[Hook: TLC]
Im on my way, on my way, on my way down (x2)
Youre the one that was trying to keep me way down
But like the sun know you know I found my way back round[Verse 1: J. Cole]
Look
They tell me I should fix my grill cause I got money now
I aint gon sit around and front like I aint thought about it
A perfect smile is more appealing but its funny how
My shit is crooked look at how far I done got without it
I keep my twisted grill, just to show them kids its real
We aint picture perfect but we worth the picture still
I got smart, I got rich, and I got bitches still
And they all look like my eyebrows: thick as hell
Love yourself, girl, or nobody will
Oh, you a woman? I dont know how you deal
With all the pressure to look impressive and go out in heels
I feel for you
Killing yourself to find a man thatll kill for you
You wake up, put makeup on
Stare in the mirror but its clear that you cant face whats
wrong
No need to fix what God already put his paint brush on
Your roommate yelling, Why you gotta take so long?
What its like to have a crooked smile
This crooked smile[Hook][Verse 2: J. Cole]
To all the women with the flaws, know its hard my darling
You wonder why youre lonely and your mans not calling
You keep falling victim cause youre insecure
And when I tell you that youre beautiful you cant be sure
Cause you see that no one wants you back and it got you asking
So all you see is what you lacking, not what you packing
Take it from a man that loves what you got
And baby girl youre a star, dont let em tell you youre not
Now is it real? Eyebrows, fingernails, hair
Is it real? if its not, girl you dont care
Cause whats real is something that the eyes cant see
That the hands cant touch, that them broads cant be, and
thats you
Never let em see you frown
And if you need a friend to pick you up, Ill be around
And we can ride with the windows down, the music loud
I can tell you aint laughed in a while
But I wanna see that crooked smile[Hook][Bridge 1: J. Cole (TLC)]
Crooked smile, we could style on em (back round)
Crooked smile, we could style on em (back round)
(Youre the one that was trying to keep me way down.
Like the sun, I know you know I found my way back round..)[Verse 3: J.
Cole]
We dont look nothing like the people on the screen
You know them movie stars, picture perfect beauty queens
But we got dreams and we got the right to chase em
Look at the nation, thats a crooked smile braces couldnt even
straighten
Seem like half the race is either on probation, or in jail
Wonder why we inhale, cause we in hell already
I asked if my skin pale, would I then sell like Eminem or Adele?
Yo one more time for the Ville
And fuck all of that beef shit, nigga lets make a mil
Hey officer man, we dont want nobody getting killed
Just open up that cell, let my brother out of jail
I got money for the bail now, well now
If you asking will I tell now? Hell naw
I aint snitching cause
Man, they get them niggas stitches now
If you was around, then you wouldnt need a witness now
How you like this crooked smile?[Hook][Bridge 2]