[Chorus: Mandrill Sample]

The sun is in the sky

But I refuse to smile

Still darkness lingers in my mind

[Verse 1: Wale]

How the fuck am I gonna smile?

See y'all niggas got the wrong guy

The box that I'm in isn't mine to be in

Must I remind you again?

The mind is an engine

My drive doesn't drive for intolerance

Because I'm more popular than bloggers and pirates

The ignorant downgrade me to average

But they don't even know half of the rapper

So they threw me in the skinny jeans crew

Because I rap about shit that the people really do

If i got Glocks poppin' at Picasso that proper

I'd rather rap about politics and Prada

Gucci and bitches, and hip-hop business

I don't gotta pass stones like fucked up kidneys

To make y'all listen, and get my vision

While the real niggas listen, the bitch niggas gon' whisper

B-grade rappers gasp like wind sprints

Whack rappers sound better when they dis skip

And look better with their wrists slit

Then, and only then will you motherfuckers see a grin

[Chorus: Mandrill Sample]

The sun is in the sky

But I refuse to smile

Still darkness lingers in my mind

[Verse 2: Memphis Bleek]

Yep, I keep my head up

The only thing down is the top

A mean mug nigga cause the grind don't stop

Last week, my little homie got popped

And lord knows if the gun play law stopped

Fuck cops and politics

I'm into making hoods tight as shit

Now ain't that boutta' bitch?

Had a strong team, until the feds came

Peepin' down the week

Tote it all mang'

So what the fuck am I smiling 'bout?

This the shit here niggas on the island 'bout

And the foe building right now, wild'n out

So I don't wanna hear about how you Gucci'd out

Nigga, I'm bout' to pour about a hundred out

Out the bank, and bail all my niggas out

Fuck you think?

Get low

[Chorus: Mandrill Sample]

The sun is in the sky

But I refuse to smile

Still darkness lingers in my mind