Promise

Wages of sin is death and wi nuh finish yet
'Cah man a hunt fi greatness long before Guinness mek (one)
Granny seh the wage of sin is death and we nuh finish yet (a now)
Aye (put mi hand inna di sky, next hand pon mi heart)

Tell mi family "Mi promise" (how yuh mean)
Mi swear seh we affi live lavish till di day I vanish
Tek a boat go a foreign if it slow up ina di fourteen parish (let's go)
A who dem a bloodclaat trick like slavery abolished?
Wild and mi dark and mi hoggish, buss yuh head wid 'e forty
It smooth like polish (yeah)

Brain-food ina chalice
Have it and mi nuh move like novice
Gyal loose ina palace
Wonder if ah Sue or Alice
Mummy come through, yah goddеss (step)
Have it from school, me a di baddеst
Put mi hand ina di sky, next hand pon mi heart

G-Syde
'Cah mi nuh miss when mi a hustle (no)
Run ina dem house and every mikkle mek a mukkle
Every big man get a shot and every pickney get a buckle
Queen inna di deck, nuh gimi nuh bitch when me a shuffle
Watchya, finger strength, quick mi flick di muscle (yeah)
Hard ball, full di clip and mi nuh tussle (gunman)
Bitch, mi got a couple, couple bricks ina di duffle
Eye-water, mi daughter, listen mi tell yuh sup'm (step)

"Promise" (how yuh mean)
Mi swear seh we affi live lavish till di day I vanish (day I vanish)
Tek a boat go a foreign if it slow up ina di fourteen parish
A who dem a bloodclaat trick like slavery abolished?
Wild and mi dark and mi hoggish, buss yuh head wid 'e forty

Grung, Killas to di left and to di right weh never shake
Tell 'e money wat a duffle, dat a ruffle as mi wake
Mama, me promise, ah guh drop yuh heavy weight
Firm and solid, suh trod ina every date (till wi vanish)
Bwoy doh fuck wid 'e cabbage
Higher level college, ghetto yutes get knowledge (I promise)
Never sell mi soul fi di lavish
Yea, wi' wild and wi' hoggish

"Promise" (how yuh mean)
Mi swear seh we affi live lavish till di day I vanish (day I vanish)
Tek a boat go a foreign if it slow up ina di fourteen parish
A who dem a bloodclaat trick like slavery abolished?
Wild and mi dark and mi hoggish, buss yuh head wid 'e forty
It smooth like polish

Brain-food ina chalice
Have it and mi nuh move like novice
Smaddy gyal loose ina palace
Wonder if ah Sue or Alice
Mummy come through, yah goddess
Mi have it from school, me a di baddest
Put mi hand ina di sky, next hand pon mi heart

Nuh matter how di time get hard man a guh flip di paper
Like COVID couldn't slow we down, we stock di bricks fi later
Fire di Devil 'cause it real, and yuh nuh miss yuh maker
Big up di maker 'cause a this we pray for, things fi greater
Instigator, right in dem forehead, foot ah fling fi laser
'Cause dem doh wah wi' fi ball like we have links fi Laker
Ah millions ah implicate and we nuh simple scraper
Mi nigga dead ah rob a brings, wi' just wah things fi safer
A try fi infiltrate di paper, yuh fi build di acre
Kill di hater, win di bitches, swing di riches in mi favour
Just poverty alone, eh not a thing mi 'fraid ah
Ina di name ah di King, di Savior, tell dem seh mi

"Promise" (how yuh mean)
Mi swear seh we affi live lavish till di day I vanish (till di day I vanish)
Tek a boat go a foreign if it slow up ina di fourteen parish (let's go)
A who dem a bloodclaat trick like slavery abolished?
Wild and mi dark and mi hoggish, buss yuh head wid 'e forty
It smooth like polish