Better Days
D-Aye Lyrics

I know you love when it's complicated
I understand that you enjoy the complexity of the situation

There goin' be some better days
There will be days that are better than this one

I promise there'll be better days
I assure you that there will be better days

I know you're going through this pain right now
I recognize that you're currently experiencing pain

My head down
I'm feeling down

Shoulders heavy from this pain and the thoughts that I carry
I'm burdened by my thoughts and the pain I feel

Lord kill em off
God, help me get rid of my demons

Demons talking in the shadows in my room
I'm haunted by the negative thoughts and feelings inside of me

It sounds scary
It's an unsettling and uncomfortable feeling

But sometimes I listen
But sometimes I give in to those demons

I don't know why
I'm not sure why I do it

Can't face the man in the mirror right now
I'm not in the right frame of mind to deal with my own reflection

When I put it on, gotta turn the lights down
When I make music, I like the lights to be down low

They been looking at me
People have been watching me

Like
As if

Why y'all looking at me
They're wondering why people are watching them

Walking out the crib hoping I don't get gunned down
I'm scared of the violence in my neighborhood

The neighborhood I live is kinda run down
I live in a rough, impoverished part of town

But I'm looking happy
Despite everything, I try to maintain a positive outlook

Make sure I'm looking happy
I make an effort to appear happy

When I walked in that room, it was so loud
When I entered the room, it was filled with noise

Tears on your face, you had your phone out
You were crying while looking at your phone

Momma why you crying
Asking why their mother is upset

Momma put the phone down
Asking their mother to stop looking at her phone

Momma we going make it
Reassuring their mother that they will make it through tough times

Even if we do not know how
Even if they don't know how they will make it

Bills due
They have bills that need to be paid

It's like every first of every month they try to kill you
Every month, bills come due and it feels like they're being attacked

But we goin' keep the faith cause that'll heal too
They will maintain their faith even though they're going through tough times

I'm trynna get a million but I need a meal, too
They want to make a lot of money, but they also need to eat

Overly nauseous
They're feeling extremely sick

Every time I lose someone close to me, that's how I get
They feel sick every time they lose someone important to them

My mind blanks out, a blank canvas for how I feel
They become emotionally numb and can't express how they feel

What if they love me but the whole time it was not real
They worry that people only pretend to care about them

Pain in my eyes, I can send the spark from the glock still
They are in so much pain that they could use a gun to hurt themselves

I pictured better days had to stop cause I got chills
They imagined a better future, but it scared them

Came far my greatest joys used to be hot wheels
Their happiest moments used to involve playing with toy cars

That perspective is why I feel the way I feel
Their childhood experiences have shaped their current outlook

We only know what we only know
We can only understand what we've experienced

So we know there goin' be some better days
We can trust that there are good days ahead

So I promise you them better days
I assure you that better days are coming

Better days always around us
Good things are always present, even during hard times

Even in the rain rays surround us
Even during bad weather, there are positives to be found

Started as a seed they clowned us
People made fun of them when they first started out

Then God sent the rain and I made it from the ground up
Despite the struggles, God helped them grow and succeed