K-Rino - Gotta Get Better lyrics

Things gotta get better
(Things gotta get better)
We struggle everyday (We struggle everyday)
To find a solution (To find a solution)
And make a better way (And make a better way)

The other night, I was watching snapped on TV
It was a repeat
But, I was knee deep in a storyline
Thinking that this could be me
My foot up in that same shoe, what do you do
To cope with the fact that not many
Of your dreams ever came true
You try to look beyond the surface
You hope and pray that God kept you from the
Frontline and the limelight for
A greater purpose
Morbid scars man and blinded from far
Am I the only one who sees
How sick minded we are?
They say forgive and forget is
The way we should live
But, I've been burned so many times
That I forgot how to forgive
What you think is cool ain't cool homie
Start living wise
Come out of your trance, pull up your pants
Look civilized we identify with dirt
We can't even spell hope
Our condition is why these youngsters
Prostitute and sell dope but through it all
I'm still down with 'em
I'll never impeach 'em
And everytime I get a chance to
Chop it up with 'em, i teach 'em

This past year I've learned that most
People's love for you only stems
(From what?) from you being a shoulder
And what you can do for them
But when the doing's done and there's no
More to give the friendship's through
Trying your best not to deny them
You end up denying you
So what must I do to rid
Myself of those who are untrue
One's who seek only for self and
When exposed start acting new
While I was helping you
My own problems multiplied and grew
Who can the counselor speak to when
He needs to be counseled to?
So I speak to God and vent-out
My frustrations and my rages
And he answers me directly through
The scriptures in his pages
And I argue with myself while guilt
And pain funnel through me
And I'm trying to break the trend
Of hurting people closest to me
I ain't trying to please
The world yeah I wouldn't mind being rich
But, I ain't laughin' when it ain't funny
Or scratchin' when it don't itch
Wise words from a wise man and I never forgot
I'd rather be hated for who I am
Than be loved for who I'm not

Lord can I talk to you for
A minute I'm kinda trippin'
I know I've been outta line lately
Fallin' off and slippin' but um
I wanna thank you God for
Helpin' me through it all
I know I'll slip again but I pray
That you'll never let me fall
Please forgive me for acts I've
Carried out places I've been
Or having the nerve to ask for a
Blessing five minutes after I sin
Please guide me to obedience
Cause, I know that you demand that
I'm blessed, i know my life could be
Worse and I understand that
But, it's like I'm still strugglin' and
I'm gettin' bitter and hateful
And when people sufferin'
Me asking for things seems ungrateful
I just wanna feed my family
Barely getting by is unnerving
And only you know the real me
And we both know I'm undeservin'
When you start itching with flames help
Me get out of that range
Remove the urge for me to go left
And push my heart to change
And when I'm face to face with
Temptation help me to be strong and please
Don't let me stop doin' right cause
Others are did me wrong