Yeah

The irony

Back in high school I ain't never have no sober mind

Guess I'll be lucky if I wake up when I close my eyes

All this liquor weed and ecstasy

Was just a cocktail for bad behavior

In this life I had to leave behind

I tried to talk to all my friends give them a peace of mind They couldn't see

It's feeling like I'm tryna lead the blind

But I was blind too

After a while you start to realize

That getting high all the time is just an escape

So you don't have to deal with real life

Dying inside, it's a slow death This is what it feels like

Screaming out but nobody hears

This doesn't feel right

The depression can affect us all

But in the black community we brush it off

Like **** grow some balls you acting fucking soft

You acting like a pussy ****

Just roll a blunt, call your bitch, go get some pussy **** You'll be fine, you better toughen up

This world is three below

You better bundle up, all emotional

Man don't nobody give a motherfuck

About the way you feeling ****

I know it's harsh

But I'm just telling you some real shit ****

It wouldn't matter if you made a billion dollars tomorrow And cured cancer

In this world's eyes you still a ****

Nothing more, nothing less

So this the way you deal with stress

Smoke yourself till you retarded

Pop a perk, feed your body with this garbage

Until you reach the point of no return

And all you got are two choices left in this life

And it's a casket or an urn

There gotta be a better way, better way, better way, yeah

I'm looking forward to those better days, better days, Better days, yeah

I know there gotta be a better way, better way

Better way, yeah

Somebody told me I should hold on

I'm trying really hard to hold on

Yeah

Rest in peace to Brielle, murdered at 15

Wrong place, wrong time

I know it's been a long time

Young, black, beautiful

I imagine what your life would be

A doctor, a lawyer, or maybe someone's wife to be

It's a shame that your life was cut short

In these cold, cold streets

Where the hearts don't beat

Where we aiming for the stars

Cause the arms can't reach

But we shoot every shot that we got

Till we get to the top

If we fall it's gon' be a long drop

Plus I'm sure along the way

We bound to make some wrong stops

We only human

We live our life one day at a time

It's hard to move when

You live your life just waiting in line

Some people wait on the sign

And others look in the mirror

And tell themselves I'll go out there

I'm gon' take what is mine

By any means necessary, mama pray I'll be fine

I know it costs to be the boss

I'm gon' pay every fine

They got a prison cell for me

Where I can pay for my crimes

I won't go out without a fight

They ain't gon' take me alive

Nah they ain't gon' take me alive

They looked him dead in the eyes

There gotta be a better way, better way, better way, yeah

I'm looking forward to those better days

Better days, better days, yeah

I know there gotta be a better way, better way

Better way, yeah

Somebody told me I should hold on

I'm trying to be able to hold on