Crooked Smile (Original) Lyrics
| Song | Crooked Smile (Original) |
| Artist | J. Cole |
| Album | Revenge Of The Dreamers |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| [00:01.497][Verse 1] | |
| [00:24.138] | They tell me I should fix my grill cause I got money now |
| [00:27.222] | I ain't gon' sit around and front like I ain't thought about it |
| [00:30.159] | A perfect smile is more appealing but it's funny how |
| [00:32.969] | My s**t is crooked look at how far I done got without it |
| [00:36.024] | I keep my twisted grill, just to show the kids it's real |
| [00:39.015] | We ain't picture perfect but we worth the picture still |
| [00:42.015] | I got smart, I got rich, and I got b*****s still |
| [00:45.041] | And they all look like my eyebrows: thick as hell |
| [00:47.933] | Love yourself, girl, or nobody will |
| [00:50.357] | Oh, you a woman? I don't know how you deal |
| [00:52.469] | With all the pressure to look impressive and go out in heels |
| [00:55.481] | I feel for you |
| [00:56.759] | Killing yourself to find a man that'll kill for you |
| [00:59.634] | You wake up, put makeup on |
| [01:01.187] | Stare in the mirror but its clear that you can’t face what’s wrong |
| [01:04.369] | No need to fix what God already put his paint brush on |
| [01:07.321] | Your roommate yelling, "Why you gotta take so long?" |
| [01:10.569] | What it's like to have a crooked smile |
| [01:12.724][Chorus] | |
| [01:13.231] | A crooked smile |
| [01:17.814] | A crooked smile |
| [01:20.590] | This crooked smile |
| [01:21.996][Verse 2] | |
| [01:22.766] | Listen |
| [01:23.857] | I got a story for ya, when I was seventeen |
| [01:26.723] | I had a name, was far from lame and that meant everything |
| [01:29.728] | I hit the club with my ***** Ced. ain't nuttin' new |
| [01:32.636] | But on this particular night that we was coming through |
| [01:35.585] | ****** was on the stage, battlin' babblin' |
| [01:38.264] | Going nowhere, I figured, "**** it, there's a couple hoes here" |
| [01:41.478] | I might as well sign up and climbed up the stage |
| [01:44.188] | I went first, I kicked my verse, spit like a lion out the cage |
| [01:47.072] | The crowd feeling my rage, I aired the ***** |
| [01:49.895] | Tossed the mic right to 'em like I dared the ***** |
| [01:52.874] | Thought I scared the *****, DJ started the beat |
| [01:55.829] | His heart started to beat fast, the part of defeat |
| [01:58.723] | The ***** verse was weak, that is until he said this |
| [02:01.763] | "You ain't So So Def, your teeth just got Jagged Edges" |
| [02:05.026] | Damn, that was the dagger that killed my swagger |
| [02:07.784] | I never hit that stage again, I begged my mom for braces, then I had a |
| [02:11.203][Chorus] | |
| [02:11.644] | Crooked smile |
| [02:13.065] | A crooked smile |
| [02:16.992] | A crooked smile |
| [02:20.074] | A crooked smile |
| [02:21.740][Verse 3] | |
| [02:22.438] | Growing up was just a young knucklehead running wild |
| [02:25.487] | Momma youngest, e'erybody knew I was the problem child |
| [02:28.156] | Front teeth missing in my smile, snaggletooth ***** for a while |
| [02:31.795] | Liftin' up my pillow, tooth fairy never came around |
| [02:34.672] | Damn, we was po', but I ain't know |
| [02:36.998] | Mouth open at the mirror daily, look and wonder how my teeth'll grow |
| [02:40.626] | They came slow and out of line, I couldn't comprehend |
| [02:43.948] | The significance at the time, this crooked smile |
| [02:46.845] | Was just another sign saying life ain't fair |
| [02:49.448] | Some ****** had the perfect smile with the nice wave hair |
| [02:52.381] | Oh yeah, remember Brandy? Loved her like candy |
| [02:55.262] | She went with my *****, Sosa, I was scared to approach her |
| [02:58.616] | That ***** had the fresh new gear, J's drop |
| [03:01.609] | He got a fresh new pair, and there I was with hand-me-downs |
| [03:05.122] | Turn into the class clown, teachers couldn't stand me now |
| [03:08.002] | Defense mechanism, lookin' for attention |
| [03:10.535][Chorus] | |
| [03:12.265] | With this crooked smile |
| [03:14.039] | This crooked smile |
| [03:16.918] | This crooked smile |
| [03:19.790] | This crooked smile |
| [03:21.581][Outro] | |
| [03:23.421]"Crooked Smile". You know what it is. This is for those that's—that's not picture perfect, but we still worth the picture, you know? As I sit here and sip this Corona. Ayy, shout out to Brandy, man. I—I still got love for ya. I'll never forget, we was in the fifth grade, maybe it was later than that, but remember we was at the [?] we had the orchestra thing and you told—you told a white girl, you told her to tell me that if I went and got some braces that you would go out with a ***** [?] | s**t. A |
| [00:01.497][Verse 1] | |
| [00:24.138] | They tell me I should fix my grill cause I got money now |
| [00:27.222] | I ain' t gon' sit around and front like I ain' t thought about it |
| [00:30.159] | A perfect smile is more appealing but it' s funny how |
| [00:32.969] | My s t is crooked look at how far I done got without it |
| [00:36.024] | I keep my twisted grill, just to show the kids it' s real |
| [00:39.015] | We ain' t picture perfect but we worth the picture still |
| [00:42.015] | I got smart, I got rich, and I got b s still |
| [00:45.041] | And they all look like my eyebrows: thick as hell |
| [00:47.933] | Love yourself, girl, or nobody will |
| [00:50.357] | Oh, you a woman? I don' t know how you deal |
| [00:52.469] | With all the pressure to look impressive and go out in heels |
| [00:55.481] | I feel for you |
| [00:56.759] | Killing yourself to find a man that' ll kill for you |
| [00:59.634] | You wake up, put makeup on |
| [01:01.187] | Stare in the mirror but its clear that you can' t face what' s wrong |
| [01:04.369] | No need to fix what God already put his paint brush on |
| [01:07.321] | Your roommate yelling, " Why you gotta take so long?" |
| [01:10.569] | What it' s like to have a crooked smile |
| [01:12.724][Chorus] | |
| [01:13.231] | A crooked smile |
| [01:17.814] | A crooked smile |
| [01:20.590] | This crooked smile |
| [01:21.996][Verse 2] | |
| [01:22.766] | Listen |
| [01:23.857] | I got a story for ya, when I was seventeen |
| [01:26.723] | I had a name, was far from lame and that meant everything |
| [01:29.728] | I hit the club with my Ced. ain' t nuttin' new |
| [01:32.636] | But on this particular night that we was coming through |
| [01:35.585] | was on the stage, battlin' babblin' |
| [01:38.264] | Going nowhere, I figured, " it, there' s a couple hoes here" |
| [01:41.478] | I might as well sign up and climbed up the stage |
| [01:44.188] | I went first, I kicked my verse, spit like a lion out the cage |
| [01:47.072] | The crowd feeling my rage, I aired the |
| [01:49.895] | Tossed the mic right to ' em like I dared the |
| [01:52.874] | Thought I scared the , DJ started the beat |
| [01:55.829] | His heart started to beat fast, the part of defeat |
| [01:58.723] | The verse was weak, that is until he said this |
| [02:01.763] | " You ain' t So So Def, your teeth just got Jagged Edges" |
| [02:05.026] | Damn, that was the dagger that killed my swagger |
| [02:07.784] | I never hit that stage again, I begged my mom for braces, then I had a |
| [02:11.203][Chorus] | |
| [02:11.644] | Crooked smile |
| [02:13.065] | A crooked smile |
| [02:16.992] | A crooked smile |
| [02:20.074] | A crooked smile |
| [02:21.740][Verse 3] | |
| [02:22.438] | Growing up was just a young knucklehead running wild |
| [02:25.487] | Momma youngest, e' erybody knew I was the problem child |
| [02:28.156] | Front teeth missing in my smile, snaggletooth for a while |
| [02:31.795] | Liftin' up my pillow, tooth fairy never came around |
| [02:34.672] | Damn, we was po', but I ain' t know |
| [02:36.998] | Mouth open at the mirror daily, look and wonder how my teeth' ll grow |
| [02:40.626] | They came slow and out of line, I couldn' t comprehend |
| [02:43.948] | The significance at the time, this crooked smile |
| [02:46.845] | Was just another sign saying life ain' t fair |
| [02:49.448] | Some had the perfect smile with the nice wave hair |
| [02:52.381] | Oh yeah, remember Brandy? Loved her like candy |
| [02:55.262] | She went with my , Sosa, I was scared to approach her |
| [02:58.616] | That had the fresh new gear, J' s drop |
| [03:01.609] | He got a fresh new pair, and there I was with handmedowns |
| [03:05.122] | Turn into the class clown, teachers couldn' t stand me now |
| [03:08.002] | Defense mechanism, lookin' for attention |
| [03:10.535][Chorus] | |
| [03:12.265] | With this crooked smile |
| [03:14.039] | This crooked smile |
| [03:16.918] | This crooked smile |
| [03:19.790] | This crooked smile |
| [03:21.581][Outro] | |
| [03:23.421]"Crooked Smile". You know what it is. This is for those that's—that's not picture perfect, but we still worth the picture, you know? As I sit here and sip this Corona. Ayy, shout out to Brandy, man. I—I still got love for ya. I'll never forget, we was in the fifth grade, maybe it was later than that, but remember we was at the [?] we had the orchestra thing and you told—you told a white girl, you told her to tell me that if I went and got some braces that you would go out with a ***** [?] | s t. A |
| [00:01.497][Verse 1] | |
| [00:24.138] | They tell me I should fix my grill cause I got money now |
| [00:27.222] | I ain' t gon' sit around and front like I ain' t thought about it |
| [00:30.159] | A perfect smile is more appealing but it' s funny how |
| [00:32.969] | My s t is crooked look at how far I done got without it |
| [00:36.024] | I keep my twisted grill, just to show the kids it' s real |
| [00:39.015] | We ain' t picture perfect but we worth the picture still |
| [00:42.015] | I got smart, I got rich, and I got b s still |
| [00:45.041] | And they all look like my eyebrows: thick as hell |
| [00:47.933] | Love yourself, girl, or nobody will |
| [00:50.357] | Oh, you a woman? I don' t know how you deal |
| [00:52.469] | With all the pressure to look impressive and go out in heels |
| [00:55.481] | I feel for you |
| [00:56.759] | Killing yourself to find a man that' ll kill for you |
| [00:59.634] | You wake up, put makeup on |
| [01:01.187] | Stare in the mirror but its clear that you can' t face what' s wrong |
| [01:04.369] | No need to fix what God already put his paint brush on |
| [01:07.321] | Your roommate yelling, " Why you gotta take so long?" |
| [01:10.569] | What it' s like to have a crooked smile |
| [01:12.724][Chorus] | |
| [01:13.231] | A crooked smile |
| [01:17.814] | A crooked smile |
| [01:20.590] | This crooked smile |
| [01:21.996][Verse 2] | |
| [01:22.766] | Listen |
| [01:23.857] | I got a story for ya, when I was seventeen |
| [01:26.723] | I had a name, was far from lame and that meant everything |
| [01:29.728] | I hit the club with my Ced. ain' t nuttin' new |
| [01:32.636] | But on this particular night that we was coming through |
| [01:35.585] | was on the stage, battlin' babblin' |
| [01:38.264] | Going nowhere, I figured, " it, there' s a couple hoes here" |
| [01:41.478] | I might as well sign up and climbed up the stage |
| [01:44.188] | I went first, I kicked my verse, spit like a lion out the cage |
| [01:47.072] | The crowd feeling my rage, I aired the |
| [01:49.895] | Tossed the mic right to ' em like I dared the |
| [01:52.874] | Thought I scared the , DJ started the beat |
| [01:55.829] | His heart started to beat fast, the part of defeat |
| [01:58.723] | The verse was weak, that is until he said this |
| [02:01.763] | " You ain' t So So Def, your teeth just got Jagged Edges" |
| [02:05.026] | Damn, that was the dagger that killed my swagger |
| [02:07.784] | I never hit that stage again, I begged my mom for braces, then I had a |
| [02:11.203][Chorus] | |
| [02:11.644] | Crooked smile |
| [02:13.065] | A crooked smile |
| [02:16.992] | A crooked smile |
| [02:20.074] | A crooked smile |
| [02:21.740][Verse 3] | |
| [02:22.438] | Growing up was just a young knucklehead running wild |
| [02:25.487] | Momma youngest, e' erybody knew I was the problem child |
| [02:28.156] | Front teeth missing in my smile, snaggletooth for a while |
| [02:31.795] | Liftin' up my pillow, tooth fairy never came around |
| [02:34.672] | Damn, we was po', but I ain' t know |
| [02:36.998] | Mouth open at the mirror daily, look and wonder how my teeth' ll grow |
| [02:40.626] | They came slow and out of line, I couldn' t comprehend |
| [02:43.948] | The significance at the time, this crooked smile |
| [02:46.845] | Was just another sign saying life ain' t fair |
| [02:49.448] | Some had the perfect smile with the nice wave hair |
| [02:52.381] | Oh yeah, remember Brandy? Loved her like candy |
| [02:55.262] | She went with my , Sosa, I was scared to approach her |
| [02:58.616] | That had the fresh new gear, J' s drop |
| [03:01.609] | He got a fresh new pair, and there I was with handmedowns |
| [03:05.122] | Turn into the class clown, teachers couldn' t stand me now |
| [03:08.002] | Defense mechanism, lookin' for attention |
| [03:10.535][Chorus] | |
| [03:12.265] | With this crooked smile |
| [03:14.039] | This crooked smile |
| [03:16.918] | This crooked smile |
| [03:19.790] | This crooked smile |
| [03:21.581][Outro] | |
| [03:23.421]"Crooked Smile". You know what it is. This is for those that's—that's not picture perfect, but we still worth the picture, you know? As I sit here and sip this Corona. Ayy, shout out to Brandy, man. I—I still got love for ya. I'll never forget, we was in the fifth grade, maybe it was later than that, but remember we was at the [?] we had the orchestra thing and you told—you told a white girl, you told her to tell me that if I went and got some braces that you would go out with a ***** [?] | s t. A |
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