Lyric discussion by SuperstarMouse 

Cover art for (You Caught Me) Smilin' lyrics by Sly and the Family Stone

Means he was getting high.

@SuperstarMouse well..think about it like this. You think a drug addict doesn't know what people think about them? they know, on top of the pain and everything else, that the things they do just to try to live without emotional anguish makes people look down on them, see them as less than human, as just a junky. we see it every day.

So that person has a pretty familiar relationshp with suffering. When he has nothing to smile about and you know his situation and you know it isn't anything good AT ALL...but you catch him in moment where...