[Hook]

I still pray, for better days

I know one day, that I'll make the struggle all go away

I'll make it all go away...x2

[Verse 1]

I don't wanna see my fam go through this

No loot left so the bill payments missed

Tryna get a little loan, but the bank dismissed

No gifts under the tree when it hit Christmas

I can bare to ever see my Mom cry

After every single day that's gone by

Working hard for two kids on her own

Now that I'm grown, gotta make it on my own, all alone

But I swear I'm gonna get the bread for us

Gonna run the rap game like I'm Forrest

Gonna wipe away all of the poor luck

Put my Dad up in the brand new Ford truck

Make sure every single bank accounts filled up

Gonna break the damn banks like I'm Phillip

Gonna climb up the ranks when they feel us

Lemme murder MC's like a killa

Gotta give it up for my Grandma

Cause she raised us, but I understand Ma

Cause it wasn't easy growing up with two kids

And when I grew up, I was acting ruthless

I don't know why I was such a fool

Hanging with the wrong crowd, acting cool

Always went and smoked weed after school

Tried to act tough but I was just a fool

Dad wasn't there much but he tried

When my parents broke up, it ate me alive

But I love'em both til the day I die

I just wanna let'em see that their son can fly

Now I got a brother and a nephew

I will never be the one to neglect you

I'ma make it so you never have to go through

All the shit I went through back in '02

[Hook]

I still pray, for better days

I know one day, that I'll make the struggle all go away

I'll make it all go away...x2

[Verse 2]

I know one day that we'll all be free

From the pain and the stress, just wait and see

Gotta make a killin', yeah it's up to me

See myself at the top 'fo I'm 23

Someday y'all don't have to work no more

Once I make it in the game, get my foot in the door

I'ma let the world know what I came here for

To make sure that my family never goes poor

Growing up, they knew that I'd be great

Cause I never hesitate when I step to the plate

And I never ever wait, when I see my shot

I'ma take it and I swear I'll give it all I got

Cause I gotta be the one, to get it while I'm young

And tell the whole world where the hell we comin' from

We didn't have the best, but thanks to the rest

Of my fam, always held it down, man I am blessed

I know we've been through this for a few years

Shed a few tears on the eve of New Years

Said that I would make it better as my resolution

Then it didn't happen, but I found a new solution

Started picking up the pen and I'd write shit

Bout all the nights, thinkin' how I'd might quit

Worked daily from the AM til the night hit

No hydro at the crib, candle lights flick

But I never gave up and I stuck to it

Kept writing everyday like I must do it

Even after all the stuff that we've been through

It got better but the stress still continued

Always got down on my knees and prayed

That the sun would come out to see a brighter day

You know that I am the one to take the pain away

And lead it all astray to live them better days

[Hook]

I still pray, for better days

I know one day, that I'll make the struggle all go away

I'll make it all go away...x2