Artist: Talib Kweli f/ Marsha Ambrosius Album: Prisoner of Conscious Song: It Only Gets Better Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Intro: Talib] Hands in the air, hands in the air Gon' feel this one, yeah, uh Hands in the air, hands in the air Everybody, hey, hey, hey, yeah [Interlude: Marsha Ambrosius] Lord knows I had it hard today (Had it hard today) Still I gotta keep my head up high Along the way (along the way) [Chorus: Marsha Ambrosius] Cause it only gets better, better It only gets better from here It only gets better, better It only gets better from here [Talib Kweli] Every day I gotta wake up early, let us pray, thank the Lord, meditate Get the troops, hit the booth, spit it true, spit it great Practice at my gratitude, life is so, beautiful Workin on the attitude adjustment cause it [Chorus] [Talib Kweli] Every day I gotta - tr-trust in God and hustle hard My grind is real, my hustle go I'm findin meals, I'm signin deals I'm a +Gladiator+, I'm like Russell Crowe Yo I know it's real but I'm focused still while your focus shaky like "Cloverfield" Cause you not in tune, no you not immune No echinacea, no goldenseal So you sick inside, gotta flush it out When you talk to folks cover your mouth But ain't nobody gonna cover that shift so you go to work and you tough it out And you bust it out 'til you off of work I know your boss a jerk, you wan' cuss him out Hit him with the bus driver uppercut That clock the only thing you punchin 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 calling's what you made to do I got faith in you, you gon' make it through Cause you don't chase money, money chasin you Keep laborin like you got a baby due You gon' taste those fruits like Naked Juice Whoa, the world won't wait for you You gotta take it now, you gotta make a vow As long as you on planet Earth put family first, gotta make 'em proud Hey - let me break it down Aww bless your heart Steady talkin 'bout how stressed you are Should be talkin about how blessed you are, yup~! [Interlude] + [Chorus] [Marsha Ambrosius] Every day I gotta get up early, wake the kids, damn I'm runnin late again Go to work, punchin in, e'ry day I'm hustlin Fight the traffic, lose my cool, pick the kids up after school Life is hard, yeah that's true but this is what I have to do [Chorus] [Talib Kweli] Every day I gotta - walk with God, be still then listen Try to talk to God with this real I'm spittin Callin Christ by name and he still ain't risen Sent him a link but he still ain't listen Got ice in our veins, we remain so frigid Still and it kill brain cells when you hit it Or them 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 livin My soul is +Blacker+ than the +Friday+ after Thanksgiving People of color 25% more likely than Whites to face prison But just because the President is Black there's no more racism? Post-racial? More like most racial, the hate for you disgraceful Don't let it take you off your base, let it motivate you Don't let it overtake you, so what another cloud? Survive the storm by ridin on the beasts of the Southern wild, wow [Interlude] + [Chorus] w/ ad libs [Outro: Talib] 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 Pussy Riot! [Interlude] + [Chorus] [Talib] Every day I gotta [Marsha] Yeah, yeah, yeah {*4X*}