What if times don't get no better than this
What if times don't get no better than this, no
What if times don't get no better than this
What if times don't get no better than this, no

What if times don't get no better than this used to remininse when I wass a kid
Momma had to work all day and daddy ran away
Another day for a hardworkink black family
I stay praying that money would come our way
Would it take it all her pain go away
And everything would be A-Ok
Another day for a hardworkink black family

What if times don't get no better than this
Was a kid on the block with a ball and a mitt
Then everything changed got strange and rearranged
But who's to blame? It's just the ways of the game
Yeah the struggle continues but refuse to stop
Yeah you gotta keep it movin' till we reach the top
You got the city on your back and weighs a ton
But if the battle's just beguin then let's get it done

What if times don't get no better than this
What if times don't get no better than this, no
What if times don't get no better than this
What if times don't get no better than this, no

What if times don't get no better than this
Now I'm all grown up same thoughts still exist
Still hoping ang praying I can give more to my moms
So I stay in the studio writing songs
They say things could get much better
Work real hard then comes that cheddar
I say we're gonna make it through
This one's for you, dear momma

What if times don't get no better than this
Sometimes you get the swish
Sometimes you get the miss
But that's just the way that it goes
For the Brooklyn kid that everybody knows
But it used to be different stood 5 foot 3
The high school dropout got the ged
Things back at home wasn't melding so right
So I hopped the turnstile and I broke night and

What if times don't get no better than this
What if times don't get no better than this, no
What if times don't get no better than this
What if times don't get no better than this, no... X2