Well my soul checked out missing as I sat listening
To the hours and minutes tickin' away
Yeah just sittin' around waitin' for my life to begin
While it was all just slippin' away
I'm tired of waitin' for tomorrow to come
Or that train to come roarin' 'round the bend
I got a new suit of clothes a pretty red rose
And a woman I can call my friend
These are better days baby
Yeah there's better days shining through
These are better days baby
Better days with a girl like you
Well I took a piss at fortune's sweet kiss
It's like eatin' caviar and dirt
It's sad funny ending to find yourself pretending
A rich man in a poor man's shirt
Now my ass was draggin' when from a passin' gypsy wagon
Your heart like a diamond shone
Tonight I'm layin' in your arms carvin' lucky charms
Out of these hard luck bones
These are better days baby
These are better days it's true
These are better days
There's better days shining through
Now a life of leisure and a pirate's treasure
Don't make much for tragedy
But it's a sad man my friend who's livin' in his own skin
And can't stand the company
Every fool's got a reason for feelin' sorry for himself
And turning his heart to stone
Tonight this fool's halfway to heaven and just a mile outta hell
And I feel like I'm comin' home
These are better days baby
There's better days shining through
These are better days
Better days with a girl like you
These are better days baby
These are better days it's true
These are better days
Lookin for these better days
Better days, heyyy! Better days
Got me thinkin bout better days
Better days! Better days, better days
Heyyy! Better days
Got me thinkin bout better days
[Verse One]
Time to question our lifestyle, look how we live
Smokin weed like it ain't no thang, so even kids
wanna try now, they lie down and get ran through
Nobody watched 'em clockin the evil man do
Faced with the demons, addicted to hearin victims screamin
Guess we was evil since birth, product of cursed semens
Cause even our birthdays is cursed days
A born thug in the first place, the worst ways
I'd love to see the block in peace
With no more dealers and crooked cops, the only way to stop the beast
And only we can change
It's up to us to clean up the streets, it ain't the same
Too many murders, too many funerals and too many tears
Just seen another brother buried plus I knew him for years
Passed by his family, but what could I say?
Keep yo' head up and try to keep the faith
And pray for better days
Better days, better days, heyyy!
Better days.. got me thinkin bout better days
Better days, better days, better days
Heyyy! Better days
Got me thinkin bout better days
[Verse Two]
Thinkin back as an adolescent, who would've guessed
that in my future years, I'd be stressin
Some say the ghetto's sick and corrupted
Plus my P.O. won't let me hang with the brothers I grew up with
Tryin to keep my head up and stay strong
All my homies slangin llello all day long, but they wrong
So I'm solo and so broke
Savin up for some Jordan's, cause they dope
I got a girl and I love her but she broke too, and so am I
I can't take her to the place she wanna go to
So we argue and play fight, all day and night
Makin passionate love 'til the daylight
Plus we about to get evicted, can't pay the rent
Guess it's time to see who really is yo' friend
Tell me you pregnant and I'm amazed
So many blessings while we stressin
Lookin for them better days
For better days, better days, better days, heyyy!
Better days.. got me thinkin bout better days
Better days, better days, better days
Heyyy! Better days.. got me thinkin bout better days
[Verse Three]
Now me and you was real cool, hell on them square fools
Since back in high school, we was true, me and you
Hardly parted or seperated, we stayed faded
Affiliated with gangbangers and still made it
Up in the gym, mess with me, gotta mess with him
Still dressin like grown men when rollin
I went to dark, smokin Newports, gamin marks
Got a place in my heart, homey stay smart
Locked you up in the pen, and gave you three to ten
I send you letters with naked flicks of old friends
Hopin you well, I know it's hell
Doin time in the cells, you need mail, when you in jail
And me I'm doin cool
I settled down, had a family, workin in night school
Every once in a while, I reminisce
And wonder how we ever came to this
I miss the better days
Better days, better days, heyyy!
Better days.. I'm thinkin bout better days
Better days, better days, better days
Heyyy! Better days.. got me thinkin bout better days
I send this one out, to all the homeboys down in uh, Clinton lockdown
Rikers Island, all them dudes I was uh locked up with, hehe
E Block, F Block, lower H
N-I-C in Rikers Island, downstate
All the peoples I met along the way
Better days is comin homeboy, keep your head up
Better days, better days, better days
Heyyy! Better days.. uhh, lookin for the better days
Better days, better days, lookin for the better days
Heyyy! Hahaha..
Lookin for these better days
Better days, heyyy! Better days
Got me thinkin bout better days
Better days! Better days, better days
Heyyy! Better days
Got me thinkin bout better days
Time to question our lifestyle, look how we live
Smokin weed like it ain't no thang, so even kids
wanna try now, they lie down and get ran through
Nobody watched 'em clockin the evil man do
Faced with the demons, addicted to hearin victims screamin
Guess we was evil since birth, product of cursed semens
Cause even our birthdays is cursed days
A born thug in the first place, the worst ways
I'd love to see the block in peace
With no more dealers and crooked cops, the only way to stop the beast
And only we can change
It's up to us to clean up the streets, it ain't the same
Too many murders, too many funerals and too many tears
Just seen another brother buried plus I knew him for years
Passed by his family, but what could I say?
Keep yo' head up and try to keep the faith
And pray for better days
Better days, better days, heyyy!
Better days.. got me thinkin bout better days
Better days, better days, better days
Heyyy! Better days
Got me thinkin bout better days
Thinkin back as an adolescent, who would've guessed
that in my future years, I'd be stressin
Some say the ghetto's sick and corrupted
Plus my P.O. won't let me hang with the brothers I grew up with
Tryin to keep my head up and stay strong
All my homies slangin llello all day long, but they wrong
So I'm solo and so broke
Savin up for some Jordan's, cause they dope
I got a girl and I love her but she broke too, and so am I
I can't take her to the place she wanna go to
So we argue and play fight, all day and night
Makin passionate love 'til the daylight
Plus we about to get evicted, can't pay the rent
Guess it's time to see who really is yo' friend
Tell me you pregnant and I'm amazed
So many blessings while we stressin
Lookin for them better days
For better days, better days, better days, heyyy!
Better days.. got me thinkin bout better days
Better days, better days, better days
Heyyy! Better days.. got me thinkin bout better days
Now me and you was real cool, hell on them square fools
Since back in high school, we was true, me and you
Hardly parted or seperated, we stayed faded
Affiliated with gangbangers and still made it
Up in the gym, mess with me, gotta mess with him
Still dressin like grown men when rollin
I went to dark, smokin Newports, gamin marks
Got a place in my heart, homey stay smart
Locked you up in the pen, and gave you three to ten
I send you letters with naked flicks of old friends
Hopin you well, I know it's hell
Doin time in the cells, you need mail, when you in jail
And me I'm doin cool
I settled down, had a family, workin in night school
Every once in a while, I reminisce
And wonder how we ever came to this
I miss the better days
Better days, better days, heyyy!
Better days.. I'm thinkin bout better days
Better days, better days, better days
Heyyy! Better days.. got me thinkin bout better days
I send this one out, to all the homeboys down in uh, Clinton lockdown
Rikers Island, all them dudes I was uh locked up with, hehe
E Block, F Block, lower H
N-I-C in Rikers Island, downstate
All the peoples I met along the way
Better days is comin homeboy, keep your head up
Better days, better days, better days
Heyyy! Better days.. uhh, lookin for the better days
Better days, better days, lookin for the better days
I'm gonna write you a letter
I think the sooner the better
Cause the time is right to find a better day
I'm an angry young man
Man I wish I was young
My guitar is out of tune even that's highly strung
And the words we didn't say last night
Shook the world to the core
We had nothing to say last night
We'd said it all before
And I say
Lonely times and lonely tears
Will fade away when you disappear
The time is right for me to stray
I'm gonna find a better day
Kickin off cause it suits me
I'm gonna leave the country
And the time is right to find a better day
Makin sense of my past now
I'll only love when I want to
Cause the time is right to find a better day
Maybe I didn't love you
Maybe you loved her less
Would you have preferred it
If I'd have worn the dress
Cos I say
Lonely times and lonely tears
Will fade away when you disappear
The time is right for me to stray
I'm gonna find a better day
Lonely times and lonely tears
Will fade away when you disappear
The time is right for me to stray
I'm gonna find a better day
No where to run to baby
No where to hide
I got no where to run to baby
What are you hiding from?
You are part of the sum
What has been going on?
Your confidence has gone
You have seen better days
You have lived better ways
What are you waiting for?
Answers that question more
Uninvited they will come
Are you expecting some?
You have seen better days
You have lived better ways
Only time will tell
What will come of you
Only crime could sell
What you're trying to
Where are you heading to?
What plans will you pull through?
With trouble in the wings
Will you risk anything?
You have seen better days
I used to sit and wonder
Would I ever be happy
Life was so bittersweet
So many disappointments
Too many ups and downs for me
When you live a nightmare
It's hard to dream
But sometimes life just isn't fair
So why complain nobody cares
And I don't wanna waste nobody's time
So I'm
I'm botu to change my vibe
Today the sun's gonna shine
Cause I made up my mind
That today will be the start of better days
Leavin old shit behind
And move on with my life
The blindfold's off my eyes
And now all I see for me is better days
Afraid of my reflection
Tell me that's not me I see
That's who I wanna be
Stuck somewhere in the middle
On half full or half empty
Waiting for somebody to come and rescue me
Can't let that petty attitude
Start to jade my point of view
Only thing that does is bring me down
So I'm
I'm botu to change my vibe
Today the sun's gonna shine
Cause I made up my mind
That today will be the start of better days
Leavin old shit behind
And move on with my life
The blindfold's off my eyes
And now all I see for me is better days
Hurt so many times before
I used to cry but no more
Let it go and life can feel
So good
Stop lying the blues
Can't let that petty attitude
Start to jade my point of view
Only thing that does is bring me down
So I'm
I'm botu to change my vibe
Today the sun's gonna shine
Cause I made up my mind
That today will be the start of better days
Leavin old shit behind
And move on with my life
The blindfold's off my eyes
It¡¯s not the way you smile that makes me realize
I think I love you
It just might be that all my life I¡¯ve been searchin¡¯ for
Someone just like you
Takin¡¯ my time
Everything¡¯s fine
I call you by the phone
Nobody¡¯s home
We¡¯ve got better days
There¡¯ll be better days
We¡¯ve got better days
Yeah
I don¡¯t know why but I wanna cry
Every time you touch me
I¡¯ve givin¡¯ up, just can¡¯t help it
In your arms is where I¡¯d rather be
I just can¡¯t hide it
So I decided to give
Stored away, I¡¯ve got the strength to live
There¡¯ll be better days
We¡¯ve got better days
There¡¯ll be better days
Yeah
Better days, better days
(repeat)
I had the craziest dream last night
There was thunder and lightning everywhere
Hell hounds reached up and ripped a hole in the sky
Pissed in the water and spit black smoke up in the air
Demons were chasin' me all tattooed
In dollar signs, suits and ties
They wanted me to party
I woke up just in time, I heard somebody say
Better days are comin'
We're gonna wake up and break this curse
Better days are on the way 'cause you know and I know
It can't get no worse
Sometimes the dream seems so real
Comes to me over and over again
Last night I swear I saw America sleepin' in the streets
When does this nightmare end?
I got to find my baby
Maybe I'll find salvation in her kiss
Tell me I'm dreamin', it's got to get better than this
I want somebody to say
Better days are comin'
We're gonna wake up and break this curse
Better days are on the way 'cause you know and I know
It can't get no worse, no
I believe I see a train comin' baby
I know it's time to take a ride
Shattered dreams and broken promises
We gotta leave 'em all behind
'Cause you know
We're gonna catch that train, baby
We're gonna catch that train, baby
We're gonna catch that train
I know we're gonna catch that train
I know we're gonna catch that train
Whoa yeah
Better days are comin'
We're gonna wake up and break this curse
Better days are on the way 'cause you know and I know
It can't get no worse
It can't get no worse
Better days are comin'
Better days are comin'
Better days are comin'
Hard times are fallin' on you
Even when you smile I see the hurt come through
And I know it feels like it's never gonna end
You say nothin's been right for a long time
And every step you take is an uphill climb
I see you're reachin' out
So let me tell you friend that
Better days are comin' around
I know you feel like
The whole world's gone and let you down but
Better days they're comin' for you
I know they will
'Cause I'll be right here makin' sure they do
And if your sky ain't lookin' the fairest
There ain't no reason to be embarrassed
Ain't nobody in the world ain't felt
The rain from time to time
And just when you think it's all over and done
The night get easier one by one
So take my hand and hold on tight
And soon you're gonna find that
Better days are comin' around
I know you feel like
The whole world's gone and let you down but
Better days they're comin' for you
I know they will
'Cause I'll be right here makin' sure they do
I know what it's like
To have to face the fight
But I won't let you stand alone, no
Better days are comin' for you
I know it feels like
The whole world's gone and let you down but
Better days they're comin' for you
I know they will
'Cause I'll be right here makin' sure they do
Oh, better days
I know, I know, I know
The whole world's gone and let you down
Better days are comin' for you
And you ask me what I want this year
And I try to make this kind and clear
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
Cause I don't need boxes wrapped in strings
And designer love and empty things
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cause everyone is forgiven now
Cause tonight's the night the world begins again
I need someplace simple where we could live
And something only you can give
And thats faith and trust and peace while we're alive
And the one poor child who saved this world
And there's 10 million more who probably could
If we all just stopped and said a prayer for them
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cause everyone is forgiven now
Cause tonight's the night the world begins again
I wish everyone was loved tonight
And somehow stop this endless fight
Just a chance that maybe we'll find better days
So take these words
And sing out loud
Cause everyone is forgiven now
Cause tonight's the night the world begins again
When your love has moved away
You must face yourself and say
I remember better days
Don't you cry `cause she is gone
She is only moving on
Chasing mirrors through a haze
Now that you know it's nowhere
What's to stop you coming home
All you got to do is go there
Then you'll really realize what's going down
You went to a strange land searching for a truth
you felt was wrong
That's when the heartaches started
Though you're where you want to be
You're not where you belong
When your love has moved away
You must face yourself and you must say
I remember better days
Don't you cry `cause she is gone
She is only moving on
VERSE 1
It's a heart attack a minute
In this life down here on earth
We're all stranded right here in it
Wonderin what it's worth
There are always threads of trouble
In this tangled web we weave
But tomorrow may just be ok
See here's what I believe
CHORUS
Better days are on the way my friend
Just a ways on down the line
I believe that just around the bend
Everything's gonna be fine
Better days are just a dream right now
It's like all you do is pray
But the world keeps turning
Bringing us better days
VERSE 2
Well the storms won't stop decending
And the rain won't cease to fall
And there ain't no use pretending
Cause it's bound to find us all
Well it's easy to get hopeless
And drive yourself insane
But before you stop
And set up shop
In the middle of the pain
CHORUS
Better days are on the way my friend
Just a ways on down the line
I believe that just around the bend
Everything's gonna be fine
Better days are just a dream right now
It's like all you do is pray
But the world keeps turning
Bringing us better days
BRIDGE
I know you've heard all the platitudes
About attitudes
And positive thinking
But time just keeps marching on
So just hold on
This too will pass
I know you'll see your face
In a smile again
CHORUS
Better days are on the way my friend
Just a ways on down the line
I believe that just around the bend
Everything's gonna be fine
Better days are just a dream right now
It's like all you do is pray
But the world keeps turning
Bringing us...
CHORUS
Better days are on the way my friend
Just a ways on down the line
I believe that just around the bend
Everything's gonna be fine
Better days are just a dream right now
It's like all you do is pray
But the world keeps turning
Bringing us better days
CHORUS
Better days, better days
I believe that just around the bend
Everything's gonna be fine
Better days are just a dream right now
It's like all you do is pray
But the world keeps turning
Bringing us...
I looked through a window
just to let my mind flow
then i saw a friend who
was looking for a friend too
spoke of her father
said he'll be leaving us
she'll be so lonely
and i want to understand
then i'll try to convince her
there'll be better days
got to be patient
i always told her
somedays are diamond
ooh, the words that i sold her
she wants to be happy
she can't find a remedy
her obligations
will never let her fly away
then i'll try to convince her
there'll be better days
Better Days
So i'll try to convince her
there'll be better days
there'll be better days
gonna find you a better day
then i'll try to convince her
then i'll try to convince her
there'll be better days
there'll be better days
gonna find you a better day
Better days...
she wants to be happy
She can't find a remedy
spoke of her father
she wants to be happy
so maybe she can fly away
Trust me, I can help you
Feel free, we can save you
Join us in the good life
And better days, better days
Campaign for the new life
Champagne and the bright lights
Make way for the right way
Better days, better days
You didn't realize about the other life
That we can give you
We'll open up your eyes and make you see
The light that's all around you
We'll help you work it out
And then you'll never doubt
Our intuition, our vision
Our decision, our mission, so listen
No war and no inflation
No more desperation
You'll see, we can show you
Better days, much better days
No hunger, higher wages
Good schools and smiling faces
Make way for the new way
And better days, better days
We're gonna lead you down
To where the sun is always brightly shining
We'll push away the clouds and show you
There's a gold and silver lining
We'll take away the pain, you'll want to try again
You won't be sorry, don't worry, don't worry
Yeah hurry, yes hurry, yeah hurry
Ooh Child things are going to get easier
Ooh Child things it's get brighter
Better Days
Keep your head up
Better Days
Keep your head up
She grew up in Brooklyn the Eastside and fulton street
Never knew father
He got shot hustling
She stated acting much older
Her mother couldn't control her
Losing direction
Started sex'n-no protection
And now she's expecting
A life she wasn't ready for
She*s feeling rejected
And her futures unsure
And if you want
Run out there on your own
Don*t give up sunshine
There will be better days
(Keep your head up)
Gotta keep movin' on
To raise a child alone
Don*t give up sunshine
There will be better days
(Keep your head up)
Are you down with full time
On weekend stripping
So you met baller, but ain't down, but trick'n
Gonna have to put your kid through school
Guess you hit snotty love for you
And you know your wrong girl
You gotta believe
And now you're expecting
A life you wasn't ready for
You're feeling rejected
And her futures unsure
And if you want
Run out there on your own
Don*t give up sunshine
There will be better days
(Keep your head up)
Gotta keep movin' on
To raise a child alone
Don't give up sunshine
There will be better days
Uptight, every thing is all right
Outta sight, it's all right
There's light at the end of the tunnel
Pay at the end of the day
Thanks that me don't have to grumble
Goodness is coming our way
It's all right, it's all right
It's all right, it's all right
I do remember, I do recall
The magic moments when we stood so tall
A nation to be respected, a nation full of pride
So shake the bluesy feeling that is hurting you inside
Hurting you inside
There's better days ahead for us
You need not fret nor worry
Oh yes, this time around, my friend
I'm sure you won't be sorry
They say how the future
Is guided by your past
Through trials and tribulation
Yes, we were meant to last
So hold on to your hope and dreams
For all that it's worth
'Cause I know the day will come
When the meek shall inherit the world
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If you uptight, everything's all right
Outta sight, it's all right
They'll be better days, don't you worry
A positive way you won't be sorry
Silver gray hair
Neatly combed in place
There were four generations
Of love on her face
She was so wise
No surprise passed her eyes
She's seen it all
I was a child, oh
About three or four
All day I'd ask questions
At night I'd ask more
But whenever, she never
Would ever turn me away
No, no oh woah
I'd say how can I be sure
What is right or wrong
And why does
What I want
Always take so long
Please tell me
Where does God live
And why won't
He talk to me
I'd say Grandma
What is love
Will I ever find out
Why are we so poor
What is life about
I wanna know the answers
Before I fall off to sleep
Woah ho woah ho
She saw the smile
As she tucked me in
Then she pulled up that
Old rockin' chair once again
But tonight she was
Slightly, remarkably
Different somehow
Slowly she rocked
Lookin' half asleep
Grandma yawned
As she stretched
Then she started to speak
What she told me
Would mould me and holds me
Together inside
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
She said all the things you ask
You will know someday
But you have got to live
In a patient way
God put us here by fate
And by fate that means
Better days
She said, child we are all
Moons in the dark of night
Ain't no mornings gonna come
Till the time is right
Can't get no better days lest
You make it through the night
You gotta make it
Through the night
Yes you do
You can't get to no
Better days
Unless you make it
Through the night (baby)
Oh ho, you will see
Those better days
But you gotta be patient
Be patient, oh baby
Be patient
Later that year at
The turn of spring
Heaven sent angels down
And gave Grandma her wings
Now, she's flyin'
And slidin', and glidin'
In better days
And although
I'm all grown up
I still get confused
I stumble through the dark
Getting bumped and bruised
When night gets in my way
I could still hear
My Grandma say
I can hear her say
I can hear her sayin'
You can't get to no
Better days
Unless you make it
Through the night (baby)
Oh ho, you will see
Those better days
But you gotta be patient
Child, do you hear me, yeah
Well, well, well, well
You can't get to no, no
Better days
Unless you make it
You got to make it
You got to make it
Through the night
Oh Grandma, oh Grandma
Do you see me now, lady
Oh oh oh oh oh
what's the use in hoping
when you always get let down
what's the use in smiling
when all you wanna do is frown
i'm drowning, in a sea of hate-filled eyes
and she's screaming
but no one hears her cries
is anybody hear to see a band
did anybody come to hear a song
does anyone believe in magic
is anybody here to sing along
people shove me down they're coming from all sides
and as i look around
something just don't seem right
I i feel so all alone
though the people inundate
I i see no joy or desperation
only senseless hate
is this the same scene
that i used to think i loved
or was i just na¯ve
and were they always out for blood
i've seen better days,
but i know that we can make a change
Took a walk down Paramount
(I've seen better days)
Left behind a friend of mine
(I've seen better days)
Passed by a statue of Saint Augustine in prayer
Said for one, the only one
I turned my back on her
The elevator rose to the eleventh floor
(I've seen better days)
Her trench coat hangs inside her door
(I've seen better days)
A leaky window welcomed rain and left me standin' here
A black-haired girl who taught me truth
I turned my back on her
Too late for hope but a dream remembered
Lay me down, down, ooh
Too late for hope but a dream remembered
Better days
Made love in the Toronto rain
(I've seen better days)
From Hamilton I took the train
(I've seen better days)
What you regret, you softly said are things you never do
I regret, I didn't turn
And run back home to you
Too late for hope but a dream remembered
Lay me down, down, ooh
Too late for hope but a dream remembered
Better days, better days
Now I stand in sympathy
Not for her but for me
I could have turned, I could have stayed
But I just walked away
I could have done a lot of things
In my better days
Too late for hope but a dream remembered
Lay me down, down, ooh
Too late for hope but a dream remembered
Better days, better days, better days
Times are changing, things come and go,
Things are getting worse the earth, a black hole,
I say to myself "Will this shit ever change?"
Will it ever improve or will it stay the same?
It's plain to me that things are amiss,
Because I've seen better days than this,
How could we let it get as bad as it is?
Because I've seen better days than this,
It's plain to me that things are amiss.
Famine and war, hate and disgrace,
Incest and murder, raping the rat race,
I see no end to this suffering,
Faith, hope and love are burnt offerings.
Decline and fall of modern man, our fate is sealed by our own hand,
Time spinning onward we're regressing fast,
Signs of the times say these days might be our last,
Better days are gone forever I fear,
Some days I'm up, some days I'm
Down, some days I don't give a fuck
About anything.
Cause yesterday I gave everything
Now I want somethin' back
Wanna end it all, wanna save the world.
Wanna take what was never mine.
I wanna shout it all out to the world.
I wanna keep it all inside
Here I am!
I'm just lookin' for
Better Days, the kind
That never seem to come
My way
So here I am
I'm just lookin' for better
Days-the kind that never
Seem to come just when
You need em' most
I remember a time, not too long
Ago when all my day's would only
Start in one shade of black-
When all the thoughts that dragged
Through my head seem to wash away
The sun
Always a dollar short and one split
Second out of time
Exiled in a memory-tonight I'll
Drink-Drink myself to sleep
I'm just part of all the madness
Here I know, that anything I
Say or do won't ever change a thing
When the words have all been
Spoken and intentions smoked away
I find myself in the same ol' shit.
The same ol' shit again
Maybe today won't be the same
Maybe I'll just stand my ground
Maybe another time another place
I'll float myself right outta here
Under the influence of reality.
Some days I drive myself insane
Some days I'm all I've got
Some days I'm tired of seeing
The world take everyting I've got
It's hard to get it right when doin'
Wrong is all you know
I'll take my chance when tomorrow
(GUITAR & HARP INTRO)
for days on days
I've seen your game
and it takes away my joy
the sea bird knows
where the fair winds blow
his knowledge, he employs
I know that fast, the end shall come
the writing's on the wall
but better days are comin'
for us all
brother, be your own
for the faults we moan
still gather at our door
and the journey we walk
the talk we've talked
won't help us anymore
the sea bird's flown so far away
you can't hear his voice's call
better days are comin' for us all
(GUITAR & HARP STUFF)
do what you will
when you climb that hill
your rise shall be your fall
'cause better days are comin' for us all
'cause better days are comin' for us all
______________________________________________________________________
What do you do when she don't love you anymore?
What do you do when she wont hold you anymore?
Living in sin, now you're all alone again.
She's having a change of heart
without a word everything just falls apart
What do you do when she don't love you anymore?
What do you do when she wont hold you anymore?
Two lovers walking through life together
Tender kisses and all the sweet things they used to say
Memories from better days
Everything we built
Everything that i believed in...
I'm just a good boy, working hard to get my pay
A little time, a little trouble, a better day
I see no reason as for why it cannot be
A little time, a little trouble, a better day
You bury your head in the things you said, that's fine
But the days go by and you know it's getting dark at nine
You give all you want, but you take away what's mine
We can make it better
Baby, so much better all the time
Just a good boy
Looking hard to see my way
A little time, a little trouble, a better day
I see no reason as for why it cannot be
A little time, a little trouble, a better day
Well, you bury your head in the things you said, that's fine
But the days go by and you know it's getting dark at nine
You give all you want but you take away what's mine
We can make it better
Baby, so much better all the time
Just a good boy
Looking hard to see my way
A little time, a little trouble, better days
Wooh, wooh, wooh, wooh
And we don't have much
But these four walls
And it's just enough
To keep us warm
On those cold winter nights
Let's think about better days
Not what we did
But what we'll do
And we work so hard
Each and every day
We're growing old
We get afraid
You can count on me
Let's think about better days
Not what we did
But what we'll do
And if I had
Only one more day
I'd spend it right here with you
Under a million stars
Our two hearts pound
And that's the only thing
That matters now
We know a few things
About life and death
Pretty soon
We'll learn the rest
I'm in no rush at all
Let's think about better days
Not what we did
But what we'll do
And if I had
Only one more day
Take a lesson in pain
From a man who's seen both sides
I make the best of worst
And it hurts but it gets me by
We're all alone on this road we travel
And everyday is like an uphill battle
Take a lesson from a man who's seen it all
Forgive yourselves
Break the chain
Separate
Let it go
I've had enough
Rise above
I can't change what I've done
So leave the past where it lays
I'll get through this
Unclench my fist and I'll find another way
You know you can't win them all
You got to play through the rain
You can't just grasp at every straw
You got to reach for better days
Done time in my mind
Tried to hide it all inside
Done the best that I could
Even when I couldn't get it right
No one sees the scars when it's over
I turn the page on the rage so there's closure
Take a lesson from a man who's seen it all
Forgive yourselves
Break the chain
Separate
Let it go
I've had enough
Rise above
I can't change what I've done
So leave the past where it lays
I'll get through this
Unclench my fist and I'll find another way
You know you can't win them all
You got to play through the rain
You can't just grasp at every straw
You got to reach for better days
Forgive yourself
Break the chains
Separate
I can't change what I've done
So leave the past where it lays
I'll get through this
Unclench my fist and I'll find another way
You know you can't win them all
You got to play through the rain
You can't just grasp at every straw
It's not the way you smile that makes me realize
I think I love you
It just might be that all my life I've been searchin? for
Someone just like you
Takin' my time
Everything's fine
I call you by the phone
Nobody's home
We?ve got better days
There'll be better days
We've got better days
Yeah
I don't know why but I wanna cry
Every time you touch me
I?ve givin' up, just can't help it
In your arms is where I'd rather be
I just can't hide it
So I decided to give
Stored away, I've got the strength to live
There'll be better days
We've got better days
There?ll be better days
Yeah
Better days, better days
Mmmmmmm, yeah
I, I, I, I, I
Ooooohhh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
You tripping
In the morning when I wake up I think about
All of the crazy things that we've been through
And my mama she told me there were gonna be days like this
And I guarantee she was tellin' the truth
When I close my eyes I see Eazy
No more thuggin' just lovin' every day (every day)
In the heavens above with his DJ
Listenin' to music that I just made, hey
Just wanna sing a little somethin' for the people that done passed away
Now tell me can you feel it
When you're livin' in better days
And I pray to God I hope your listenin'
If we try that we can one day be
For one time in your mind
Everything is alright
Until it happens I'll be on my knees begging for a better way
And my background say...
Now every once in a while
I remember that I (mmmm mmm)
I miss my grand daddy
All the little things we sat and talked about
I wish you could see me now
From the side of my bed with my head down
To outside with my homies tipping gin now
Seem like I got a whole lot a friends now
So let me tell you what I'm talkin' about
And now that I got my mind made up
I ain't got no time to wait up
So I'm gonna keep giving it way up!
If you ever should think I ain't true to that
In "My peoples if you wit me where you at"
We brought y'all back!
Just wanna sing a little somethin' for the people that done passed away
Now tell me can you feel it
When you're livin' in better days
And I pray to God I hope your listenin'
If we try that we can one day be
For one time in your mind
Everything is alright
Until it happens I'll be on my knees begging for a better way
So break it, break it, break it, break it, break it, break it, break it on down
Break it on down, yeah
Mmmmmmm
Say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
My, my, my, my
Just wanna say a little something, something
Just wanna sing a little somethin' for the people that done passed away
Now tell me can you feel it
When you're livin' in better days
And I pray to God I hope your listenin'
If we try that we can one day be (one day be)
For one time in your mind (one day be)
Everything is alright
There was times I didn't want to bother you
You were at work all night I didn't want to complain
And I realize the compromise that love ones make
I'm holding on for the future some more better days
With you
Be without you
Oh wouldn't be with out you
Oh I live for your love
For you
Say word I'm there when you need me
My job is to protect you although I know
That women get emotional in need of love
So I tried to learn your species and one day we'll grow
Grow
Be without you
Oh wouldn't be with out you
Oh I live for your love
For you
I live for ya.... live ya
I live for ya lovin baby
Without you..without your love
Be without you
Oh wouldn't be with out you
Oh I live for your love
For you
I wouldn't be without you
I couldn't live without you
Never gonna smile without you
[WC]
Nineteen-ninety-eight, damn I can't believe it
Whoever thought, throughout the drama, we'd live to see it
So many of us done lost lives to the streets
As we reminisce I'm pourin liquor for the deceased
Thinkin bout the times that I spent with many of em
Hopin that the Lord let me see the millenium
Trapped in this ghetto main, seekin better days
Fightin for my conscience, tryin to shake these wicked ways
I know it's wrong but it's hard to change
All my life, all I ever knew was hustle and game
Lookin for answers ever since I was a adolescent
Faced with rejection, early age stressin
But now ten years later with doodoo respect
I'm bustin million dollar raps and six digit checks
Showin love to my peeps and my love don't change
Here's a toast to you fakes, huh, here's to better days
[Ron Banks]
Might sound strange, but I just can't run away
I can't run, run, it might sound strange
but I just can't run away
I can't run, no, run away
[WC]
Touch a meal ticket, shake a spot for good
Never, I still got love for the neighborhood
And even though now it's infested with gunplay
on most days like Bootsy I can't stay away
Cause if I shook like y'all shook on me
Then whose gon' stay and guide the way for the lil homies?
I can't turn my head on my folks
so I stay visible in these streets and try to give hope
Born in the ghetto, raised in the ghetto
Got love for the ghetto, I can't forget the ghetto
How come everytime we get some change in our can
we run away and try to move out as far as we can?
I know that jealousy's the devil's greed but you worse
than a devil when you turn your back on these young G's
Now feel every word that I say, hear my cry
as I struggle out of thirst and search for better days
[Ron Banks]
Might sound strange, but I just can't run away
I can't run, run, run away!
Said I just can't run away
I can't run, run, run away
No I just can't run away
I can't run, run, runnnnnn away!
[WC]
Another day another dollar, it feels good to look around
and see I'm surrounded by real riders
Childhood comrades I ran with for years
Shared the same beer and tears over the same peers
Player haters swearin that all we all G's
off each others strength with these, regulates the same cheese
No jealousy we all family like Sister Sledge
Lace each other with game, so I can spin beer cans
Watch our kids grow together, as we get old together
Loc I mean this, let no one come in between this
Keep our business among us, behind doors and eyes closed
on those we consider as foes
Outsiders never exposed to your hustle
Plus I'm, never been one likely to trust em
No negative association, just dedication
to watch our paper sprout like this bud mutation
[Ron Banks]
Might sound strange, but I just can't run away
I can't run, run, run away!
No I just can't run away
I can't run, I can't runnnnnnn away!
No I just can't run away
I'm walking the streets of blooming despair and regret
Kid in the alley is pressing the gun to his head
Is he right, is he wrong, is he weak, is he strong
Was he fighting alone - on his own?
Rain's falling down and I pray - take all his pain and his sorrow
I wish he could leave it today under the wings of tomorrow
Rain's falling down and I pray - show my the way and I'll follow
Take me and fly me away on the wings of tomorrow
I'm closing the door to the room full of sorrow and rage
Girl in the window in tears sliding over the edge
Is she right, is she wrong, is she weak, is she strong
Was she fighting alone - on her own?
Rain's falling down and I pray - take all her pain and her sorrow
I wish she could leave it today under the wings of tomorrow
Rain's falling down and I pray - show me the way and I'll follow
Take my and fly my away on the wings of tomorrow
Am I right, am I wrong, am I weak, am I strong
Am I fighting alone - on my own?
Rain's falling down and I pray - take all my pain and my sorrow
I wish I could leave it today under the wings of tomorrow
Rain's falling down and I pray - show me the way and I'll follow
Take me and fly me away on the wings of tomorrow
people call to say hello
they call to talk about the weather
all the places i don't go
they call to talk to me
they've got names without a face
and they've got faces i don't see
from the corners of my mouth
i hear your voice come falling down
from the corners of my mouth
can't hear myself at all
all my senses in a know
it gets too dark in here
that i can't move
and i can't feel to touch
and there's you standing in my clothes
a perfect picture with you on my side
i never let it show
from the corners of my mouth
i hear your voice come falling down
from the corners of my mouth
can't hear myself at all
i can't seem to find my feet
my body's shaking and
my tongue can't move
i turn my head to speak
i hear you call my name
i hear you calling me
on better days
on better days
from the corners of my mouth
i hear your voice come falling down
from the corners of my mouth
can't hear myself at all
from the corners of my mouth
i hear your vioce come falling down
from the corners of my mouth
can't hear myself at all
What's good about a good thing
That turns it's back and walks away.
What's the point in a good love.
That never has the time to stay.
Well it has to be a cruel mind
To have the time to make up this game
Oh I'll put on a brave face
But inside I'm really not the same
So if you're callin' to see how I'm doing
You're rubbing salt into my wound
But if you really want to know the truth
I've had better days
But nobody's gonna better you
Well I might have had a better love
But I really don't remember who
It's not unusual to hope for things you ain't gonna get
It's not a crime to keep on wishin' it ain't over yet
I've been waiting for the sweet words from lips
Ah, you know the sound of your voice is something that I can't resist.
So if you're callin' to see how I'm doing
You're rubbin' salt into my wounds
But if you really wanna know the truth
It ain't easy getting over you
I've had better, but nobody's gotta better you
Well I might have had a better love
But I really don't remember who.
So if you're callin' to see how I'm doing
You're rubbin' salt into my wounds
But if you really wanna know the truth
I've had better days, but nobody's gonna better you
Well I might have had a better love
85 miles out of Nashville, thinking about the way things change
Try an keep it by the reigns
I'm a lone drifter, big money flipper
Take anything you got on the rocks in a snifter
I missed her in Kentucky, went down to Louisiana
I never had no loving like I had in Alabama
A man of my word and out to hurt nobody
I'm just a MC to keep the boogie in the party
Been sittin lodi dodi since 84 and
I'll be sitting lodi dodi till I'm eighty four
I couldn't ask for more, life's been sweet
So you can save the planet I'll save your seat
I've been gone for weeks, I ain't slept in days
I can't find myself in this self made maze
It's been so long since I've been fine
I'm just trying to see the bottom of this bottle of wine
And I know I'll see better days
Well I know you'll see things my way
I never thought about change until
Spend a little time where time stood still
Been looking for a mill, but I keep coming up shy
I been a broke fool, I ain't trying to be that guy
Wanna ride like lightning, roll like thunder
I'm trying to get some money I ain't getting any younger
At times I wonder at, at times I won't
Sometimes I give a fuck, but most times I don't
Don't, don't even care
Through stained glass windows these eyes stare
I try to stay straight but it's kicking my ass
Everytime I look ahead I get a glimpse of the past
I sit half mass like a soldier's flag
That's why my left leg limp's and my Dickies sag
It's been so long since I've been fine
I'm just trying to see the bottom of this bottle of wine
And I know I'll see better days
Well I know you'll see things my way
And I know I'll see better days
Well I know you'll see things my way
Well I been all around this crooked land
I came across all walks, I shook Jim Beam's hand
I got no plans and no place to go
It keeps getting harder to just say no
I see the people laugh and people cry
That's how some live and that's how some die
Well me, myself I'm gonna sit right here
And I'm a watch this this world break down in tears
All my fears and dark gray skies
Couldn't crack my smile or break my stride
Got too much pride, I got too much shout
I might be down, but I still ain't out
Got to much time and that's all I have
When I leave this world I'll still be sad
It's been so long since I've been fine
I'm just trying to see the bottom of this bottle of wine
And I know I'll see better days
Well I know you'll see things my way
And I know I'll see better days
You carry me places, I'd rather be
Well mannered gardens, Well tempered seas
We're gathered in reason I should believe
That this is different that this isn't free
How could this be.
I'm on my way to better days
I'll find my faith, I'll find a way
I'm on my way to better days
I'll find my faith.
I will slip again, and you'll find me
I will live again, and you'll find me
Run, but carry meanings of your past.
I'm on my way to better days
You'll find your faith, you'll find a way
You're on your way to better days,
You'll find your faith.
I'm on our way to better days
We'll find our faith, we'll find a way.
We're on our way to better days,
We'll find our faith, we'll find a way
We're on our way to better days,
We'll find a way.
I'm on my way
I'm on my way to better days
I'll find my way
We'll find our faith
Find our faith.
Find our way
Our way
Blind sided but won't walk away
We all change you know I try to stay the same
You play a new face, a new game
And we've all seen better days
So look around, fallen off again
Look us in the eye but never understand
There's 2 side to every story they say
And a little bit of heart ache won't fade...
& it's killing me!
We're untouchable teen idols
Working class heroes lost along the way
& it's a sign of the times...
Frustration, salvation
Too much destruction coming over me
By Graham Nash and Terry Reid
When your love has moved away
You must face yourself and say
I remember better days
Don't you cry `cause she is gone
She is only moving on
Chasing mirrors through a haze
Now that you know it's nowhere
What's to stop you coming home
All you got to do is go there
Then you'll really realize what's going down
You went to a strange land searching for a truth
You felt was wrong
That's when the heartaches started
Though you're where you want to be
You're not where you belong
When your love has moved away
You must face yourself and you must say
I remember better days
Don't you cry `cause she is gone
She is only moving on
Chasing mirrors through a haze
Drums: Dallas Taylor
Bass: Calvin Samuels
Piano: Joe Yankee
Organ, Piano & Acoustic Guitar: Graham Nash
Bass Clarinet Solo: Seemon Posthuma
Whiskers: Larry Cox
Lead Vocal: Graham Nash
By Walter Egan
All too soon you're movin' on,
word came down yesterday
It hurts to know my old friends is gone
Its hard to know what to say
I can still hear your voice
You always could make me laugh
Now I can' believe it's true
Is everything in the past
What can save us, what can hold us
Or can keep us from blowing away
Restless hearts, we were
Oh so young back in our better days
Time's been long but time's so short
It's a mystery passing by
Still I wonder in my heart
Where do we go when we die?
NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY LOVE
AND ALL THE THINGS THAT I'M THINKING OF
NOTHING'S GONNA CHANGE MY WORLD
AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE WORLD
I'M BACK, BACK ON THE CORNER
BACK ON THE STREET BACK WITH MY FRIENDS
BACK ON THE STREET BACK WITH MY FRIENDS
BACK ON MY FEET BACK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
BETTER DAYS I'M CHANGING THOSE DAYS
IN SO MANY WAYS FOR BETTER DAYS
BAD OLD DAYS I'M CHANGIN THOSE DAYS
IN SO MANY WAYS FOR BETTER DAYS
NOTHINGS GOING TO BREAK MY BACK
OR CHANGE MY PERCEPTION OF WHERE IT'S AT
NO ONE'S GOING TO BREAK MY NECK
THERE'S PEOPLE HERE THAT STATEMENT WILL REGRET
BEEN GOING FORWARD BACKWARD FORWARD
BACKWARD SOMETIMES I'VE BEEN STANDING STILL
I'M BACK, DON'T NEED A SHOULDER
I'M GETTING OLDER GETTING MUCH BOLDER
The darkness has always been,
The world was born into a blanket of sin,
When all the faith's been gone,
Still we found a reason to carry on,
Through the worrry, worry, worry,
Caught in an endless maze
Oh when the lights go out,
All i can think about,
Is how, we've seen better days...
Oh lover lately i've been thinkin i might leave you,
As you're surrounded by these fools who do decieve you,
Yes our past is wretched true,
But i'm still in love with you,
Thats why i am still refusin to give in to
All this worry, worry, worry
Caught in an endless maze,
But when the lights go out,
All i can think about,
Is how, we've seen better days
Where do we go from here,
While we're all so consumed by feer,
Why im trying not to be suspiscious of those im suspicious of,
I'm tryin to crackopen this angry heart and find a little love,
Still i worry, worry, worry,
Caught in an endless maze,
Still when the lights go out,
All that i can think about is how we've seen better days,
Oh when the lights go out,
All i can dream about,
You've seen better days my friend
but I've seen days that would not end
I've seen things that never came to be
sitting and sifting through the soft debris
You've seen better days than me
I think on that we can agree
and we don't agree on many things
'cause I'm the one with hoofs
and you're the one with wings
See what you've done
why don't you see what you've done?
You've seen better days than me
I think on that we both can agree
and we don't agree on anything
'cause I'm the one that shouts
and you're the one that sings
You've seen better days my friend
but i've seen things that I cannot defend
I've seen things that never came to light
and that's the reason I can even sleep at night
See what you've done
why don't you see what you've done?
Talk about a better day
Don't know what you heard
In the end your actions speak louder than words
Do you want the easy way
You're so unprepared
Let me know when you have decided to care
[Chorus I:]
I'm never giving in
I'm reaching for the stars
I'll never falter now
I've come so far
[Chorus II:]
Living the life that I've got to live
All I've ever dreamed of
Giving it all that I've got to give
Thought about another way
Could I break the rules
Time to be the master, not one of the fools
Only getting older
Will not be afraid
In the end there's nothing that can't be changed
[Chorus I]
[Chorus II]
[Chorus II]
[Solo / Interlude]
[Chorus I]
[Chorus II]
Come with me and you'll see our world falls apart
Wipe away your tears
It doesn't mean a thing at all
Stay for a while and you will find yourself in an endless dream
Bitterness is born on the days like these
On days just like these
It's been so long since I changed my ways
I know I've been saving up for better days
Come with me and you'll find these feelings you can't deny
It's all I have offer
So no use to fight
I'm in the mood for a sad song, one that cries on it's own
And we can sing it together, so I don't cry all alone
Seems I don't know where to go, since she went away
And the room's spinning faster, as the record plays
It's the one that reminds me of much better days
I'm in the mood for a memory, one that lives on and on
If I relive the laughter, then it won't feel like she's gone
I can't remember when I smiled, since she went away
I keep reaching behind me, today's so hard to face
And the silence reminds me of much better days
And it's too long to morning, since she's not in my sights
She's the one that could move me, but she's out of sight
Why am I holding on, I should let it fade
Take me back to better days
Take me back to better days
Take me back to better days
Oh oh
Maniacs will you sit
While geniuses drive you cabs
Deaden jobs that might leave you
Dead at the job
Oh a place where you can third world
In the first world
Yeah we the seed planted
By those you choosed to drive up north
In broke cars with hope up
Sending paper back home
And to see better days
Every dollar got a deed for in a third world mentality
Just like in your country
Poverty is like love
Makes you do some crazy things
Give it up without trying
Either that or just dying
Either that or just dying
Poverty is like love
Makes you do some crazy things
Give it up without trying
Get with out trying
Either that or just dying
Poverty is like love
Poverty is like love
Poverty is like love
Some better days
Some better days
Oh oh
Es su mundo des secreto confesión
Son do sil a drones
Hes dificisero neto
Poke en wile presupuerto
Se lo quero ia lo tengo
Si no tengo lo pretendo
Yeah
We part of the plead
Channeled by most folks that try for much more
Than just an ID so we can bring the whole fam's up
See better days
So we plant our own seeds with the first
The mentality that I saw blinded on reality
Poverty is like love
Makes you do some crazy things
Give it up without trying
Either that or just dying
Either that or just dying
Poverty is like love
Makes you do some crazy things
Give it up without trying
Get with out trying
Either that or just dying
Poverty is like love
Poverty is like love
Poverty is like love
Some better days
Some better days
Some better days
Some better days
Some better days
Some better days
Hey you work,you work,you work, you work
You work,you work for jerks and bossess
Who don't see people, see profits
Not the holy kind, i'm talking dollars signs
Poverty like love
Struck by cupid
Poverty and movement
blinded and love
He spreaded it out a little bit
Love is cupid
Poverty is stupid
Poverty is like love
Makes you do some crazy things
Give it up without trying
Either that or just dying
Either that or just dying
Poverty is like love
Makes you do some crazy things
Give it up without trying
Get with out trying
Either that or just dying
Poverty is like love
Poverty is like love
Poverty is like love
Some better days
Some better days
Some better days
Some better days
Some better days
Some better days
Suicide on the horizon
I count these miseries to ten
Contempt is a lifestyle (Is a lifestyle)
Contempt is a lifestyle (Is a lifestyle)
These demons strike twice
Demons... these demons strike twice
Contempt is a lifestyle (Is a lifestyle)
Contempt is a lifestyle (Is a lifestyle)
Suicide on the horizon
I count these miseries
These times the tint of light turns to twilight
'Cause I won't understand better days
Better days
Better days
'Cause I won't understand
'Cause I won't bow down
Won't let this eat me alive
Crawl out of my hole
Exorcise the demons
Ugh!
'Cause I...
Better days (Better days)
Better days (Better days)
These times the tint of light turns to twilight
'Cause I won't understand better days
Better days
Better days
Chorus:
Veronica's the song that's in my head
Veronica's the name I've often said
But her friends say she's too good for me
It's kinda like west side story
She's the only one for me
She's the only girl I see
I can't seem to find a damn thing wrong with her
Veronica
Every day I see your friends talkin' about me
But I know there's something there that no one can see
It reminds me of Romeo and Juliet
Like we're living on a movie set
Montague and Capulet
Make your daddy sweat
Because he wishes we had never met
She says that I just make her world round
God knows I feel it too,
I'm so in love, I'm so in love, I'm so in love with you...
Chorus
Your brothers say, it's over now they're looking for me
But I know there's something there that no one can see
It reminds me of Romeo and Juliet
Like were living on a movie set
I'm a shark and youre a jet
Make your mommy sweat
Cause she wishes we had never met
She says I just make her world go round
I know 'cause I feel it too, I'm so in love with you
Veronica
Chorus
check-check-check-check-uhhh
Johnny rocket, got her number in my pocket
We was on the run, daddy got a gun, stop it!
Playin' with veronica, she's got me now
But her brother got a biscuit and it might go pow
I'm shaking-to break in-and makin'-and bakin'-to do-
Wit'cha and yo crew-and ain't doin-nothing
But-grabbin a mic-and I'm smackin a mic
And I'm still on beat
You can't stop the blood rush and you can't stop love
So it's time to knuckle up and pray to the lord above
She says that I just make the world go round
God knows I feel it too, I'm so in love with you
Chorus[3x]
I got a car shining bright as day
Tearing it up trying to get away
I'm no dreamer I'm just waiting on the day
When my luck changes and things start going my way
And I hope that tomorrow ain't
More of the same
Death and taxes and who's to blame
I'm a hard working man
That's my claim to fame
And that ol' freeway's calling out my name
Looking for better days
Just when I thought I finally got it down
The rent goes up and my car breaks down
It's a wicked thing when luck turns on you
And if it don't work out what are you gonna do
And I hope that tomorrow ain't
More of the same
Death and taxes and who's to blame
I'm a hard working man
That's my claim to fame
And that ol' freeway's calling out my name
Looking for better days
When I get my chance I'll put it all behind
And I'll take whatever comes cause it's all mine
I'm hitting the gas I got the windows down
And just for a while nothings gonna get me down
And I hope that tomorrow ain't
More of the same
Death and taxes and who's to blame
I'm a hard working man
That's my claim to fame
And that ol' freeway's calling out my name
Looking for better days
People let telling me
To stay away from you
But i can help myself
Just don’t no what to do
Even out can't they stay say
You want change anyway
But i can help myself
I just can help myself
People let telling me
To keep away from you
But they won't never understand i much I feel for you
Even out can't they say
You want change anyway
But i can help my self still believing
Better days , better days, better days, better days (x2)
People let telling me
To stay away from you
But i can help myself
Just don’t no what to do
Even out can't they stay say
You want change anyway
But i can help myself
I just can help myself
People let telling me
To keep away from you
But they will never understand i much I feel for you
Even out can't they stay say You want change anyway
But i can help my self still believing
assination from the kid of kreation
blazin disaster by devious station
face it
a permanent vacation
a tastin from the tree of temptation
blazin and hazin
but never quite placin
the movement of the stars
or the rotation
tokin im smokin from la to oakload
in some dreams im drownin in others i be chokin
money money make the world go round
money money just bring me down now
and im lookin for the higher ground
hey now lets start nominatin
so long i live my life w/o sayin
i know i got to change my ways
im waiting on better days
hey now lets start...
i dont give a f**k and let me tell you why
i woke up this morning and i got high
the day passed and the stars went up
i made my mark and i heard pop pop?
theres a voice in the back of my head
another death and blood been shed
evil lurks in the hearts of many
dollar signs on every sin
money money make the world go round
money money just bring you down
and im lookin for the higher ground
hey now lets start nominatin?
i live my life w/o sayin
i know ive got to change my ways
im waitin on better days hey
money drugs and everybody listens
nobody stops on the point that theyre missin in the system
whatever price you can write
even if the price is the loss of another life
we used to be stick up
kids regret doin the things that we did
tryin to live positive
murderous attackers
battlin fascists
? heart of the actions
think you would be missed if you didnt exist
so stay the the hell off my muthaf**king shit list
