[00:00:00] It Only Gets Better - Talib Kweli/Marsha Ambrosius [00:00:14] Lord knows I had it hard today [00:00:17] Had it hard today [00:00:18] Still I gotta keep my head up high along the way [00:00:25] Cause it only gets better better [00:00:29] It only gets better from here [00:00:31] It only gets better better [00:00:35] It only gets better from here [00:00:38] Every day I gotta wake up early [00:00:40] Let it break thank the Lord at the take [00:00:42] Get the troops hit the booth spiritual it's been great [00:00:45] Practicing my gratitude life is so beautiful [00:00:48] Working on that attitude just because [00:00:51] It only gets better better [00:00:55] It only gets better from here [00:00:57] It only gets better better [00:01:01] It only gets better from here [00:01:04] Every day I gotta [00:01:05] Trust the God and hustle hard [00:01:06] My grind is real my hustle d**e [00:01:08] I'm finding meals I'm signing deals [00:01:10] I'm the Gladiator like Russell Crowe [00:01:11] Yeah you know it's real but I'm focused still [00:01:13] Why you focus shake it like gold field [00:01:15] Cause you're not in tune no you're not immune [00:01:16] No acclamation no golden seal [00:01:17] You sick side gotta flush it down [00:01:19] We talk to folks cover your mouth [00:01:21] Ain't nobody gonna cover that shifts [00:01:23] So you go to work you tuff it down [00:01:24] You bust it out till you're out for work [00:01:26] I know your boss a jerk you're gonna cuss a mouth [00:01:27] Hit it with a bus driver upper-cut [00:01:29] That cock only think you punch him out [00:01:31] I relate to you you gotta pay your dues [00:01:32] When the time is right you gotta make a move [00:01:34] Your job is what you get paid to do [00:01:35] Your call is what you're made to do [00:01:37] I got faith in you you're gonna make it through [00:01:39] Cause you don't chase money money chasing you [00:01:40] Keep laboring like you got a thing to do [00:01:42] Won't taste no foods like they put you [00:01:44] No more wait for you you gonna take it now [00:01:46] You gonna make a vault [00:01:47] As long as you walk on the earth with that first got to make me proud [00:01:50] Hey let me break it down oh bless your hearts [00:01:54] Keep talking bout how stressed you are [00:01:55] Better talk about how blessed you are [00:01:58] Lord knows I had it hard today [00:02:01] Had it hard today [00:02:02] Still I gotta keep my head up high along the way [00:02:09] Cause it only gets better better [00:02:12] It only gets better from here [00:02:15] It only gets better better [00:02:19] It only gets better from here [00:02:22] Every day I got to get up early wake the kids [00:02:25] Get on running made again [00:02:26] Go to work watching in [00:02:28] Every day I'm hustling [00:02:29] Fight the traffic lose my cool [00:02:31] Get the kids right after school [00:02:33] Think it's hard yeah that's true [00:02:34] This is what I have to do [00:02:36] Cause it only gets better better [00:02:38] It only gets better from here [00:02:41] It only gets better better [00:02:45] It only gets better from here [00:02:48] What we got is true they listen [00:02:51] Try to talk to gal but is real what I'm spitting [00:02:52] Call Christ by name but still ain't rising [00:02:54] Set to my lane but still ain't listening [00:02:56] Got ice in the vans we make so frigid [00:02:57] Still in the kill brain self when you hit it [00:02:59] Order pills when you pop that pop that pop that [00:03:01] Don't stop get it get it [00:03:02] Started we the fighters we survivors but we ain't living [00:03:05] My soul is blacker than the Friday after Thanks Giving [00:03:09] We love that color 25% more like we like to face prison [00:03:12] But just because the president was black there's no racism [00:03:15] Postracial More like most racial [00:03:18] They hate for you disgraceful [00:03:19] Don't let them take you off your base let them motivate you [00:03:22] Don't let it overtake you so what another clause