Life's a stage, I'm making my movie
I say everything's cool even when it's not
I even cry in my own arms
Late at night so nobody sees me
No, it's not easy living with yourself
Doing what others expect from you
Saying it's all good when it's still not
Dragging your pain and dragging your joy
Life's a stage so I put on the show
I say everything's cool despite the obstacles
Mom used to say Don't empty your bag too much, kid
Not crying shows tact
So we smile to stop being sad
We can dress up, we're all artists
So we smile to stop being sad
We can dress up, that's the artist life
Take care of people who smile too often
They often hide sadness inside
I close the curtain like we close our eyelids
So nobody sees what's hiding behind
I learned to switch from clown to gangsta
To filter my thoughts like an Insta pic
Yet Mom told me Be yourself, kid
'Cause you know everyone else is already taken
So we smile to stop being sad
We can dress up, we're all artists
So we smile to stop being sad
We can dress up, that's the artist life
Life's a stage, we improvise
We learn to dance in the rain
So we smile to stop being sad
We can dress up, we're all artists
So we smile to stop being sad
We can dress up, that's the artist life