Show Up

I missed my train this morning

Can't use the same excuse I went with last week

My brother's ill, still haven't called him

Too busy working on this song no one needs

Tired of living off favours

Unacceptable behaviour

My heart's buy now, pay later

Not looking for a part time saviour

So I'll make this a better world

This ain't good enough

You sat down 'cause it didn't work

No good giving up

Say that you're sorry and do the work with somebody

And show up, make this a better world

Make it better

And when I have kids, really hope they like me

Can't be who I was before, can't leave just to settle the score

Awake at night, I think I might get a handle on my psyche

But at least I'll know a peaceful flow

And what I should be fighting for

Success is one day without lying

Take it one day at a time

I got yours and you got mine

So I'll make this a better world

This ain't good enough

You sat down 'cause it didn't work

No good giving up

Say that you're sorry and do the work with somebody

And show up, make this a better world

Make it better

Okay, show us the spaces for nuance

And where's the role models for my kids when they grow up?

The cycle keeps us lower than the gutter that's below us

When dadless kids have dadless kids, and so on

I'm refusing to be the hubris in the stats

Like broken, tick, hopeless, tick, poor as shit, Black

And that's a wrap, consensus accurately lacks

The facts is actually with the people in the back and the voiceless, preach!

So I'll make this a better world

This ain't good enough

You sat down 'cause it didn't work

No good giving up

Say that you're sorry and do the work with somebody

And show up, make this a better world

Make it better

So I'll make this a better world

This ain't good enough

You sat down 'cause it didn't work

No good giving up

Say that you're sorry and do the work with somebody

And show up, make this a better world

Make it better