Try to smile when others cry
I get that from my mama's side
She said, "Pick your head up, fix your spine
Give it time, you'll be fine"
Where love resides, so do lies
Like flying blind, but it's worth a try
When the sky is crying there's nowhere dry
To run and hide, to run inside
You know man is not an island, no Hawaii, I need you beside me
Thought we said for worse or better we're supposed to stick together, siamese
Girl, I said I'm sorry
Am I speaking Chinese?
Lately I've been kind of feeling like you want to see me down on my knees
Sending all my love from here where you used to reside
Haunted by the memories when you used to be mine
Had your back and played your six and you used to be nine
I'm tryna respect your boundaries, I'm new to these lines
Is it a crime?
That in my eyes you'll always be mine
Is it a crime?
And the place we used to dine at, it just turned into a shrine
Happened quicker than a time-lapse, in the blink of an eye
If holding on is a crime bigger than a bribe, let me pay the fine
Let you be the judge, hit me with the book
Put me in that orange, chain me like a crook
Apple of my eye, there's nowhere else to look
Said I want you back, wish that's all it took
Is it a crime?
Sending all my love from here where you used to reside
Haunted by the memories when you used to be mine
Had your back and played your six and you used to be nine
I'm tryna respect your boundaries, I'm new to these lines
Is it a crime?
Is it a crime?
That in my eyes you'll always be mine
Is it a crime?

Writer(s): Benn Gilbert Kamoto, Thulasizwe Dlamini, Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo & Thelumusa Samuel Owen.