[Intro:]
I'm a young n***a who just live life
I done seen so much shit just from the very bottom
So it was just always about grinding
And getting it out the mud for me
I just want a n***a to know what I thought
I got an opportunity
It's way, this bigger than me
'Cause you know God put a n***a in a position for a reason

[Verse 1:]
I was deep like in the street life
Was on my grind so I didn't sleep nights
Used to push rocks out on my block
Saw police lights, I heard the gunshots
I had nowhere to go
At the end of the road
Had to do something fast
Now I ain't running no more
'Cause I found the light at the end of the tunnel
That's why I kept my head high
Instead of selling my faith
Sitting here wishing I would die

[Chorus:]
Living in hell on earth
Dead last so I couldn't see first
But I knew it wouldn't get worst
No, it only got better (better)
And it's getting better
Living in hell on earth
Dead last so I couldn't see first
But I know it wouldn't get worst
No, it only got better (better)
And it's getting better
[Bridge:]
'Cause I knew one day that life would get better
Finally made a way so now it's all better
'Cause I knew one day that life would get better
Finally made a way so now it's all better (yeah)

[Outro:]
A n***a out the city mind is
The only way to survive is kill
And that may mean protecting myself
Or I'ma come up
It's shoot 'em up, bang bang on every n***a
It's my squad against yours
And a lot of n***as got that mentality
Thinking, you know, that's the way to come up
That's New Orleans