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Chris Brown and Brandy trade verses on a ballad about the wreckage of a relationship neither can salvage. The song moves between their perspectives as both spiral into self-recrimination, each convinced they are the problem, each unable to stop the other from leaving. Brown's verses arrive first, a man watching his home become a hollow space, his calls going unanswered. Brandy enters with her own damage, deep underwater and drowning, watching him move on without her. The chorus collapses inward. Both sing the same refrain: a mounting self-hatred, a loss of identity, a sense of being trapped by their own worst instincts. The bridge darkens further, Brown's voice moving through thoughts of fading away, invoking faith and forgiveness in the same breath. It is a song about two people in free fall, each certain they deserve it, neither able to reach the other. The production sits spare and heavy around their voices, leaving nowhere to hide.
"Do Better" is a track by Chris Brown, from the album X (Expanded Edition), released 16th September 2014. Full lyrics are available below.
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