I Found My Smile Again Lyrics
[Chorus]
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
[Verse 1]
I don't know what it is that you're doing
All I know is baby, that you're sho'nuff doin' it good
And you look at me and my heart just starts the moving
I haven't felt like this in a while
Girl, I wanna thank you for helping me find my smile
[Chorus]
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
[Verse 2]
My smile, hello, hello smile, I haven't seen you in a while
Your love, girl, your love, you make me feel like I'm on a cloud
And since I laid eyes on you, my spirit's been brand new
And I wanna thank you, child, oh, helping me find my smile
[Chorus x 4]
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
[Verse 1]
I don't know what it is that you're doing
All I know is baby, that you're sho'nuff doin' it good
And you look at me and my heart just starts the moving
I haven't felt like this in a while
Girl, I wanna thank you for helping me find my smile
[Chorus]
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
[Verse 2]
My smile, hello, hello smile, I haven't seen you in a while
Your love, girl, your love, you make me feel like I'm on a cloud
And since I laid eyes on you, my spirit's been brand new
And I wanna thank you, child, oh, helping me find my smile
[Chorus x 4]
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
[Bridge]
Oh, ooh
You helped me
Oh, ooh
You helped me find my smile again
[Pre-Chorus]
Honey, baby, got me smilin'
Honey, baby, got me smilin', oh-oh, whoa, oh
Honey, baby, got me smilin'
Honey, baby, got me smilin', oh-oh, whoa, oh
Honey, baby, yeah
Smilin', smilin', smilin'
Smilin', smilin', smilin'
[Chorus]
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
Oh, ooh
You helped me
Oh, ooh
You helped me find my smile again
[Pre-Chorus]
Honey, baby, got me smilin'
Honey, baby, got me smilin', oh-oh, whoa, oh
Honey, baby, got me smilin'
Honey, baby, got me smilin', oh-oh, whoa, oh
Honey, baby, yeah
Smilin', smilin', smilin'
Smilin', smilin', smilin'
[Chorus]
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
I found my smile again
You helped me find my smile again
About
Genius Annotation
This song, which first appeared on the 1996 Space Jam soundtrack, was actually an outtake from D'Angelo’s debut album, Brown Sugar.
?uestlove said they recorded “Playa Playa”, their first ever collaboration, for the soundtrack, but “the folks at Warner Brothers got freaked when they heard the final product”. “I Found My Smile Again” was chosen instead. (This also explains the basketball metaphors on “Playa Playa”.)
A remixed version, interpolating drums from the Detroit Emeralds' “You’re Getting A Little Too Smart”, was released on D'Angelo’s 2008 compilation The Best So Far …
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- 1.Lady
- 2.Brown Sugar
- 3.Cruisin’
- 5.Smooth
- 6.I Found My Smile Again
- 13.Left & Right
- 15.Send It On
- 17.Be Here
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Release Date
November 12, 1996
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