Keep Smiling (A Beautiful Life)

[Verse: Byron]
A peace of mind
Live on the edge of sobriety when I rhyme
Leave it to me to encourage people to never decline
Knowledge is power and money is poisonous every time
Look at my life and decide whether you taught me enough
I’ll write your name in the sky
Before we met I was rough, around the edges
That was embedded at birth
Freedom wasn’t relatable, my societal quirks
But look at what I became; you’re the root of my change
Things could have been better, but who do I have to blame?
This is for every one of you that I met on the way
Find someone or something you love until you decay
See, I’ve got a lot of guts, I’ll show them to you today
Y’all know my ventilation is something they’ll never take
As long as I’m being honest, I ain’t trying to hear a thing
Do you want a pretty lie, or truth embodied by faith?
Welcome to my reality, actually my escape
Don’t worry; I won’t ever forget the promise we made
I remember specifically Marina, it was the day I last saw you alive
And the second to last words you would say were… (I love you)
I love you more
And I swear if I ever fall, I’m getting right back up
My whole life I had to knock down walls
The most important decision I could have made was overcoming my own hesitation
But instead, I was afraid
Why was I afraid to lose you when every day could be my last?
It was strange, cause you were afraid too, and I knew it wasn’t phase anymore
Manifested into something that I just can’t ignore
Your progression was reason to keep smiling, never mind all the violence
Seven years in the making, I wonder how I’m surviving
Ain’t no telling if Heaven is similar to what I’m in
Gold chains, Ferraris never defined Byron
I took a couple of L’s, but I won at life
Must have thought she had my number, never wanted strife
You’ll be proud of me for surviving when it’s said and done
What’s your body without a soul, a dead one

[Outro]
You had one of the best smiles ever. If I had to give credit, you were the first person to make living worth it, and I just want to thank you. You helped me a lot. I remember when... We could just talk about everything. Like, you’d talk about how you miss your dad and how you wanted me to meet him. Funny thing is, that’s how all of this came about. You looked me like everything weighing you down had been lifted. I remember it like it was yesterday. You said, “As long as you live, keep smiling because it brightens everybody’s day. Whether you know it or not…”