Momma you’ll be so proud of me Look how far we’ve come Never once did you not believe You knew it all along Daddy you made a man of me I am my father’s son The right the wrongs the inbetween’s Help me know for sure Things do get better And they lied they lied they lied When they said it don’t Things do get better And they lied they lied they lied When they said it won’t God in heaven knows Where there’s dark there’s light Where there's wrong there’s right Ooh I know that things get better For the lows there’s highs For the blind there’s sight Ooh I know that things get better Brother brother can you believe Back when we were young This was only but a dream Now we’ve just begun Boy I wish papa could see The person I’ve become I'm standing on the family tree I hope he hears this song Things do get better And they lied they lied they lied When they said it don’t Things do get better And they lied they lied they lied When they said it won’t Now we know for sure Where there’s dark there’s light Where there's wrong there’s right Ooh I know that things get better For the lows there’s highs For the blind there’s sight Ooh I know that things get better Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh I know that it gets better Oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh Ooh ooh Oh whoa yeah yeah Get better I know it gets better I know it gets better Better better Better better yeah