| Father, I wish I coulda been a better son but I try |
| Girl, I wish I coulda been a better man but I try |
| I coulda been a better dad but I try |
| I’m sorry I couldn’t be what ya’ll expect but I try |
| Stride in the gled, they need a man who came with a fam and they dramas |
| And I must provide and protect |
| Funny how time flies, you get old and you wise |
| Ain’t no winning for losing, witness to show if you kind |
| Either they love it or they broke the feeling |
| Lose against life, you can feel or hear it, they’ll never kill my spirit |
| Since 13, 8th grade, middle school |
| I started writing my own shit and they riddle cool |
| All of a sudden all I wanted to ridicule |
| Gave me attention, that’s when the bitches did it too |
| Family, spit what I did and what I would do |
| Family, writing his shit was all I could do |
| Heartbroken, child trauma, wild mama |
| Fowl drama, now karma, feel karma |
| Huh? Got me thinking bout the wonder years |
| When I lived to rap, now it’s like I rap to live |
| I know I ain’t the best but I try, yea |
| I know I ain’t the best but I try |
| I wish I could be a better son (better son) |
| I wish I could be a better man (a better man) |
| Wish I could be a better dad (a better dad) |
| Sorry I couldn’t be what ya’ll expect though I try |
| Me and my pops were Starsky and Hutch |
| I don’t what I did but I know now he don’t talk to me much |
| He wonder why I be sparking it up |
| Fearing they’ll kill my inspiration, I got can’t record where the dutch |
| Now we talk in them texts |
| Fuck is this? I thought we was us |
| Where you at? They suportin my crotch |
| That type of shit will get Cory the clutch |
| Make me go in my cage, set up a wall, there’s nowhere to touch |
| Blaming myself, all I did was followed your steps |
| Had to follow my own, wouldn’t follow regret |
| My daughter’s mom drop me to death |
| She could fuck who she wants, around my kids I won’t accept |
| Thinkin back, thinkin back like I shoulda cut school like they in on too |
| I wouldn’t have did this man |
| No buzz to follow, no deals to follow him with that |
| No snakes, a time that hoe bitch tryin to fix a trap |
| Yo friends back at the 20's tryin to fix a flat |
| That was life at it’s best, what I would give for that? |
| I see em, they ain’t giving what you rap |
| How you use it just to give it back |
| Fuck it |
| I know I ain’t the best but I try, yea |
| I know I ain’t the best but I try |
| I wish I could be a better son (better son) |
| I wish I could be a better man (a better man) |
| Wish I could be a better dad (a better dad) |
| Sorry I couldn’t be what ya’ll expect though I try |
| I try… |
| I know I ain’t the best but I try |
| I know I ain’t the best but I try try |
| A better son, a better man |
| A better dad |
| Oh I… I try |