YoungBoy Never Broke Again - Better Man lyrics

[Intro] Yeah, this for everybody who!!! Who lost someone to the streets, or to the system I catch myself feeling down from people talking ’bout me They don’t even know me though [Verse 1] ‘Round 2005, when I wrote my first rhyme When I first started I wanted to quit so many times My brother told me (Trell, you ain’t gotta tell no lies) Went from the ground to my prime, now I’m on the rise Could see the pain in my eyes but I always smile Despite the hate, that’s on my child I’ll never stop My mama asked me (Son, how it feel to be on top?) Always had that hustler ambition since I was a child I drop my nuts and be a man, they don’t understand No matter what I tell my fans, they don’t know who I am They criticize me and don’t know me, I don’t give a d--n I tell my sons that I love ’em every time I see ’em My family talk about me, I just act like I don’t hear ’em A n---a ever cross me, swear that I wouldn’t wanna be him I’m from the streets, put you to sleep and I won’t shed a tear So when it’s beef, my n----s creep, no they won’t let you live I remember everything lil’ Dave said The image of them k**ing you stuck in my head Forever thugging, on my brother I ain’t scared I’m screaming (F--k em!) they gon’ miss me when I’m dead I told my girl that I love her, please don’t change on me I speak the truth, bae I’m for you, I’ll put a ring on it I tell you everything, honestly ’cause you my homie I’ll put a shield over yo’ back whenever it be storming My love for you, I let ’em know, yeah Me and you, we gon’ grow old, yeah You down for me, and that I know, yeah What we don’t tell, they don’t know, yeah [Hook/Chorus] Up in these, I done seen so many things Swear I’m so young for to have so much pain I ain’t have nothing, I had to make it through the rain They changed on me but man I swear that I won’t change Right now I’m working for to be a better man Ain’t have no father, so I had to take a stand They ain’t with me if they ain’t feeling what I’m saying Get up, go get it, you don’t need no helping hand [Verse 2] (How can they change?) How can they change up on me? So many needs so I’m working hard, no sleep Yeah I’ma make it, yeah I know ’cause I believe Could be in jail but in yo’ mind you free Right or wrong, that’s yo’ decision, accept it and you run with that I’m with you then I’m with you, I won’t change, it ain’t none of that I ain’t gotta prove a thing, if you play me then I’m dumping that Hop up in my spaceship, I’m gone, I ain’t coming back They say (You don’t know what you got until it’s gone) and I see!!! That I’m gone and I ain’t coming back Got it on my own, I stayed strong and I got what I believed Man I swear that I ain’t coming back Told me that you with me and you lied to me If you my n---a, you my n---a, you gon’ ride for me If you my girl, when it’s time, you’d testify for me I’d die for you, so in return you should die for me [Hook/Chorus] Up in these, I done seen so many things Swear I’m so young for to have so much pain I ain’t have nothing, I had to make it through the rain They changed on me but man I swear that I won’t change Right now I’m working for to be a better man Ain’t have no father, so I had to take a stand They ain’t with me if they ain’t feeling what I’m saying Get up, go get it, you don’t need no helping hand