[Verse 1: Loc Saint]

I knew this dude from way back when when I was just a kid

Used to get bullied over shit like how his hair was red

Got beat up every single day and lived in hella dread

Scribbled notes in class and always wondered what they really said

Until I pulled one out the garbage, couldn't ignore cause that'd be heartless

And his words have really stuck inside my head

Every note that he had jotted read ""I wish that I was dead"

Paired with pictures of himself that showed him hanging from a thread

See, I felt bad about the shit, I saw his life in infrared

Saw his daddy beat his mama every night he went to bed

I saw the poverty and pain, I felt the belly when I'm fed

I knew his life was hella rough so I engaged him as a friend

He told me every single day that he would pray his life would end

Started backing him up, so many foes to apprehend

Began cracking him up with all the jokes that I had penned

Haha, that's too funny man

That's a good one, huh

And that's the first time I ever saw him smile

Like a friend was all he needed, even if just for a while

See, I say just for a while cause I got expelled from school

Hadn't seen him in a minute, but I know that he was cool

As I opened up the paper, see what's happening in the news

Car hit a kid and killed him, read his name and it was you

Damn...shit

Huh, it was you

[Chorus: Loc Saint]

You ain't promised tomorrow

Nobody's promised tomorrow, can't borrow days

Promised tomorrow

We're not promised tomorrow, live for today

[Verse 2: Loc Saint]

I knew this girl I went to school with in the village of the damned

She didn't really look the part, her hair was dark, her skin was tan

Not to mention she was smart, obtaining knowledge to her classes

While the other girls were bubble gumming, dumb and popping ashes

She put up with harassment in every one of her classes

These kids are cold, I'll blame the parents always giving 'em passes

But anyway, she was strong in art and studied so much

That she didn't think how all the teasing had effected her such

Just started out as anxiety that would climb in her guts

Before she knew it tears were pouring out, arising to gush

Depression set in in her silently and no one knew, hush

Thought to herself "I'm only ten and life already this cruel

I always though these were the problems I would face in high school"

She packed her bag and headed off to school early one day

They found her hanging from a tree, she never seen the sixth grade

[Chorus: Loc Saint]

You ain't promised tomorrow

Nobody's promised tomorrow, can't borrow days

Promised tomorrow

We're not promised tomorrow, live for today

[Outro: Loc Saint]

Promised tomorrow

Promised tomorrow, can't borrow days

Promised tomorrow

We're not promised tomorrow, live for today