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[ti:Promises To Keep]
[ar:Christopher Jackson]
[al:In The Name Of Love]
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[00:00.000]Promises To Keep - Christopher Jackson
[00:02.227]Oh oh
[00:10.575]I didn't hear the alarm when I woke up this morning
[00:13.424]It's the first time I slept in weeks
[00:16.358]'Cause I'm working two jobs
[00:17.246]Man this sh*t is too hard
[00:18.699]Pay the rent barely got money to eat
[00:21.487]While I watch all my friends
[00:22.678]Count their dough in their Benz
[00:24.057]Sometimes wish I could just kick up my feet
[00:26.672]But how can I sleep
[00:29.379]I got promises to keep
[00:32.191]Ain't no house on the hill
[00:33.351]Cannot pay every bill
[00:34.650]When it's due
[00:35.305]And sometimes I get weak
[00:37.027]'Cause I'm breakin my back just to keep us on track
[00:40.198]And I pray everyday that I keep
[00:42.632]Not to stray from the path
[00:43.977]Though these hard times will last
[00:45.312]I'm a man with responsibility
[00:48.064]Son how can I sleep
[00:50.618]I got promises to keep
[00:53.657]Now this for the brother that won't give up
[00:56.158]Say yeah yeah
[00:58.679]Working 80 hour week
[00:59.958]So his family can eat
[01:01.337]Say yeah yeah
[01:03.980]Got a wife and a child
[01:05.275]And he ain't on the corner hangin' out
[01:07.238]Yeah yeah
[01:09.376]Said it's time that we shout 'em out
[01:11.021]This is what I'm talkin' about
[01:12.297]Yeah yeah
[01:14.876]And there's no time to sleep
[01:17.238]I got promises to keep
[01:20.079]And there's no time to sleep
[01:22.684]I got promises to keep
[01:26.587]Now I admit there are times
[01:27.956]When this life wasn't mine
[01:29.347]Till I see my son's eyes look at me
[01:31.959]And I know he's depending
[01:33.367]On the life that I'm giving
[01:34.664]There's so much that I want him to see
[01:37.519]So I gotta keep cutting
[01:38.815]In spite of the nights
[01:40.104]When I'm working in the graveyard till 3
[01:42.621]Son how can I sleep
[01:45.333]I got promises to keep
[01:48.295]Now this is for the brother that won't give up
[01:50.579]Say yeah yeah
[01:53.387]Working 80 hours a week
[01:54.786]So his family can eat
[01:55.980]Say yeah yeah
[01:58.780]Got a wife and a child
[01:59.908]And he ain't on the corner hangin' out
[02:02.432]Yeah yeah
[02:03.953]Said it's time that we shout 'em out
[02:05.658]This is what I'm talkin' about
[02:07.152]Yeah yeah
[02:09.360]So I work and work
[02:11.242]Keep on pushin work and work
[02:13.198]To find a solution
[02:15.219]If it's a struggle
[02:16.308]My whole life
[02:16.988]Well I promise that
[02:17.968]I'll be someone who will
[02:19.037]Always provide for you
[02:20.753]Work and work
[02:21.482]Keep on pushin work and work
[02:23.709]To find a solution
[02:25.846]It's not that easy
[02:26.974]Know how no one sees me
[02:28.132]They don't understand what it takes to be a man
[02:32.807]Oh yeah
[02:35.175]Yeah yeah
[02:39.884]I got a promise yeah
[02:42.524]I gotta keep
[02:45.585]So how can I sleep
[02:48.148]I got promises to keep
[02:50.316]I made promises to my family
[02:53.170]I made promises to my son
[02:55.754]I made promises to my baby
[02:58.270]I was always gonna be the one
[03:00.926]And I'm gonna keep my word I made you
[03:03.715]I'm gonna always be around
[03:06.425]I got promises I'm gon' keep
[03:08.793]Until they lay me in the ground
[03:11.989]Said I got promises
[03:15.557]Yeah yeah
[03:17.366]And there's no time to sleep
[03:19.873]I got promises to keep
[03:22.550]Said I got promises
[03:25.319]Yeah yeah
[03:28.021]So how can I sleep
[03:30.793]Yeah yeah