Smile Lyrics

[Intro: 50 Cent]
Yeah,
it's somethin' special y'know; somethin' epic
Lloyd Banks, you know
'Cause a nigga thuggin' don't mean he don't
Wanna see you smile baby


[Break: 50 Cent]
(Wooo!) I wanna be the reason you smile
I wanna be the reason you smi-ile
I wanna be the reason you smile
After you wipe away your tears and dry your eyes


[Verse 1: Lloyd Banks]
I'm gettin' the feelin' you wanna take revenge
From the conversations we have and the way it ends
You wanna discuss me in front of your lady friends
That's why it's just me in my Mercedes Benz
It all depends, maybe if we make amends
We can start from scratch

Learn to control your temper and remarks in fact
We plan to be platonic with our hearts intact
So every time we separate, somebody's marchin' back

You're amazin' in the sack
Eyes slanted like you're Asian but you're Black
God bless whoever gave you all of that
If you seen her from the back
You'd understand why they stare like that
And ain't a flaw to her toes, the Lord knows
Her pussy good enough to miss award shows
And I ain't gotta say nothin', she just knows
By the way I look at her to take off all her clothes
Up and down, then OHH!
[Chorus: Lloyd Banks & (50 Cent)]
Whenever I'm not around, and you feelin' down
Let the thought of me be (be the reason you smile)
I don't wanna see you frown, like them kids watch a clown
I wanna bring you joy and be (be the reason you smile)
Baby, you know my style, you know how I get down
I provide by any means to be (be the reason you smile)
We done been through ups and downs, had drama for a while
I'm just happy I'm around to be (be the reason you smile)

[Verse 2: Lloyd Banks]
The main reason I been lookin' at you pitiful
Don't amount to half of this shit I done did to you
Violated and tiptoed into a crib or two
I've come clean to be a bigger individual

Even though you're busy boo, the evening's when I visit you
Kinda makes me feel lucky, 'cause I see niggas
When you tease 'em with your physical
She wanna wreck up the room 'til I ain't got no more wind left
Why I want my section 8 princess
My foreign chick bad, but she been stressed
Plus it's hard to communicate
'Cause she don't speak-a no English

I been around the world, state to state
But now I'm back bustin' in your bathroom
Got you laughin' in your shower cap, let's get it on
'Cause I'm leavin' in a hour flat, but it don't matter she's mad
Even when I holla back
All I really need your attention for a while
And, I bet you I can make you smile
[Chorus: Lloyd Banks & (50 Cent)]
Whenever I'm not around, and you feelin' down
Let the thought of me be (be the reason you smile)
I don't wanna see you frown, like them kids watch a clown
I wanna bring you joy and be (be the reason you smile)
Baby, you know my style, you know how I get down
I provide by any means to be (be the reason you smile)
We done been through ups and downs, had drama for a while
I'm just happy I'm around to be (be the reason you smile)
Whenever I'm not around, and you feelin' down
Let the thought of me be (be the reason you smile)
I don't wanna see you frown, like them kids watch a clown
I wanna bring you joy and be (be the reason you smile)
Baby, you know my style, you know how I get down
I provide by any means to be (be the reason you smile)
We done been through ups and downs, had drama for a while
I'm just happy I'm around to be (be the reason you smile)

[Outro: 50 Cent]
I wanna be the reason you smile
I wanna be the reason you smi-ile
I wanna be the reason you smile
After you wipe away your tears and dry your eyes

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Genius Annotation

A song which depicts the more emotionally engaged side of a thug. They are human just like the rest.

The beat samples Syreeta – I Too Am Wanting from the album One To One.

The music video features Loui V; Banks' little brother who portrays Banks himself as he was growing up.

Q&A

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What did G-Unit say about "Smile"?
Genius Answer

That was around the time when I was starting to shop music to other people. I’m not sure how they got the record, but it got shopped and they got it and recorded to it. It was weird, because at the time, the last place I thought this would land would be G-Unit.

I remember I saw them on 106 & Park or Rap City, and they said ‘Yeah, we’re working with No I.D.’ and I was like ‘Word?’ I didn’t know they were going to make a single out of it. I had no relationships with them at the time, and they ended up pushing it and being the set-up for Lloyd Banks’ solo album. It was totally out of the blue and unexpected.

via Complex.

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Recorded At
Teamwork Music Studios
Release Date
November 14, 2003
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