Do Better

## Single by Ab-Soul and Zacari

"**Do Better**" is a song by Ab-Soul and Zacari, released as the third single and seventh track from the former's fifth studio album, *Herbert*, on October 21, 2022. It samples the 2017 song "Green Twins" by Nick Hakim, and is inspired by true events. The official music video was uploaded to YouTube the same day, directed by Omar Jones.

## Personnel

### Song

* Amaire Johnson – string instrument
* Andrew Boyd – mixing engineer
* Dacoury Dahi "DJ Dahi" Natche – composer, producer
* David Young – trumpet
* Demetrius Lewis II – mastering second engineer
* Herbert "Ab-Soul" Stevens – vocals, lyricist, composer
* Kurtis McKenzie – composer, producer
* Nicholas de Porcel – mastering engineer
* Nicholas "Nick" Hakim – composer, producer
* Rory Behr – mixing engineer, recording engineer
* Zacari Pacaldo – lyricist, composer

### Video

* Omar Jones – director
* Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith – executive producer
* Anthony "Moosa" Tiffith Jr.
* David Wept, Austin Barbera, Farah Idress, Henry Anguiano – producer
* Anthony "Moosa" Tiffith Jr. – creative direction
* TDE Films, SixTwentySix – production company
* George Solomon, Khyber Law, Julian Baner – assistant director
* Kristian Zuniga, Cory Burmester, Grant Duncan – director of photography
* Lucca Liberal – production designer
* Anthony Snegoff, Duane Burkhart, Vladimir Devloski, Tavon Mcvey – stunt team

## Gallery

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## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro: Zacari]

*They will always haunt my dreams*

*The green twins with your eyes*

*They will always haunt my dreams*

*The green twins with your eyes*

[Chorus: Ab-Soul, *Zacari*]

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, today

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

Gotta do better before it's too late

[Verse 1: Ab-Soul, *Zacari*]

Said, I gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

Pick up the pieces and master the puzzle upon us

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

Look the man in the mirror in the eye and be honest

Slow down time, get back in line with my chakras

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

Reach for the galaxy

Leave stardust for thus after me

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

Enter the void, fill in the cavity

Risk the reward if that's how it has to be

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

I gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta do

Everything in my power to try to do what God would do

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

Ride the tide, don't fight with the current that guided you

Melt the ice round the furnace burnin' inside you

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

I gotta do better, I gotta do better, I guided you better

There's nothin' they can do that I can't do better

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

Better yet, there's nothin' I can do that I can't do better

Yeah, I'm better

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

I said, I'm better

[Chorus: Ab-Soul, *Zacari*]

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, today

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

Gotta do better before it's too late

[Verse 2: Ab-Soul, *Zacari*]

Shades stuck to my face, hoodie glued to my head

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

Hidin' from the same world that made me who I am

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

Depressed, can't even get out of bed

Too blessed to be so stressed

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

I do all this shit, just to say, "Get off my dick"

Mixed emotions prohibit my focus

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

This what you wanted, what's wrong with you? You don't make sense

Feel like I can flip at any moment

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

Faces playin' and it's fuckin' with me

"Doin' drugs was just a war with boredom, but it's sure to get me", Lord forgive me

(*The green twins with your eyes*) Amen

Wear the crown of thorns for sport, I'm just waitin' for a stone to hit me

(*They will always haunt my dreams*) Uh

Relationship on the rocks, my family all concerned

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

My homie still on the block, gettin' it off the curb

I'm stricken by survivor's guilt, I'm gettin' it off of words

Word (*They will always haunt my dreams*)

Come on Herb, you've

[Chorus: Ab-Soul, *Zacari*]

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

(*They will always haunt my dreams*)

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, I gotta

Gotta do better, I gotta do better, today

(*The green twins with your eyes*)

Gotta do better before it's too late

[Bridge: Zacari]

I'm dyin' (*They will always haunt my dreams*)

But I'm gone with the wind

And I'm gone with the wind, you leave (*The green twins with your eyes*)

You feel me on your skin (*Your skin*)

'Cause I'm gone with the wind (*They will always haunt my dreams*)

And I'm gone with the wind

And I'm gone with the wind, you leave (*The green twins with your eyes*)

You feel me on your skin (*Your skin*)

And I'm gone with the wind, baby

[Outro: Zacari]

*They will always haunt my dreams*

*The green twins with your eyes*

*They will always haunt my dreams*

*The green twins with your eyes*

*They will always haunt my dreams*

*The green twins with your eyes*

## References

1. ↑ Powell, Jon (October 21, 2022). "Ab-Soul Pledges to "Do Better" on Latest Single". *Revolt*.
2. ↑ Gonzalez, Alex (October 21, 2022). "Ab-Soul and Zacari Strive to 'Do Better' in Their New Video". *Uproxx*.
3. ↑ "Ab-Soul - Do Better (Official Video)". *YouTube*. October 20, 2022.