J. Cole - A Better Way lyrics

[Verse 1: Packi] Livin' life but it feels like the end of it It's a cold world when you don't got a friend in it, hell What am I to do? What if I don't give a damn what I am to you? I do this sh** for me, it's like therapy That's why I keep the pen around, cause you were never there for me But it is And you don't like the fact that I did this But it's whatever, I could stay forever on your sh** list This time, I'll do it for me I don't care about the money, I would do this sh** for free If it a'int about the words then it's all about the beat Lose yourself in the music Put it on repeat Try to put your a** to sleep, but the music got you thinkin' Thinkin' 'bout your problems, and that sh** got you drinkin' Drinkin' 'till you solve them, or drinkin' 'till you're numb You could figure it out, but now drinkin' got you dumb And you wonder what happened Everything used to be fine Everything I want now used to be mine And it slipped away wishin' you could rewind Lookin' at your girlfriend, wishin' you could read minds Lookin' at your watch, wishin' you could freeze time Lookin' at your problems, tryna' throw the peace sign, deuces And get the hell up outta' there But you got no cash flow, you don't even got a prayer Dang It's weighin' on you heavy You weren't even ready and it hit you like a ton of bricks Everything was cool, how the hell'd it go from fun to this? There's gotta be a better way There's gotta be a better way There's gotta be a better way Get the hell outta' your bed and get a better day