Better Than Yesterday

[Intro – soft, almost talking]
Yeah…
I don’t even know if I deserve to say this out loud but…
I’m trying.

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[Verse 1]
I am not a good man, I can see it clear
Every flaw in the mirror got a voice in my ear
Sayin’ “you’ll never change, you’re the same as before”
But I’m fightin’ that voice like a war in my core

I done said things I wish I could take back
Burned bridges, watched love fade to black
Carried guilt like a weight on my chest
Every step forward feels like a test

I ain’t proud of the nights I was losin’ control
Or the parts of my past that are stainin’ my soul
But the fact that it hurts means I’m still alive
Still got a chance, still got a drive

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[Chorus – emotional, repeatable hook]
I know I ain’t who I’m supposed to be
But the sky knows I’m tryin’ to be
Better than the man I was yesterday
Even if I fall, I won’t fade away

Through the sin, through the pain, through the mess I made
I’m still fightin’ just to see some change
Yeah, I might not be who I wanna be
But I’m closer than I used to be

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[Verse 2]
Got a past full of choices I can’t undo
And a heart full of weight that I still push through
Every scar got a story I don’t wanna tell
But I carry ‘em all like a personal hell

People see what I did, not who I’m becomin’
They don’t hear all the nights that I fought with nothin’
Sittin’ in the dark, tryna silence my head
Battlin’ the lies that I’d be better off dead

But I ain’t givin’ in, nah, not tonight
Even broken men still learn to fight
If redemption’s real, then I’m chasin’ it down
Even if I gotta crawl through the dirt on the ground

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[Chorus – bigger, more layered]
I know I ain’t who I’m supposed to be
But the sky knows I’m tryin’ to be
Better than the man I was yesterday
Even if I fall, I won’t fade away

Through the sin, through the pain, through the mess I made
I’m still fightin’ just to see some change
Yeah, I might not be who I wanna be
But I’m closer than I used to be

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[Bridge – stripped, vulnerable]
Maybe I’ll never be perfect…
Maybe I’ll always fall short…
But if I wake up and try again…
What else am I fightin’ for?

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[Final Chorus – raw, almost breaking]
I know I ain’t who I’m supposed to be
But God knows I’m tryin’ to be
Better than the man I was yesterday
Even if it takes everything

Through the sin, through the pain, through the mess I made
I’m still standin’, I’m not afraid
Yeah, I might not be who I wanna be
But I’m closer… yeah, I’m closer than I used to be

Emotional hiphop, rap, male