Better Man

[Intro] Yeah, this for everybody who... (Dubba-AA flexin') Who lost someone to the streets, or to the system I catch myself feelin' down from people talkin' 'bout me They don't even know me though '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 (This is the sound) [Verse 1] 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 damn 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 nigga 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 niggas creep, no they won't let you live I remember everything lil' Dave said The image of them killin' you stuck in my head Forever thuggin', on my brother I ain't scared I'm screamin' "Fuck 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 stormin' 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 [Chorus] Up in these streets I done seen so many things Swear I'm so young for to have so much pain I ain't have nothin', 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 workin' 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 feelin' what I'm sayin' Get up, go get it, you don't need no helpin' hand [Verse 2] (How can they change?) How can they change up on me? So many needs so I'm workin' 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 dumpin' that Hop up in my spaceship, I'm gone, I ain't comin' 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 comin' back Got it on my own, I stayed strong and I got what I believed Man I swear that I ain't comin' back Told me that you with me and you lied to me If you my nigga, you my nigga, 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 [Chorus] Up in these streets, I done seen so many things Swear I'm so young for to have so much pain I ain't have nothin', 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 workin' 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 feelin' what I'm sayin' Get up, go get it, you don't need no helpin' hand