Artist: t.i.
Song: be better than me
Year: 2003
Okay, yuh, yuh, yuh
Ay, okay, ay, ay, ay
Come on
Okay, yuh, yuh, yuh
Ay, okay, ay, ay, ay
Come on
I never know whether I'm livin' fo' tomorrow or dyin' fo' today
But either way I'm tryna move a hundred dimes in a day
They sat that crime don't pay, but I'm gone stay on the grind in the A
Wit' the same ole J's
I know the lames gone say that I done changed no way
I'm in the gutter every day tryna slang mo ya
In the middle of the trap, we hang the dro blaze
Niggaz in the trap ain't changed in 4 days
Waiting' on a page dat saying' the blow came
Instead of us just finding mo' ways to get paid
Anyway, in the fire, I done been there homey
Niggaz ball, niggaz die and ain't shit fair homey
Dem crackers give ya some time and get to sit there homey
My niggaz dyin', I'll see ya when I get there homey
Ay, born alone, die alone in life
But right or wrong, folk it's on fo' life, just be beta than me
Shanty, the streets ain't the place to be
I'm telling you 'cuz it's to late fo' me, ay be beta than me
Crack a slug nut tin' beta to see then young niggaz wit' a felony sheet
So be beta than me
I know ya mamma waitin' faithfully on her baby to graduate ya see
You way beta than me
Beta than us, beta than this, take a chance nigga change some shit
You could be beta than me
Ay, it's rules in the game son, learn it young
When dez haters speak yo name man burn dey tongue
Neva be ashamed of how ya live or where ya from
You stack a mill, niggaz will see how far you come
Without a gun, you got somethin'll make 'em bar you son
That's a million dollar mind, why, dez niggaz is dumb
Yeah, they gon' get outta line, but dez niggaz is scum
They outta sight and outta mind ?til you visit the slum, stay down
Stay on the grind and yo' digits'll come, bottom line
You gotta shine no matter what you become
Dez streets is 40 percent of yo' mind and 5 percent muscle
10 struggle, 10 time, and 35 percent hustle
And trust if dey don't burry the scared, dey burry the dead
When anticipatin' pistol play, be very prepared
And if you ain't, find somewhere to burry yo head
Because them hot ones from the choppas tear ya body to shreds
I said
Shawty, the streets ain't the place to be
I'm telling you 'cuz it's to late fo' me, ay be beta than me
Crack a slug nuttin' beta to see then young niggaz wit' a felony sheet
So be beta than me
I know ya mamma waitin' faithfully on her baby to graduate ya see
You way beta than me
Beta than us, beta than this, take a chance nigga change some shit
You could be beta than me
In a broke down Cadillac, ridin' high
Not many trusts in this life either shine or die
I'ma live one of two ways, either grind or cry
And I'ma grind it out, even if I'm dyin' it out
Ain't got no mo than me, so what the fuck you lyin' about
That man right there, but ain't gon' be when dey start findin' out
That that bullshit you be talkin' ain't the real deal
That ain't you blow, them ain't yo' cars so how you really live
See what you need to do is take a chilly-willy pill
Go and chill yo' ass out, fo dey deal yo ass out
A bad hand from a mad man, in a mad clan
All dem other niggaz take a fall you gon' take the last stand
Gnawed in, sawed in, how everybody ball
When everybody else is all in you don't know where to fall in?
Need some Flaw Henn, I'm telling you shawty
And don't be buyin' none of dat bullshit sellin' you shawty
And all that other shit they talkin' is irrelevant shawty
Tell 'em, show you the papa, fo' dey show you the cable
You see a whole different nigga when you open dem drabbles
Follow haters nuttin' holy can saves us, shawty be beta than me
Shawty, the streets ain't the place to be
I'm telling you 'cuz it's to late fo' me, ay be beta than me
Crack a slug nuttin' beta to see then young niggaz wit' a felony sheet
So be beta than me
I know ya mamma waitin' faithfully on her baby to graduate ya see
You way beta than me
Beta than us, beta than this, take a chance nigga change some shit
You could be beta than me
Shawty, the streets ain't the place to be
I'm telling you 'cuz it's to late fo' me, ay be beta than me
Crack a slug nuttin' beta to see then young niggaz wit' a felony sheet
So be beta than me
I know ya mamma waitin' faithfully on her baby to graduate ya see
You way beta than me
Beta than us, beta than this, take a chance nigga change some shit
You could be beta than me
