It Only Gets Better - Talib Kweli/Marsha Ambrosius Lord knows I had it hard today Had it hard today Still I gotta keep my head up high along the way Cause it only gets better better It only gets better from here It only gets better better It only gets better from here Every day I gotta wake up early Let it break thank the Lord at the take Get the troops hit the booth spiritual it's been great Practicing my gratitude life is so beautiful Working on that attitude just because It only gets better better It only gets better from here It only gets better better It only gets better from here Every day I gotta Trust the God and hustle hard My grind is real my hustle d**e I'm finding meals I'm signing deals I'm the Gladiator like Russell Crowe Yeah you know it's real but I'm focused still Why you focus shake it like gold field Cause you're not in tune no you're not immune No acclamation no golden seal You sick side gotta flush it down We talk to folks cover your mouth Ain't nobody gonna cover that shifts So you go to work you tuff it down You bust it out till you're out for work I know your boss a jerk you're gonna cuss a mouth Hit it with a bus driver upper-cut That cock only think you punch him out I relate to you you gotta pay your dues When the time is right you gotta make a move Your job is what you get paid to do Your call is what you're made to do I got faith in you you're gonna make it through Cause you don't chase money money chasing you Keep laboring like you got a thing to do Won't taste no foods like they put you No more wait for you you gonna take it now You gonna make a vault As long as you walk on the earth with that first got to make me proud Hey let me break it down oh bless your hearts Keep talking bout how stressed you are Better talk about how blessed you are Lord knows I had it hard today Had it hard today Still I gotta keep my head up high along the way Cause it only gets better better It only gets better from here It only gets better better It only gets better from here Every day I got to get up early wake the kids Get on running made again Go to work watching in Every day I'm hustling Fight the traffic lose my cool Get the kids right after school Think it's hard yeah that's true This is what I have to do Cause it only gets better better It only gets better from here It only gets better better It only gets better from here What we got is true they listen Try to talk to gal but is real what I'm spitting Call Christ by name but still ain't rising Set to my lane but still ain't listening Got ice in the vans we make so frigid Still in the kill brain self when you hit it Order pills when you pop that pop that pop that Don't stop get it get it Started we the fighters we survivors but we ain't living My soul is blacker than the Friday after Thanks Giving We love that color 25% more like we like to face prison But just because the president was black there's no racism Postracial More like most racial They hate for you disgraceful Don't let them take you off your base let them motivate you Don't let it overtake you so what another clause Survive the storm but riding on the beach in the southern wild Lord knows I had it hard today Had it hard today Still I gotta keep my head up high along the way Cause it only gets better better It only gets better from here It only gets better better It only gets better from here Every day I gotta every day I gotta Memories live man and my memories stay alive yeah Shoutout Assata Shakur Nehanda Abiodun yeah Rest in peace Troy Davis Rest in peace Geronimo Pratt yeah One love to Nasrin Sotoudeh One love to Leonard Peltier c'mon "Prisoner of Conscious" man Whenever life bring me down I think about those freedom fighters Those who put they life on the line Those who get jailed for they thoughts Like Tural Abbasli put in jail for organizin a protest on Facebook Like Mumia Abu-Jamal what up Mumia "Prisoner of Conscious" man Free P**sy Riot Lord knows I had it hard today