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2Pac

The Promise

Release date: 1st November 1999

From The Rose That Grew From Concrete
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"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
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
2Pac
Release year
1999
  1. —Love Is Just Complicated
  2. —No-Win (Dream poem)
  3. —Tears of a Teenage Mother (Poem)
  4. —The Power of a Smile (4 Renée)
  5. —The Tears in Cupid's Eyes (4 Jada)
  6. —The Sun and The Moon (Poem)
  7. —The Unanswerable?
  8. —Untitled #3
  9. —What of Fame? (Poem)
  10. —When I Do Kiss U
  11. —Where There Is a Will.... (Poem)
  12. —Why Must U Be Unfaithful (4 Women)
  13. —Or My Soul (Dedicated 2 Moms, Dedicated 2 the Powers That B)
  14. —Hours Pass By
  15. —Jada
  16. —The Eternal Lament (Poem)
  17. —If I Fail (Poem)
  18. —And 2morrow (Poem)
  19. —Carmencita of the Bronx! (Dedicated to Carmen)
  20. —Cupid's Smile II
  21. —For Mrs. Hawkins (In Memory of Yusef Hawkins)
  22. —Family Tree (Poem)
  23. —How Can We Be Free
  24. —In the Depths of Solitude: Dedicated 2 Me
  25. —In the Event of My Demise (Poem)
  26. —And Still I Love U
  27. —Life Through My Eyes (Poem)
  28. —Government Assistance or My Soul
  29. —Under the Skies Above: After the Miscarriage
  30. —What I See!
  31. —Nothing Can Come Between Us: 4 John
  32. —What Can I Offer Her?
  33. —Starry Night (Dedicated in Memory of Vincent van Gogh)
  34. —The Rose That Grew From Concrete (Autobiographical)
  35. —The Shining Star Within! (Dedicated 2 Marilyn Monroe)
  36. —The Mutual Heartache?
  37. —When Ure Heart Turns Cold: 2 Kristen & My Other Friends Who Wonder
  38. —From First Glance (4 Michelle From Zap's: Feb 1, 1990)
  39. —Wife 4 Life: Dedicated 2 April
  40. —Can U C the Pride in the Panther
  41. —Forever And Today
  42. —Tears from a Star: 4 Me & April
  43. —Genesis (The Rebirth of My Heart): Dedicated 2 Renee Ross
  44. —Only 4 the Righteous (Poem)
  45. —If There Be Pain... (Poem)
  46. —1st Impressions: 4 Irene
  47. —Black Woman: 4 Marquita
  48. —I Know My Heart Has Lied Before
  49. —In the Midst of Passion
  50. —Just a Breath of Freedom (4 Nelson Mandela)
  51. —A Love Unspoken
  52. —When Ure Hero Falls: 4 My Hero (My Mother)
  53. —Elizabeth: A Different Love (From B.S.A.)
  54. —U R Ripping Us Apart !!! (Dedicated 2 Crack)
  55. —Fallen Star (4 Huey P. Newton)
  56. —God (Poem)
  57. —My Dearest One!!
  58. —The Fear in the Heart of a Man (Dedicated 2 My Heart)
  59. —Liberty Needs Glasses
  60. —Untitled
  61. —So I Say GOODBYE (Nov 20)
  62. —A River That Flows Forever (Poem)
  63. —Things That Make Hearts Break
  64. —1 for April
  65. —March 1st - The Day After April (Dedicated 2 the Divorce of Me & April)
  66. —Untitled #2
  67. —Nightmares (Dedicated 2 Those Curious)
  68. —Sometimes I Cry (Poem)
  69. —What is it That I Search 4
  70. —The Promise
  71. —2 People with 1 Wish
  72. —Love Within a Storm (4 Elizabeth)

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