(Mr. West) Uh, yeah, uh, yeah, uh, yeah, uh, yeah And I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow today From the Chi, like Tim its the Hard-a-way So this is in the name of love, like Rob would say Before you ask me to get a job today Can I at least get a raise on a minimum wage? And I know the government administered AIDS So I guess we just pray like the minister say Allahu Akbar and throw 'em some hot cars Things we seen 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's ever promised tomorrow today And I heard 'em say (nothin's ever promised tomorrow today) but we'll find a way (And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe, it hurts 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 clappin' and keep to squeezin' And Gran' keep prayin' and keep believin' And Jesus, and one day that she'll 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 nigger-ish now Is it 'cause his skin blacker than licorice now? I can't figure it out, I'm sick of the noun Uh, and I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow today And I heard 'em say (nothin's ever promised tomorrow today) but we'll find a way (And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe, it hurts but it may be the only way) Cause every worthless word we got more far away And nothing's ever promised tomorrow today And nothing lasts forever but be honest babe It hurts but it may be the only way