Things Are Gonna Get Better

Growing up, parents got me a guitar

Said, "You can do anything, kid, you can go far

You can be the president, fireman, race cars

The sky's the limit, kid, so shoot for the stars"

So I strummed that guitar every day

Found a passion for music never went away

I joined a couple bands and played a few shows

Tried to impress the girl in the front row

But soon enough everything starts to change

As you grow up, nobody treats you the same

They try take your future and make it real safe

You could be a doctor accountant or something sane

But yo, what ever happened to the sky was the limit?

I fell in love with music, never thought it was a gimmick

I worked so hard on every tune and every single lyric

My whole identity dependent on being artistic

Now you want to strip that away so you feel okay

'Cause if I make it to the top, what does that really say?

That you shouldn't have given up? That you made the mistake?

But if I fail, you'll feel much better bout picking your lane, right?

Yeah, things are gonna get better real soon

Yeah, I'ma just do me, you just do you

I swear it's gonna get better real soon

Don't let anyone tell you what you should do

I got a clear view

We're gonna make it soon

Just keep pushing through

Yeah, what you got to lose?

Yeah, what you got to lose?

Yeah, what you got to lose?

Just keep pushing through

'Cause what you got to lose?

I won't give up

I won't back down

Till I'm lying six feet underneath the deep ground

I won't give up

I won't back down

'Cause nobody's stopping me, except for me now

I won't give up

I won't back down

Till I'm lying six feet underneath the deep ground

I won't give up

I won't back down

'Cause nobody's stopping me, except for me now

And let's be honest, life's a competition

So if I'm going to play, then I'm gon' play to win it

I refuse to sit and rot at a desk all day

Unless I have a passion I'm working towards, okay

I'd rather be dead on the outside than inside

A bullet to the head than twenty-five-to-life

In a cubicle alone, just trying get by

Building someone else's dream instead of building mine

If you're hearing me, this is meant to inspire

If you have a dream or if you have desires

A girl in your life that's making you feel that fire

Go fight for her, man, go die for her, man

'Cause you only have one life, one chance to do it

One chance to prove it to yourself, so don't lose it

You got this, fam, just keep pushing on through it

One day you'll look back, so glad you pursued it

Yeah, things are gonna get better real soon

Yeah, I'ma just do me, you just do you

I swear it's gonna get better real soon

Don't let anyone tell you what you should do

I got a clear view

We're gonna make it soon

Just keep pushing through

Yeah, what you got to lose?

Yeah, what you got to lose?

Yeah, what you got to lose?

Just keep pushing through

'Cause what you got to lose?

I won't give up

I won't back down

Till I'm lying six feet underneath the deep ground

I won't give up

I won't back down

'Cause nobody's stopping me, except for me now

I won't give up

I won't back down

Till I'm lying six feet underneath the deep ground

I won't give up

I won't back down

'Cause nobody's stopping me, except for me now

You ain't gon' stop me now

Because I got this now

I got the formula and I'm about to drop it loud

So what we talking 'bout?

There is no talking now

We take action with passion, we're rockin' out

It's tick-tocking now

The clocks tocking down

And all I hear is haters try so hard to talk me down

But they can't stop the sound

Already on the ground

Everything is growing faster than I can count

You ain't gon' stop me now

Because I got this now

I got the formula and I'm about to drop it loud

So what we talking 'bout?

There is no talking now

We take action with passion, we're rockin' out

It's tick-tocking now

The clocks tocking down

And all I hear is haters try so hard to talk me down

But they can't stop the sound

Already on the ground

Everything is growing faster than I can count

Everything is growing faster than I can count