Heard 'em Say

Mr. West And I heard 'em say Nuthin's ever promised tomorrow, today From the Chi, like Tim, it's the Hardaway So this is in the name of love like Robert say Before you ask me to go get a job today Can I at least get a raise on the minimum wage? And I know the government administered aids So I guess we just pray like the minister say Allah o Akhbar just throw in some hot cars 'Cause the things we see on the screen is 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 seeing cop cars I guess they want us all behind bars, I know it And I heard 'em say Nuthin's ever promised tomorrow, today And I heard 'em say Nuthin's ever promised tomorrow, today (Nuthin's ever promised tomorrow, today) But we'll find a way (And nuthin' 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 gun-clappin' and keep to squeezin' And gran' keep prayin' and keep believin' In Jesus and one day that she'll see him 'Til then in walk 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 them lottery tickets just to tease us My Aunt Pam can't put them cigarettes down So now, my lil' cousin smokin' them cigarettes, now His job try to claim that he too niggerish, now Is it 'cause his skin blacker than licorice, now? I can't figure it out, I'm stickin' around And I heard 'em say Nuthin's ever promised tomorrow, today And I heard 'em say Nuthin's ever promised tomorrow, today (Nuthin's ever promised tomorrow, today) But we'll find a way (And nuthin' lasts forever but be honest, babe) (It hurts, but it might be the only way) 'Cause every worthless word we get more far away And nuthin's ever promised tomorrow, today And nuthin' lasts forever, but be honest, babe It hurts, but it may be the only way