[Intro]
Uh-uh-uh
Mm-mm-mm (Better luck next time)
Uh, oh yeah (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Yeah (Love will survive)
[Chorus]
Through all this shit, I kept my head high (Head high)
Now my pockets filled with dead guys (Dead guys)
Couldn't even try my bed out (Bed out)
Had a lil' show in Bed-Stuy (Bed-Stuy)
They said I'd be dead, right? (Uh-uh)
Bet, better luck next time (Yeah, yeah)
Shit look better in hindsight (Yeah, yeah)
You look better by my side
Better luck next time, took a lil' red-eye, ATL
Checkout, headline, 8 p.m.
Took all the ones out the ATM (ATM)
We tryna go out for real tonight (For real tonight)
I'm tryna live, we don't just survive
Peel out a whip on the 405
Love will survive
[Verse 1]
I'll bet it (Bet it) and bet her (Bet her)
I'm back (Back), I'm better (Yeah)
New pack (Pack), no reggies (Yeah)
Seat back (Yeah) and steady
Been a lil' while, I think I'm ready (I'm ready)
She up and leave, Beyoncé said it
Goin' up in this shit, I'm a Bouncing Betty (Yeah)
18, I left out the house already (Yeah, yeah)
Smoke my dope, I don't need no medic (Yeah)
She a bad bitch, got a lil' money fetish
My bro don't do nothin' for aesthetic
My bro roll his blunt too heavy (Yeah)
Y'all can keep that shit, I don't want no more credit (Yeah)
I'm just tryna stay ahold of my blessings
I'm just tryna get rid of my stresses (Get rid of my stresses)
Love will survive
[Chorus]
Through all this shit, I kept my head high (Yeah, yeah)
Now my pockets filled with dead guys (Dead guys)
Couldn't even try my bed out (Bed out)
Had a lil' show in Bed-Stuy
They said I'd be dead, right? (Uh-uh)
Bet, better luck next time (Oh, yeah, yeah)
Shit look better in hindsight (Hindsight)
You look better by my side
Better luck next time, took a lil' red-eye, ATL
Checkout, headline, 8 p.m.
Took all the ones out the ATM
We tryna go out for real tonight (Yeah)
I'm tryna live, we don't just survive (Yeah)
Peel out a whip on the 405
Love will survive
[Verse 2]
Yeah, she on the 101 givin' me 101 (101)
She acting different when it come to us (Yeah)
I ain't no bitch, ain't no son of one (Yeah)
I bought this whip for a honeybun
Yeah, he only got you a honeybun (Honeybun)
I just keep runnin' up like there's no escalator
I brought the Tahoe, I'm not tryna escalate it
Keep hittin' the bottle, I'm missin' my reservation
I need my watch recalibrated (Yeah)
Yeah, twin on the whip, this a Halle Berry (Yeah)
Fuck it, I need me a Halle Berry (Berry)
I can't leave out the South, I ain't Calipari
Why would I leave out the house? I got plenty here (Plenty here)
Yeah, exotic drugs and money here (Money here, yeah)
Don't ruin my buzz, this not a beer
You can say what you want, it'll go out the other ear (Yeah)
[Bridge]
I don't get tired, I had a good year (Yeah)
I don't get fried, I'm baked to a crisp
She ain't ever been to Nevada, but she know all 'bout the strip (All 'bout the strip)
They don't believe in this shit (Yeah)
I know all 'bout the risks (Risks)
I know the real, I don't argue this shit (Yeah)
Five hunnid horses, harness this shit (Yeah)
Love will survive
[Chorus]
Through all this shit, I kept my head high (Head high)
Now my pockets filled with dead guys
Couldn't even try my bed out (Bed out)
Had a lil' show in Bed-Stuy
They said I'd be dead, right? (Uh-uh)
Uh, better luck next time (Yeah)
Lotta shit look better in hindsight (Hindsight)
You look better by my side
Better luck next time, took a lil' red-eye, ATL
Checkout, headline, 8 p.m.
Took all the ones out the ATM
We tryna go out for real tonight
I'm tryna live, we don't just survive
Peel out a whip on the 405
Love will survive
[Outro]
(Better luck next time)
Yeah, oh-oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Love will survive)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
(Love will survive)
(Whatever helps you sleep at night)
BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME was written by coye.
coye released BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME on Tue Mar 25 2025.