Kanye West F/ Heard 'Em Say (f/Adam Levine) lyrics

Mr. West

An' I heard 'em say
Nothin's ever promised tomorrow today
From the Chi, like Tim, it's a 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?
An' I know the government administer aids

So I guess we just pray like the minister say
Allah-u Akbar an' throw him some hot cars
The things we see on the screen that's not ours
But these niggaz 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

An' I heard 'em say
Nothin's ever promised tomorrow today
An' I heard 'em say
Nothin's ever promised tomorrow today
But we'll a find a way
An' nothin' last forever but be honest, babe
It hurts but it may be the only way

They say people in your life are seasons
An' anythin' that happen is for a reason
An' niggas gun clappin' an' keep to squeezin'

An' Gram' keep prayin' an' keep believin' in Jesus
An' one day that you see Him
'Til they walk in His footsteps an' try to be Him
The Devil is alive, I feel him breathin'

Claimin' money is the key, so keep on dreamin'
An' put them lottery tickets just to tease us
My aunt Pam can't put them cigarettes down
So now my little 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 sick of it now

An' I heard 'em say
Nothin's ever promised tomorrow today
An' I heard 'em say
Nothin's ever promised tomorrow today
But we'll a find a way
An' nothin' last forever but be honest, babe
It hurts but it may be the only way

With every worthless word we get more far away
An' nothin's ever promised tomorrow today
An' nothin' last forever but be honest, babe
It hurts but it may be the only way