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Wake, Mr. WestUh yeah, uh yeah, uh yeah, uh yeahAnd I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow todayFrom the Chi, like Tim, it's a hard a waySo this is in the name of love, like Robert sayBefore you ask me, to go get a job todayCan I at least get a raise on a minimum wage?And I know the government administered aidsSo I guess we just pray like the minister sayAllah O Akbar, and throw 'em some hot carsThings we see on the screen is not oursBut these niggas from the hood so these dream's not farWhere I'm from, the dope boys is the rock starsBut they can't cop cars without seein' cop carsI guess they want us all behind bars, I know itUh, and I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrowtodayAnd I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow today(Nothin's ever promised tomorrow today)But we'll find a way(And nothing lasts forever but be honest babeIt hurts but it may be the only way)SongtexteThey say people in your life are seasonsAnd anything that happen is for a reasonAnd niggas guns a clappin' and keep to squeezin'And gran' keep prayin' and keep believin'And Jesus and one day that ya see HimTill they walk in his footsteps and try to be HimThe Devil is alive, I feel him breathin'Claimin' money is the key so keep on dreamin'And put them lottery tickets just to tease usMy aunt, Pam can't put those cigarettes downSo now my li'l cousin smokin' those cigarettes nowHis job trying to claim that he too niggerish nowIs it 'cause his skin blacker than licorice now?I can't figure it out, I'm stickin' aroundUh, uh, and I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrowtodayAnd I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow today(Nothing's ever promised tomorrow today)But we'll find a way(And nothing lasts forever but be honest babeIt hurts but it may be the only way)'Cause every worthless word we get more far awayAnd nothin's ever promised tomorrow todayAnd nothin' lasts forever but be honest babeIt hurts but it may be the only way Aus Songtexte Mania