Kawann Shockley - Love Is Not Promised To You lyrics

Verse 1: They say love is not a promise There's not a lot of promise in a world where it's hard to find Anyone that's honest This is why I suffer lately feeling like Vincent Just trying not to cut my ear off over this business I wasn't 'bout to cut my ear off for business I cut my ear off so as not to hear that ignance (ignorance) For instance, everything's a stripper track Everybody's in the trap no one's giving back How the song go? Beez in the trap Anything for a buzz bumble beez in the trap Many times I sought to teach with the rap 'cause the books ain't doin' it and our seeds need it bad Why do I care when they streaming my tracks And I see the emcees rep the beef and get stacks? 'cause I love you and I gotta get the knowledge to you Even though if up to them it isn't promised to you Hook: They say love is not promised to you They say love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you Verse 2: Yeah You know love is not promised to a true emcee These kids never heard of Rakim and Kool Moe Dee So they absorbing that corporate rap They say I'm too complicated where the chorus at? I sound foreign? Dag Well if it's foreign you ain't used to being challenged I say your bound or you ain't used to seeing talent How could I be too musical or too lyrical? Isn't that like claiming a monk's being too spiritual? It's hard to blame you 'cause radio maimed you They trained you to like novelty over brain food Shysters paid under the table, you think you playing Them in your car but trust me they playing you Same songs different channels on every station Y'all clubbin' while Congress change legislation Sorry laws... I forgot you don't like education Maybe next time I'll keep it basic Okay then Hook: They say love is not promised to you They say love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you Verse 3: I been in meetings where people treat you like a number Label heads talk that talk and they try to crush ya Tell you you ain't doing it right if you ain't copying 'cause they ain't got balls to vouch for someone Godly And it's really all politics A bunch of scared blacks Worried ma**a might flip when he hear raps About the revolution and black evolution So they promote stereotypes and devil music Then got the nerve to try and speak down on me Why? Because you gave your soul for a salary Huh? How do you sleep with the kids that you sacrifice? Better hope that suffice in the afterlife Hell is hot, hope you have your ice And no backstage pa** is allowed in the paradise I have to write what is real like a Nazarite 'cause I love y'all yup that is right Aight? Hook: They say love is not promised to you They say love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you They say love is not promised to you They say love is not promised to you To you Huh They say it never was promised They tell you love is not promised to you They tell you love is not promised to you But you know they lied And I know they lied Love IS promised Just go to the SOURCE So what you got more money than me? You walkin' round with your pockets swole Meanwhile you ain't got a soul So you can go to the bank as many times as you want But we know what's up you are morally bankrupt (laughs) I have true riches I'm iLLUMINATED