Guarantees (feat. Ayla) - The Casual Brothers

These warehouse wages kill the ends introduction Man I shoulda' schooled it up when I was younger should of stuck to plan Always had the dreams of bein' more self-assertive And my kid's a teenager now, he needs the health insurance So break my body, break-break my soul down Just another zombie walkin' blindly through ya ghost town Pull up to the bar to politic and tap the power Ain't nobody really all that jolly at your happy hour But I don't wanna go home yet So I'ma talk to my cigarette and that television set It doesn't matter what brand or station Anything to take away from the current situation No overtime pay, no holiday Months behind on everything but the lottery Winter 'round the corner, guaranteein' that my car dies Wifey havin' trouble tryna juggle both the part-times My cup ain't close to filled up We tryna build up so we could have enough And when I finally get the color, won't be nothin' left to paint on A friend of mine tried to kill himself to the same song My better half is mad at makin' magic outta can goods My tax bracket status got her questionin' my manhood My shorty got caught smokin' weed at a concert And if I smack him everybody treats me like a monster My neighbors ain't doin' much better And we make it competition instead of stickin' together Can't save no nest egg, in fact this nest is rented In fact that rent is late, wait The money ain't here, the raise ain't comin' Just me and my son and that crazy woman And those bartenders, this whole fuckin' country Got everybody swallowin' that lunch meat Maybe we could speed up the process Kill me in my thirties in the name of progress Put me in the dirt and then change the topic Sometimes seems like the only way to stop it Contemplate my departure date Doesn't take a lot to get a lot of us to talk this way Take a shot at me, that's all I'm obligated for Apparently my only guarantee is a walk-away The only guarantee in life Is a life worth dying for 'Cause death don't wait for no one He's sitting on your front door The only guarantee in life Is a life worth dying for 'Cause death don't wait for no one He's sitting on your front door

Rush to your defences Running out of answers But it could be so simple I don't see the reason Why you make believe and Act like nothings ever going wrong Coz I tried to listen to you But you kept ignoring the truth And I don't wanna live in darkness No, no, no, no, no Cant keep standing by your side Can't keep calling for me No more promises Only guarantees If I'm standing by your side If you're calling on me No more promises Only guarantees Only guarantees Only guarantees Pushed me to the limit Take more than you're giving Too hard for me to handle You're bounded by your ego Lost too many people Holding onto control Well I tried to reason with you But you kept avoiding the truth And I don't wanna live in darkness Oh no Can't keep standing by your side Can't keep calling for me No more promises Only guarantees If I'm standing by your side If you're calling on me No more promises Only guarantees Cant keep standing by your side Can't keep calling for me No more promises Only guarantees If I'm standing by your side If you're calling on me No more promises Only guarantees