(Kanye West) 
And I heard 'em say 
nothin's ever promised tomorrow, today 
From the Chi, Like Tim, it's a Hardaway 
till 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? 
And I know the government administer aids, 
So I guess we just pray like the minister say 
Abu Akhbar be throwin' some hot cause 
things we seein' on the screen not ours 
but these niggas 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, uh 
 [bad word]  
And I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow, today 
And I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow today 
But we'll find a way 
(Adam Levine) 
And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest babe 
It hurts, but it may be the only way

(Kanye West) 
They say people in your life for seasons 
And anything that happen is for a reason 
And niggas gun-clappin' and keep to squeezin' 
And gran' keep prayin' and keep believin' 
In Jesus, and one day that she'll see him 
Till then in walk his footsteps and try to be him, 
The devil is alive, I feel him breathin' 
Claimin' money is the key, so keep on dreamin' 
And put them lottery tickets just to tease us 
My Aunt Pam can't put them cigarettes down, 
So now my lil' cousin smokin' them cigarettes now 
His job try to claim that he too [bad word] now 
Is it cuz his skin blacker than licorice now? 
I can't figure it out, sick of it now, 
 [bad word]  
And I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow, today 
And I heard 'em say, nothin's ever promised tomorrow today 
But we'll find a way 
(Adam Levine) 
And nothin' lasts forever, but be honest babe 
It hurts, but it may be the only way 

(Adam Levine) 
With every worthless word we get more far away 
And nothin's ever promised tomorrow, today 
And nothin lasts forever, but be honest, babe 
It hurts, but it may be the only way