Sometimes it's hard, it's not what we'd hoped
We were prepared to climb but not at this slope
Well I'm here to tell you I aint one to mope
Or turn tail and go

I'm taking the blame, what's your's and what's mine
Sentenced myself and I'm doing the time
I'm pleased to report so far I feel fine
I think it's the first sign

A better me you have just got to meet
A better me so steadfast and sweet
There'll be primping and preening and blessed redeeming
And a better me is going to sweep you off your feet

Well I'm angry as hell and I'm guilty as sin
Don't like where I am and I hate where I've been
So I'm getting reborn, I'm doing me in
Tell my next of kin

I've got peace like a river flowing through me
I've got joy like a fountain bursting at my seams
I've got love like an ocean washing me clean
Brother what a scene, tell me have you seen

Scrimping and saving and life rearranging
Giving and taking and true amends making

Instrumental sections feature Fraser Canyon Breakdown by Jason Homey

Intro: Joe Budden]

I hear what nigga's sayin'.
Nigga's gonna' talk to me like...
Like when I come on the plane an' shit, Louie's on.
When I sit out in front of the muh'fuckin' plane wit' the daily news wit' my legs crossed an' shit.
Wanna' act like I ain't earn my seat, when I'm watchin' muh'fuckas walk to the back an' shit, when it's Coach.
You Pat Riley in that shit, nigga.

[Verse 1: Joe Budden]

Look here

Look, look...

I get a ghetto gospel
Only right considerin' the ghetto was my hostile.
Memory is gone, but I'm recallin' all through highschool
Even at my lowest, I was sittin' on my highstool;
That's what bein' high do.
If I couldn't do shit, was always able ta' toke
They tol' me that a nigga die 'fore I was able ta' vote.
'Prolly 'cause me an' my constituents
An' all the shit we did
The MRI couldn't tell you what the issue is.
Wit' my treason came a cause that I believed in
Is it really wrong if a nigga got a reason?
At times I had ta' take doe
Nigga did whatever for a peso
Bein' from the hood'll be my scapegoat.
A can it be, 'cause I wasn't born into a canopy
Maybe I was prone to fallin' in love wit' vanity.
Tell me shit'chu reap is the shit'chu sow
Tell God I'm better than the shit I show
I gotta grow, c'mon.

[Hook]

[Verse 2: Joe Budden]

Whoa...

Now look...

Now niggas say I floss too much
So... has he changed?
'Cause I don't think that thousand-dollar T cost too much.
All they should say is that he strong
Came out the fire unscathed, ye', I carried on
Lu Vuitton carry on.
[??] wit' my blessing's at a delay
Now ta' lace my chick in [??] is sorta' cliché.
Plane ain't gonn' ever land, less it's in the Netherlands
Twenty on that goldface, Breitling wit' the leather band.
Ask for a better hand
I tried collidin' wit my problems, ye', I never ran
That'll make me less a man.
I ain't go from not havin' it ta' bein' arrogant
I dreamt, went grabbin' it, jus' bein' passionate.
Some niggas get complaints an' why...
Dude's is newborn birds, jus' afraid ta' fly.
If you're foot's on the breaks, can't ride.
Me, I spread my wings, inhale an' embrace that high!

[Hook]

[Verse 3: Joe Budden]

Give it away, give it away, give it away now [x3]

Look, look, look...

Part of me was gruesome
I ain't changed, I grew some
An' if I did change, I welcomed that shit to come.
Dudes that smoked trees wit' me
Dudes that used ta' be wit' me
They say I switched up on 'em an' did a three-sixty.
'Cause I don't burn it down
But to me it's commonsense -
You wann' see the otherside, gott' turn aroun'.
Show 'em your game face -
I tell 'em we was on the same track, but wasn't runnin' that same race.
Weighin' in the same space, but I ain't gonn' change pace
Some' won't let me slowdown, I can't explain fate.
So don't say I went from broke ta' booshie
I'm far from highend I jus' know what suits me, muh'fucka.

远处海港传来阵阵船笛
我一直飘零到被你拣起
如今望著反映窗户玻璃
有个我陌生又熟悉

喔 I can Smile a little more
Sing a little more
Feel a little more
全因为你

说好了要为幸福 一天天地练习
练习 Laugh a little more
Love myself a little more
要学会更加善待我自己
为你我变成了 Better me

什么距离都不算是真的分离
想念和默契能代替一切言语
有一天生命会老去 还好谢谢有你

在你眼中 I see the better in me
Coz I can Smile a little more
Sing a little more
Feel a little more
全因为你

说好了要为幸福 一天天地练习
练习 Laugh a little more
Love myself a little more
要学会更加善待我自己
为你我变成了 Better me

就是那么神奇
从前的错都有意义
教我抛开所有猜疑 也许
我也美丽 值得一个奇迹

喔 我的眼泪会坠落
绝不是因为懦弱
而是感谢天让我遇见你
不然今天就不能 如此地有勇气

Now I promise to you
And I can swear to you
为你我 一定加倍 珍惜我自己
做一个值得你 骄傲的 Better me
一个值得你 爱的Better me