old ways

Day after day I wake up I'm looking at the sun now All that guilt now Can't hold it Disappeared and I'm ready I'm trying to cleanse myself now So be a better man A better father A better outcome A better future And we keep on steadily moving up the ladder No way The way they say when Keep on chasing that dream Old ways Old ways Disappears Old news Old folks Old friends Bad friends We don't need them anymore, no, yeah Cause you know when your down Ain't nobody there for you Only your family What a catastrophe Man, I'm trying to make it out of here I'm just trying to be a better man And a better future for my family They just trying to put me down for the memories Trying to put me in Judge me for my own ways Man, I'm trying to change myself And try to be a better man, I know it Looking at the sun, it's forgiving me I love it, oh lord I know the times get rough But I gotta keep on pushing, oh lord You know the times get rough But I gotta keep pushing, oh lord There ain't no reason why I gave it up I don't know what I'm doing now I just gotta keep pushing now You know when I'm down Everyone knows me Suffering only makes me perfect, yeah Adolescence, yeah, grown up, yeah wisdom come over me Time gets so rough But I gotta keep pushing Oh lord You know the times get rough But I gotta keep pushing Oh lord I know the times get rough, But I gotta keep on pushing, Oh lord You know the times get rough But I gotta keep pushing Oh lord There ain't no reason why I gave it up I don't know what I'm doing now I just gotta keep pushing now You know when I'm down Everyone knows me Suffering only makes me perfect, yeah Adolescence, yeah Grown up, yeah Wisdom come over me Time gets so rough But I gotta keep pushing, oh lord