Lupe Fiasco
Promise Freestyle
[Verse]
Whipping in the van
Making Hayes cuh I box any man
Got heat on the streets
It's 300 degrees when I work that beat, it's grease!
Never go sleep sober
But that just mean I'm always hungover (Late night trapping!)
When I bring gyal over, it's over (she like the Nutella and I tell her!)
Got dreams I wanna sell ya
Cuh I got bare links like Zelda
Money down the line, I ain't playing in the centre
Making it bounce like Iggy Azelia
Going straight to the bank
Cheques bounce back like Azelea Banks
Rock Sean Don cuh I always stay racked
Never take Ls how can I bounce back? (Lawd!)
But how can I count stacks?
Get caught in the trap, I could never do that
Man on road move weight in the park
Get stabbed in the back but still rob stark
Burning desire to be cold in the heart
Faith under seige but holding fast
Thinking how can I beat Cole in the charts
Wanted that life but it's all in the past (Baa!)
Don't doubt me (Doubt me!)
Or you will get slumped like Pa (Pa!)
None of these man are really on par
Measuring dicks, should I get you a bra (Grarr!)
The gyal is choking on chocolate
But I'm the one spitting these bars
Bare people annoy me, I need codeine
So I go Dam with the homies
Smoke weed and blow trees, believe
All my Gs get no rest cuh we don't sleep
I see man on red light that's boujee
I need blue ice, you got blue bean
Cuh you man are all pussies
You man are all soft that's gay
I don't play, fuck foreplay
Mans doing bits but I never drink OJ, OK!
Who's really running this place
How many man have I slumped in the race
How many man really putting in shifts?
I'm always on job cuh I stay LinkedIn (InPlace!)
I'm DJ Khaled (Another one!)
Cuh they never wanted us to win
But I'm still going in, always counting my Ls
But all I do is win so they don't exist
This is the definition of perseverance and persistence
I'm consistent with my work ethic
But system put me down cause I'm ethnic
I don't trust it!
I don't trust these hoes too
No love for me and that makes two
Wanna feature on my snap, I say no
No love for the streets so I stay home (Bed time for me I think my G)
I got a tight knit circle
Cuh enemies always wanna stay close
Some man wanna take me for a payroll
Like a bank on Sunday I stay closed (Bank's closed anyway)
Wear stained clothes, like they're fashion
Move slow or the chetty see action
I blocked bare gyal cuh dey catfish
Drop bands in the account, it's a madness
[Bridge]
Block that girl, she's a catfish
Drop that account, it's a madness
Block that girl, she's a catfish
Drop that account, it's a madness
Like they're fashion
Move slow or the chetty see action
I blocked bare gyal cuh dey catfish
Drop bands in the account, it's a madness

Promise, I promise, I promise
I'm keeping it honest, I'm keeping it honest, I promise
I keep it a hundred, I promise
I keep it a thousand, I promise
I keep it ten thousand, I promise
I promise these n***as ain't honest

[Outro]
But a promise will never mean nothing to me
Fake love will bring peace to me
So I'll just take my time
Never catch feelings cuh I catch wine
I'm broke and I always break hearts
I'm single but I don't chart
She wanna talk all that clart
But I have been a screw job since Bret Hart
Cuh a bitch will have no love from me
Need a ting that's gonna be there for me
So I'll just take my time
I won't make tea when you come back mine
I'm broke and I always break hearts
I'm single but I don't chart
She wanna talk all that clart
Don't start