i woke up this morning feeling thankful and grateful so i got a little something that i want to say you know like a little prayer thank you thank you god that i am able got my shelter and food on the table got my health don t need no pride because everything i need you gave me inside life ain t ever been better than it is now i ain t lonely i m by myself because when you got the lord you got all the wealth check me out i am sailing it s my time and there s no way than i m failing life ain t ever been better than it is now i know the world is really crazy but that s the time we got to stop being lazy we got to stand stand up for what s right we got to separate the darkness from the light life ain t ever been better than it is now life ain t ever been better than it is now go shorty i ve seen the world i ve seen it all we re headed for a wall and we re gonna fall like the days way back in rome we re stepping right inside of the danger zone uh  but life ain t ever been better than it is now life ain t ever been better than it is now you see people come and people go and people always get just what they saw but i believe in this thing called love and our ability to rise above uh but life ain t ever been better than it is now life ain t ever been better than it is now uh life ain t ever been better life ain t ever been better life ain t ever been better than it is now oh alright now it s warfare out there so we got to suit up and put on our armor headed for the frontline huh it s gonna be alright it s gonna be alright just stay thankful and grateful doing it like james brown james brown