[00:20.99]Now this is how it is
[00:22.15]To wake up with your pockets tapped out, you're ass out
[00:24.69]It's nowhere to turn, you get burned
[00:27.03]You wanna see the sun but all you get is rainy weather
[00:29.42]Word life kid, things can only get better
[00:32.01]You're fresh out the beast, no peace on your earth
[00:34.65]Searching for the end of the rainbow it gets worse
[00:37.19]No occupation without an education
[00:40.07]You're facing expiration in a six-foot location
[00:42.81]Life is building stress on your brain
[00:44.75]Every other day you find it harder to maintain
[00:47.89]But you gotta for your seeds' sake don't break
[00:50.67]Stay strong for your queen, kid, it won't be long
[00:53.06]Till you overcome to obstacles stopping you from prospering
[00:56.26]No more five to ten bids up at Sing Sing
[00:58.85]And life gets no easier, you gotta see your way to resist temptation
[01:02.53]Cause soon there'll be a better day
[01:04.22]
[01:05.15]Even though the skies is grey around your way
[01:07.64]You're looking for a better day
[01:08.93]In due time the sun will shine around your way
[01:12.67]Yeah, you're looking for a better day
[01:14.71]Even though the skies is grey around your way
[01:18.25]You're looking for a better day
[01:19.94]In due time the sun will shine around your way
[01:23.58]You're looking for a better day
[01:24.57]
[01:25.22]Once again I think I can see
[01:27.13]That would be nine months down the line, it's hard to believe
[01:31.31]But that's what's going on in this crazy world today
[01:34.33]You got cats who wanna lay back and make babies
[01:36.21]But when it comes time to be a father
[01:38.11]Dad just flips the script screaming that he don't wanna be bothered
[01:41.40]You're left with one breath and a starving seed
[01:44.04]I feed em knowledge instead of the devil's trickery
[01:46.82]Now you fall into a section with eight dreams
[01:49.31]Farewell to your goals, I'm sympathetic to your needs
[01:52.50]No roof over your head, no family
[01:54.64]They warned you about the nigga, he was mad sneaky
[01:57.32]Now there's a pretty price to pay
[01:59.91]What can I say? It hits me in my heart that way
[02:02.40]You're down and out in the ghetto contemplating letting go of life
[02:05.98]But who's gonna take care of you know?
[02:08.02]Stay strong yo, try to get yourself together
[02:10.51]I promise you there will be days that's much better
[02:12.91]
[02:13.46]Even though the skies is grey around your way
[02:17.12]You're looking for a better day
[02:18.51]In due time the sun will shine around your way
[02:22.05]Yeah, you're looking for a better day
[02:24.93]Even though the skies is grey around your way
[02:27.42]You're looking for a better day
[02:29.16]In due time the sun will shine around your way
[02:32.35]Yeah, you're looking for a better day
[02:33.89]
[02:34.69]Last but not least is the story of my life
[02:37.13]Straight zero, a loser who wants to be a hero
[02:39.96]I gotta save myself before I can sacrifice
[02:42.60]Saving your life cause I ain't living right
[02:44.99]Why trust me? I got problems, abusing substances
[02:47.98]Alcoholism, I'm chasing girls with big breastesess
[02:50.56]Hanging with them kids down the hall in the group home
[02:53.21]I'm twenty deep but yet I still feel alone
[02:55.75]I gotta stop depending on the bottle for the answers
[02:58.39]Before I end up in AA battling cancer
[03:01.12]But now my eyes can see the pain in the black community
[03:04.31]It seems though there ain't no unity
[03:06.35]Gun play today results in thoughtless killings
[03:08.99]Innocent little shorties turning into ruthless villains
[03:11.72]Now who's to blame for the game that we play?
[03:14.21]Tighten up y'all, tomorrow is a better day
[03:16.70]
[03:18.04]Even though the skies is grey around your way
[03:20.53]You're looking for a better day
[03:21.73]In due time the sun will shine around your way
[03:25.41]Yeah, you're looking for a better day
[03:27.65]Even though the skies is grey around your way
[03:31.03]You're looking for a better day
[03:32.58]In due time the sun will shine around your way
[03:36.36]You're looking for a better day
[03:42.35]You're looking for a better day
[03:47.59]You're looking for a better day
[03:53.01]You're looking for a better day