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2Pac – The Promise (1999) | Track profile | Dork

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The Rose That Grew From Concrete
The Promise

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The Promise

Release date: 1st November 1999

From The Rose That Grew From Concrete

About This Track

"The Promise" is a track by 2Pac, from the album The Rose That Grew From Concrete, released 1st November 1999. Full lyrics are available below.

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2Pac

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Lyrics

The Promise

"I will give u Liberty, But First give me ure spirit,

This I must confiscate Because the evil Fear it."

I too would be afraid of passion governed by reason

An open mind 2 trying times when corruption is in season

The promise that they claim

2 be completely true

is hypocrisy at its finest

A trick 2 silence u

never will I Believe a promise

from the masters of the Art

Trickery does not succeed

with those with Honest Hearts

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Track details

From The Rose That Grew From Concrete

1999

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Album

The Rose That Grew From Concrete

Release year

1999

—Love Is Just Complicated
—No-Win (Dream poem)
—Tears of a Teenage Mother (Poem)
—The Power of a Smile (4 Renée)
—The Tears in Cupid's Eyes (4 Jada)
—The Sun and The Moon (Poem)
—The Unanswerable?
—Untitled #3
—What of Fame? (Poem)
—When I Do Kiss U
—Where There Is a Will.... (Poem)
—Why Must U Be Unfaithful (4 Women)
—Or My Soul (Dedicated 2 Moms, Dedicated 2 the Powers That B)
—Hours Pass By
—Jada
—The Eternal Lament (Poem)
—If I Fail (Poem)
—And 2morrow (Poem)
—Carmencita of the Bronx! (Dedicated to Carmen)
—Cupid's Smile II
—For Mrs. Hawkins (In Memory of Yusef Hawkins)
—Family Tree (Poem)
—How Can We Be Free
—In the Depths of Solitude: Dedicated 2 Me
—In the Event of My Demise (Poem)
—And Still I Love U
—Life Through My Eyes (Poem)
—Government Assistance or My Soul
—Under the Skies Above: After the Miscarriage
—What I See!
—Nothing Can Come Between Us: 4 John
—What Can I Offer Her?
—Starry Night (Dedicated in Memory of Vincent van Gogh)
—The Rose That Grew From Concrete (Autobiographical)
—The Shining Star Within! (Dedicated 2 Marilyn Monroe)
—The Mutual Heartache?
—When Ure Heart Turns Cold: 2 Kristen & My Other Friends Who Wonder
—From First Glance (4 Michelle From Zap's: Feb 1, 1990)
—Wife 4 Life: Dedicated 2 April
—Can U C the Pride in the Panther
—Forever And Today
—Tears from a Star: 4 Me & April
—Genesis (The Rebirth of My Heart): Dedicated 2 Renee Ross
—Only 4 the Righteous (Poem)
—If There Be Pain... (Poem)
—1st Impressions: 4 Irene
—Black Woman: 4 Marquita
—I Know My Heart Has Lied Before
—In the Midst of Passion
—Just a Breath of Freedom (4 Nelson Mandela)
—A Love Unspoken
—When Ure Hero Falls: 4 My Hero (My Mother)
—Elizabeth: A Different Love (From B.S.A.)
—U R Ripping Us Apart !!! (Dedicated 2 Crack)
—Fallen Star (4 Huey P. Newton)
—God (Poem)
—My Dearest One!!
—The Fear in the Heart of a Man (Dedicated 2 My Heart)
—Liberty Needs Glasses
—Untitled
—So I Say GOODBYE (Nov 20)
—A River That Flows Forever (Poem)
—Things That Make Hearts Break
—1 for April
—March 1st - The Day After April (Dedicated 2 the Divorce of Me & April)
—Untitled #2
—Nightmares (Dedicated 2 Those Curious)
—Sometimes I Cry (Poem)
—What is it That I Search 4
—The Promise
—2 People with 1 Wish
—Love Within a Storm (4 Elizabeth)

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