Better Days

Tell me why you make a couple dollars Then start braggin' 'bout it 'bout a minute later Tell me why I make a couple dollars then I stretch my money like it's gummy paper Tell you how I want a decent living without Owing several dozen people favors How I worked all night was on an empty stomach But I kept it going for that something greater Greater than some dollar TV dinners On a dirty couch and watching television Heat is off and I'm freezing now because The winter season ain't the best for living Heard a lot of people tell me not to rap And thankful now that I just never listened People said I wouldn't climb the ladder Now I'm pushing harder on the glass ceiling Mad feeling I'm burning up, I'm fully loaded real monster truck I'm open carry, got bars for bullets I'm serving shots 'till y'all outta cups Give an inch I'll take a mile, work hard today to see Mama smile Made a promise, I swore to God that I'd make it big And that's more than bucks Making magic while making music I'm sparking fires all through the night I'm taking over, no knight or soldier's Out striking me when I'm on the mic Love the feeling, it's so surreal and I can't explain I just know I'm right Feel comfort knowing right now ain't perfect But soon enough that I'll be alright Love is novocaine Music numbs my pain Life so far astray Pray for better days It might not be now But it's on the way When I don't know how Pray for better days If the lord can hear me tell me that my pain is over Getting tipsy off my tears and think I need to sober Lately feel so isolated never been a loner But I'm thinking that I'm better off alone If the world can hear me sorry if I'm seeming weary I've been laying in the dark and I can't see too clearly Now I'm singing 'bout my struggles give my music feeling But I'm feeling like I'm too far gone Take a second, stop and reflect and I take a look at one year ago I'd made some beats that I never dreamed I'd be rapping to Now I've been to shows Dropped a song, and then dropped another I made this music my maiden lover I did the work for better or worse Spent countless nights on my words and flow Been to war and I made it back Dropped bombs on music to the tune of tracks Lived my worst so don't ever say that I'm overworking I can't relax Not slowing down 'till I'm living larger than Dirty clothes in some corner packed Till I make it out and I'm making bank Like I'm Scrooge McDuck with his pool of stacks Love is novocaine Music numbs my pain Life so far astray Pray for better days It might not be now But it's on the way When I don't know how Pray for better days Not always perfect in the head but know that I try to Be everything I preach in music but it's alright to Not always live up to the standards I sometimes write to We don't need to fake our strength because we all cry, too Not always perfect in the head but know that I try to Be everything I preach in music but it's alright to Not always live up to the standards I sometimes write to We don't need to fake our strength Love is novocaine Music numbs my pain Life so far astray Pray for better days It might not be now But it's on the way When I don't know how Pray for better days