{"id":2989,"date":"2012-01-15T12:45:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T12:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2012-01-21T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-21T11:55:07","slug":"i-smile-kirk-franklin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html","title":{"rendered":"I Smile &#8211; Kirk Franklin"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Best Religious Music<\/h3>\n<p>Sometimes you just need a simple song to cheer you up. That&#8217;s &#8220;I Smile&#8221; by Kirk Franklin. Kirk is the master of Christian music from gospel to R &amp; B. &#8220;I Smile&#8221; is more pop and we love it when Kirk does the genre well.\u00a0 <a title=\"Prayables.com\" href=\"http:\/\/prayables.com\" target=\"_blank\">Prayable<\/a>&#8216;s picks &#8220;I Smile&#8221; by Kirk Franklin as today&#8217;s best inspirational song. With lyrics like, &#8220;<em>I know God is working so I smile<\/em>,&#8221; you&#8217;ll listen and smile. When you put a smile on your face, you can count on a smile from your heart.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kirk Franklin - I Smile (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z8SPwT3nQZ8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">I Smile Lyrics &#8211; Kirk Franklin<\/h4>\n<p>I dedicate this song to recession,<br \/>\ndepression and unemployment.<br \/>\nThis song&#8217;s for you.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s a new day, and there is no sunshine.<br \/>\nNothing but clouds, and it&#8217;s dark in my heart<br \/>\nand it feels like a cold night.<br \/>\nToday&#8217;s a new day, where are my blue skies,<br \/>\nwhere is the love and the joy that you promised me<br \/>\nyou tell me it&#8217;s alright.<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;ll be honest with you)<br \/>\nI almost gave up, but a power that I can&#8217;t explain,<br \/>\nfell from heaven like a shower.<\/p>\n<p>(When I think how much better I&#8217;m gonna be when this is over)<br \/>\nI smile, even though I&#8217;m hurt see I smile,<br \/>\nI know God is working so I smile,<br \/>\nEven though I&#8217;ve been here for a while<br \/>\nI smile, smile..<br \/>\nit&#8217;s so hard to look up when you look down.<br \/>\nI sure would hate to see you give up now<br \/>\nYou look so much better when you smile, so smile.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s a new day, but there is no sunshine.<br \/>\nNothing but clouds, and it&#8217;s dark in my heart,<br \/>\nand it feels like a cold night.<br \/>\nToday&#8217;s a new day, tell me where are my blue skies,<br \/>\nwhere is the love and the joy that you promised me<br \/>\nyou tell me it&#8217;s alright.<\/p>\n<p>(the truth is)<br \/>\nI almost gave up, but a power that I can&#8217;t explain<br \/>\nfell from heaven like a shower.<\/p>\n<p>I smile, even though I&#8217;m hurt see I smile,<br \/>\nI know God is working so I smile,<br \/>\nEven though I&#8217;ve been here for a while<br \/>\nI smile, smile..<br \/>\nit&#8217;s so hard to look up when you look down.<br \/>\nsure would hate to see it when you give up now<br \/>\nYou look so much better when you smile.<\/p>\n<p>Smile.. for me<\/p>\n<p>Can you just smile&#8230; for me.<br \/>\nSmile.. for me<br \/>\nCan you just smile&#8230; for me.<\/p>\n<p>ohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\n(and while your waiting)<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\n(and while your praying)<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\n(look in the mirror)<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\n(always remember)<br \/>\nYou look so much better when you smile<\/p>\n<p>I almost gave up, but a power that I can&#8217;t explain<br \/>\nfell from heaven like a shower.<\/p>\n<p>I smile, even though I&#8217;m hurt see I smile,<br \/>\nI know God is working so I smile,<br \/>\nEven though I&#8217;ve been here for a while<br \/>\nI smile, smile..<br \/>\nit&#8217;s so hard to look up when you look down.<br \/>\n??, hate to see it when you give up now.<br \/>\nYou look so much better when you smile.<br \/>\nso smile.<\/p>\n<p>ohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nohohoh you look so much better when you<br \/>\nsmile&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I just want you to be happy..<br \/>\nI want you to have joy &#8217;cause can&#8217;t nobody<br \/>\ntake that away from you.<br \/>\nI see you.. SMILE!!<\/p>\n<p>Composer: Kirk Franklin<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2012\/01\/I-Smile-Video.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-2990\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/309\/2012\/01\/I-Smile-Video-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff00ff\"><strong>READ MORE and enjoy these features from the Daily Prayable! <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Story\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/how-she-does-it.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Story<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Scripture\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/pirkei-avot-41.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Scripture<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Prayer\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/prism.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Prayer<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Music\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Music<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Joke\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/kids-bedtime-prayers.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Joke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2192 <a title=\"Daily Quote\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/2012\/01\/reward-of-faith.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Quote<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Religious Music Sometimes you just need a simple song to cheer you up. That&#8217;s &#8220;I Smile&#8221; by Kirk Franklin. Kirk is the master of Christian music from gospel to R &amp; B. &#8220;I Smile&#8221; is more pop and we love it when Kirk does the genre well.\u00a0 Prayable&#8216;s picks &#8220;I Smile&#8221; by Kirk Franklin&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":463,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,1401],"tags":[319,2018,2020,2017,2019],"class_list":["post-2989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-music-2","category-inspirational-music-2","tag-best-religious-music","tag-i-smile","tag-i-smile-lyrics-kirk-franklin","tag-inspirational-song","tag-kirk-franklin"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I Smile - Kirk Franklin - Prayables<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I Smile - Kirk Franklin - Prayables\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Best Religious Music Sometimes you just need a simple song to cheer you up. That&#8217;s &#8220;I Smile&#8221; by Kirk Franklin. Kirk is the master of Christian music from gospel to R &amp; B. &#8220;I Smile&#8221; is more pop and we love it when Kirk does the genre well.\u00a0 Prayable&#8216;s picks &#8220;I Smile&#8221; by Kirk Franklin&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Prayables\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-01-15T12:45:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-01-21T11:55:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2012\/01\/I-Smile-Video-150x150.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Prayables\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I Smile - Kirk Franklin - Prayables","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I Smile - Kirk Franklin - Prayables","og_description":"Best Religious Music Sometimes you just need a simple song to cheer you up. That&#8217;s &#8220;I Smile&#8221; by Kirk Franklin. Kirk is the master of Christian music from gospel to R &amp; B. &#8220;I Smile&#8221; is more pop and we love it when Kirk does the genre well.\u00a0 Prayable&#8216;s picks &#8220;I Smile&#8221; by Kirk Franklin&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html","og_site_name":"Prayables","article_published_time":"2012-01-15T12:45:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-01-21T11:55:07+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2012\/01\/I-Smile-Video-150x150.jpg"}],"author":"Prayables","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html","name":"I Smile - Kirk Franklin - Prayables","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2012\/01\/I-Smile-Video-150x150.jpg","datePublished":"2012-01-15T12:45:51+00:00","dateModified":"2012-01-21T11:55:07+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/#\/schema\/person\/ec269252d24ce0bc77635e1f49f53107"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2012\/01\/I-Smile-Video-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/prayables\/files\/2012\/01\/I-Smile-Video-150x150.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/2012\/01\/i-smile-kirk-franklin.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I Smile &#8211; Kirk Franklin"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/","name":"Prayables","description":"Prayer, Daily Prayer, Simple Prayers, Quick Prayers, Prayer Requests","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/#\/schema\/person\/ec269252d24ce0bc77635e1f49f53107","name":"Prayables","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/author\/sdiamond"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/463"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2989"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2992,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2989\/revisions\/2992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/prayables\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}