Learn How to Smile

When I grow up I wanna be a hero
Still a punk kid at 21 years old
Walkin' past a 9-11 mural
I spot a pretty young thing with door knockers in her ear lobes
Lookin' good in high heels and short skirt
Though I'm sure she only dressed up for work
Walkin' over to a car and starts talkin'
Same time, I can feel my heart stoppin'
Like deep down in my heart I just wanna stop it
But that's her hustle yo, I can't knock it
Just keep walkin' and thinkin' to myself
How she sell herself without livin' in Hell
Can't imagine what it takes and it makes me start to think
But even when it seem impossible
Ya gotta do what you gotta do

Everything'll be ok have faith
We'll figure everything out some how
Everything'll be cool one day
Til then baby learn how to smile
Everything'll be ok one day
We'll figure everything out some how
Everything'll be cool just pray
That one day we learn how to smile

Now Daisy had a baby at the age of 18
A wounded angel, broken wings with a rusted halo
Ain't got nothing but bad luck and good looks
Living definition of pretty messed up
5'3" with a cup size c, slim with smooth skin
Yea shorty a beauty queen
Wic, Food Stamps and Welfare
No one else cares that the world's on her shoulders
Hands on a stroller, pushin' a small child
No one else around
cuz her mother's a junkie and baby daddy bailed out
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorn
But earth's greatest beauty is a woman's strength
And ever since the day that baby was born
She been making a change
Become a role model trying to keep it together
Every day working harder to make it a little better

Everything'll be ok have faith
We'll figure everything out some how
Everything'll be cool one day
Til then baby learn how to smile
Everything'll be ok one day
We'll figure everything out some how
Everything'll be cool just pray
That one day we learn how to smile

Now never be world peace til the world fall to pieces
Conflicted with demons, I need a personal Jesus
The weight on my shoulders never eases
The pressure never ceases
It just piles on top'me got me thinkin' golly
God guide me from the ungodly
And save me before I go crazy
Sit back and I day dream
Thinkin' back a few years
Picturin' a sunny Sunday afternoon clear
The middle of the summer
Beneath the bridge
Graffiti in the tunnel, just me and my misfits
A pack of losers, mass confusion
I grew up a screw up the opposite of a winner
The runt of the litter but the more I grew, the more I noticed
Eyes opened to the bogus
Learn to keep focus
All that glitters ain't golden

Everything'll be ok have faith
We'll figure everything out some how
Everything'll be cool one day
Til then baby learn how to smile
Everything'll be ok one day
We'll figure everything out some how
Everything'll be cool just pray
That one day we learn how to smile