A Better Day

Yeah

Times is rough right about now

But the Ill Bitches got the remedy

Know what I'm sayin'?

My man

Hit me one time

Now this is how it is to wake up with your pockets tapped out

Your ass out, it's nowhere to turn, you get burned

You wanna see the sun but all you get is rainy weather

Word life kid, things can only get better

You're fresh out the beast, no peace on your earth

Searchin' for the end of the rainbow, it gets worse

No occupation without an education

You're facin' expiration in a six-foot location

Life is buildin' stress on your brain

Every other day you find it harder to maintain

But you gotta for your seed's sake, don't break

Stay strong for your queen, kid, it won't be long

'Til you overcome the obstacles stoppin' you from prosperin'

No more five-to-ten bids up in Sing Sing

(And life gets no easier) You gotta see your way

To resist temptation 'cause soon'll be a better day

Even though the skies is gray around your way

You're lookin' for a better day

In due time the sun will shine around your way

Yeah, you're lookin' for a better day

Even though the skies is gray around your way

You're lookin' for a better day

In due time the sun will shine around your way

You're lookin' for a better day

Once again a seed got conceived

Deserted nine months down the line, it's hard to believe

But that's what's goin' on in this crazy world today

You got cats who wanna lay back and make babies

But when it comes time to be a father

Dad just flips the script screamin' that he don't wanna be bothered

You're left with one breath and a starvin' seed

I feed him knowledge instead of the devil's trickery

Now you're fallin' to a section with eight dreams

Farewell to your goals, I'm sympathetic to your needs

No roof over your head, no family

They warned you about the ****, he was mad sneaky

Now there's a pretty price to pay

What can I say? It hits me in my heart that way

You're down and out in the ghetto

Contemplatin' lettin' go of life

But who's gonna take care of you know?

Stay strong, yo, try to get yourself together

I promise you there will be days that's much better

Even though the skies is gray around your way

You're lookin' for a better day

In due time the sun will shine around your way

Yeah, you're lookin' for a better day

Even though the skies is gray around your way

You're lookin' for a better day

In due time the sun will shine around your way

Yeah, you're lookin' for a better day

Last but not least is the story of my life

Straight zero, a loser who wants to be a hero

I gotta save myself before I can sacrifice

Savin' your life 'cause I ain't livin' right

Why trust me? I got problems, abusing substances

(Alcoholism) I'm chasing girls with big breasteses

Hangin' with them kids down the hall in the group home

I'm twenty deep but yet I still feel alone

I gotta stop dependin' on the bottle for the answers

Before I end up in AA battlin' cancer

But now my eyes can see the pain in the black community

It seems though there ain't no unity

Gunplay today results in thoughtless killings

Innocent little shorties turnin' into ruthless villains

Now who's to blame for the game that we play?

Tighten up y'all, tomorrow is a better day

Even though the skies is gray around your way

You're lookin' for a better day

In due time the sun will shine around your way

Yeah, you're lookin' for a better day

Even though the skies is gray around your way

You're lookin' for a better day

In due time the sun will shine around your way

You're lookin' for a better day

Check it out, y'all

Check, check, check it out, y'all (You're lookin' for a better day)

Check, check, check it out, y'all

Check, check, check it out, y'all (You're lookin' for a better day)

Check, check, check it out, y'all

Check, check, check it out, y'all (You're lookin' for a better day)

Check, check, check it out, y'all

And today could be your better day