Promise You This

One thing I've always known

Is sooner or later a beat dog bites

Always been taught to never show up

Unarmed when lookin' to fight

I can't lie when given half a chance

You know I'm gonna make it right

Always been a man of my word

Covenants made, covenants kept

That's my philosophy

So you better heed every word I say

With all due modesty

So don't cry into your pillow

'Cause you'll find no sympathy

Never been one to run with the herd

They can't take me

I'm truly one of one

On this, we agree

We fall, then we rise up again

Never knowing how to lose, we never bend

I promise you this

We crawl through the lies yet again

They keep us so confused, they never end

I promise you this

Hard times make for harder men

We do as we choose, we don't pretend

I promise you this

We hit back harder than we get

You ain't seen nothing yet, we never miss

I promise you this

Father always told me

"Boy, you gotta know right from wrong

Better be quick to bloody the nose

That's stickin' where it don't belong"

I won't deny, I just can't seem to wanna

Find a way to play along

Took me many years to learn

Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth

Is all you ever need to know

When you're a man of your word

It'll help to soften the blows

I won't try to sugarcoat this

And make life a fairy tale

Respect given, respect returned

They can't take me

I'm truly one of one

On this thing we agree

We fall, then we rise up again

Never knowing how to lose, we never bend

I promise you this

We crawl through the lies yet again

They keep us so confused, they never end

I promise you this

Hard times make for harder men

We do as we choose, we don't pretend

I promise you this

We hit back harder than we get

You ain't seen nothing yet, we never miss

I promise you this

I promise you this

I promise you this

I promise you this