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Tears of Joy (feat. Publish or Perish)

from Shadow of Death - EP by Black Smith

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A few of the Publish and Perish crew-members (Black Smith, Quentino, DJ Doo-Bay, and Kreative Tendencies, to be exact) get a few more things off their chest with this posse-driven interpretation of Rick Ross's "Tears of Joy". Black Smith accepts the finality of his current situation; Quentino recounts a romance gone awry; Doo-Bay opens up about previous turmoil in his younger days; and Kreative discusses what makes his success distinct. It might just be the most outspoken song by the group so far, so pay attention. "Tears of Joy" features choral vocals by Cee-Lo Green and production by No I.D.

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[Verse 1 - Black Smith]
May the souls of Pac and Big bless my pad and my pen
No I.D. on the track--- let the story begin
Or rather... the next chapter of pain novelized
The next chapter in this Book of Life a brother write
Back when I walked the altar and made these rhymes my wife
I'd have never guessed I'd end up three years later despisin' life
But retrospect can do the funniest things to time:
Either you'll appreciate it more or deny it the co-sign, uh!
I guess it's the own bed I've made
So why even complain about havin' somewhere for my head to lay?
If only I'd been able to make the Reaper's sickle sway:
Exchange my life for my mom's and replace all my dismay
But since that ain't the case, I guess I'll have to make do
Quentino and Rob tried their best to dissuade me from rues
And keep my complexion from remaining in blue
But "Color Purple" reruns only bleed me a darker hue, uh!
Last night I cried tears of joy!
What did she do to deserve this?
Know it's selfish expressin' dissent
But if not, my spirit remissed
They say she in better bliss
Couldn't argue, pain won't be missed
Still got my mind, so I guess I'm blessed
But I can't dismiss distress, gotta get it off my chest
No amount of ice could alleviate this pest
Called Doubt, and what it's posed got me debatin' my own quest
Yesterday I read my horoscope
Tellin' me what I already know
Hope my mother lookin' down, chucklin' at what I don't
No more medical bed, so yeah, go 'head and float!

[Hook - Cee-Lo Green]
To all the loved ones I leave behind
At least they can't see me cry
And I ask, when someone wants to be me why
Thought having everything would ease my mind
If you could read my mind
My God, I'm scarred, I have tattoo tears of joy

[Verse 2 - Quentino]
I remember back in the days
When they was the good ol' days
Cool and youthful, she was so beautiful
Had niggas trippin' over her beauty
She was a cutie, but tough as rock
She wasn't easy to please
She wasn't easy to satisfy
Her hunger kept growin'
She wanted a man, and I was a boy
I tried to show off, but yet I got blown off
And now I feel so lost, but I talked to another lost
Then we both was found, just from the sound
Of God tellin' us that we was meant to be
This is our history, of our love story
And if you hear this from somebody else, just know it's based on a true story
I just wanna be able to show that I got tears of joys and not tears of sadness

[Hook - Cee-Lo Green]
To all the loved ones I leave behind
At least they can't see me cry
And I ask, when someone wants to be me why
Thought having everything would ease my mind
If you could read my mind
My God, I'm scarred, I have tattoo tears of joy

[Verse 3 - DJ Doo-Bay]
Last night I cried tears of joy!
While eating sushi with wasabi and soy
Before this I had hard times as a boy,
Mommaa gettin' beat and my Daddy on the floor,
I would cry "why me?" prayin' to the Lord,
Thoughts of death and suicide rise in an impressionable kid’s mind,
Daddy stayed up late with his best friend Jack,
Daniels not far gettin' throwed in back,
Trying to decipher between fiction and fact,
Why do I wake up blue and black?
Momma, stickin' up, ended up gettin smacked,
Brother act a fool the very next day,
Pulled a butcher knife on me, said it ends this way,
Momma stepped in--- the shit was cray,
I look at you and you kept me sane
That’s why I want you to bear my name,
Saved me from darkness, pulled me out the fray,
You and me down the aisle better save that day,
You and me together forever, I pray,
Never ever gonna let this go in vain!

[Hook - Cee-Lo Green]
To all the loved ones I leave behind
At least they can't see me cry
And I ask, when someone wants to be me why
Thought having everything would ease my mind
If you could read my mind
My God, I'm scarred, I have tattoo tears of joy

[Verse 4 - Kreative Tendencies]
I never cared about how people viewed me
I'm still better, 'cause I can look myself in the mirror
I know I never followed the book, I'm not perfect
Funny thing is, I'm a perfectionist, and I can still admit that
I'm lost in a random mindstate, faux reality, but stuck in a real dream state
I think we might go deeper, 'cause y'all ain't inceptin',
So Imma keep beatin' y'all head till you get the message
I'm awkward, but respect it,
'Cause I stay me, a concept these other niggas can't understand
I feel invicible because of it, so sign me to the Eagles and let me fly
'Cause life is eat or get ate, and past tense
I'mma do two more than Jordan, nigga; I already eight! I wanna win
I want rings, and I'm not stoppin' now, I might get nine or ten,
I wanna win. So tell the world we gon' win
Tell O-City we gon' win
And I ain't stoppin' there, baby, I have no reason!!

[Outro - Cee-Lo Green]
To all the loved ones I leave behind
At least they can't see me cry
And I ask, when someone wants to be me why
Thought having everything would ease my mind
If you could read my mind
My God, I'm scarred, I have tattoo tears of joy

credits

from Shadow of Death - EP, released March 21, 2013
J. Smith, Q. Roberts, G. Dube, A. Dobbins, D. Wilson, T. D. Callaway, W. M. Hutchison

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