Do Better

I gotta do better
Gotta speak better, gotta live better
I gotta do better
Gotta love better, gotta give better

I gotta do better
So much better than what I am doing
I gotta do better
Better better better, better, better, better

It's crazy when reality is much more frightening than your dreams
What happens in this world hits much different
When your skin's pigmented, he asked me what I mixed with
I said I'm black and black, he scrunched his face up
I'm like what's wrong with that
Love who you love it don't matter to me
But what irks a sister, nah what really hurts a sister
Is when you get with them snow bunnies
And exotic queens to sit up on your throne
And look down at me
The one who birthed you
The one who raised you
The one who mourn you
The one who is left to raise all your little kids
Sometimes it takes so much to be a black woman
When we're happy we're too loud
We got standards were too proud
When we say how we feel it comes off as aggressive
Now everybody in the spot thinks we're so offensive
So now we gotta dim our light and become submissive
But Lord I'm so tired I'm so sick and tired
Of this muzzle why every word I speak
Sounds muffled
Now tell me how can I fulfill my destiny
If I can't even open up my mouth and say my piece
Can somebody please explain this to me

I gotta do better
Gotta speak better, gotta live better
I gotta do better
Gotta love better, gotta give better
I gotta do better
So much better than what I am doing
I gotta do better
Better better better, better, better, better

Why is this cold world inhabited by so much evil
Why do we post naked pictures with positive affirmations
Knowing dag on well that we're capping in them captions
Why can't we choose love and learn how to watch our actions
Why can't we support each other like the people who hanged us
Why we just can't be ourselves without them thinking we're dangerous
She says she's been raped why her mama don't even believe her
This trauma has opened up the door for the deceiver
To deceive her he shames her and tells her that she's nothing
The lies he filled her head with are now on her arms and wrists
She could've been someone done something special
Or off to college to make an effort to be a high achiever
Give it her all and never let up but the world ain't let her
Instead like an evil beast ready to feast
It consumed her flesh and soul
Kinda like Hannibal Lector
There it was taking all she had like a debt collector

I gotta do better
Gotta speak better, gotta live better
I gotta do better
Gotta love better, gotta give better
I gotta do better
So much better than what I am doing
I gotta do better
Better better better, better, better, better