For The Better Lyrics

Made some changes in my life for the better

Even though I love her, had to leave her for the better

Went and got my shit together

Even through the trials and the errors

Even at my lows, kept my head up

Had to put my pride aside for the better

Stayed down through the hardest times for the better

Fighting battles in my mind

Only made me wiser and clever

Feel like I'm designed for the pressure

Here's a message for my youngins

Skip all the parties and the women, get ya money

Work on ya craft, stay down, stay hungry

Time goes fast, 'fore you know it you 30 something

Same spot, thinking damn I was just a kid

Talking 'bout what you shoulda did, coulda did

Look at what the hood done did

Told you everybody ain't ya mans

Don't follow the wrong crowd like a fan

Don't chase clout, instead of saving ya bands

You trynna be a goat or a sacrificial lamb?

Them hoes got you in a trance

You done spent ya last on her but she left you for somebody on the gram

Basically what I'm saying is don't get caught up in the rat race

Moving at a fast pace ending up a sad case

Put yourself first 'cause you could end up in last place

That's from experience, I ain't just rapping I'm being serious

Made some changes in my life for the better

Even though I love her, had to leave her for the better

Went and got my shit together

Even through the trials and the errors

Even at my lows, kept my head up

Had to put my pride aside for the better

Stayed down through the hardest times for the better

Fighting battles in my mind

Only made me wiser and clever

Feel like I'm designed for the pressure

Conversations got shorter, paper got longer

Problems got bigger but my mind became stronger

I told 'em Imma shine

Imma Optimist, I'm transforming to my prime

I ain't hit you 'cause I'm caught up in the grind

It better be about some business if you get a portion of my time

Couldn't turn water into wine

But I done made coin off them quarters and them dimes

Shit is more than rhymes

Deeper than rap lyrics with metaphors

I got friends in jail, some are dead and gone

System built to break us down like a wrecking ball

Trynna make it out the hood is like a never ending war

Rapping for the better 'cause I'm better off

Chasing my dreams 'til my leg is sore

Save that back and forth for them tennis courts

Work on ya credit score, get up out the trenches dawg