now this is how it is to wake up with your pockets tapped out youre ass out its 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 youre fresh out the beast no peace on your earth searching for the end of the rainbow it gets worse no occupation without an education youre facing expiration in a six foot location life is building stress on your brain every other day you find it harder to maintain but you gotta for your seeds sake dont break stay strong for your queen kid it wont be long till you overcome to obstacles stopping you from prospering no more five to ten bids up at sing sing and life gets no easier you gotta see your way to resist temptation cause soon therell be a better day even though the skies is grey around your way youre looking for a better day in due time the sun will shine around your way yeah youre looking for a better day even though the skies is grey around your way youre looking for a better day in due time the sun will shine around your way youre looking for a better day  once again i see i concede the dirty nine months down the line its hard to believe but thats whats going 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 screaming that he dont wanna be bothered youre left with one breath and a starving seed i feed em knowledge instead of the devils trickery now you fall into a section with eight dreams farewell to your goals im sympathetic to your needs no roof over your head no family they warned you about the nigga he was mad sneaky now theres a pretty price to pay what can i say it hits me in my heart that way youre down and out in the ghetto contemplating letting go of life but whos gonna take care of you know stay strong yo try to get yourself together i promise you there will be days thats much better 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 saving your life cause i aint living right why trust me i got problems abusing substances alcoholism im chasing girls with big breastesess hanging with them kids down the hall in the group home im twenty deep but yet i still feel alone i gotta stop depending on the bottle for the answers before i end up in aa battling cancer but now my eyes can see the pain in the black community it seems though there aint no unity gun play today results in thoughtless killings innocent little shorties turning into ruthless villains now whos to blame for the game that we play tighten up yall tomorrow is a better day 