[Intro: Shawn Stockman & Mac Miller]
Oh-oh (Hey), yeah-yeah
Oh, yeah, oh, yeah (Ayo, Stat, what's good, bruh?)
Mm-mm-mm, oh, yeah
La-de-da-de-da (This the hook part, right?)
Uh-uh (I'ma let this ride out, though), uh-uh-uh-uh (Uh)
La-de-da-de-da (Finally got a reason to be happy, you feel me?)
Aight, look
[Verse 1: Mac Miller]
Hey, I never thought that I'd be doin' what it is I'm doin' now
Girls callin' me, tryin' to follow me all the way to my house
In a city, then I'm out the next day
Still a young grasshopper, kick it with my senseis
Who just wanna school me on the game, smokin' and tellin' tales
"You can fabricate the truth, but bein' real never fails"
So, I put my life on wax, as-is
Like right now I'm just kickin' it up in Stat's crib
I'm kinda livin' the dream, and I enjoy it
Happiness is great when you're used to disappointment
Now I'm good, big smile and a loud heart
Everything kosher like Kyle off of South Park
Overnight success could be gone by the mornin'
That's why I'm on my grind, puttin' time in, recordin'
Stackin' paper, tryna save me up a fortune
And go and cop a hundred pairs of old school Jordans
[Chorus: Shawn Stockman & Termanlogy]
When the rain fell from the sky
And the dark clouds made it hard to see the light, oh
I still managed to survive
Now happy days are finally here and now I can (Uh-huh), now I can smile
[Verse 2: Termanology]
I rocked thirty countries in a two-year span
Damn, mama's little man rockin' Japan
Got the Source Unsigned Hype, showed the whole hood
And that was 2K5, damn, time flies
Man, it feel good to see people up on it
Comin' to your shows and worshipin' your performance
Runnin' to the stores and purchasin' your recordings
Remember your goal is platinum and gold
It's good to see Mac blow up, the kid's nasty
Statik on his way to the top, that's if you ask me
I've got a good reason to smile, I'm gettin' cash beyond
Whatever I thought I would make off a song
If I get a lot of money, I'm leavin' it to my daughters
It's a lot of fake people around me, but I ignore 'em
And I think about all of my enemies all the time
But fuck it, I'll let it slide, I'm just happy to be alive
[Chorus: Shawn Stockman]
When the rain fell from the sky
And the dark clouds made it hard to see the light, oh
I still managed to survive
Now happy days are finally here and now I can, now I can smile
[Bridge: Shawn Stockman]
When people turned their backs on me
Played me, tried to throw me away (Now I can smile)
Now they wonder how I'm still in the world
Eatin' good and gettin' paid (Now I can smile)
'Cause I know my children will never feel hunger pangs
When I wanted to give up, I found a new purpose
Now, it's a new day, 'cause I'm so happy
[Verse 3: Bun B]
Look at my life and where your boy came from (Came from)
The land of the trill, that's where I got my game from (Game from)
Where you gotta be strong to survive
And if you're not built right, they gonna be gone with your life
Everything can change for you in the blink of an eyeball
Today they're your homies, but tomorrow they'll try y'all
You'll be the king on the throne, laughin' at the pawn (Pawn)
And in a flash, it'll be your crown he's puttin' on (On)
But I took the advice that the O.G.s bestowed ('Stowed)
It didn't take long before your boy got throwed (Throwed)
Now I'm an O.G. and I'm doin' the same (Same)
For the Terms and the Macs and the Stats of the game (Stats of the game)
Lookin' at my past days (Days), and where I'm at now (Now)
I learned the skinny, now your boy's livin' fat now (Fat now)
I'm standin' at the top of the pile (Top of the pile)
And all I can do is smile
Happy days
[Chorus: Shawn Stockman]
When the rain fell from the sky (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
And the dark clouds made (Dark clouds made)
It hard to see the light, oh (Ooh-ooh-ooh)
I still managed to survive (I managed to survive)
Now happy days are finally here (Happy days)
And now I can, now I can smile
[Outro: Shawn Stockman]
I can smile, I can smile
Oh, yeah
I can smile, oh-oh
When no one else believed, I believed in you
Oh, yeah
Now I can smile
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