India Arie - Promises lyrics

When I think about the turn my life has taken

I know it's because of youthat I receive so many blessings

I had a home but no privacyI didn't know a thing about my legacy

When I realized you were there for meI called on your name and you came

And you didjust what you saidfor that I'll love you forever

You keptyour word to mefor that I'll love you forever

Chorus

A promiseis a promise in my eyes

Can't say you're gonna just to compromise

The very thing that keeps two hearts intertwined

A promise is a promise you can't denythere's no way

I think of when there was a young boynot even two years old

Blessed with a mother who loved him soshe abandoned her dreams to nourish his

Own

It wasn't easy for the two of thembut she knew she had to give him a chance

At a better lifeit was only rightso she worked and she prayed

And she didjust what she saidfor that he'll love her forever

She kept her word to himfor that he'll love her forever

Chorus

A promise is a promisein my eyes

Can't say you're gonna just to compromise

The very thing that keeps two hearts intertwined

A promise is a promise you can't denythere's no way

A man's only as good as his word

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Her wedding day and she's thinking ¡®bout the way he won her affection

She was so cynical about love ¡®cause she didn't want to be heart broken again

He looked her in her eye with sinceritysaid he only wanted to protect her so

She

Took a chance on him and she's glad she did because he came for real

And he didjust what he saidfor that she'll love him forever

He kept his word to herfor that she'll love him forever

Chorus:

A promise is a promisein my eyes

Can't say you're gonna just to compromise

The very thing that keeps two hearts intertwined

A promise is a promise you can't denythere's no way

No waynothere ain't no way

A man's only as good as his word

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