[Verse 1] Now this is how it is to wake up with your pockets tapped out, you're a** out It's 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 You're fresh out the beast, no peace on your earth Searching for the end of the rainbow it gets worse No occupation without an education You're 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 don't break Stay strong for your queen, kid, it won't 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 there'll be a better day [Hook] Even though the skies is grey around your way You're looking for a better day In due time the sun will shine around your way Yeah, you're looking for a better day Even though the skies is grey around your way You're looking for a better day In due time the sun will shine around your way You're looking for a better day [Verse 2] Once again ? I see, I can see The dirty nine months down the line, it's hard to believe But that's what's 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 don't wanna be bothered You're left with one breath and a starving seed I feed em knowledge instead of the devil's trickery Now you fall into a section with eight dreams Farewell to your goals, I'm sympathetic to your needs No roof over your head, no family They warned you about the n***a, he was mad sneaky Now there's a pretty price to pay What can I say? It hits me in my heart that way You're down and out in the ghetto contemplating letting go of life But who's gonna take care of you know? Stay strong yo, try to get yourself together I promise you there will be days that's much better [Hook] [Verse 3] 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 ain't living right Why trust me? I got problems, abusing substances Alcoholism, I'm chasing girls with big breastesess Hanging with them kids down the hall in the group home I'm 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 ain't no unity Gun play today results in thoughtless k**ings Innocent little shorties turning into ruthless villains Now who's to blame for the game that we play? Tighten up y'all, tomorrow is a better day [Hook]