Better Way (feat. Tito B)

A better way, we could find a better way (Yeah)

We could find a better way (Come on)

A better way, we could find a better way (Yeah)

We could find a better way (Come on)

I'm from the Bay, better yet than dirty water

It ain't no place to stay, so, man, don't even bother

Look at the murder rate from each and every city

Life isn't valued, you'd want to show no pity

Crooked police fit to pull out a gun

They call us "suspect" because of where we're from

Low income in high poverty, with fat taxes and skinny salaries

They stay harassing me but I'm just tryna live

We gotta get it right, do better for our kids

There's a better way but we just gotta find it

And we could start today if we stop living blind

'Bout what's in front of us, we gotta look beyond it

And strive for something better that what we thought we wanted

Live for tomorrow instead of living for today

And I promise you, we could find a better way

A better way, we could find a better way (Yeah)

We could find a better way (Come on)

A better way, we could find a better way (Yeah)

We could find a better way (Come on)

A better way, we could find a better way (Yeah)

We could find a better way (Come on)

A better way, we could find a better way (Yeah)

We could find a better way (Come on)

Assimilated my mind when is seventeen

No more scrounging for a dollar, see, I'm meant to be a king

All I knew is gang banging, murder and deceit

Before I busted my first nut and copped a zip of D

I fell in love with the fast money, I fell in hungry

Like a dope fiend needs a hit, I'm addicted to the money

But I know, but I know there's gotta be a better way

Without the sleepless nights and paranoia from the raid

For my kid, I knew I had to make a change

Dependin' on a nine to five, I can't do that, man

Stuck up in a trap, a strugglin' middle class

They brain wash you to believe you're finally free at last

But that's just modern day slavery, stuck in debt

Man this label shit ain't made for me, working just to pay

To pay somebody, pray for me, I'm losin' all my hope

This propaganda, man, our system is a joke

A better way, we could find a better way

Yeah, we could find a better way (Come on)

A better way, we could find a better way (Yeah)

We could find a better way (Come on)

A better way, we could find a better way (Yeah)

We could find a better way (Come on)

A better way, we could find a better way (Yeah)

We could find a better way (Come on)

Yeah, you need to understand somethin', man

You gotta read between the lines

The system's designed to keep people like us down

The system's designed to keep us trapped in a box

They don't want us educating ourselves

And getting the knowledge and the power, you know what I'm sayin'?

To overcome all the obstacles, man, they wanna keep us down

In the gutter, you feel me?

So I'ma educate myself, I'ma educate you guys, man

Get your motherfuckin' hustle on, man

Do your homework, do your research, man

This shit's a chess game, it's the art of war

It's the laws of power, you know its time to see some real ones win, man

They can't hold us down if we outsmart their tactics, man

All I gotta say, man, si se puede

And you know the best way to win?

Is to be successful, beat the shit on all these motherfuckers

That said we couldn't have it, now  you been gang gifted

Now you been gang gifted