Byron Henderson - Keep Smiling (A Beautiful Life) lyrics

[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…”