God already put his paint brush on |
| [00:56.220] | Your roommate yelling |
| [00:57.160] | “Why you gotta take so long?” |
| [00:59.290] | What it's like to have a crooked smile |
| [01:00.530] | I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [01:03.340] | I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [01:06.040] | This crooked smile |
| [01:06.660] | You're the one that was tryna keep me way down |
| [01:09.380] | Like a sudden all you know if I'm on my way down |
| [01:12.060] | To all the women with the flaws |
| [01:13.430] | Know it's hard my darling |
| [01:15.060] | You wonder why you're lonely and |
| [01:16.300] | Your man's not calling |
| [01:17.990] | You keep falling victim cause you're insecure |
| [01:20.860] | And when I tell you that |
| [01:22.360] | You're beautiful you can't be sure |
| [01:24.100] | Cause you see that no one wants you back |
| [01:25.980] | And it got you asking |
| [01:26.970] | So all you see is what you lacking |
| [01:28.910] | Not what you packing |
| [01:30.220] | Take it from a man that loves what you got |
| [01:33.130] | And baby you're a star |
| [01:34.500] | Don't let 'em tell you you're not |
| [01:35.930] | Now is it real? Eyebrows, fingernails, hair |
| [01:39.050] | Is it real? if it's not, girl you don't care |
| [01:42.110] | Cause what's real is something |
| [01:43.670] | That the eyes can't see |
| [01:45.040] | That the hands can't touch |
| [01:46.350] | That them broads can't be, and that's you |
| [01:48.970] | Never let 'em see your friend |
| [01:50.790] | And if you need a friend to pick you up |
| [01:52.540] | I'll be around |
| [01:53.480] | And we can ride with the windows down |
| [01:56.100] | The music loud |
| [01:56.720] | I can tell you ain't laughed in a while |
| [01:59.100] | But I wanna see that crooked smile |
| [02:00.280] | I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [02:03.430] | I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [02:06.550] | You're the one that was tryna keep me way down |
| [02:09.500] | Like a sudden all you know if I'm on my way down |
| [02:12.840] | Crooked smile, we could style on 'em (back 'round) |
| [02:15.650] | Crooked smile, we could style on 'em (back 'round) |
| [02:18.280] | You're the one that was trying to keep me way down |
| [02:21.400] | Like the sun, I know you know |
| [02:23.030] | I found my way back 'round |
| [02:24.090] | We only fronting like the people on the screen |
| [02:25.900] | You know them movie stars |
| [02:27.400] | Picture perfect beauty queens |
| [02:29.020] | But we got dreams and we got the right to chase 'em |
| [02:32.260] | Look at the nation |
| [02:33.380] | That's a crooked smile braces couldn't even straighten |
| [02:36.290] | |
| [02:36.850] | Seem like half the race is either on probation, or in jail |
| [02:40.070] | Wonder why we inhale, cause we in hell already |
| [02:43.130] | I asked if my skin pale |
| [02:44.870] | Would I then sell like Eminem or Adele? |
| [02:47.870] | Yo one more time for the 'Ville |
| [02:49.930] | And fuck all of that beef shit, nigga let's make a mil |
| [02:52.790] | Hey officer man, we don't want nobody getting killed |
| [02:55.730] | Just open up that cell, let my brother out of jail |
| [02:58.660] | I got money for the bail now, well now. |
| [03:01.650] | If you asking will I tell now? Hell naw |
| [03:04.590] | I ain't snitching cause |
| [03:05.840] | Man, they get them niggas stitches now |
| [03:08.080] | If you was around, then you wouldn't need a witness now |
| [03:11.130] | How you like this crooked smile? |
| [03:12.070] | I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [03:14.620] | I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [03:17.310] | This crooked smile |
| [03:17.810] | You're the one that was tryna keep me way down |
| [03:20.640] | Like a sudden all you know if I'm on my way down |
| [03:23.450] | Crooked smile, we could style on 'em (back 'round) |
| [03:26.880] | Crooked smile, we could style on 'em (back 'round) |
| [03:29.380] | You're the one that was trying to keep me way down |
| [03:32.530] | Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back 'round |
| [03:35.800] | |
| [03:59.080] | I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [04:01.890] | I'm on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [04:05.260] | You're the one that was trying to keep me way down |
| [04:08.010] | Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back 'round |
| [04:11.000] | |
| [04:12.810] | Back 'round |
| [04:14.060] | |
| [04:17.120] | You're the one that was trying to keep me way down |
| [04:19.850] | Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back 'round |
| [04:22.970] | |
| [04:24.840] | Back 'round |
| [04:25.960] | |
| [04:28.900] | You're the one that was trying to keep me way down |
| [04:31.830] | Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back 'round |
| [00:01.360] | I' m on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [00:04.170] | I' m on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [00:07.170] | You' re the one that was tryna keep me way down |
| [00:09.970] | Like a sudden all you know if I' m on my way down |
| [00:12.840] | Look they tell me I should fix my grill cause |
| [00:14.840] | I got money now |
| [00:16.120] | I ain' t gon' sit around and front like |
| [00:17.750] | I ain' t thought about it |
| [00:19.120] | A perfect smile is more appealing but it' s funny how |
| [00:21.870] | My shit is crooked look at how far |
| [00:23.680] | I done got without it |
| [00:24.980] | I keep my twisted grill |
| [00:25.920] | Just to show them kids it' s real |
| [00:27.920] | We ain' t picture perfect but we worth the picture still |
| [00:31.140] | I got smart, I got rich, and I got bitches still |
| [00:33.820] | And they all look my eyebrows: thick as hell |
| [00:37.000] | Love yourself, girl, or nobody will |
| [00:38.810] | Oh, you a woman? I don' t know how you deal |
| [00:41.370] | With all the pressure to look impressive |
| [00:43.060] | And go out in heels |
| [00:44.240] | I feel for you |
| [00:45.240] | Killing yourself to find a man that' ll kill for you |
| [00:48.180] | You wake up, put makeup on |
| [00:49.670] | Stare in the mirror but its clear that |
| [00:51.790] | You can' t face what' s wrong |
| [00:53.170] | No need to fix what God already put his paint brush on |
| [00:56.220] | Your roommate yelling |
| [00:57.160] | " Why you gotta take so long?" |
| [00:59.290] | What it' s like to have a crooked smile |
| [01:00.530] | I' m on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [01:03.340] | I' m on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [01:06.040] | This crooked smile |
| [01:06.660] | You' re the one that was tryna keep me way down |
| [01:09.380] | Like a sudden all you know if I' m on my way down |
| [01:12.060] | To all the women with the flaws |
| [01:13.430] | Know it' s hard my darling |
| [01:15.060] | You wonder why you' re lonely and |
| [01:16.300] | Your man' s not calling |
| [01:17.990] | You keep falling victim cause you' re insecure |
| [01:20.860] | And when I tell you that |
| [01:22.360] | You' re beautiful you can' t be sure |
| [01:24.100] | Cause you see that no one wants you back |
| [01:25.980] | And it got you asking |
| [01:26.970] | So all you see is what you lacking |
| [01:28.910] | Not what you packing |
| [01:30.220] | Take it from a man that loves what you got |
| [01:33.130] | And baby you' re a star |
| [01:34.500] | Don' t let ' em tell you you' re not |
| [01:35.930] | Now is it real? Eyebrows, fingernails, hair |
| [01:39.050] | Is it real? if it' s not, girl you don' t care |
| [01:42.110] | Cause what' s real is something |
| [01:43.670] | That the eyes can' t see |
| [01:45.040] | That the hands can' t touch |
| [01:46.350] | That them broads can' t be, and that' s you |
| [01:48.970] | Never let ' em see your friend |
| [01:50.790] | And if you need a friend to pick you up |
| [01:52.540] | I' ll be around |
| [01:53.480] | And we can ride with the windows down |
| [01:56.100] | The music loud |
| [01:56.720] | I can tell you ain' t laughed in a while |
| [01:59.100] | But I wanna see that crooked smile |
| [02:00.280] | I' m on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [02:03.430] | I' m on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [02:06.550] | You' re the one that was tryna keep me way down |
| [02:09.500] | Like a sudden all you know if I' m on my way down |
| [02:12.840] | Crooked smile, we could style on ' em back ' round |
| [02:15.650] | Crooked smile, we could style on ' em back ' round |
| [02:18.280] | You' re the one that was trying to keep me way down |
| [02:21.400] | Like the sun, I know you know |
| [02:23.030] | I found my way back ' round |
| [02:24.090] | We only fronting like the people on the screen |
| [02:25.900] | You know them movie stars |
| [02:27.400] | Picture perfect beauty queens |
| [02:29.020] | But we got dreams and we got the right to chase ' em |
| [02:32.260] | Look at the nation |
| [02:33.380] | That' s a crooked smile braces couldn' t even straighten |
| [02:36.290] | |
| [02:36.850] | Seem like half the race is either on probation, or in jail |
| [02:40.070] | Wonder why we inhale, cause we in hell already |
| [02:43.130] | I asked if my skin pale |
| [02:44.870] | Would I then sell like Eminem or Adele? |
| [02:47.870] | Yo one more time for the ' Ville |
| [02:49.930] | And fuck all of that beef shit, nigga let' s make a mil |
| [02:52.790] | Hey officer man, we don' t want nobody getting killed |
| [02:55.730] | Just open up that cell, let my brother out of jail |
| [02:58.660] | I got money for the bail now, well now. |
| [03:01.650] | If you asking will I tell now? Hell naw |
| [03:04.590] | I ain' t snitching cause |
| [03:05.840] | Man, they get them niggas stitches now |
| [03:08.080] | If you was around, then you wouldn' t need a witness now |
| [03:11.130] | How you like this crooked smile? |
| [03:12.070] | I' m on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [03:14.620] | I' m on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [03:17.310] | This crooked smile |
| [03:17.810] | You' re the one that was tryna keep me way down |
| [03:20.640] | Like a sudden all you know if I' m on my way down |
| [03:23.450] | Crooked smile, we could style on ' em back ' round |
| [03:26.880] | Crooked smile, we could style on ' em back ' round |
| [03:29.380] | You' re the one that was trying to keep me way down |
| [03:32.530] | Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back ' round |
| [03:35.800] | |
| [03:59.080] | I' m on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [04:01.890] | I' m on my way, on my way, on my way down |
| [04:05.260] | You' re the one that was trying to keep me way down |
| [04:08.010] | Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back ' round |
| [04:11.000] | |
| [04:12.810] | Back ' round |
| [04:14.060] | |
| [04:17.120] | You' re the one that was trying to keep me way down |
| [04:19.850] | Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back ' round |
| [04:22.970] | |
| [04:24.840] | Back ' round |
| [04:25.960] | |
| [04:28.900] | You' re the one that was trying to keep me way down |
| [04:31.830] | Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back ' round |