Be Better Than Me

By T.I.

On Trap Muzik

Released on August 19, 2003

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[Intro]

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Ok, yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh


[Verse 1]

I never know whether I'm living for tomorrow or dying for today

But either way I'm tryna move a hundred dimes in a day

They say that crime don't pay, but I'm gon' stay on the grind in the A, with the same ol' J's

I know the lames gon' say that I done changed, no way

I'm in the gutter everyday, tryna slang more ye'

In the middle of the trap, we hang the dro blaze

Niggas in the trap ain't changed in four days

Waiting on a page that saying the blow came

Instead of us just finding more ways to get paid

Anyway, in the fire, I done been there homie

Niggas ball, niggas die, and ain't shit fair, homie

Them crackers give you some time and get to sit there, homie

My niggas dying, I'll see you when I get there, homie

Aye, born alone, die alone in life

But right or wrong, folk it's on for life

Just be better than me


[Hook]

Shawty, the streets ain't the place to be

I'm telling you cuz it's too late for me

Ay be betta than me

Crackas love nothin' betta to see than young niggas wit' a felony sheet

So be betta than me

I know ya mamma waitin' faithfully on her baby to graduate ya see

You way betta than me

Betta than us, betta than this, take a chance nigga change some shit

You could be betta than me


[Verse 2]

Ay, its rules in the game son, learn it young

When they haters speak yo' name, man, burn they tongue

Never be ashamed of how ya' live or where ya' from

You stack a mill, niggas will see how far you come

Without a gun, you got somethin'll make 'em bar you son

That's a million-dollar mind, why, they niggas is dumb

Yea they gon get outta line, but they niggas is scum

They outta sight and outta mind 'til you visit the slum, stay down

Stay on the grind and yo' digits'll come

Bottom line: you gotta shine no matta what you become

They streets is 40 percent of yo mind and 5 percent muscle

10 struggle, 10 time, and 35 percent hustle

And trust if dey don't burry the scared, they bury the dead

When anticipating pistol play, be very prepared

And if you ain't, find somewhere to bury yo' head

Because them hot ones from the choppas tear ya body to shreds

I said


[Hook]

Shawty, the streets ain't the place to be

I'm telling you cuz it's to late fo me

Ay be betta than me

Crackas love nothin' betta to see than young niggas wit' a felony sheet

So be betta than me

I know ya mamma waitin faithfully on her baby to graduate ya see

You way betta than me

Betta than us, betta than this, take a chance nigga change some shit

You could be betta than me


[Verse 3]

In a broke down Cadillac, ridin' high

Not many choices in this life either shine or die

I'ma live one of two ways, either grind or cry

And I'ma grind it out, even if I'm dyin it out

Ain't got no mo than me, so what the fuck you lyin about

That man right there, but ain't gon be when dey start findin out

That that bullshit you be talkin ain't the real deal

That ain't you blow, them ain't yo cars so how you really live

See what you need to do is take a chilly-willy pill

Go and chill yo ass out, fo dey deal yo ass out

A bad hand from a mad man, in a mad clan

All dem otha niggas take a fall you gon take the last stand

Gnawed in, sawed in, how everybody ball

When everybody else is all in you don't know where to fall in?

Need some Flaw Henn, I'm telling you shawty

And don't be buyin none of dat bullshit sellin you shawty

And all that otha shit they talkin is irrelevant shawty

Tell 'em, show you the papa, 'fo' they show you the cable

You see a whole different nigga when you open dem drables

Follow hatas nuttin holy can saves us

Shawty be betta than me


[Hook]

Shawty, the streets ain't the place to be

I'm telling you cuz it's to late fo me

Ay be betta than me

Crackas love nothin' betta to see than young niggas wit' a felony sheet

So be betta than me

I know ya mamma waitin faithfully on her baby to graduate ya see

You way betta than me

Betta than us, betta than this, take a chance nigga change some shit

You could be betta than me

Shawty, the streets ain't the place to be

I'm telling you cuz it's to late fo me

Ay be betta than me

Crackas love nothin' betta to see than young niggas wit' a felony sheet

So be betta than me

I know ya mamma waitin faithfully on her baby to graduate ya see

You way betta than me

Betta than us, betta than this, take a chance nigga change some shit

You could be betta than me