Knowmads - Smile for the Camera lyrics

Sittin’ at the airport, waitin’ on a flight
Thinkin’ to myself
Don’t the future look bright
Whatchu think about this? It
Ain't really that tight
Whatchu think about that? I don’t know
It’s a-ight
Water on the wrist, buy somethin’ nice
Damn yall cute, I don’t buy into the hype
Smile for the camera, pain (t) on ice
The world is a bad bitch you wanna be like
The world is a sad-boy sippin’ on sprite
Livin’ in a trap house, flippin’ that white
Don’t tell me that’s all you
Could do with your life
Imma keep it real I don’t need you to like me
While we’re makin’ ends meet
Had me payin’ off debts
I done been around the world
And I made it back west
Talkin’ ‘bout your dreams boy


Say it with yo chest
Feelin’ so blessed on my way to success
Don't be afraid to go change your address
The worlds so big can't just stay in the nest
Keep your feet grounded, but what for?
With a bird's eye view seein’ so much more
First you gotta make it past your front door
Fall in love with the knowns
And the one to explore
The feelin’ in my heart
Im too young to ignore
Come to terms with the fact
That nothin’s for sure
So imma do me, keep writin’ songs nightly
In love with myself
I don't need you to like me

Step into the limelight, smile for the camera

Walkin’ off stage, just the other night
Thinkin’ ‘bout the world man
Somethin’ ain’t right
Tryna tell the kids that ain’t
Really what it’s like
Life ain’t a fairytale stereotype
Water on the wrist, buy somethin’ nice
Damn yall cute, I don’t buy into the hype

The world is a bad bitch you wanna be like
The world is a sad-boy sippin’ on sprite
Livin’ in a trap house, flippin’ that white
Don’t tell me that’s all you
Could do with your life
Imma keep it real I don’t need you to like me
Say what I feel for the ones just like me
See you on da ‘gram sayin’ "please
Just like me"
Actin’ like hoes, wannabe hype beasts
Yall do you
There ain't nothin’ quite like me

What could I do to make ‘em notice me?
In a world don’t give a fuck about poetry
Phones change, now we interact socially
Lotta people say they woke, now hopefully
I don’t wanna have to take
Drugs to go to sleep shouldn’t be like this
Not how it’s s’posed to be
Think smaller, make a dollar, buy groceries
Say dat "life ain't fair, so pray to rosary"
Think men wrote the books
Guess I’m blasphemous
That’s just how my brain works
I didn’t ask for this
And if I ever met god I would ask him this
"Was it part of your plan
To make us capitalists?"
While we struggle every day to
Make a bastard rich
I think the bible need to
Add a couple asterisks
‘Cause we destroying the planet
And baby that’s the risk
So when I smile hope the
Camera could snap to this

Stick to the facts, they was never that tight

And all that other shit you
Don’t need in your life
Water on the wrist, buy somethin’ nice
Damn yall cute, I don’t buy into the hype
Smile for the camera, pain (t) on ice
The world is a bad bitch you wanna be like
The world is a sad-boy sippin’ on sprite
Livin’ in a trap house, flippin’ that white
Don’t tell me that’s all you
Could do with your life
Imma keep it real I don’t need you to like me
Say what I feel for the ones just like me
See you on da ‘gram sayin’ "please
Just like me"
Actin’ like hoes, wannabe hype beasts
Yall do you
There ain't nothin’ quite like me (no)