Better Man

Yeah, this for everybody who

Who lost someone to the streets, or to the system

I catch myself feelin' down from people talkin' 'bout me

They don't even know me though

'Round 2005, when I wrote my first rhyme

When I first started I wanted to quit so many times

My brother told me: Trell, you ain't gotta tell no lies

Went from the ground to my prime, now I'm on the rise

Could see the pain in my eyes but I always smile

Despite the hate, that's on my child I'll never stop

My mama asked me: Son, how it feel to be on top?

Always had that hustler ambition since I was a child

I drop my nuts and be a man, they don't understand

No matter what I tell my fans, they don't know who I am

They criticize me and don't know me, I don't give a damn

I tell my sons that I love 'em every time I see 'em

My family talk about me, I just act like I don't hear 'em

A nigga ever cross me, swear that I wouldn't wanna be him

I'm from the streets, put you to sleep and I won't shed a tear

So when it's beef, my niggas creep, no they won't let you live

I remember everything lil' Dave said

The image of them killin' you stuck in my head

Forever thuggin', on my brother I ain't scared

I'm screamin': Fuck em! They gon' miss me when I'm dead

I told my girl that I love her, please don't change on me

I speak the truth, bae I'm for you, I'll put a ring on it

I tell you everything, honestly 'cause you my homie

I'll put a shield over yo' back whenever it be stormin'

My love for you, I let 'em know, yeah

Me and you, we gon' grow old, yeah

You down for me, and that I know, yeah

What we don't tell, they don't know, yeah

Up in these, I done seen so many things

Swear I'm so young for to have so much pain

I ain't have nothin', I had to make it through the rain

They changed on me but man I swear that I won't change

Right now I'm workin' for to be a better man

Ain't have no father, so I had to take a stand

They ain't with me if they ain't feelin' what I'm sayin'

Get up, go get it, you don't need no helpin' hand

(How can they change?)

How can they change up on me?

So many needs so I'm workin' hard, no sleep

Yeah I'ma make it, yeah I know 'cause I believe

Could be in jail but in yo' mind you free

Right or wrong, that's yo' decision, accept it and you run with that

I'm with you then I'm with you, I won't change, it ain't none of that

I ain't gotta prove a thing, if you play me then I'm dumpin' that

Hop up in my spaceship, I'm gone, I ain't comin' back

They say: You don't know what you got until it's gone, and I see

That I'm gone and I ain't comin' back

Got it on my own, I stayed strong and I got what I believed

Man I swear that I ain't comin' back

Told me that you with me and you lied to me

If you my nigga, you my nigga, you gon' ride for me

If you my girl, when it's time, you'd testify for me

I'd die for you, so in return you should die for me

Up in these, I done seen so many things

Swear I'm so young for to have so much pain

I ain't have nothin', I had to make it through the rain

They changed on me but man I swear that I won't change

Right now I'm workin' for to be a better man

Ain't have no father, so I had to take a stand

They ain't with me if they ain't feelin' what I'm sayin'

Get up, go get it, you don't need no helpin' hand