Smart, Dumb vs Dumb, Smart

smart, dumb -> thinking you have intelligent thoughts but usually just make an ass of yourself as you don't know what you're saying or doing. Also, doin something crafty/sneaky but getting caught by making a foolish mistake
dumb, smart -> intelligent and knowledgable but lacks common sense. Also, is not always in the loop or says of the wall shit. But truly, they know what they're doing.

These are just how I define them.
Allow me to provide an example for each of them.

Today,
Spike Lee visited my school for a MLK convocation.
It was nice, and he really captured the crowd.
After his lecture it was time for the Q&A section.
For the most part things rolled smoothly:
there were simple questions and well-thought out questions.
Halfway through the Q&A portion of the night,
this black dreadhead gets up to the mic.
He has on a button-down, hoodie, and jeans on,
so to me he seems like one of those concious dudes.
Yeah... that's the appearance he gave off,
and when he first openned his mouth,
he seemed to be goin in the right direction...
but he just started rambling,
taking forever to get to his question.
And when he finally got to the question,
it was all misworded to the point that
Spike Lee didn't even know how to answer it,
but it attempted and brushed the kid off and moved on to the next person in line.
The lad stepped away from the mic,
only to return after two more questions had been asked.
He attempted to ask his question again,
but he took forever to spit it out again,
providing all this unnecessary backstory.
The crowd had long been tired of his antics.
Spike told the guy he didn't have an answer to his question.
To which the guy responded with a "Fuck this shit" or something to that affect
and was quickly escorted out of the room.
..."Smart, dumb niggas and shit" as Ghostface would say.

Now,
there is no greater example of a dumb, smart nigga than me.
I mean well, I know good and right just fine,
but you will often catch me playin the fool.
That's why I'm quiet when people first meet me;
I'm tryna hide that I don't know everything.
I mean... I know damn well I need to improve my spelling and vocab,
but I sure nuff ain't do shit to fix it yet.
I'm not very informed in current events unless Yahoo! news or Twitter tells me about it.
I cannot create cohorent arguments on the spot,
but I can tell you all about something on paper.
I'm also one of those dudes to be slow on catching a joke.
"This dumb, smart nigga" as my best friend once called me. Haha

And that my dear friends [and associates]
is the difference between smart, dumb and dumb, smart.
Needless to say,
I'd gladly be dumb, smart over smart, dumb
because at least then I know when to shut the fuck up.
Word.