Better days hey, better daysbr Got me thinkin' 'bout better daysbr Better days, better days, better daysbr Hey, better days, got me thinkin' 'bout better daysbr br Time to question our lifestyle, look how we livebr Smokin' weed like it ain't no thang, so even kids wanna try nowbr They lie down and get ran throughbr Nobody watches 'em clockin' the evil man dobr br Faced with the demons, addicted to hearin' victims screaminbr Guess we was evil since birth, product of cursed semensbr Cause even our birthdays is cursed daysbr A born thug in the first place, the worst waysbr br I'd love to see the block in peacebr With no more dealers and crooked cops, the only way to stop the beastbr And only we can changebr It's up to us to clean up the streets, it ain't the samebr br Too many murders, too many funerals and too many tearsbr Just seen another brother buried plus I knew him for yearsbr Passed by his family but what could I say?br Keep yo' head up and try to keep the faith and pray for better daysbr br Better days, better days, heybr Better days, got me thinkin' 'bout better daysbr Better days, better days, better daysbr Hey, better days, got me thinkin' 'bout better daysbr br Thinkin' back as an adolescent, who would've guessedbr That in my future years, I'd be stressinbr Some say the ghetto's sick and corruptedbr Plus my P.O. won't let me hang with the brothers I grew up withbr br Tryin' to keep my head up and stay strongbr All my homies slangin' hello all day long but they wrongbr So I'm solo and so brokebr Savin' up for some Jordan's cause they dopebr br I got a girl and I love her but she broke too and so am Ibr I can't take her to the place she wanna go tobr So we argue and play fight, all day and nightbr Makin' passionate love 'til the daylightbr br Plus we about to get evicted, can't pay the rentbr Guess it's time to see who really is yo' friendbr Tell me you pregnant and I'm amazedbr So many blessings while we stressin', lookin' for them better daysbr br Better days, better days, heybr Thinkin' 'bout better daysbr Better days, better days, better daysbr Hey, better days, got me thinkin' 'bout better daysbr br Now me and you was real cool, hell on them square foolsbr Since back in high school, we was true, me and youbr Hardly parted or separated, we stayed fadedbr Affiliated with gang bangers and still made itbr br Up in the gym, mess with me, gotta mess with himbr Still dressin' like grown men when rollin'br I went to dark, smokin' Newports, gamin' marksbr Got a place in my heart, homey stay smartbr br Locked you up in the pen and gave you three to tenbr I send you letters with naked flicks of old friendsbr Hopin' you well, I know it's hellbr Doin' time in the cells, you need mail, when you in jailbr br And me I'm doin' coolbr I settled down, had a family, workin' in night schoolbr Every once in a while, I reminiscebr And wonder how we ever came to this, I miss the better daysbr br Better days, better days, heybr I'm thinkin' bout better daysbr Better days, better days, better daysbr Hey, better days, got me thinkin' 'bout better days...