Uh, yeah, uh, yeah, uh, yeah, uh, yeah And I heard 'em say Nothin' ever promised tomorrow today From the Chi, like Tim it's the hard-a-way So this is in the name of love, like [unverified] say Before you ask me to get a job today Can I atleast get a raise on a minimum wage? And I know the government administered AIDS So I guess we just pray like the minister say Allah o Akbar and throw 'em some hot cars Things we see on the screen are not ours But these niggas from the hood so these dreams not far Where I'm from, the dope boys is the rock stars But they can't cop cars without seein' cop cars I guess they want us all behind bars, I know it Uh, and I heard 'em say Nothin' ever promised tomorrow, today (Ooo) And I heard 'em say Nothin' ever promised tomorrow, today (Nothing's ever promised tomorrow, today) But we'll find a way (And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe) (It helps but it may be the only way) They say people in your life are seasons And anything that happen is for a reason And niggas guns a clappin' and keep to squeezin' And gran, keep prayin' and keep believin' (Grandma) And Jesus and one day that ya see him Till they walk in his footsteps and try to be him The devil is alive I feel him breathin' Claimin' money is the key so keep on dreamin' And put those lottery tickets just to tease us My aunt Pam can't put those cigarettes down Now my lil' cousin' smokin' those cigarettes now His job trying to claim that he too niggerish now Is it 'cuz his skin blacker than licorice now? I can't figure it out, I'm stickin' around Uh, and I heard 'em say Nothin' ever promised tomorrow, today (Ooo) And I heard 'em say Nothin' ever promised tomorrow, today (Nothing's ever promised tomorrow, today) But we'll find a way (And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe) (It helps but it may be the only way) 'Cuz every words we swore we got more far away And nothing's ever promised tomorrow, today And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe It helps but it may be the only way