The sun is beatin down, burnin my skin
I'm just workin hard still tryin to win.
Every time I get up tryin to get me some class
someone comes along and knocks me down on my ass.
I'm reachin out for help nobody's willin to give.
I work my ass off just tryin to live!
Every time I get ahead I'm fallin behind.
I'm beginning to think the good life is just all in my mind.
At the end of the tunnel I'm searching for light but everywhere I turn there ain't nothin in sight.
When will it be my turn to step up and shine,
to put out my words and get out my rhyme?
One of these days I know that I'll get it right.
I just gotta keep tryin with all of my might.
Until that day arrives I know I'll just have to wait.
I'm just hoping and praying that it ain't to late.
I've seen better days
but Lord I don't know when.
I'll just pick myself back up
and start over again
I've seen better days
but Lord I don't know when.
I'll just pick myself back up
and start over again and again and again
I'm still holding on at the end of my rope
and off in the distance I see a glimmer of hope
so I pick myself up and dust off my clothes.
I'm coming from behind but nobody knows
that it's me. Ya know that I'll never stop.
This underdog was last but gonna end up on top.
The cream of the crop, I'm reachin for the stars.
No more waiting tables or throwing bums outta bars.
I'm just living life from day to day.
Someone tell me how did things end up this way?
I don't wanna sit around an waste my life
with nothin to show for all my pain an strife.
Everyone around me sayin I should give up.
I look'em in the eye an tell them "Shut the hell up!"
Cause I ain't Givin up, just you wait an see.
Before I leave this world you'll be rememberin me!
I've seen better days
but Lord I don't know when.
I'll just pick myself back up
and start over again.
I've seen better days
but Lord I don't know when.
I'll just pick myself back up
and start over again and again and again
