[Verse 1]
Now everybody say:
"Fuck you" to the stress in your lives
This is a salute to the rest of your lives
If I spend mine doing something that makes me unhappy
I permit thee to stick me in the chest with four knives

One inside my heart because I chose not to follow it
One for my pride cause I chose not to swallow it
And one in each lung, punctured ever so gentle
Cause I didn't use my breath to its fullest potential

No lie:
They once said we wouldn't fly
A smarter man said we wouldn't if we didn't try
So I'm pourin' out my soul until my body's bone dry
My image, my face and my presence might fade
But my essence still stays cause my message won't die

Just do me one solid: promise me you won't cry when we pass on
And that you won't be sad long
And that you'll tell stories 'bout us that they can laugh on
And that you'll keep representing heavy for back home
And that you'll look for a house with couches to crash on
A back lawn for barbecue with a floor you could dance on
And that you'll throw the best party the city's ever had thrown!

[Bridge]
Promise me
Just in case this is my last song
Promise me
Just in case this is my last song

[Chorus] (2x)
(promise me)
You'll never say never
(promise me)
You'll keep it together
(promise me)
This year we'll be better
(promise me)
Just in case this is my last song

[Verse 2]
Give me your word so I know it's real
I'll give you about a thousand more like a photo still
They the type to dis the entire whip cause the tire's blown
We're loyal, we'll bolt a Volvo wheel on an Oldsmobile

Just to watch that motherfucker run
That's why you need to watch for A-motherfuckin'-1
I run amok upon the moon and then I uppercut the sun
A hundred bucks says that by June I'll be the runner-up to none!

Well, that is unless this is my last track
In which case, I make this promise 'til my hourglass crack:
Never judge another by the height of their cash stack
And see my sisters and brothers beyond white and past black

Or brown or whatever color
To be a healthy eater and a faster runner
To be a stronger fighter but a better lover
That's a solution, but can I keep this resolution past the summer?

(Yup!) That's a promise, G
Well, that is unless this is my last song
Promise me
Just in case this is my last song

[Repeat Chorus 2x]

[Bridge 2]
(so just in case, would you promise me?)
You're never gonna say
Never, no way
Nothin' stands in your way
(Just in case this is my last song)

[Outro]
Cause this year I don't need the new leather
Inside the new coupe
Or the beaucoup cheddar
A new pair of shoes or a new school sweater
This year, I just wanna do better

Happy motherfuckin' New Year